Goodbye To Sendak

Besides the ten sentences which make up his classic "Where The Wild Things Are," Maurice Sendak also left behind this excellent interview with Stephen Colbert. Spoiler warning: Sendak gives thumbs up to everything Theodore Geisel ever put out, but pans "Give a Mouse a Cookie."

Einstein's Advice to a Little Girl Who Wants to Be a Scientist

I do not mind that you are a girl, but the main thing is that you yourself do not mind. There is no reason for it.

Einstein's great response to a South African girl's apology to him for being a girl.

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Watching the Process: One of the Many Reasons to Back a Kickstarter Project

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Who wouldn't have paid money to sit in on some of the production meetings for the Tesla Roadster, the iPhone, or the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie? That's part of the thrill of backing a Kickstarter project- you can be! This post by David Alden about visiting the Hong Kong factory which is manufacturing his Recoil Winders is a great peak behind the curtain. Can't wait to get mine delivered.

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For the camera and grip departments

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It never occurred to me before watching these videos, but working camera and grip has on a Wes Anderson movie must be a little trying, compared to logging time in those departments on a Quentin Tarantino set. Witness kogonada's compilations of all of Wes Anderson's shots from above and Tarantino's from below.

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