DSD

Time has a won­der­ful lit­tle photo essay fea­tur­ing pic­tures of Barack Obama as a fresh­man at Occi­den­tal Col­lege.

In 1980, when Obama was a fresh­man at Occi­den­tal Col­lege in Los Ange­les, he was approached by an aspir­ing pho­tog­ra­pher named Lisa Jack, who asked him if he would be will­ing to pose for some black and white pho­tographs that she could use in her port­fo­lio. […] Ini­tially, before she dug the film out from her base­ment, Jack never thought her pic­tures would have much life beyond her own dark­room.

As I sus­pect most high energy physi­cists do, I stay acutely aware of what’s hap­pen­ing on Lubos Motl’s blog. Today, he offered a par­tic­u­larly illu­mi­nat­ing anal­ogy describ­ing our rela­tion­ship to some cur­rent phys­i­cal theories

So we are some­what sim­i­lar to a prim­i­tive tribe that finds a wash­ing machine (pro­duced by some­one else). At the begin­ning, they will use it as a fridge. As their knowl­edge increases, they will learn how to do the laun­dry. How­ever, if they become even more skill­ful, they may update the device a bit — or press a hid­den but­ton — and use it as a fridge, too. I didn’t tell you: it was one of the wash­ing machines that can also cool the clothes down.

Via Design You Trust, comes this nifty video from 1950’s Italy. I guess it wasn’t enough just to have the trains run on time.

Brows­ing The Super­est again, I stum­bled across this, and couldn’t help shar­ing it:

This site is so ridicu­lous. I highly rec­om­mend start­ing from the begin­ning some­time, and work­ing your way through.

While we’re on the sub­ject of Dar­win, here’s a good exam­ple of his the­ory in action.

Evo­lu­tion of the AT-AT

By the way, for the con­fused, that’s an AT-AT (All Ter­rain Armored Trans­port). It’s impor­tant to know these things.

In honor of Darwin’s 200th birth­day, there’s this inex­plic­a­bly awe­some poster.

It’s one of a col­lec­tion. (via boing­bo­ing)

These ARE the clothes I’m look­ing for! This thing actu­ally exists at shopecko.com.

The Real Trooper hoodie from Marc Ecko. Zip-front hoodie fea­tures “Storm Trooper” body and the hood looks like a mask. Zip welt pock­ets, rib knit sleeve cuffs and hem. 100% cot­ton. Machine wash. Imported.

Imported… from space! Also, here’s a review from a sat­is­fied customer:

Best Uses: Going Out, Wear To Work, Casual Wear [… A]s soon as i zipped up the hood i couldnt stop laugh­ing. i looked like an idiot. i love it.