Starbucks Bean to Beverage Chalk Board Mural by Jaymie McAmmond
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Shit that amuses my brain.
Marcia Says Stuff
If your favorite scientists throughout history were super-hip web start-ups, these would be their logos.
I would buy stock in that Feynman guy any day. He’s my dude. Check out the rest of the superb collection from Alan Betancourt.
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Covering the Space Program
NASA doesn’t need much help selling the idea that space is super-awesome, but these covers for manuals and press conference notes from the golden age of spaceflight sure don’t hurt. They are going up for auction later this month. I wouldn’t mind having one or two of those hanging in my house, eh?
Check out many more awesome works of vintage NASA PR art here.
I’m thinking these may be a rather nice addition to my wall….
It got better!
One of the first permanent mountaintop observatories is the Lick Observatory. Built in 1888 by the Warner and Swasey Co., the telescope still sits in it’s original spot just east of San Jose and is still operating to this day.
We recently visited the observatory and talked with Steve Vogt, an astronomy professor at UC Santa Cruz, who used to sneak into the observatory as a kid.
Watch the video →
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My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer
one of the saddest and most beautiful photo essays I’ve ever seenI don’t think I could ever be this open photographically showing my wife slowly dying. I couldn’t do it, but this is beautiful.
couldn’t not reblog. tears. literally.
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