Mars...With a Catch

A trip to Mars with a bit of a catch...It's a ONE-WAY TICKET:

http://news.discovery.com/space/human-space-settlement-mars.html

Buy a Truck, Get an AK-47

Only in America...:

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2010/11/15/fla_dealership_offers_free_ak_47_for_truck_buyers/?p1=Upbox_links

Salad Stats

Ever wanted more info on those leefy greens you consume. Well here you go:

http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/salad-stats-11102010/?display=wide

Balance the Budget??

The NY Times has a new interactive feature that challenges you to balance the budget:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

100,000,000 Calls

The phone number 311 in NYC is intended in part to divert routine inquiries and non-urgent community concerns from the emergency 9-1-1 number. Dialing this number allows city residents to obtain important non-emergency services through a central, all-purpose phone number quickly and effectively.

What happens when all this data gets analyzed? One of the most interesting articles I have ever seen is the result:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/ff_311_new_york/all/1

Democrats Lost More Seats in Districts With Better Economies???

From the Wall Street Journal:


http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/11/03/democrats-lost-more-seats-in-districts-with-better-economies/

Government Gridlock, Investigations and Shutdown

From the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/angry-voters-choose-gover_b_778652.html

How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms

From the New York Times:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/how-obama-saved-capitalism-and-lost-the-midterms/?partner=rss&emc=rss

3 Years in 3 Minutes

Time lapse photography doesn't get more epic than this video of the destruction of the EDF Tower and the construction of the Sequana Tower on its place. It took three years to make, summarized in three minutes in this video.

It all started on January 2007, when Parisian videographer Ramon captured the first image of the demolition work at Tour EDF. 45,000 photographs later, taken from exactly the same point with his Pentax K 110D DSLR, his work was done and a new building was in place. It was September 2010, three years later. That's an average of 42 images per day.


3 Years At The Same Place from Ramon on Vimeo.

Entertainment

Arianna Huffington the founder of the Huffington Post was on Bill Maher's show last month and said something that really resonated with me:

"Self expression is the new entertainment"

In the era of Facebook and Twitter, it is truly amazing how much free time is spent admiring and analyzing others lives. Maybe it is wrong, maybe it is weird, and maybe it is dangerous, but it is quite the trend and I don't see it abating.

No matter what you think of it, it is unbelievable how anyone can be at the same time a director, producer, and studio head of their own movie from the palm of their hand using an iPhone, while their seamlessly upload it for millions to see...

3D-Printing

What the future holds for printing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/technology/14print.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1285065631-QcAulHL9BkYtEV0N19dC3g