Probably the best the web has to offer: watch random You Tube videos with almost no views.

These videoscome from YouTube. They were uploaded in the last week and have titles like DSC 1234 and IMG 4321. They have almost zero previous views. They are unnamed, unedited, and unseen by anyone but YOU.

Awesome!


Photography
UserpicBarcelona in Black and White
Posted by Moxietype
barcelona graffiti
Graffiti in Barcelona's Born district. Photo taken on Rolleiflex 2.8f with Zeiss Planar lens on Kodak Tri-X 400 film.

Photography
UserpicSesimbra, Portugal
Posted by Moxietype

view from the hotel do mar

View from the hotel Do Mar, Sesimbra.

view on the sea from hotel do mar

View from the Hotel Do Mar, Sesimbra.

old fishing boats in sesimbra

Old fishing boats in Sesimbra.

fishing boats in sesimbra

Old fishing boats in Sesimbra.

old tires

A pile of old tires.

hotel do mar stairs

Hotel Do Mar, Sesimbra.

As one can see most photos have marks from what appears to be dirty rollers at the processing machine at the lab that I used. Needless to say, I am now going to pay twice the amount to develop all film in 'dip and dunk' process method as the carnage which is bound to happen by low cost and quality lab is not worth the saved money. Photos taken on Rolleiflex 2.8F with Carl Zeiss lens on Kodak Porta 400 film.


Photography
UserpicBikes of Amsterdam
Posted by Sasha

photo of bikes of amsterdam

photo of bike in amsterdam

photo of bicycle in amsterdam

Photos of bikes in Amsterdam. Photo taken on Rolleiflex 2.8 F on Kodak Porta 400.


Photography
UserpicCity in Motion
Posted by Sasha

amsterdam in motion

Amsterdam, Oude Spiegelstraat. Photo taken on Rolleiflex 2.8F on Kodak Porta 400 film.


Photography
UserpicAmsterdam, Herrengracht
Posted by Sasha

amsterdam photo herrengracht

amsterdam photo canal herrengracht

amsterdam straussvouigel restarurant

4th color layer which is proprietary to Fujicolor PRO 400H, captures a true to nature eerie light of Amsterdam. Notably the file size of digital scan of the negative is about 2.5 times larger than from Kodak Porta under the same settings. Photo is taken on Rolleiflex 2.8F with Carl Zeiss lens.


Photography
UserpicLisbon Light
Posted by Sasha

light in lisbon

Streets of Bairro Alto, Lisbon. Taken on Rolleiflex 2.8f with Carl Zeiss lens. Kodak Ektar film.

There is something unique about the light in Lisbon on a sunny day.


Photography
UserpicLisbon Cathedral
Posted by Sasha

lisbon cathedral

statue in lisbon cathedral

Photos of old cloisters at Lisbon Cathedral taken on Rolleiflex 2.8F with Carl Zeiss Planar lens.

Inside gothic arches extend to the faulted ceilings and medieval statues and decorative alters fill the alcoves. To the rear of the Sé are the ancient cloisters, which were constructed directly on top of a ruined mosque and symbolically confirmed the 13th century Catholic conquest of Portugal from the North African Moors. The Se Cathedral is a wonderful ancient complex that is steeped in history and no holiday to Lisbon is complete without visiting this magnificent monument.


Movies, Photography
UserpicThe B-Side
Posted by Moxietype
photography of Dorfman

The film is about photographer Elsa Dorfman, who is known for her use of the large-format Polaroid 20" x 24" camera. According to the description on the New York film festival site:

Errol Morris's surprising new film is simplicity itself: a visit to the Cambridge, Massachusetts studio of his friend, the 20x24 Polaroid portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman, who specifies on her website that she likes her subjects "to wear clothes (and to bring toys, skis, books, tennis racquets, musical instruments, and particularly pets...)." As this charming, articulate, and calmly uncompromising woman takes us through her fifty-plus years of remarkable but fragile images of paying customers, commissioned subjects, family, and close friends (including the poet Allen Ginsberg), the sense of time passing grows more and more acute. This is a masterful film.

 


historic fireplace

Having come into possession of a similarly dilapidated property with much less grandeur I found this article inspiring. I now want to watch all of his films.


Telomeric repeat–containing RNA (TERRA), which is transcribed from telomeres, emerged as important player in telomere integrity. However, how human telomere transcription is regulated is still largely unknown. We identify nuclear respiratory factor 1 and peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ coactivator 1α as regulators of human telomere transcription. In agreement with an upstream regulation of these factors by adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP)–activated protein kinase (AMPK), pharmacological activation of AMPK in cancer cell lines or in normal nonproliferating myotubes up-regulated TERRA, thereby linking metabolism to telomere fitness. Cycling endurance exercise, which is associated with AMPK activation, increased TERRA levels in skeletal muscle biopsies obtained from 10 healthy young volunteers. The data support the idea that exercise may protect against aging.

