I can’t write anything about this, but there’s a story behind this photo. I only know one of the data points within that story, but it’s a good one.
Fresser.
Not too shabby of a way to watch a race (that’s pit row directly in front).
Saturday at the Races (via nbrier)
Noah, you just made the top of the envy list.
“Dont Afraid, show your tantrum on this Table Flipping Simulator!” (youtube)
“ Hans Monderman, a traffic engineer working in Holland , discovered that removing all traffic signs, speed humps, line markings and traffic lights dramatically reduced traffic speeds and actually made streets safer. The lack of signs and traffic control devices created a ‘mental speed bump’ that slowed motorists, without them even being aware that they had slowed down. This new approach to street design has been applied in over 30 cities and villages in Europe.
David Engwicht, a social inventor working in Australia , noticed that a child playing on the sidewalk can be more effective at slowing traffic than a speed hump. He found that the speed of traffic on residential streets is governed, to a large extent, by the degree to which residents have psychologically retreated from their street. Simply reversing this retreat creates mental speed bumps in the street.” More about Mental Speed Bumps
David Engwicht, a social inventor working in Australia , noticed that a child playing on the sidewalk can be more effective at slowing traffic than a speed hump. He found that the speed of traffic on residential streets is governed, to a large extent, by the degree to which residents have psychologically retreated from their street. Simply reversing this retreat creates mental speed bumps in the street.” More about Mental Speed Bumps
Two guys who travel around making free local commercials and I think I’m the last to know about this. (youtube)
Using Mechanical Turk to monitor surveillance cameras for companies. What is H.E.R.O.? | ReTel Technologies, Inc.
I should have just said “fuck it” and gone to Universal Studios, like Stalin. Hitler finds out about EPCOT.
(youtube, via Ian B., who points out that the Hitler subtitles thing is getting old, but this is still kind of great)
