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We’re almost there!

Chris — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:29:07 +0000

a.k.a. my endless nightmare

The Shepard tone on this page makes a nice soundtrack for the image.

On a side note, that Shepard tone linked above freaks my bird out, I don’t think he can quite process those tones (neither can I, for that matter).

Eyjafjallajökull

Chris — Mon, 17 May 2010 08:03:31 +0000

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 on Vimeo on Vimeo

Gorgeous timelapse photography. Don’t miss the HD version fullscreen, it is simply stunning

Forming Habits

Chris — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:28:11 +0000

How long does it take to form a habit? PsyBlog summarizes a paper (sadly behind a paywall) that researches habit formation. In short, it depends on how simple the habit is and your own personality. While some tasks became habitual after three weeks, others took months. Notably, some people seemed resistant to habit formation, taking significantly longer to form habits.

Lovely Timelapse

Chris — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:48:34 +0000

I can only aspire to shooting and editing something this good.

Another Cloud Reel… from Delrious on Vimeo.

Footage shot over the summer of 2009 mostly in the San Francisco bay area.

Good Night and Tough Luck

Chris — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:56:56 +0000

A whimsical visualization of insomnia.

Sleep Agony vs Sleep Bliss

Book titles, if they were written today

Chris — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:32:28 +0000

Then: The Gospel of Matthew
Now: 40 Days and a Mule: How One Man Quit His Job and Became the Boss

More then and now book titles at kottke, some good stuff. Originally from your monkey called via waxy. Do you have any good ones?

How about:
Then: The Book of Jonah
Now: Prophecy, Pity, and Survival via Passive Aggression

Sentencing Review: Deposition of the Captain

Chris — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:34:26 +0000

Go read this. I don’t want to spoil it with a teaser but here’s a little bit to maybe spark your interest.

What sounded like a steel cyclone hurtling from the sky toward my bow. It was a hideous, ungodly, and inevitable caterwaul. Like all hell falling at once and nowhere to turn. Nowhere to go. Except the one heading every captain prays his boat never takes: down. I looked up, saw the blur of the cow catcher, then everything changed.

Fractal Heartbreak

Chris — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:09:29 +0000

The story of 6 year old Jani Schofield’s fight with schizophrenia is profoundly troubling:

A new imaginary friend named 400-the-Cat moved in. He told her to kick and hit other people. “We realized she didn’t control her imaginary friends. They controlled her,” Michael says. Many phantoms populated her mind now: two little girls named 100 Degrees and 24 Hours; 200-the-Rat; Magical 61-the-Cat; and 400.

Her father’s blog is also difficult to read.

Metafilter poster Drastic’s description of the situation as a fractal heartache is indeed apt:

The entire story’s a kind of godawful fractal heartbreak–no matter how you zoom into it, every piece contains just as much heartbreak as a wider view.