February 2012
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5 things I learned Feb 27, 2012
1. Supercut: the swear words from the Best Picture nomineeshttp://5thin.gs/wBfOoH 2. Photos from China in the early 20th century http://5thin.gs/AE8F9y 3. Snowboarding stars in an urban setting http://5thin.gs/AoWKmq 4. Gorgeous ancient calendars http://5thin.gs/wLDzky 5. Stop- motion animation based on Steppenwolf and Carl Junghttp://5thin.gs/AwUgve Subscribe in a...
Jamiel Livingston Finals
After checking out the links (Jamiel’s here and Brian’s here), vote for the person you think should win a Kindle. Whoever has the most votes here, on the this post, by 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday March 5th wins the Kindle. (check out the other finalist, Brian David Braun’s 5 things ») Jamiel (L.O.S.) Livingston Activist, Radio DJ, Rapper/Singer...
Brian David Braun
After checking out the links (Jamiel’s here and Brian’s here), vote for the person you think should win a Kindle. Whoever has the most votes here, on the this post, by 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday March 5th wins the Kindle. (check out the other finalist, Jamiel Livingston’s 5 things ») Brian David Braun From art student, to roadie, to camera operator, to...
5 things Showdown Finals
After checking out the links (Jamiel’s here and Brian’s here), vote for the person you think should win a Kindle. Whoever has the most votes here, on the this post, by 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday March 5th wins the Kindle. Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Feb 25, 2012
1. City of Samba during Carnivale http://5thin.gs/wxATTH 2. Photos using people as pixels http://5thin.gs/zAJ26T 3. The Millennium Falcon 3D Lego model assembled as we watch http://5thin.gs/zQlfx7 4. Carnival celebrations around the world in pictures http://5thin.gs/Aqztrq 5. Batwing suit accident at 120 mph http://5thin.gs/xTo2qo ...
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5 things I learned Feb 24, 2012
1. Astronauts singing on the moon http://5thin.gs/wXCoZR 2. A mashup of Tron and 2001 makes for an artificial intelligence tragic romance http://5thin.gs/xfdkOp 3. Behind the scenes photos from Black Swan http://5thin.gs/ynlwgY 4. Stop-motion music video made with 12,000 pieces of construction paper http://5thin.gs/yw06vX 5. Pop Culture characters struggling...
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5 things I learned Feb 23, 2012
1. Monkeys discover hidden cameras http://5thin.gs/A46fSx 2. Abandoned planes turned into art http://5thin.gs/Am7eYo 3. Overgrown cars http://5thin.gs/x7vfke 4. Haunting childhood nightmares in cinemagraphs http://5thin.gs/ycUd3D 5. 1980s Inner City Dublin http://5thin.gs/xyrAt9 Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Feb 22, 2012
1. Amateur astrophotograher takes largest ever photo of the night sky http://5thin.gs/xUw590 2. FriendSheep: a student made film http://5thin.gs/zl6dzf 3. Ornate and beautiful paper bird sculptures http://5thin.gs/wmxESQ 4. Flying baby photographic series http://5thin.gs/wAIuYa 5. Magnificent map of rap names http://5thin.gs/yMGir5 Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Feb 21, 2012
1. Tilt-shifted and Time-lapsed Hong Kong http://5thin.gs/zYgI32 2. Hand-animated Old Man and The Sea http://5thin.gs/xXRM0z 3. Illusion as art http://5thin.gs/wQySvP 4. Amazing things done on bikes in Sweden http://5thin.gs/zwm2nK 5. A kit to turn NYC phone booths into mini-libraries http://5thin.gs/z0cHxQ Subscribe in a reader
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5 things Showdown: Finalists
Jamiel (L.O.S.) Livingston: Activist, Radio DJ, Rapper/Singer Songwriter. Discovered he could sing at age 5 from watching MJ on BET & MTV and started Rapping and Battling in 97. He tries to find a way to burn words into people’s thoughts. Speech is his gift so and has exercised this at WSLR for 5 years (http://wslr.org). He also does guest spots on Big Blu House tracks...
