Bits, bites and blurbs from Michael Cervieri.
Most of my Tumbling is at the Future Journalism Project.
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Whoa. This video by cinematographer Chris Bryan was shot using the Phantom HD Gold camera and shows mammoth waves in super slo-mo at Teahapoo on the southwest of Tahiti. According to Bryan, “The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.” Clearly that was not heeded on this day.
This is some eye candy, perfectly matched with music by M83.
Via Storyful.
Notable: Wow. Seriously. Wow.
Update: reposting this with a new player. The previous Vimeo version was taken down.
Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation.
Nothing like a software update to tackle accents.
Christopher Hitchens, 1949 - 2011.
Via Vanity Fair:
Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62.
Behold the Periodic Table of Swearing. (Which, it turns out, is good for you.) (via)
Me: The English and their clever profanities.
The Internet doesn’t like Rick Perry’s new advertisement.
Here’s what they’re doing about it.
Fake Werner Herzog reading Curious George. Tomorrow, real Werner Herzog comes on Fresh Air to talk about The Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
FTW!
Hi, I made Rick Perry’s new commercial better.
DANIEL approaches CODY, who is hard at work.
DANIEL
Hi, Cody, I’m sure you’re working on something already, but can you take a look at this video? It’s Rick Perry’s new commercial.CODY
(watching)
That’s awful.DANIEL
Right. How easy would it be to edit in two guys fucking in the background?CODY
(Already doing it)
Super easy, very easy.DANIEL
Like I said, I’m sure you’ve got work, but-CODY
Nope, this is fine, it’ll be done in minutes.DANIEL
Cool. Cool.
The Internet swoops in for the win!
Never Forget to Blow Bubbles
Image: Beluga whales in the arctic. Dafna Ben Nun via The Atlantic.
London Calling and other Kitteh Covers
Via The Kitten Covers.
Riding a 90 foot wave off the coast of Portugal
Via the Surfer Today:
Garrett McNamara has surfed what is considered to be the biggest wave ever. The Hawaiian big wave rider caught the huge monster in Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, during the ZON North Canyon Project 2011…
…”Everything was perfect, the weather, the waves. Cotty and I surfed two big waves of about 60 feet and then, when Garrett was ready came a canyon wave of over 90 feet. The jet ski was the best place to see him riding the biggest wave I’ve ever seen. It was amazing. Most people would be scared, but Garrett was controling everything in the critical part of the wave. It was an inspiring ride by an inspiring surfer”, says Al Mennie.
Creating the World’s Ugliest Music
Via TED:
Scott Rickard set out to do what no musician has ever tried — to make the world’s ugliest piece of music. At TEDxMIA, he discusses the math and science behind creating a piece of music devoid of any pattern.
And via Slashdot:
He used mathematics of Évariste Galois (who was born 200 years ago) to create pattern-free sonar pings which he mapped to notes on a piano, and then played them using the non-rhythm of a Golomb Ruler.
