HIP-HOP vs. GUINEA PIG

For some reason, during my recent experience as a guinea pig (locked in a room for 24 hours), I found myself with a ferocious craving for Hip-Hop. Luckily my cell was furnished with a computer and thanks to Youtube I could satisfy my audio appetite.

Here are some of the nostalgic highlights of my 24 hours:

DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World

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String Theory

Last year there was a lot of controversy surrounding the launch of The LHC(Large Hadron Collider) at CERN Labs, near the Franco-Swiss border. This collider was made to smash atoms at very high energies (There are other smashers in the world, but much weaker compared to the LHC). Some people were worried it would create a black hole. Unfortunately, the LHC has had some problems launching. Reports say they will try again this summer.
In this documentary called The Elegant Universe, which is based on a book of the same name, provides some insight as to why this Atom smasher was built in the first place. Everyone knows that the world is composed of atoms, which are composed of neutrons, protons, and electrons. However these are not the only ones. There are others, which are much tinier. These particles are so tiny that in order to detect them, physicists must smash atoms at very high energies. Presently, some physicists theorize that the world is composed of tiny strings which give rise to particles such as electrons, quarks, and so on. This theory cannot be proved real until physicists detect important clues. Thus the LHC, which will smash atoms at much higher energies than ever before, could in fact lead to a new scientific revolution. On the other hand, its a little worrying that in order to make bigger discoveries physicists much use such high energies. Where is the line they draw before entering dangerous levels.

Watch Brian Greene's Elegant Universe over at PBS, its an extremely insightful and very well done science video.

Stand Under a Dangling Train

Jeff Koons has a plan in the works with Los Angeles County Museum of Art to suspend a full operating steam locomotive by crane in the air.

Check Out the video from Tate Shots

Mag Cloud

If you want to make one copy of a magazine at 20 cents a page on good paper, check out this service. All you have to do is send them a pdf and they will send you your magazine a few days later. Once you've made it, you can sell it on their site. This is a pretty big deal considering you don't have to make 1000 copies. For unkown types or kids that just want to share their work with their friends, its amazing. However, the service is only available in the states at the moment.

300 days of sunshine and kids will find ways to freestyle on anything

REviseddd TPC part from matt mckeen on Vimeo.

Test Subject (Part II)

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The Up Series

The Up series is a documentary following the lives of 14 British children every seven years since 1964. It was made by Michael Apted. The 14 children were choosen by their varuious economic status from poor to rich. The series reveals clues to questions, such as, do we really change? If you are born into a class system, are you likely to continue to be a part of it? If you appear in a documentary every seven years, is your life influenced by the thought of others judging you? I have only watched seven plus seven because that is all thats currently available on Google video. If you check on Wikipedia, up series, you can get some more ideas.

We're All Gonna Die

A 100m. 78cm. long photograph comprised of 178 people photographed in the same location on a railroad bridge over the course of 2o days.

Check out this and other amazing photography projects by Simon Hoegsberg at:

http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/

Rob san with long hair playing cello