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5 things I learned Feb 20, 2012
1. Hanksy takes on Danson and Cosby http://5thin.gs/x1KWuN 2. All of the things Bart has had to write on the chalkboard http://5thin.gs/AfmlKI 3. Fifty year-old photos made all surreal through GIF-ification (gotta click through to see the Animated GIF magic) http://5thin.gs/yX4qs0 4. Micro-collaging transforms a single image http://5thin.gs/xwvuZl 5. GoPro on an...
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5 things I learned Feb 19, 2012
1. Street Life in London, 1876 http://5thin.gs/y6z1Y7 2. HumanSculpture http://5thin.gs/z74aef 3. Japan’s Gigantic OLED Globe Shows Near-Real Time Displays http://5thin.gs/y3HM8i 4. Charts and Diagrams Drawn by Famous Authors http://5thin.gs/zVdrAg 5. The World’s Largest Rope Swing http://5thin.gs/ADAIuC Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Feb 18, 2012
1. Stunning mosaic trees http://5thin.gs/yEaO6j 2. An autistic artist’s 20 year journey into the imagination http://5thin.gs/xq7KQO See the full gallery on Posterous 3. Norwegian photocroms from 1890-1900 http://5thin.gs/xUrwuQ 4. Parahawking http://5thin.gs/zZghFW 5. Orange and Lemon creations from the Fete du Citron http://5thin.gs/yoWasi ...
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5 things I learned Feb 17, 2012
1. Snowboarding at night in an LED suit http://5thin.gs/yFmwPV 2. Ten cyclists are racing 18,000 miles around the world. The race starts tomorrow (feb 18th) http://5thin.gs/yIN3bu 3. Welcome to Earth: a compilation of 179 time-lapses http://5thin.gs/yC1FWE 4. Animal sculptures made from shattered CDs http://5thin.gs/yZhhwl 5. Bowie mashed up movie...
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5 things I learned Feb 16, 2012
1. Gorgeous footage of skydivers http://5thin.gs/wVcBcE 2. Sound paintings http://5thin.gs/xahH9E 3. Lincoln was the first president to be photographed at his inauguration http://5thin.gs/yOvtPs 4. The once anonymous and always astounding advice columnist Dear Sugar reveals her true identity http://5thin.gs/xr4Naf 5. Skating the frozen canals of...
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5 things I learned Feb 14, 2012
1. Lovely little stop motion love story http://5thin.gs/xQIPOg 2. Return of the Jedi retold in icons http://5thin.gs/x9Xnbq 3. Strange twitter profile pics of celebs http://5thin.gs/Ar87kr 4. Famous art seen through a pop lens http://5thin.gs/wvClCX 5. Bonsai treehouse http://5thin.gs/zah3N4 Subscribe in a reader
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5 things Showdown Round 2
After checking out the links, vote for the 2 people you think should go on to the finals, on their way to winning a Kindle. The two with the most votes here on this post when the round closes advance to the finals. Round 2 ends at 11 PM EST on February 20. Be sure and vote for the two you think should be in the finals. Read about all 5 contestants at the bottom...
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5 things I learned Feb 13, 2012
1. Valentine’s Rube Goldberg machine http://5thin.gs/zWoGPI 2. 15-story tower of books on Lincoln http://5thin.gs/x32t0I 3. Photos from Cental Asia 140 years ago http://5thin.gs/vZ2rQ3 4. Liquid font http://5thin.gs/x9yrP4 5. Van Gogh’s Starry Night Interactive http://5thin.gs/w7AEnS Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned February 11, 2012
1. Hilariously Ferocious Underwater Dogs http://5thin.gs/zv77sV 2. Beautiful Field of 9,000 Synchronized Lights http://5thin.gs/AlyL4t 3. Trees win http://5thin.gs/w3iGqH 4. The American Beer Revival http://5thin.gs/xRdZFK 5. 2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners http://5thin.gs/zGR0ND Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Feb 9, 2012
1. Victoria Secrets model without all the makeup http://5thin.gs/zjTeE6 2. The Feynman Series http://5thin.gs/AlHSyP 3. Charming stop-motion LEGO proposal http://5thin.gs/yZ1psR 4. Classic Rockstars and their parents http://5thin.gs/wnnDtV 5. Good Virus: a documentary on spreading kindness http://5thin.gs/zXPKLk
5 things Showdown Round 2!
