Wednesday, December 31, 2008
freestyle
another reason to love rap - eminem and proof freestyle in their car.
BONUS: B.I.G. freestyle battle when he was 17 years old.
endless city
"Today, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population lives in urban areas." (source)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
it comes in cycles
Thirty years later, skaters re-claim pools from foreclosed houses : Glen E Freidman's classic early skate photos can be seen here and here.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
boomty
techno legend carl craig and an orchestra meet to create an hour long live show full of pretty sounds and rhythm (i know this sounds terrible but trust me). this is just one track, click the link for the full show.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Micromachined
A tilt shifted monster car rally. I've never seen this applied to video before. The result is pretty fantastic.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
broken window theory
Research published this week tests the broken window theory:
Imagine that the neighborhood you are living in is covered with graffiti, litter, and unreturned shopping carts. Would this reality cause you to litter more, trespass, or even steal? A thesis known as the broken windows theory suggests that signs of disorderly and petty criminal behavior trigger more disorderly and petty criminal behavior, thus causing the behavior to spread. This may cause neighborhoods to decay and the quality of life of its inhabitants to deteriorate. For a city government, this may be a vital policy issue. But does disorder really spread in neighborhoods? So far there has not been strong empirical support, and it is not clear what constitutes disorder and what may make it spread. We generated hypotheses about the spread of disorder and tested them in six field experiments. We found that, when people observe that others violated a certain social norm or legitimate rule, they are more likely to violate other norms or rules, which causes disorder to spread.
