filed in thought on Aug.25, 2009
At the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show, James Dyson, he of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum, installed this glorious, M.C. Escher-inspired water fountain dubbed “Wrong Garden,” which is designed to give the illusion of water traveling uphill.
Tags: DESIGN, garden, illusion, landscpaing, water
DOWNLOAD - Mic’s Tape: August 2010 - - Originally created by MESS (Mic, Erica, Sam, Sab of Tumblr) and was only created for their own personal enjoyment. Now they are giving it a try to share it. Enjoy.
Spanish Dancer Nudibranch - There are more than 3,000 known nudibranch species, and scientists estimate there are another 3,000 yet to be discovered. So-called Spanish dancers, like this one off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, boast some distinctions over other nudibranchs: First, they can be enormous, reaching a foot and a half long.
FAMOUS CEBU PRISONERS - The dance routine was originally conceptualized by prison officers as a form of behavior conditioning. Then it became a money making event. Dancing prisoners are happy since they claim to enjoy more benefits than other non-dancing prisoners. The incentive to dance is not really to practice art but to receive better prison treatment ... read more.
Pura Tanah Lot is a Hindu temple located near Denpasar, Bali. The temple sits on a large offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide. It is one of Indonesia’s cultural icons.
“The early bird catches the worm; a stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can’t pretend we haven’t been told. We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to ‘seize the day’. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug until we can’t anymore, until we finally understand for ourselves like Benjamin Franklin meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping. And that even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying.” — Grey’s Anatomy
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