Things I Think Are Kinda Cool » Small World http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:21:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Cheers From NYC http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/31/cheers-from-nyc/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/31/cheers-from-nyc/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:29:28 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6953 This year was sort of crazy, right?  Try not to think too much about it…Happy NYE!

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/31/cheers-from-nyc/feed/ 1 Vicariously Adventurous: Cliff Jumping Edition http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/08/vicariously-adventurous-cliff-jumping-edition/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/08/vicariously-adventurous-cliff-jumping-edition/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:40:02 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6919 Is it possible to get an adrenaline rush while sitting at your computer? Press play and find out…


-via @brainpicker

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/08/vicariously-adventurous-cliff-jumping-edition/feed/ 0 Skiing In The Streets – No Slopes Required http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/05/skiing-in-the-streets-no-slopes-required/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/05/skiing-in-the-streets-no-slopes-required/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:23:48 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6915 A stylishly edited ski trek through the burbs:


-via Kottke

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/12/05/skiing-in-the-streets-no-slopes-required/feed/ 0 Oooh La La…Paris Street Art http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/24/oooh-la-la-parisien-street-art/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/24/oooh-la-la-parisien-street-art/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:27:41 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6774 It’s not always about romantic bridges and pommes frites…on my last trip to Paris, it seemed like every time I turned a corner I discovered another kick-ass piece of street art.  Voila:

(click to enlarge)

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/24/oooh-la-la-parisien-street-art/feed/ 0 Brain Recharge: How The Aurora Borealis Works http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/19/brain-recharge-how-the-aurora-borealis-works/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/19/brain-recharge-how-the-aurora-borealis-works/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:01:39 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6729 Seeing the Northern Lights in person is near the top of my Bucket List, but I never knew what it actually was…until now:

-via Brain Pickings

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/10/19/brain-recharge-how-the-aurora-borealis-works/feed/ 0 The “Eiffel Flower” Heads For The Sun http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/14/the-eiffel-flower-heads-for-the-sun/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/14/the-eiffel-flower-heads-for-the-sun/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:02:48 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6649 Eve Fielding, from Kent in the UK, didn’t think anything was special about the little sunflower growing in her garden…until it kept growing…and growing…and growing. Now this monster is 23 feet tall, about to break the world record of 26 feet 4 inches.  I know it’s technically a beautiful flower, but it’s only a matter of time until it screams “Feed me, Seymour!” and starts belting out show-tunes.


- via Daily Mail

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/14/the-eiffel-flower-heads-for-the-sun/feed/ 0 Mount Etna Makes Smoking Cool Again http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/03/mount-etna-makes-smoking-cool-again/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/03/mount-etna-makes-smoking-cool-again/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:00:14 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6605 In Sicily, the volcano Mount Etna sometimes blows circles with its smoke.


-via Presurfer

Showoff.

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/03/mount-etna-makes-smoking-cool-again/feed/ 0 My Exposure Is Longer Than Yours. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/01/yurikamome-rail-transit/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/01/yurikamome-rail-transit/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:20:36 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6571 The Yurikamome Rail Transit connects the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Odaiba.  Photographer AppuruPai created these stunning images of the railway by using loooooooong exposure shots.  Wow.


-via Today and Tomorrow

Check out more of AppuruPai’s beautiful photos here.

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/09/01/yurikamome-rail-transit/feed/ 0 100 Seconds. 100 Years of Style. http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/31/100-seconds-100-years-of-style/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/31/100-seconds-100-years-of-style/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:52:45 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6579 I feel like the Hammer Pants of the 90s were glossed over…but this was made in East London, so maybe they skipped those fashion milestones on that side of the Atlantic.  Can’t touch this:


-via Buzzfeed

]]> http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/31/100-seconds-100-years-of-style/feed/ 0 Irene + West Village = Spooky Alternative Universe http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/28/irene-west-village-spooky-alternative-universe/ http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/2011/08/28/irene-west-village-spooky-alternative-universe/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:02:52 +0000 John Jude http://thingsithinkarekindacool.com/?p=6542 Preview to the Zombie-pocalypse:

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