The Internet. Chapter 3
I've moved blogs. Well, sort of. I'm now on Squarespace 7 instead of 5 and I'm still trying to figure things out. It's very confusing (actually in fairness to the kind folk at Squarespace, it's not. It's just because I'm a creature of habit and having to find my way around something new is always a challenge for me). Anyway! Who cares? This week was SPACE. I've seen Interstellar twice and I think there might be a third time on the horizon. Did I ever tell you about the time I saw Jurassic Park 8 times - eight times - in the cinema? No? Lucky you.
Get some kanye-fidence instead.
Now watch the world in glorious 4D and think about Kanye again. Did someone say insignificant twat?
A timelapse of Earth in 4K resolution, as imaged by the geostationary Elektro-L weather satellite, from May 15th to May 19th, 2011. Elektro-L is located ~40,000 km above the Indian ocean, and it orbits at a speed that causes it to remain over the same spot as the Earth rotates.
So that's the world, now read about the metaphysics of Interstellar. I really like that film.
The soundtrack to Interstellar is - and I use this word in the literal sense, which, let's face it, is an all too rare thing today - epic. It's out now so go buy it, but on headphones, sit back, close your eyes, and think of space and shit.
Interstellar is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Michael Caine, the film features a team of space travelers who travel through a wormhole in search of a new habitable planet.
If you really want more, you can read about life as an astronaut. To repeat something I said on Facebook, I read an interview with an astronaut once, I don't remember who, and they said that as part of their initiation, every leader, president, prime minister, king - whatever - should go into space and look at our planet from a distance, because it gives you the unmistakeable realisation that we're all alone, and we're all the same. I thought that was a pretty cool (if highly unrealistic), idea.
OK, enough of this space business, look at these nice cartoons by Adarsh Balak.
Enough cartoons, look at these 6 links that show you what Google knows about you. I didn't have to look very far to see something I wish I hadn't.
- Ad preferences
- Where you've been
- Search history
- Devices you've used
- Apps that use your info
- Export your data if you want
This is really silly but I like it.
Another ipsum generator, and a good one. Gives you gems like, "The temperature inside this apple pie is over one thousand degrees. If I squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple will squirt out. Could go your way; could go mine. Either way, one of us is going down." Yes, it's the Alan Partridge ipsum generator. Go nuts.
Enjoy your weekend. I sit in anticipation of a baby arriving, but it probably won't until Christmas day, the little sod.