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Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

I’m not sure it ever occurred to me on my own to visit a fishbowl of any size unless I was picking one something for dinner. Jon Rawlinson’s gorgeous video of the Kuroshio Sea (hat tip boing boing) at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium may be changing my mind. It’s home to several whale sharks which have grown up to 40 feet long in the wild. Read the rest of this entry »

TED Talks Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali.

It’s interesting to wonder what the cost of closing for a yearlong sabbatical would be. More interesting would be to calculate the cost of not doing it. Read the rest of this entry »

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

Marvelous!

Handcrafted with love by BYU design students and faculty, for the 5th Typophile Film Festival. A visual typographic feast about the five senses, and how they contribute to and enhance our creativity. Everything in the film is real—no CG effects!

Shot with a RED One, a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, a Canon EOS 40D, and a Nikon D80. Stop motion created with Dragon Stop Motion.

Terrible software; great commercial. Read the rest of this entry »

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I didn’t want to be the only one who hadn’t posted this clip.

Brilliant!! Chuck; aka the Poetic Prophet, aka The SEO Rapper raps in my language.

Somehow this is the first time I’ve come across Juan Enriquez who brings a fascinating and very funny perspective on where we are (as a species) in the grand scheme of things.

• Juan Enriquez: Beyond the crisis, mindboggling science and the arrival of Homo evolutis

The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School (PLMS) has been diligently offering up some of the most interesting lectures regarding the influence of psychology, cognitive neuroscience and others in the social sciences on the understanding of law, policy making, and legal theory. By making these materials available on YouTube, they are creating nothing less than a treasure trove. See their YouTube Channel for more.

I’ve previously blogged on Philip Zimbardo’s talk at the TED Conference. His talk at Harvard is longer and more in depth, elucidating the findings of his book The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil in the context of Abu Ghraib. See below for the videos in 11 parts. Read the rest of this entry »