I love getting packages in the mail too so I totally get xkcd 576 (hint, hint.. ok, even more I love sending random packages to friends while I’m abroad).
A kiwi developer did a little work to make it happen and has been having it auto-tweet all the things it sends. Kinda cool. Wondering what is going to the be most interesting/coolest/weirdest/nastiest things he’s going to get.
Wow, this is quite beautiful, but looks real dangerous. Didn’t even know it was called speedflying (insanity is the colloquial Canadian term.).
Sadly though, despite saying that, thinking in the back of my head how much fun that would be on a snowboard. ;-)
Fantastically well done animation of Lincoln’s most famous and moving address.
via Neatorama .
Those who know me from the year I lived aboard the Neilali will know that the whole point of having a boat was never about the sailing; it was about the freedom. I absolutely love these guys who fixed up a crap boat and sailed around the Bahamas like maniacs just enjoying life. So great.
You can grab the entire documentary from their site or watch the embed via Vimeo.
Have to admit it’s got me thinking of a boat again.
The American Book Review has compiled its take on the 100 best opening lines from novels .
Anybody think they missed any? Or think some of them don’t deserve to be there?
I’m actually chuffed I’ve read more of these books than I haven’t.
via Neatorama .
I think the only way Australia could be more fun for me is if it actually did still contain 7 foot tall kangaroos and giant wombats (and there’d be something able to take down the roving giant spiders).
NatGeo has the lowdown on the giants of days gone by . Some nice photos too .
via BoingBoing .
National Geographic has an amazing 50 year retrospective on the incredible life’s work of Jane Goodall that she’s done with chimpanzees at the Gombe Reserve. So impressive and inspiring. Seriously, I saw her speak in Toronto once (one of 8 guys in a huge “wimmins issues” conference) and I want her as my adopted GrandNan. She kicks ass and does fantastic work.
And keep in mind, she started Gombe at a time when women seriously didn’t do this sort of thing. Here’s to passion, courage, progress and pushing forward the boundaries of what people believed was possible.
Love Amnesty using Allen Ginsburg’s “A Prophecy” for its latest ad campaign. Inspiring.
via Osocio Weblog .
In 1963 on 28 August 2010, MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to over 200,000 people at the Washington Monument. Still, one of the greatest speeches ever given and a beacon to the human rights movement everywhere. Watch it all the way through.
Good thing to watch this Sunday and reflect on what you can do to make this world a better place for everyone.
This Australian election has been awash in rhetoric about “turning back the boats.” Sadly, neither party is willing to honour its obligations under international asylum law and continue to use the refugee issue here as a political football (hockey puck to my Canuck brethren).
The Age’s Katz appeals to Oz’s future prime minister that we should just keep out the worst of the worst – the Canadians .
… something must be done to curb the influx of Canadastanis flowing across our borders like thick insidious maple syrup smothering a helpless little butterball atop a compassionate pancake short-stack.