Jim Grant Talks the Evils of the Fed
Lengthy Jim "Interest Rate Observer" Grant interview with Consuela Mack as he talks the evils of the Fed. Repent!
Avalanche? Meet Airbag
Raw Footage - edit to follow from Jeff Wyshynski on Vimeo.
Your Moment of Tolkien Geekout
The lead-up and the first production video from the set of The Hobbit:
Shotgun in Dubai
Nutty pic of tiger riding shotgun in Dubai:
[via Top Gear]
Slow-Mo HD Video of Paris-Roubaix
Outstanding slow-mo, HD video of Paris-Roubaix cycling race. Gorgeous footage of the Hell of the North. Be sure to blow it to full-screen and max res.
Field Notes: Security, RIM, Data Centers, Cannabis, etc.
World Bank Security & Development study (Source)
Carboon footprint of indoor cannabis production (Source)
Data center electricity usage worldwide (Source)
RIM CEO calls a halt to live BBC interview (Source)
Grow Ops & Data Centers
From a new study:
The electricity use of the typical grow operation approaches 200 watts per square foot, on par with the power usage of a modern computer data center
via green.blogs.nytimes.com
Radiolab + Zoë Keating
From the Google Talks series, Radiolab and Zoë Keating. If you're a fan, you'll love it; if you're not, then you're beyond my help.
Coachella-glish vs English: Band Names and Letter Frequencies
The annual Coachella music festival in southern California is coming up later this week, so I thought it might be fun to have a closer look. As I'm over-fond of pointing out, Coachella band-names are a distinct dialect of English, prone to jarring comb...
"Dreamlike" Tidal Bore Wave
Teaser video from surf trip to Indonesian river tidal bore that produces super clean breaking wave.
