Grey on Apr 13th, 2008A Statue For Laika, the Space Dog
Laika, the first animal in space, has finally received a monument to her honor in Moscow. The Statue shows the small dog standing atop a rocket.
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Grey on Apr 10th, 2008A Nation of Wimps
There’s an excellent article in Psychology Today from a few years ago entitled “A Nation of Wimps”. The author lays out, in unflinching detail, all the ways that we try to protect children and how it doesn’t make them strong, but makes them fragile.
From the article:
Maybe it’s the cyclist in the park, trim under […]
Grey on Apr 7th, 2008Video Shows the Spread of Wal-Mart
Using a database of zip codes and years, someone has put together a great video showing the spread of Wal-Mart over time. It look much like a virus infecting a host.
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Grey on Apr 4th, 2008Kinetic Typographic Movies
Apparently, there is a whole world of kinetic typography movies on youtube. Kinetic typography uses animated text to give the feeling that pictures otherwise would in a film. There’s this video explaining typography, typographic renditions of scenes from Pulp Fiction and V for Vendetta. The Abbot and Costello routine, Who’s on First […]