The "Night Lights" map was the first world map of the nighttime Earth, using data compiled by NASA and NOAA:
(click on the picture for a much better look at it)
More pictures of cities from space.
UPDATE: Just realized I've written about this before. Sorry, it's finals time.
UPDATE 2: Why not: another picture from space, this time depicting New York City and the eastern seaboard.
More on New York City and East Coast lights.
Ok, so for a while there, especially after Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, there was a lot of talk about Big Boi being the superior MC in hip-hop's best group. Now don't get me wrong; Mr. Fat Sacks is one of the best rappers in the game. But Andre 3000 is one of the best of all time, as he's shown through every single one of Outkast's classics. Admittedly, though, it seemed like he was focusing his talents on other forms of entertainment. But just when it seemed like Dre's career had gone the way of depression-era concept albums, shitty Hollywood sequels and children's ...
Due to "final exams," I have to somehow not play with the "internet" all the time, nor post to my blog, if I want to "graduate law school." So, in the interest of achieving said J.D. degree, today's is a simple offering, though a swell one. It's two videos of my boy Jonah Hill.
Jonah wit Yeezy (playing Connect 4)
Connect 4 - Jonah Hill vs. Kanye from kwest on Vimeo.
Oh yeah, and obviously the song Kanye puts on in the background is maybe the best song ever, and you're probably wondering what it is. It's his own remix ...
That may be a slight stretch, but either way check out the 11 most unintentionally gay rap lyrics ever.
Plus look what happens when you click on any pictures in my blog now; try clicking on Mr. Ice's picture above.
Definitely the first time I've ever seen those three words strung together - and by a Philly writer to boot.
Already off to a great start Burrell has really been the glue so far holding this injury-plagued Phillies team together. As of right now Burrell ranks 1st in all of baseball in WPA/LI with a 0.98; his 0.98 is a full eighteen percent ahead of closest competitor Mark Reynolds. Burrell also ranks 1st in BRAA and REW, ahead of Joe Crede in both; in BRAA he is a full half-run ahead of Crede. Much of the talk surrounding the Phillies ...
On this, the first day of Passover, I figured that I would share something that has nothing to do with Jews or whatever it is that Passover is about: an absurdly crazy video of a guy who plays the Mario Brothers song by driving a remote controlled car with a stick that hits bottles of different levels of liquid. Now I'm going to go have a piece of Matzah.
Mario Theme Played with RC Car and Bottles - Watch more free videos
Remember this? That Jerky Boys prank call where the Indian guy is yelling at his "neighbor" and telling him that he kicked his dog? Well, if not, listen to it now; the link is below.
If you have heard it before, trust me: somehow it popped into my head tonight, so I found it online and then listened to it expecting to be let down but it is still freaking hysterical.
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I've been waiting for someone to write something about this for so long: 6 Ways That Bloggers are Like Rappers. Well it's about damn time someone recognized.
Similarity #1: Prolificacy
"But I, somehow, some way / Keep comin’ up with funky a$$ sh*t like every single day." ~Snoop Dogg, Gin and Juice
Rappers are notoriously prolific, some of them releasing mixtapes on
a monthly basis, delivering torrent after torrent of catchy street
bangers. Prior to making it big, 50 Cent holed up in a studio and
produced 36 songs in two weeks, and Lil’ Wayne seems to be releasing a
20-track album each month. In 2005 ...
On a Friday evening in October of 1999, Nicholas White was working late on his job at the New York City office of Business Week when he decided to take a smoke break. So, around 11PM he rode the elevator down from the 43rd floor of the McGraw-Hill Building in Rockefeller Center. A few minutes later he took the elevator on his way back up to his office, but he never made it up there; instead, the elevator malfunctioned, and White remained trapped in the elevator alone for the next 41 hours, until he was finally rescued on Sunday afternoon.
While ...