Cool concept design for an HTC / Android-based device by Andrew Kim. He should just send his resume and ridiculous salary requirements to HTC right now.
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Wu-Tang Clan x Javelin - C.R.E.A.M. Theme (Hood Internet!)
This Foxconn manufacturing campus in Shenzhen employs 300,000 workers.
The very end of Lost was the very beginning in reverse…
I think the best part about Lost’s finale was Michael Giacchino’s music.
I just randomly found this spot off the coast of Baku, Azerbaijan.
The island is called Nargin, and was a former Soviet military installation. You can see the abandoned base facilities and rusting, half-sunk hulks of ships shoved close to shore.
Prez is a pro at calling people out:
“I did not appreciate what I considered to be a ridiculous spectacle during the congressional hearings into this matter,” the president said after meeting with Cabinet members to discuss the situation. “You had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else. The American people could not have been impressed with that display, and I certainly wasn’t.”
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (Gold)
“Egg-shaped warbler Aaron Neville was a Next Big Thing back when there actually were Big Things. His first single was an instant classic, and while not an universally-recognizable megahit, it has only improved with age. Alas, the next two decades saw him fade into obscurity, never coming close to his earliest triumph. He hit rock-bottom in 1989, recording a ghastly duet with Linda Ronstadt for $50 and a free month’s gym membership. It went on, of course, to be an universally-recognizable megahit, final proof that there is no justice, only Linda Ronstadt.”
Every time I hear Aaron Neville, I think of Mr. Pablo Francisco.
The future of work: We asked three architecture firms to imagine New York City in 2030; see the sleek, soothing results here.
The Iceland volcano* in timelapse.
“So I saw all of these mediocre pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do better. But the flights to get over took forever as expected (somewhat). 4 days after leaving I finally made it, but the weather was terrible for another 4. Just before leaving it got pretty good for about a day and a half and this is what I managed to get.
* I am so far from actually being able to pronounce its name that I don’t even have the right to type it.
:: rocketboom ::
Look at the timeline on the left… there have been six separate attacks on schoolchildren around the country since 23 March.
From the 30 April attack:
“A farmer enters a village school in Shandong province and attacks preschool students with a hammer, causing head injuries. He then sets himself on fire, killing himself.”
OMG.
