Sokalife

He Will Be Missed

Doctor, Author and Novelist, one of my favorite people in the world. I deeply enjoyed his fantastic and whimsical, yet very scientific portrays of technology and the human, his panache for storytelling and his amazing love of technical language.

ER was also one of my favorite medical TV shows ever. (Along with Trapper John MD and Quincy )

Farewell Michael Crichton, may your journey into the next existence bear more fruit than this one.
Godspeed.

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MICHAEL CRICHTON.

No Limits

ZEEK LIFE ANIMATION
by JAVITOZEEK

I found this in A Skull a Day. Very Cool.

Mr. Hero

Inner Workings

For most human beings gathered around urban centers, a big part the whole moving about has to do with their cars (OK, a Lot of it); I find it strange that for some reason, and I know I am not alone on this, parking structures have an appealing allure that resembles that of a morbid dismay and strange attractors all rolled up into one big feeling, good or bad, that we can't help but wonder about them.
I particularly find them quite astounding, not all of them mind you, just the grand scheme/made for masses/keeps you car dry and safe sort of garages like the one picture below:

I have seen and been in plenty of them and every time, there is an opportunity to study them and analyze parts or all of their anatomy: the inter-columnar distance, height, ventilation system, lighting, paving, markings, signs, etc. all of which make or break the deal for user satisfaction. Some are so amazing that they resemble movie sets or, to say it in another fashion, have a very cinematic feel to them ( which is the case with the one in the photo ).

I for one am all for these containers of people's hopes and bedazzled investments, and in a world where there are more and more cars ( we all love our cars let's be real ) it seems a good fit to make the most of such a place, i. e. design a better mousetrap of a parking garage so that we don't have to see ugly once entering or leaving a simple place to keep your car albeit a very expensive one.

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Louis Kahn's Son...

I truly recommend you buy this DVD.  " MY ARCHITECT " is the personal tale of Nathaniel Kahn, the son of the renowned architect that left behind a plethora of intensely personal projects as well as a legacy for the craft of architecture itself. It is a heartfelt visual narration as Louis Kahn's son, whom he somehow neglected, takes us through a journey of the buildings of his father while re-encountering a love and respect for him as a person, a man, a distant father that somehow cared more for his work than his personal life, and this can be witnessed though the eyes of the filmmaker, Kahn's own son. He sets out to reconcile his life with his work's legacy as well as the things he left behind. Architecture aside, this is a tale from within to the soul of an entire heirloom: Passion.

                                          

Red Video is now Online...

The Red Video in now online at The Spots Podcast/Vidcast site... watch it and get inspired for the contest that is underway.

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