Dorkulate With Steve

That guy from that web show and now that web video company

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Facebook has organized roughly 1 in 7 people on Earth

dbreunig:

Ignore the IPO noise for a moment: the criticisms, the estimates of earnings, and other buzz. These pale in comparison to Facebook’s largest achievement, which is worth putting into context.

Facebook has organized roughly 1 in 7 people on earth, or 900 million people.

They’ve built a design and interaction system used across the world by a massive amount of cultures. Mandarin, with its 1.1 billion speakers, is the only language or medium with more native participants than Facebook. Other companies certainly fill out this club: Ikea, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, and Apple come to mind. But none of these live so closely to their participants, acting and reacting with them.

You may be over Facebook, but Facebook’s cultural impact has yet to peak. Facebook itself is a tremendous feat of design and engineering, no matter what network is on top in 5 years.

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Russell Hammond: Hey, mom! It’s Russell Hammond. I play guitar in Stillwater. Hey, how does it feel to be the mother of the greatest rock journalist we’ve met? Hello? Hello…? Look, you’ve got a really great kid here. There’s nothing to worry about. We’re taking good care of him, and you should come to the show sometime - join the circus…  Elaine Miller: Hey, hey, listen to me, mister. You’re charm doen’t work on me - I’m on to you. Of course you like him… Russell Hammond: Well, yeah… Elaine Miller: He worships you people. And that’s fine by you as long as he helps make you rich. Russell Hammond: Rich? I don’t think so… Elaine Miller: Listen to me. He’s a smart, good-hearted fifteen-year-old kid with infinite potential. This is not some apron-wearing mother you’re speaking with - I know all about your valhalla of decadence and I shouldn’t have let him go. He’s not ready for your world of compromised values and diminished brain cells that you throw away like confetti. Am I speaking to you clearly? Russell Hammond: Yes - yes, ma’am… Elaine Miller: If you break his spirit, harm him in any way, keep him from his chosen profession which is law - something you may not value, but I do - you will meet the voice on the other end of this telephone and it will not be pretty. Do we understand each other? Russell Hammond: Uh, yes, ma’am… Elaine Miller: I didn’t ask for this role, but I’ll play it. Now go do your best. “Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.” Goethe said that. It’s not too late for you to become a person of substance, Russell. Please get my son home safely. You know, I’m glad we spoke.  Russell Hammond: Your mom freaked me out. William Miller: Yeah, she does that. Fantastic scene.

Russell Hammond: Hey, mom! It’s Russell Hammond. I play guitar in Stillwater. Hey, how does it feel to be the mother of the greatest rock journalist we’ve met? Hello? Hello…? Look, you’ve got a really great kid here. There’s nothing to worry about. We’re taking good care of him, and you should come to the show sometime - join the circus… 
Elaine Miller: Hey, hey, listen to me, mister. You’re charm doen’t work on me - I’m on to you. Of course you like him… 
Russell Hammond: Well, yeah… 
Elaine Miller: He worships you people. And that’s fine by you as long as he helps make you rich. 
Russell Hammond: Rich? I don’t think so… 
Elaine Miller: Listen to me. He’s a smart, good-hearted fifteen-year-old kid with infinite potential. This is not some apron-wearing mother you’re speaking with - I know all about your valhalla of decadence and I shouldn’t have let him go. He’s not ready for your world of compromised values and diminished brain cells that you throw away like confetti. Am I speaking to you clearly? 
Russell Hammond: Yes - yes, ma’am… 
Elaine Miller: If you break his spirit, harm him in any way, keep him from his chosen profession which is law - something you may not value, but I do - you will meet the voice on the other end of this telephone and it will not be pretty. Do we understand each other? 
Russell Hammond: Uh, yes, ma’am… 
Elaine Miller: I didn’t ask for this role, but I’ll play it. Now go do your best. “Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.” Goethe said that. It’s not too late for you to become a person of substance, Russell. Please get my son home safely. You know, I’m glad we spoke. 

Russell Hammond: Your mom freaked me out.

William Miller: Yeah, she does that.

Fantastic scene.

(Source: oldfilmsflicker)

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unknownskywalker:

Layer Drawings by Nobuhiro Nakanishi

Japanese artist Nobuhiro Nakanishi photographs a scene repeatedly over time, then laser prints each shot and mounts them onto acrylic. Change is captured in each frame, and once layered, they become sculpture installations. The overall effect shows movement and the subtle passage of time.

I love these as installation pieces.