var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-131978-5"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tags: animals architecture buy-able cats coding computer science cute environment food funny geography hardware history human biology i wish i built that information visualization interaction design language math music my life penguins photography plants politics references to stuff i like san francisco science sociology space sports video games weather wallpapers Tumblr (3.0; @pbarry)http://pbarry.tumblr.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jZSJJYbh9sU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jZSJJYbh9sU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Korean baseball hopping fight. Can anyone explain this?</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/238658453http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/238658453Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:16:51 -0800funnysports<p>Did you know there are 63 standard flavors of KitKat? They include such goodness as lemon vinegar, soybean flour, grilled corn, and veggie. I just tried my first green tea kitkats at the Tokyo airport and I must admit their deliciousness.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Kat">Kit Kat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/238634639http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/238634639Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:52:18 -0800funnyfood<p>Turkey</p> <p>Uzbekistan</p> <p>Kyrgyzstan</p> <p>Thailand</p> <p>Laos</p> <p>Indonesia</p> <p>South Korea</p> <p>I’ll be back in November.  Hopefully.</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/174751840http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/174751840Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:53:52 -0700my life<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nk2wViKSh_M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nk2wViKSh_M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“Deep in the forest lived Billy and his charming companions. They peacefully honed their bodies and listened to music there. But a wave of development came upon the forests. One who would turn all to road. Kagamine Rin had come. Billy must stop the construction before all is turned to road.”</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/174324584http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/174324584Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:24:59 -0700funny<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hMqHjZKHQL8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hMqHjZKHQL8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“Monsters of the Eucharist”</p> <p>A short by friend <a href="http://www.ihops.net/">Isa Hopkins</a></p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/171718248http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/171718248Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:21:50 -0700funny<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koylkbz7oK1qz5f8zo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hood.theory.org/">The Neighborhood Project</a></p> <p>Computationally generated psychogeographical neighborhood profile of San Francisco based on Craigslist posts.</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/171703133http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/171703133Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:02:29 -0700geographyi wish i built thatsan francisco<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kovsij8tAH1qzrqq9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://flavourcountry.tumblr.com/post/170403751/tech-support-cheat-sheet">flavourcountry</a>: Tech Support Cheat Sheet</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/171629692http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/171629692Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:20:05 -0700funny<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kosekk5qBe1qz5f8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The US government <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2009/08/health/map.health.global/index.html">currently spends</a> more per capita on health care than Canada does. Via <a href="http://twitter.com/nanaze">Nathan</a></p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/169026791http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/169026791Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:45:56 -0700politics<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kopbztEMof1qz5f8zo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/map-vacation-days/">Statistics on vacation laws around the world</a></p> <p>Also: <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922052.html">average empirically observed vacation days around the world</a></p> <p>My next job will be vacation activist.</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167736998http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167736998Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:57:00 -0700sociologypolitics<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kopbcnWcOp1qz5f8zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/living_willow_architecture.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890">Living willow architecture</a></p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167727954http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167727954Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:43:35 -0700plants<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kopajoOnAE1qz5f8zo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/224">Tomas Saraceno - Flying Garden and other art projects</a></p> <p>“reshaping notions about nationality and property, and revising our ideas about the fixity of the built environment and the organization of cities”</p> <p>via Liz</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167717255http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167717255Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:26:11 -0700artplantsi wish i built that<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNdijknRxfU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sNdijknRxfU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Rubidium and Cesium in water</p> <p>Of course, you can always go <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3825610222960975525">throw your spare alkali metals in a lake</a></p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167092927http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/167092927Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:06:10 -0700science<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jb__daXOQJ0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jb__daXOQJ0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Cat drinking cow’s milk</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/163657350http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/163657350Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:05:12 -0700catsanimalscute<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/YJsI9QR8Ir37ildknEqYlRxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/162103091http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/162103091Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:45:46 -0700funny<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/BNUYgYJI9r09s4wq4vDvuUQZo1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Photographs of last suppers requested by prisoners on death row, from <a href="http://www.jwgreynolds.co.uk/index.php?/last-suppers/">james reynolds</a>.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://flavourcountry.tumblr.com/post/160535771/photographs-of-last-suppers-requested-by-prisoners">flavourcountry</a>)</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161875321http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161875321Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:34:44 -0700food<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="230" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4636202&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4636202&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4636202&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="230"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.kottke.org/09/08/a-long-walk-across-china">A long walk across China</a></p> <p>Man shaves head, walks across China for a year, grows beard & crazy hair, and takes daily photos and short videos of himself along the way, which he stitches into this.</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161873602http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161873602Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:31:39 -0700i wish i built that<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/YJsI9QR8Ir2mj1xd1mgK9YfPo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/elusive-beauty-lunar-rainbows/14095">Lunar Rainbows</a></p> <p>Apparently Yosemite is one of the few places one can reliably find “moonbows”.</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161855000http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161855000Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:58:15 -0700weather<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/YJsI9QR8Ir2mddl35B2DWH9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/san-francisco-incredible-stained-glass-salt-ponds/14109">San Francisco’s Salt Ponds</a></p> <p>Apparently the state purchased them and will convert them into marshlands / wildlife refuge.</p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161852602http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161852602Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:53:50 -0700geographysan franciscoenvironment<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/YJsI9QR8Ir2f24sqpomapzfUo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.moillusions.com/2006/04/sonic-boom-illusion.html">Sonic boom</a></p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161722278http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/161722278Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:29:08 -0700science<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/YJsI9QR8Iqv8n87khtOvGWdFo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html">Hiroshima, pre-BOOM</a></p>http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/158281724http://pbarry.tumblr.com/post/158281724Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:55:12 -0700history