Our winners from Round 1: Van Jazmin Jamiel Livingston Marc Croswell Chris Alexander Brian Braun In Round 2, each of the 5 will bring his best pick. The top two will advance to the finals and their chance to win a Kindle. Voting opens this next Monday, February 13 and closes the following Monday, February 20 at 11 pm. EST. Be sure and vote for your top two.
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5 things Showdown: First Round WINNER: Brian Braun
With 62% of the vote, Brian Braun isthe winner of our 5th and final matchup for the first round. Thanks so much to Justin Powell for playing along.
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5 things I learned Feb 8, 2012
1. Gorgeous timelapse video of the fog and sky of San Franciscohttp://5thin.gs/A6qX9h 2. Intricate and interesting paper sculptures http://5thin.gs/yyAgGH 3. Frozen lakes can be amazing http://5thin.gs/xpuJ9J 4. More water drops synched for photography. Makes for somefantastically clever images http://5thin.gs/yfJNY5 5. Comic books with celebs and political figures as...
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5 things Showdown: First Round Match-up: Brian...
After checking out the links, vote for the person you think should go on to the next round, on their way to winning a Kindle. Whoever has the most votes here, on the this post, by 11 p.m. Pacific Time, Wednesday February 8th moves on. “In my opinion one of the most unique and talented photographers currently working. He finds unique beauty out of the corners of his eyes and...
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5 things I learned February 4, 2012
1. Surreal illustrated worlds http://5thin.gs/wmdjAj 2. What spider’s do during a flood http://5thin.gs/zW2jF2 3. Astounding glassworks http://5thin.gs/wEex8I 4. Gorgeous, colorful, magnificent insect photos http://5thin.gs/wF9mrU 5. Hi-speed photos of things (food, etc) exploding http://5thin.gs/wWCryZ Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Feb 1, 2012
1. Cross-sections of human anatomy made of rolled paper http://5thin.gs/Azup8D 2. Unreal Estate: pop culture places illustrated http://5thin.gs/yfZ2nt 3. Portraits of bureaucrats from around the world http://5thin.gs/zVKWT5 4. Swarming nano-quadrotors http://5thin.gs/xWVe8u 5. Stunning aerial photography http://5thin.gs/wUgrBy Subscribe in a reader
January 2012
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5 things Showdown: First Round Match-up: Chris...
After checking out the links, vote for the person you think should go on to the next round, on their way to winning a Kindle. Whoever has the most votes here, on the this post, by 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday February 1st moves on. “I’m a big music lover and recently found this site which provides a huge supply of free music downloads from live concerts. The list is...
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5 things I learned January 28, 2012
1. Adding drama to ordinary things by adding wires and wit http://5thin.gs/y9qr0Q 2. Cut leaf illustrations http://5thin.gs/wT9x5H 3. Salvidor Dalí probably WOULD like Vampire Weekend and Frida most definitely would have been down with Daft Punk. Thoughts? http://5thin.gs/z5eGtD 4. Beautifully shot short film on the letterpress http://5thin.gs/ymI02O 5....
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5 things I learned Jan 27, 2012
1. Astounding ‘photo surgery’ ( no photoshop needed) http://5thin.gs/zOXV1V 2. Beautiful birds cut out of maps http://5thin.gs/AgGQYg 3. Very detailed timeline of Jimi Hendrix’s life http://5thin.gs/ynf8oZ 4. Shots from movies where the actor looks directly at the camera http://5thin.gs/ybqUZa 5. Optimal Commutes: Discovering urban desire paths through...
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5 things I learned Jan 26, 2012
1. Photorealistic paintings of women http://5thin.gs/yOd1TK 2. Two 17-year-old Canadians have sent a Lego man into space http://5thin.gs/xm9Ijc 3. Photos from the 1870s turned into super hero cards http://5thin.gs/zZEiv3 4. Wake boarding compilation http://5thin.gs/zs5CDJ 5. New astounding high res image of earth http://5thin.gs/zSASLQ
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5 things I learned Jan 25, 2012
1. Stunning and expressive portraits made from bits of recycled paperhttp://5thin.gs/zHe8Sn 2. Photo manipulations of animalshttp://5thin.gs/yhqEGm 3. Adult TV characters and their childhood counterparts http://5thin.gs/wiO7A8 4. Space Station concepts that didn’t survive http://5thin.gs/xGgDzT 5. The Archetype: a questioning robot http://5thin.gs/yyCUWg Subscribe...
