Messages from Futures Past

By the end of the century, ocean levels could rise by 2 or 3 feet. That’s enough to flood the colonists’ first settlement at Jamestown, Va. And it’s putting pressure on archaeologists to get as many artifacts out of the ground as quickly as possible — before it’s too late.

— With Rising Seas, America’s Birthplace Could Disappear

Photo: John Poole/NPR

thisistheverge: See a prototype of Detroit’s ten-foot-tall...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:09:19 -0500

thisistheverge:

See a prototype of Detroit’s ten-foot-tall Robocop statue before it’s cast in bronze

In 2011, Twitter user MT suggested to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing that a statue of Robocop would make a “great ambassador” for Detroit. From that seed of an idea, the “Detroit Needs Robocop” project raised over $60,000 through Kickstarter to actually build a life-sized or larger replica of one of the city’s most famous icons. After two years of planning, scanning, and fabrication, the project’s creators have posted pictures of a ten-foot-tall Robocop prototype, ready to be cast in bronze and set up in the city.

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pizzaboozetelly: anniehinton: heathyr: First trailer...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:07:56 -0500

pizzaboozetelly:

anniehinton:

heathyr:

First trailer for Arrested Development - Season 4!

Gooooood gravy

Ohhh my god, Ohhh my god, Ohhh my god, Ohhh my god, Ohhh my god…

This is very exciting.

thisistheverge: Newt Gingrich is ‘really puzzled’ by cellphones...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:05:49 -0500

thisistheverge:

Newt Gingrich is ‘really puzzled’ by cellphones that take pictures and needs your help

Having lost the 2012 presidential election — and his bid to build a manned moon base by 2020 — Newt Gingrich is turning his sights on pressing issues a little closer to home. “We’re really puzzled,” Gingrich says in a new video, clutching a small handheld device. “Here at Gingrich Productions, we’ve spent weeks figuring out what do you call this? You probably think it’s a cellphone.” It’s a smartphone, of course, but at no point in the former House speaker’s two-and-a-half minute video does he utter the phrase. “But think about it,” Gingrich says. “If it’s taking pictures, it’s not a cellphone. If you can get Wikipedia or go to Google, that’s not a cellphone.”

Hiyoooo

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:01:16 -0500

Hiyoooo

brianmichaelbendis: Donald Glover talking about the comments he...

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:35:31 -0500

brianmichaelbendis:

Donald Glover talking about the comments he received during his campaign to be the next Spider-Man

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Sat, 11 May 2013 21:49:49 -0500

luna-vespertine: Vino Montepulciano Toscana by Elisa...

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:45:41 -0500

luna-vespertine:

Vino Montepulciano Toscana by Elisa Bosco

Bernard: [gibbering] They’d all laugh at me if they knew what I was trying to do… to create a new strain of super-wine in a half an hour with a fraction of nature’s resources and a FOOL for an assistant. “Bernard Black, he’s mad,” they’d say. “He’s insane. He’s dangerous.” Well I’ll show them! I’ll show them all!

p-i-n-k-perfection: beautilation: “I’ll never forget the day...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:40:13 -0500

p-i-n-k-perfection:

beautilation:

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.” - Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

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thisistheverge: Director Alfonso Cuaron is back with a teaser...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:45 -0500

thisistheverge:

Director Alfonso Cuaron is back with a teaser for Gravity, his first film since Children of Men. Watch it here.

Pushing all my phobia buttons.

tastefullyoffensive: Admiral Ackbar: British Edition[via]

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:06:05 -0500

tastefullyoffensive:

Admiral Ackbar: British Edition

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fuckyeaharresteddevelopment: (via Exclusive: ‘Arrested...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:13:05 -0500

fuckyeaharresteddevelopment:

(via Exclusive: ‘Arrested Development’ Mother’s Day Cards – Flavorwire)

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npr: Upon rereading the book recently, I took special note of...

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:29:45 -0500

npr:

Upon rereading the book recently, I took special note of Gatsby’s spending habits. He’s described as a wealthy man, but he’s still living a very tony lifestyle for someone who made most of his money bootlegging. One over-the-top party, yes. But an over-the-top party every weekend? Even hedge-funders don’t live like that.

So I pulled every nugget from The Great Gatsby related to Gatsby’s personal wealth and income, and every passage that detailed his spending, and — with the help of some experts — tried to re-create a historical ledger that might have shown the state of Jay Gatsby’s fortune, if he had been a real person and not a figment of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s imagination. It turns out that, far from accumulating vast stores of wealth, Jay Gatsby might have been spending beyond his means.

— Was the Great Gatsby Broke? — Daily Intelligencer