Jeff Bell

May 24

jtotheizzoe: A Self-Portrait of Opportunity I want you to stop and think about something. This is a picture of another planet. Where this robot is. Right now. As we sit here on Earth in this or any moment, we each have in our heads a flurry of worries and questions and ideas. And most of them pertain to our own lives. That’s okay, it’s human nature. We are each the center of our own universe. I often think about this in crowded places, like while in traffic, as the place I’m going is far more important than the place all of these other people are going. I’m convinced that they feel the same way. And so we sit. But that means that there are seven billion mental universes walking around on this planet. We are staring into them through little digital windows that we carry in our hands, and certain that this decision is the most important decision. Everything that is happening is happening to us. Yet for the past eight years, there has been a dusty, six-wheeled rover crawling around the surface of Mars, completely alone. Incidentally, that rover has exceeded its expected mission of 90 days by thirty-two times over. That’s admirable, and I can’t help but personify the little guy. Like a sort of scrappy, diligent explorer, quietly working hard for the benefit of someone else. “No complaints, boss!” Like Johnny 5 meets Wall-E. And so we get images like this, reminding us that every day we can look beyond our personal universe. What a thought! Look at how much is out there. Think of what else we could see! Let’s go.

jtotheizzoe:

A Self-Portrait of Opportunity

I want you to stop and think about something. This is a picture of another planet. Where this robot is. Right now.

As we sit here on Earth in this or any moment, we each have in our heads a flurry of worries and questions and ideas. And most of them pertain to our own lives. That’s okay, it’s human nature. We are each the center of our own universe.

I often think about this in crowded places, like while in traffic, as the place I’m going is far more important than the place all of these other people are going. I’m convinced that they feel the same way. And so we sit.

But that means that there are seven billion mental universes walking around on this planet. We are staring into them through little digital windows that we carry in our hands, and certain that this decision is the most important decision. Everything that is happening is happening to us.

Yet for the past eight years, there has been a dusty, six-wheeled rover crawling around the surface of Mars, completely alone. Incidentally, that rover has exceeded its expected mission of 90 days by thirty-two times over. That’s admirable, and I can’t help but personify the little guy. Like a sort of scrappy, diligent explorer, quietly working hard for the benefit of someone else. “No complaints, boss!” Like Johnny 5 meets Wall-E.

And so we get images like this, reminding us that every day we can look beyond our personal universe. What a thought! Look at how much is out there. Think of what else we could see! Let’s go.

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May 23

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May 22

Stolen iPhone Adventures -

parislemon:

A guy named Nelson stole Katy McCaffrey’s iPhone. Little did he realize his photos would end up in her Photo Stream. Or that she would post them all to Facebook…

Gotta love technology.

At least it looks like Nelson had a wild night on the USS Dumbass.

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May 21

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May 10

Andy's Room -

This is the best iOS / Mac wallpaper decision I’ve made in a while.

The Nazi Origins of the Olympic Flame Relay Max Fisher, theatlantic.com Though dressed up as an ancient Greek tradition, the torch relay ceremony was originally designed to further Hitler’s nationalist propaganda.Adolf Hitler hadn’t want­ed to host the Olympics. They were “an inven­tion of Jews and Freemasons,” he’… Crazy

The Nazi Origins of the Olympic Flame Relay
Max Fisher, theatlantic.com

Though dressed up as an ancient Greek tradition, the torch relay ceremony was originally designed to further Hitler’s nationalist propaganda.

Adolf Hitler hadn’t want­ed to host the Olympics. They were “an inven­tion of Jews and Freemasons,” he’…

Crazy

May 05

Today at the lake #vscocam (Taken with Instagram at Lake Of The Woods)

Today at the lake #vscocam (Taken with Instagram at Lake Of The Woods)

May 03

In the smoker they made! (Taken with Instagram at Pride Rock)

In the smoker they made! (Taken with Instagram at Pride Rock)

My roommates are smoking pork! (Taken with Instagram at Pride Rock)

My roommates are smoking pork! (Taken with Instagram at Pride Rock)

May 02

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