One Guy and a Dream

Some great photography of lights that were shut off for Earth Hour:

Earth Hour 2011 – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic.

I’m still catching up from vacation (last week, not this week…), and I forgot where I saw this. If you were the person who shared this, let me know and I can give you credit:

Fake Smithsonian Ads: Historically Hardcore PHOTOS Bostinnovation: Boston Innovation and Tech News Blog.

GQ published an article looking at the current sequel/comic-book version of Hollywood and how we got here:

The Day the Movies Died: Movies TV: GQ.

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I didn’t know this was possible in a boat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL58hUAGQu8

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I never really considered how hard it is to draw a circle until a professor in grad school challenged us to try. This is impressive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAhfZUZiwSE

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The IBM Watson team took the time to answer some questions from the reddit community. I always think it is interesting learning about new technology:

blog.reddit — whats new on reddit: IBM Watson Research Team Answers Your Questions.

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[Note: I may be legally required to say this now. I work for Nuance who has a business partnership with IBM, and this team specifically. Does anyone know the (relatively) new disclosure laws for blogs about things like this?]

According to CIA Director Panetta, “The CIA wants the American people and the world to understand its mission and its vital role in keeping our country safe.” Part of this initiative is to update a Flickr photostream, including many pictures of spy gadgets from the past:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciagov/

They also have a Youtube channel, though I haven’t checked it out:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ciagov

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This is a long one, but worth the time:

Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker.

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I think that most of you know about this already, but Scribner started up a blog that is worth your time and questions:

donkeys & beetles.

This is a well done “learn to type faster” flash game. Type the words that appear on the screen, and watch them explode:

Z-Type.

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