Flag Dip to the always awesome kottke.org
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As the Costa Concordia sits on her side a stones throw from the Italian shore, here’s a great short video from Wired that profiles the men that undertake these types of massive salvage operations. The accompanying article is a must read too.
High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace Wired February 25, 2008
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It’s that time of year again. The Moby-Dick Marathon is about to get underway at the New Bedford Whaling Museum this weekend.
There’s lots on scheduled but the heart and soul of the event is the nonstop reading of the American classic. It starts at noon on Saturday, January 7 and if you want a real treat, a little before 1:30 PM get a “berth” at the Seamen’s Bethel across the street and have an authentic Melville experience. Melville’s pew is in the back left of the church.
Moby-Dick Marathon Weekend Schedule of Events
Friday, January 6
5:30 p.m.: Ticketed buffet dinner and cash bar, Jacobs Family Gallery.
7:15 p.m.: Public lecture, “Moby-Dick in American Popular Culture,” with Dr. Timothy Marr, Cook Memorial Theater.
Saturday, January 7
10:00 a.m.: Stump the Scholars II, Cook Memorial Theater.
11:30 a.m.: Moby-Dick “Extracts,” Bourne Building.
12:00 noon: Moby-Dick Marathon begins, Bourne Building.
1:30 p.m. (approx.): Chapters 7– 9 in the Seamen’s Bethel with tenor Jonathan Boyd.
2:30 p.m. (approx.): Marathon continues, Jacobs Family Gallery.
3:00-5:00 p.m.: Chat with a Melville scholar, Wattles Family Gallery.
3:00-5:00 p.m.: “Imaging Moby!” tour with Dr. Robert Wallace, Centre Street Gallery.
7:00 p.m. (approx.): Chapter 35 to Chapter 40. “Midnight, Forecastle” performed by Culture*Park, Cook Memorial Theater.
8:00 p.m. (approx.): Marathon continues, Jacobs Family Gallery.
Sunday, January 8
1:00 p.m. (approx.): Marathon concludes with the Epilogue.
Ongoing related exhibits: “Imagining Moby!,” “Visualizing Melville” and the 1956 Moby-Dick publicity panels. Moby-Dick slide show, Cook Memorial Theater.
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
Madison Square Garden can seat 20,000 people for a concert. This blog was viewed about 66,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Madison Square Garden, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
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In keeping with the “Sea-Fever/WaterFire” meme, here’s a fun video about what happens when you put a bunch of geeks on a boat for a few days and tell them to “make” stuff.
( via PetaPixel via Engadget via Photocomment)
via BoingBoing
Comment on YouTube
This bird is well known to the police and INTERPOL. He was not always a bad gull. He has changed his MO. He is suspected in a number of robberies at ATM’s. Not only did it provide him with cash, stolen ID’s were used in identity thefts. I think he just got in with the wrong crowd, jail birds.
OK, Sea-Fever has been dark for some time and that’s because in mid-March I started a new job as Managing Director of WaterFire Providence. It’s destiny that a guy with a blog called Sea-Fever goes to work at a place called WaterFire.
If you’ve never experienced WaterFire you’ll probably just get confused if I try to tell you what it is. But I’ll try any way because you should know.
WaterFire Providence is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire Providence and its visitors by revitalizing the urban experience, fostering community engagement and creatively transforming the city by presenting WaterFire for all to enjoy. What’s WaterFire? This video does a better job than any words I could muster.
For a deeper dive on WaterFire, here’s an old video of founder Barnaby Evans explaining the artwork.
I’ve been very fortunate to have some incredible jobs over the years and the chance to work with some amazing people; however, WaterFire is really a world apart. I’ll be writing about it here from time to time.
If you haven’t experienced WaterFire, you must come!
Translation:
- 0:08 brace yourself guys, hold on tight.
- 0:13 I have no idea what will happen to you if you are not holding on something.
- 0:20 10 meter high, guys
- 0:30 wowwwwwwwwwwwww
- 0:38 good, we’ve just gone over it. the second wave is coming.
- 0:43 this is bigger than the last one.
- 0:50 Speed up, navigator!
- 0:54 both screws at 20
- 0:56 the fourth wave two miles ahead.
- 1:13 now 1.6 miles ahead
- 1:16 keep both screws at 20
Credit (and disclaimer): Video and translation via Russia Today on YouTube
