Snowboarding in Montreal
Really sweet video of snowboarding through the city in Montreal set to sounds by The XX:
The Lost LA Subway
Having grown up in Los Angeles, I’m even kind of more amazed to learn more about the city’s early subway and streetcar system. via BoingBoing
What would Seinfeld be like today?
I’ve been kind of enjoying the Seinfeld Today twitter feed offering plot ideas for a post-social media, 2013-era show: [pullquote2 quotes=”true” textColor=”#000000″]Kramer joins a gay gym (“Well, those guys know how to take care of themselves.”), gets in a fight...
How we know what we know – Richard Dawkins on Evidence in Science
via Brainpickings: beautiful letter by Richard Dawkins to his ten year old daughter on how we know what we know:[pullquote2 quotes=”true” align=”center” textColor=”#000000″ cite=”Richard Dawkins”]People sometimes say that you must believe in feelings deep inside, otherwise you’d never be confident...
Vivian Maier, Street Photographer featured in This American Life’s The Invisible Made Visible
I really enjoyed This American Life’s 2 hour movie special, “The Invisible Made Visible“. One of the highlights was learning about the largely unknown street photographer Vivian Maier. This Life tells the story of her posthumous discovery when John Maloof acquired...
Is it on Netflix?
Can I Stream It is a useful search engine for finding whether a movie or TV show is streaming on Netflix or for sale on iTunes or Amazon’s Instant Video. They also have a handy popular streaming summary for Netflix.