muraPOI: August 22, 2012
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Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa: An awesome letter. “Ernst Stuhlinger wrote this letter on May 6, 1970, to Sister Mary Jucunda, a nun who worked among the starving children of Kabwe, Zambia, in Africa, who questioned the value of space exploration.”
(Via StartupDigest, August 16, 2012)
- LEDs at Olympics Stadium: The stadium-wide LEDs were one of the coolest things about the Opening Ceremonies for me. I did a bit of digging to find some articles about them: DesignBuild Network-London 2012 Olympic Stadium, United Kingdom; London Olympic stadium integrates LEDs, seating for landscape video, +Robert Scoble,
Olympic Opening Ceremony – London 2012 from Crystal CG on Vimeo.
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That’s a Big Boulder, Indy: Steven Spielberg on the Imax Rerelease of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’: Woohoo Indy on the big screen the week of Sept. 7. The original that is. Stephen Spielberg says:
“‘Raiders’ is a movie of my own, that I can actually stand to watch from beginning to end,” Mr. Spielberg said. “In that sense, it has a special place in my heart. I don’t rewrite it in my mind; I’m not kicking myself for what I didn’t do. I’m just going along for the ride like everybody else. It’s one of the few films that I’ve directed that I can sit back objectively and observe and enjoy with my family or whoever I’m with, or even alone. Most of my other films, I’m hypercritical of them.”
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Temporarily Preserve Avocados with a Slice of Lemon: This one, I’m going to have to try.
- Sour economy gives rise to extreme commuters: I should probably kick myself for linking to UselessA Today. But the story is something I did, back in 2004. Been there, done that. My 2.5 days of work in Utah, and 2 days of work in Berkeley.
