Tumblr (3.0; @watsonwelch)http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/46304267?color=f0c000" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sight</p> <p>Thought provoking. Thematically a lot going on here under the surface…</p>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/28157937947http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/28157937947Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:29:46 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HKQQAv5svkk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Arthur C. Clarke - God, The Universe and Everything Else</p> <p>Don’t mind me while I nerd out for a little while.</p>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27945547397http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27945547397Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:42:19 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x3jTSB2ez-g?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/27160763279/art-of-logo-design-of-the-day-pbs-off-book">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Art Of Logo Design of the Day:</strong> PBS Off Book returns with another delightful and informative session, this time on the art and psychology of logo design.</p> <p>Why do we like certain logos? How are they made? Off Book spills the beans.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.thehighdefinite.com/2012/07/the-art-of-logo-design/">highdefinite</a>]</p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27944125239http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27944125239Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:20:03 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1w9vpIDTz1rsoskjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27941074126http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27941074126Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:24:17 -0700<iframe width="400" height="224" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6AnLznzIjSE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/26360724797/seti-astrobiologist-jill-tarter-calculates-the">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>SETI astrobiologist Jill Tarter <a href="http://ed.ted.com/lessons/calculating-the-odds-of-intelligent-alien-life">calculates</a> the odds of intelligent alien life, animated</p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27925685188http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27925685188Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:35:21 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6jutathpj1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/26366207171/before-the-iconic-brooklyn-bridge-was-built-this">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Before <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/07/02/the-great-bridge-david-mccullough/">the iconic Brooklyn Bridge was built</a>, this flimsy footbridge allowed workers to access the construction site. It soon became a popular and dangerous tourist attraction.</p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27917163260http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27917163260Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:09:52 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6kc4kVLcA1qzprlbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/26391677922/when-worlds-collide-1951">kateoplis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://life.time.com/curiosities/ufos-in-praise-of-unusual-flying-objects/#20"><em>When Worlds Collide</em><span>, 1951</span></a></p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27880621405http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27880621405Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:35:05 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6kh0cSvJd1qzprlbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/26441705126/st-paul-minnesota-1908">kateoplis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>St. Paul, Minnesota, <a href="http://www.shorpy.com/node/12782">1908</a></p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27870974027http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27870974027Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:12:28 -0700“We’re going to understand how the brain works like we now understand how a computer works. At some point, we might realize that the stuff we hold onto as human beings—the idea of the self, the role of mortality, the meaning of existence—is fundamentally wrong. It may be that we learn so much that we lose part of our humanity because we know too much. I try not to go too far down that road, because I feel that I would go mad.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="https://chronicle.com/article/The-Strange-Neuroscience-of/132819/?cid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en">“The Strange Neuroscience of Immortality”. The Chronicle.</a></em>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27869944878http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27869944878Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:04:50 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m36kggfUPE1r5kbkfo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27861383313http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27861383313Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:47:48 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6m454wXmH1qg2xvoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pasttensevancouver.tumblr.com/post/26460078212/pender1914">pasttensevancouver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Pender Street west of Main, Sunday 10 May 1914</p> <p>The building on the far right is the old City Hall at Main & Pender.</p> <p>Source: City of Vancouver Archives #LGN 1241</p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27851699438http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27851699438Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:36:03 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6mztekoz71qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lickystickypickywe.tumblr.com/post/26488398181/designed-by-architects-mike-tonkin-and-anna-liu-of">lickystickypickywe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the </span><em>Singing Ringing Tree</em><span> is a 3 meter tall construction comprising pipes of </span><span>galvanised steel</span><span> which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly </span><span>discordant</span><span> and penetrating </span>choral<span> sound covering a range of several </span><span>octaves</span><span>. </span></p> <p><span>Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The </span><span>harmonic</span><span> and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each.</span></p> <p><span>It is situated in Lancashire, England</span></p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27842856761http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27842856761Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:08:15 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qvmd0n1T1rnirw5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27805622967http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27805622967Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:35:06 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6nw56VlnF1qzdvhio1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oldhollywood.tumblr.com/post/26529664534/i-just-want-people-to-remember-me-a-hundred">oldhollywood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“I just want [people] to remember me a hundred years from now. I don’t care that they’re not able to quote any single line that I’ve written. But just that they can say, ‘Oh, he was a writer.’ That’s sufficiently an honored position for me.”</p> <p>-<strong>Rod Serling</strong> (1975, <a href="http://www.rodserling.com/brevelleint.htm">via</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27796093025http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27796093025Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:16:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6p9wrRNSE1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/26570043795/kickass-kickstarter-of-the-day-four-decades-after">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Kickass Kickstarter of the Day:</strong> Four decades after “the band of the future” originated out of Kent State following the 1970 shootings, the first authorized documentary on the notoriously press-shy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo">Devo</a> is nearing completion. But the creators of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2089617/"><em>Are We Not Men?</em>,</a> now in post-production, have turned to <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409838010/authorized-devo-documentary-film">Kickstarter</a> in order to meet their September 2012 goal forSundance and other festivals<strong>.</strong></p> <p>Devo, perhaps best known for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw">“Whip It,”</a> which reached No. 14 on the Billboard Chart in 1980, has maintained a cult following for 40 years. And the band hasn’t slowed down — their latest album, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/something-for-everybody-deluxe/id373932443"><em>Something For Everybody</em>,</a> was released in 2010.</p> <p>According to co-founder Gerald Casale:</p> <blockquote> <p>We’re like the house band on the Titanic, playing as the ship goes down.</p> </blockquote> <p>[thanks, lisa!]</p> </blockquote> <p>I am constantly reminded that I should listen to more Devo.</p>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27787278610http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27787278610Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:50:49 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6gguqwA1z1qiehoxo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27778513482http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27778513482Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:30:11 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5uh5lDRZh1qekh9yo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27770546378http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27770546378Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:19:01 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/45878034" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Absolutely mindblowing.</p>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27755111062http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27755111062Sun, 22 Jul 2012 02:12:39 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6o4257Txy1qzoaqio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bohemea.tumblr.com/post/26583607923">bohemea</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Winona Ryder</p> </blockquote>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27736033088http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27736033088Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:34:12 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6pb7xojsG1qz5k14o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27727826728http://watsonwelch.tumblr.com/post/27727826728Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:13:59 -0700