We’re Drowning in our Waste
America’s trash problem is growing and getting worse. China used to be our dumping ground. Now our waste has no place to go.
Self-Driving Cars: What Could Go Wrong?
Self-driving cars are only as smart as the artificial intelligence controlling them. A new study indicates that the darker your skin, the more likely you are to be hit by one. There’s a simple, and unfortunate, reason why.
69th Street Subway Station
Steel, pain and rust at the 69th street 7 train subway stop
Spaghetti Tracks – Sunnyside Rail Yard in Queens
Sunnyside Rail Yards late on a December afternoon.
Still Life, With Bird
Pelican Bay. Naples, Florida on Christmas Day.
Shooting One World Trade
Walked through southern Manhattan the other day and stopped to shoot One World Trade
Immigration: Fighting at Donald’s Wall
A brilliant sci-fi riff on Donald Trump, immigration and the Mexican Wall.
Spring Has Sprung: Let’s Love Flowers
A time lapse investigation into flowers by Jamie Scott.
Habiroh!
Homa and I walk the aisle.
Americans Hate the Media
Where goes truth when a new Gallup poll indicates American trust in the media is (yet again) at an all-time low?
Getting to Know What We Do Not Know
A new study shows how little we know about current and historical events. This affects strategies for how we understand and process the news.
When Spike Jonze Makes a Perfume Commercial
He makes a most interesting perfume commercial.
I Hate Dancing
Choreographer Jo Roy celebrates the joy of dance in this short video.
Back in the Saddle
After five months of sedentary living I’ve started biking again.
Waterfalls
Two slow motion video clips of New York State waterfalls. One from Ithaca, the other from Niagara. Remix & enjoy.
Colors, Shapes and Flowers
I went to the New York Botanical Garden and started to meditate on flowers.
Inge Storms the Links
For Mother’s Day: The inspirational trailer of one woman and her battle with a golf course.
New York Public Library Releases Trove of Public Domain Images
Adds API’s and source code, challenges rest of us to remix them.
Language, Militias and Occupation
What should the media call an armed group that takes over federal property and makes political demands? Oregon gives us a chance to consider.
Is it Smeagol or Gollum?
Turkey debates Lord of the Rings to decide whether a doctor will spend two years in jail over a Facebook post.
Satisfiction
Burgerbot and the art of language… Typo edition.
How To Extract the Transcript for Captions on YouTube Videos
A quick screencast to and assorted tips on accessing captions.
Where Are They Now?
Sad, melancholy and British. Steve Cutts channels his inner Jessica Rabbit as she gives an update on the current lives of 80’s cartoon stars.
Uptown Funk
Two video mashups of Mark Ronson’s overly ubiquitous Uptown Funk.