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5 things I learned Jan 24, 2012
1. Gorgeous short video on the West Indian Manatee http://5thin.gs/xVh5DK 2. Famous photographs and the photographers who too them http://5thin.gs/xED9Uj 3. 25 Castles around the world http://5thin.gs/zP5aje 4. Territories jointly owned and controlled by two or more countriesare called Condominiums http://5thin.gs/yB8Vf4 5. Christopher Walken reads “The...
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5 things I learned Jan 23, 2012
1. FOLLOW UP: 75 photos of those creepy underwater statues we covered season 2 (see video below) http://5thin.gs/wFzc7Z 2. Play the rings of a tree as a record http://5thin.gs/AumYds 3. Family tree for Lord of the Rings http://5thin.gs/AbEwKR 4. I just love the whimsy of these photos: The Girl with the Seven Horses http://5thin.gs/xPK3WQ 5. Abandoned buildings in...
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5 things I learned January 22, 2012
1. Loving time-lapse treatment of Yosemite http://5thin.gs/AcIlzh
2. These “Destroyed in Seconds” make me really nervous but i can’t stop watching them http://5thin.gs/yYo6Wd
3. Trailer for a movie called “Space Junk 3D” http://5thin.gs/zx9cLN
4. Shunsuke Nakamura (中村 俊輔) takes a freekick into the window of a moving bus http://5thin.gs/zMkqC7
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5 things I learned January 21, 2012
1. Traffic Cop dance dance dance http://5thin.gs/z0HPga 2. Clever Russian street art http://5thin.gs/yOeUxv 3. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival http://5thin.gs/ytk8Xw 4. The streets are the best street art museum http://5thin.gs/x6KXBL 5. Beautiful world photography http://5thin.gs/x2A1v5 Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Jan 20, 2012
1. Re-imagined hip-hop album covers http://5thin.gs/y8pTTp 2. The choreography of the drummer http://5thin.gs/xXCmtq 3. “The Alphabet of the Plains” or “Alfabeto delle pianure” http://5thin.gs/wfq1bL 4. Improbable scenes http://5thin.gs/xioxbJ 5. Creepy Beavis and Butthead sculptures http://5thin.gs/xExOY3 Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Jan 19, 2012
1. The construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in photos http://5thin.gs/wVJqkn 2. Making of an art installation at Nuart 2011 http://5thin.gs/zOgq9n 3. Impressive animation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Waterhttp://5thin.gs/xFhejw 4. Nightscapes http://5thin.gs/yKaBL5 5. Inverted bi-plane tail grab http://5thin.gs/wKfRvI Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Jan 18, 2012
1. Underwater photos of undersea things http://5thin.gs/vZFXKg 2. National Geographic photos from the Lego factory http://5thin.gs/ybQoQV 3. Colorized versions of iconic photos http://5thin.gs/ygluXy 4. Just a video of a gorgeous great dane running 30 mph http://5thin.gs/zbCYOK 5. Little Tombstone is a clever French animation http://5thin.gs/wsefXB Subscribe in a...
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5 things I learned Jan 17, 2012
1. Movie posters from an alternate universe http://5thin.gs/wPqACg 2. Photos of the day from National Geographic http://5thin.gs/x8gZQw 3. Hello, is it me you’re looking for? http://5thin.gs/wBqYUT 4. A sitcom shot in Ikea stores without permission http://5thin.gs/zoEhO4 5. Supercut of the terrifying http://5thin.gs/zaotwk Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Jan 13, 2012
1. A portrait made entirely of Rubik’s Cubes http://5thin.gs/wjLR9h 2. Star Wars inspired NASA helper robots that have a Google Nexus Sphone as its brains http://5thin.gs/xg2JF2 3. Pictory has new issue of its photo journalistic online magazine http://5thin.gs/yVHewq 4. Prisoner graffiti from a Costa Rican island prison colony http://5thin.gs/y2caWH 5. Flying with cranes...
