Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and Aeronautical Scientist (via Smithsonian Institution)
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Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers - Running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters didn’t work for Al Gore in 2000. It didn’t work for John Kerry in 2004. And it didn’t work when Mark Penn (obsessed with his “microtrends” and missing the megatrend) convinced Hillary Clinton to do it in 2008.
Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion -
Abstract: A system for allowing a shoe wearer to lean forwardly beyond his center of gravity by virtue of wearing a specially designed pair of shoes which will engage with a hitch member movably projectable through a stage surface.
Inventors: Michael J. Jackson, Michael L. Bush, Dennis Tompkins
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“But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.” — Kahlil Gibran
Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and Aeronautical Scientist (via Smithsonian Institution)
“We like to think of our beliefs, and disbeliefs, as founded on reason and close, thoughtful observation. Only in theory do we begin to suspect the power of aesthetics to shape our lives.”
— Tobias Wolff: Winter Light
Barack Obama on Economics: 'We're Going Through a Big Shift' - WSJ.com - “We’ve got this new problem: The biggest problem with our tax code when it comes to the business side is that we have one of the highest tax rates — corporate tax rates — on paper but our effective tax rate is one of the lowest … You know, how much you pay in taxes as a corporation a lot of times is going to depend on how good your lobbyist is, as opposed to any sound economic theories. So those distorting effects I’d like to actually remove and eliminate from our tax system, but obviously that’s a complicated and difficult task.”
$402m Tidal Energy Plant For New Zealand - “The tidal energy is expected to get the turbines generating 200 megawatts of power - enough for 250,000 homes. The turbines, shielded from fish, would sit on heavy concrete pylons and be at least 5m from the surface at low tide. Leisure craft and barges could pass over them, but would be restricted from anchoring in the turbine area.”
halleluhjah (via Hooded Fang*)
New Zealand faces power crisis amid drought
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“Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.” — Alan Watts
