Sports from the past: Cycle Skating

• January 31st, 2012
• Posted in Art . Documentary Film . Humor . Thoughts . Video/Film/Literature
• By Moss & Fog

Via swissmiss, I thought this was a charming look back at a sport you don’t see anymore[ READ MORE ]

Self Driving Cars: Progress is Happening

• January 29th, 2012
• Posted in automotive . Future . Technology . Thoughts
• By Moss & Fog

Wired’s new issue is all about self-driving cars, and tests are being conducted all over the world on autonomous and semi-autonomous driving systems. Via Wired Autopia, here is a short article about Volvo’s autonomous car testing.  You might be reading the paper and not worrying about the road on a commute in your near future… [ READ MORE ]

Dog POV

• January 27th, 2012
• Posted in Humor . Technology . Video/Film/Literature
• By Moss & Fog

Dog slo-mo is always fun, especially from the pooch’s point of view[ READ MORE ]

NASA’s New Blue Marble

• January 26th, 2012
• Posted in Climate Change . Documentary Film . Future . Get Smarter . life . Nature . Outer Space . Photography . Technology . Thoughts . Video/Film/Literature
• By Moss & Fog

For those that say NASA doesn’t serve a community purpose, just glance at this stunning new photo composite of our earth. Amazing. Via Colossal: NASA has just published what it calls the “most amazing highest resolution image of Earth ever”, dubbed Blue Marble. The 64-megapixel image weighing in at 8000×8000 pixels is actually a composite [ READ MORE ]

Venn Diagram of the Day: How Would You Like Your Graphic Design?

• January 26th, 2012
• Posted in Art . Art/Design . Get Smarter . Humor . Stuff
• By Moss & Fog

For those of us in the design field, especially us freelancers, this hits home. Via Tricia Chin and Colin Harman[ READ MORE ]

Endangered West Indian Manatees

• January 25th, 2012
• Posted in life . Nature . Video/Film/Literature
• By Moss & Fog

These endangered creatures in Florida are quite graceful in the water[ READ MORE ]

• January 24th, 2012
• Posted in Art/Design . Future . Get Smarter . Stuff . Technology . Video/Film/Literature
• By Moss & Fog

I use Vimeo nearly everyday, and was excited to see it’s going through an entirely new redesign.  Via CoolHunting: New Vimeo Our favorite video sharing platform reveals a complete redesign by Greg Stefano in Tech on 24 January 2012 We have always been big supporters of Vimeo and their mission to provide a high quality, [ READ MORE ]

New Identity // DC Comics

• January 21st, 2012
• Posted in Advertising . Art . Art/Design . Stuff . Thoughts
• By Moss & Fog

I’m a fan of logo designs and redesigns, and found this interesting. Via Brand New Thursday, DC Comics officially unveiled its new identity, after the whole internet (including us) stole its thunder at the start of the week when we all judged its new branding effort based on a single, black-and-white rendition of their new [ READ MORE ]

Tree Ring Music

• January 21st, 2012
• Posted in Art . Art/Design . Documentary Film . Music . Video/Film/Literature
• By Moss & Fog

Via my dear friend, Rambling Moonbat: YEARS from Bartholomäus Traubeck on Vimeo. Custom record player that plays slices of a tree. I love the sound. From the artist: “A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music [ READ MORE ]

Amazing Undersea Life

• January 19th, 2012
• Posted in Art . Get Smarter . life . Nature . Thoughts . Video/Film/Literature
• By Moss & Fog

Via io9: Russian photographer Alexander Semenov creates photographs of marine life that just burst with color and energy. You may have understood, on some intellectual level, that the ocean depths are an ecosystem, teeming with life and all connected. But looking at these stunning photos will make you seeit in a new way. Semenov is [ READ MORE ]