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5 things I learned Jan 10, 2012
1. Disney fairytales turned dark http://5thin.gs/w1hUfa 2. Who doesn’t love a good Rube Goldberb Machine http://5thin.gs/wAQIvQ 3. Stop-motion animation starring books http://5thin.gs/w6eHA6 4. Chris Milk’s video for “Two Against One” from Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, featuring Jack White and Norah Jones http://5thin.gs/wiwmeu 5....
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5 things I learned January 8, 2012
1. Astounding space imagery http://5thin.gs/xiahNb 2. The disposable camera project is so amazing! Yay people! http://5thin.gs/zaatKA 3. The typewriter that makes cocktails http://5thin.gs/Any2BD 4. An Indonesian short http://5thin.gs/wdd78d 5. The smiling beautiful faces of centenarians http://5thin.gs/yPmzl0 Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned January 7, 2012
1. A world in a drop of water http://5thin.gs/zkJJaF 2. Wooden automaton http://5thin.gs/xSQ9l1 3. Japanese snow monsters http://5thin.gs/ABtXDn 4. Castellers http://5thin.gs/AntV1y 5. Kinectic sculptures, hot wheels style http://5thin.gs/wDwoEt Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned Jan 5, 2012
1. This photog’s daily self-portrait project (12 1/2 years so far) ended up capturing his real (and moving) story http://5thin.gs/AbCbt6 2. One video of many on hand drawn chalk lettering http://5thin.gs/xupliN 3. Funny and plainly instructive 1960s love manual http://5thin.gs/wuAfly 4. An around the world in 6000 photos time-lapse video http://5thin.gs/A7xh5o ...
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5 things I learned Jan 4, 2012
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false See the full gallery on Posterous 1. A dreamlike set of photos: a naked Russian scientist taming beluga whales in the arctic http://5thin.gs/sialGe 2. TV theme song medley http://5thin.gs/yuDMv0 3. Extra-ordinary sand sculptures http://5thin.gs/wsWfRd 4. Digitally made surreal...
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5 things I learned Jan 2, 2012
1. 2011 Told Through Twitter http://5thin.gs/srvsf3 2. Every “club”, “party”, “drunk”, and “hands up” from Billboard’s 2010 Top 10 http://5thin.gs/sP9s0Q 3. 100 Years in 10 Minutes http://5thin.gs/rCWnmN 4. Stunning Moscow time-lapse http://5thin.gs/ujLr4L 5. Malaysia: We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth http://5thin.gs/vj5v8v Subscribe...
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First Round WINNER: Marc Crowswell
Victoria Crosby - Best Street Art 6%Marc Croswell - Patient Gardner 91% http://5thin.gs/showdown-Crosby-v-Croswell
December 2011
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5 things I learned December 31, 2011
1. The year in photos from The Big Picture: Part 1 http://5thin.gs/rWY391; Part 2 http://5thin.gs/v8cxFh; Part 3 http://5thin.gs/veASkr 2. The top optical illusions of the year http://5thin.gs/w2dS7X 3. Long exposure photos of fireflies http://5thin.gs/s2Majo 4. Heads made of match heads http://5thin.gs/u5i3sv 5. Crochetdermy http://5thin.gs/rR3Cnx ...
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5 things I learned December 26, 2011
1. I love the sky and I love architecture. BOOM! http://5thin.gs/ubE6A1 2. DJ Earwom mixes a whole year together… so much fun http://5thin.gs/uZqSa2 3. An incremental animation project http://5thin.gs/slnKuE 4. 2011 in Television http://5thin.gs/vC6X4i 5. Some of the weirdest ads of 2011 http://5thin.gs/rQ3rI3 Subscribe in a reader
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5 things I learned December 26, 2011
1. I love the sky and I love architecture. BOOM! 2. DJ Earwom mixes a whole year together… so much fun 3. An incremental animation project 4. 2011 in Television 5. Some of the weirdest ads of 2011 Subscribe in a reader