Fri 4 Aug 2006
This page is 9 quadrillion pixels wide by 9 quadrillion pixels tall. Thus it contains a large number of pixels: 8,100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 otherwise known as 8.1 nonillion.
Futhermore, at 77 pixels to the inch, this page takes up 3.4e18 square miles and is 1.844 billion miles on a side– an area roughly equivalent to a section of the plane of our Solar System with the sun at the center and the orbit of Saturn on the outside edge (a square 22 AU on a side).
Fri 21 Jul 2006
FutureLab has a free service that lets you remove people and other moving objects from your photos. It compares multiple pictures and leaves you with empty cityscapes and tourist-free vacation photos. Link
Tue 18 Jul 2006
Netflix is hosting a nationwide screening of classic American movies at locations made famous by the films. Watch Jaws on the beach at Martha’s Vineyard or see Escape from Alcatraz on Alcatraz Island. Link
Wed 14 Jun 2006
While listening to an episode of This American Life, I heard about Found Magazine. It collects and publishes love letters, birthday cards, kids’ homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles – anything that gives a glimpse into someone else’s life. Anything goes…
Neighbor in Apt 21-
While I appreciate the fact that there are occasions when we end up being gone all evening when we don’t intend to, I found it difficult to remember this at 6:45 Sat morning when I was awakened by your alarm. Said alarm was loud enough that it sounded as if it were coming from my own apartment. Again, I recognize that things get forgotten, but I would truly appreciate any future measures you will take to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.
Thank you very much,
Your neighbor in 31
Listen to Davy Rothbart from Found Magazine read some favorites that he has collected.