Read the study on Science Magazine


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UserpicLorenz
Posted by Moxietype

According to the latest study, which was published in January in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise:

exercising strenuously in the afternoon, depriving yourself of carbohydrates afterward, training gently the next morning and then swallowing a mound of pancakes might be a useful way to improve endurance and performance. The regimen seemed to have increased the athletes’ ability to access fat as muscle fuel, she said, allowing them to exercise harder during the workouts than the control group and gain additional fitness and speed.


Banksy Art
Banksy Art: "I can’t believe you morons actually buy this shit."

Banksy mocked Sotheby's and its clients in one work showing a packed sales room bidding for the framed words "I can't believe you morons actually buy this shit".

 

 

 

 


Word of the Week
UserpicPerlen vor die Säue werfen
Posted by Sasha

Word of the Day:

Perlen vor die Säue werfen

Worttrennung:

Per·len vor die Säue wer·fen

Aussprache:

IPA: [ˈpɛʁlən foːɐ̯ diː ˈzɔɪ̯ə ˈvɛʁfn̩], [ˈpɛʁlən foːɐ̯ diː ˈzɔɪ̯ə ˈvɛʁfm̩]
Hörbeispiele: Lautsprecherbild Perlen vor die Säue werfen (Info), —

Bedeutungen:

[1] umgangssprachlich: demjenigen etwas (Gutes, Edles, Schönes) bieten, der dies nicht zu schätzen weiß

Banksy Mural at School

Street artist Banksy left a surprise "present" at school in Bristol. Head teacher has no plans to sell the mural and thinks it is a wonderful addition.


A fascinating new study reveals that different cultures view smiles differently. Be careful to not smile in Russia as you will be viewed as a village idiot.

Smiles are highly diverse in their types and in their possible meanings. They are used to communicate a range of different psychological signals, including positive emotions, social intentions, or a person’s social status (Matsumoto and Willingham 2009). Past research has offered a number of distinctions among smiles. The utility of one of the most popular distinctions, viz. Duchenne versus non-Duchenne smiles (Duchenne1862), has been recently questioned because there is evidence that the use of the Duchenne marker of a ‘true’ smile is not universal, but rather limited to certain cultures (Abe et al. 2002; Thibault et al. 2012). In their simulation of smiles model, Niedenthal et nl. (2010) focus on the perception of smiles and suggest that the distinction between Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles may be largely superseded by a distinction based on the functions of smiles, which may be derived from (and mapped onto) identifiable brain systems that represent different meanings of smiling.

There is also a direct correlation between countries high in corruption and general view of the smiles.


Yesterday, according to Gizmodo, Google was awarded a patent that proposes placing a strong adhesive on the hood of its autonomous cars. This way, pedestrians or cyclists who happen to find themselves being struck by a Googlemobile would be protected from what’s called “secondary impact.” This is the part of a crash when a person is thrown back off the moving vehicle, usually hitting the roof of the car, the hard surface of the street, or another car. It’s also the part that often causes the most serious injuries.


Photography
UserpicPictures of Perestroika
Posted by Moxietype
Man With A Clock
Man With A Clock, Triva Group
Boy In A Tub
Boy Inside A Bath, Triva Group
Lunch Time
Lunch Time
Empty Store Shelves
Empty Shelves
Perestroika

The photographs - some of them shown here - were taken by Siberians Vladimir Vorobyev, Vladimir Sokolayev and Alexander Trofimov who worked in the late 1970s - the era of Soviert leader Leonid Brezhnev - Novokuznetsk Metallurgy Plant. 

The trio called their group TRIVA, and while they had no written manifesto for their work, they had a definite aim: it was one that the authorities found it hard to cope with.


A fun read at The Guardian on the latest Gwyneth's sex advice:

But Goop sex isn’t all joyless health fears and unnecessary vegan treasure hunts. There is also the option of “background sensuality”, a concept that would have the scribes of the Kama Sutra nodding in awe at its daring. It involves allowing your own hair to brush your shoulder, and appreciating your shirt. “If you move your shoulder and allow yourself to feel the rub of your shirt on your skin, or the brushing of your hair against your neck, those sensations are innately sensual, and pleasure that can be accessed any time,” exults one of the tantric specialists on Gwyneth’s speed-dial. Imagine how many of us, previously completely numb, can be freed by this. Closing our eyes, suddenly becoming aware of the rasp of M&S cotton on elbow – and boom, we’re teetering on the precipice of a full body meltdown.

Don’t get too giddy, through, as Goop’s advice on “the elusive orgasm”, from a male doctor, takes us through his lengthy story of cancerous testicles before romping through abuse issues, medication and trauma. If you still feel turned on after this gloomy essay, you may qualify for a place in sex-addict rehab.

Gwyneth cheers us up, though, with a shopping section on Goop-approved sex toys, including the $535 (£295) Agent Provocateur cat whip (useful for pounding mung beans into a fermented paste) and a $15,000 gold dildo that might be handy if you tire of grinding wellbeing-friendly spices with an ordinary pestle and mortar.