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12/28/04 - numanuma - What better way to celebrate the holidays than a bizarre flash music video featuring a chubby guy on his webcam. (www.funpic.hu/swf/numanuma.swf)
12/13/04 - cool hunting - In Josh Rubin's words "Cool Hunting is all about finding things that impress, excite or inspire me. This site is a place to catalog those things for myself and the rest of the world." Definitely worth checking out. (joshrubin.com/coolhunting)
12/08/04 - newyorkchanging.com - New York Changing, the current body of work by New York City photographer Douglas Levere, is a photographic record of the ever-changing landscape of New York City. Guided by Berenice Abbott's 1930's project Changing New York, Levere revisited neighborhoods and former storefronts, documenting the evolution of the metropolis known for constantly reinventing itself. (newyorkchanging.com)
12/04/04 - bullshido.com - A site dedicate to debunking a lot of the bullshit that comes with modern approaches to martial arts. (bullshido.com)
12/03/04 - escher droste - There is a famous print by M.C. Escher depicting a man standing in a gallery, looking into a painting that melds into the city conaining the gallery in which he stands. This print is an excellent example of the Droste Effect. Unfortunately, the print has a "hole", a missing piece. A group of mathematicians, led by Hendrik Lenstra have developed a mathematical model that allows them to fill in the hole to arbitrary precision. Their method shows that without the sophisticated tools at their disposal, Escher was very close to achieving the perfect results. In the end, small changes to the software they wrote allows for many variations on the theme, and produces some stunning animations. If you ever get a chance to see Lenstra present a lecture on this subject, as I was fortunate enough to see this past summer, don't miss your chance. (escherdroste.math.leidenuniv.nl)
