justin hook
  1. Tuesday, January 24th 2012 at 5pm   from quote-book (originally from blogut)
    Beethoven, he learned, was a proud man who believed absolutely in his own abilities and never bothered to flatter the nobility. Believing that art itself, and the proper expression of emotions, was the most sublime thing in the world, he thought political power and wealth served only one purpose: to make art possible.

    Haruki Murakami in Kafka on the Shore

    (via blogut)

  2. Monday, January 23rd 2012 at 2:07pm 
    Think Different.
Also, when I graduated from college just a few years ago, only nerds brought computers to class.
(My fantastic two-year-old Acer on day one.)

    Think Different.

    Also, when I graduated from college just a few years ago, only nerds brought computers to class.

    (My fantastic two-year-old Acer on day one.)

     
  3. Friday, January 20th 2012 at 3:23pm 
    The Economist: States as the Nation with the Most Similar GDP
I guess it makes sense that Michigan is the Taiwan of America?

    The Economist: States as the Nation with the Most Similar GDP

    I guess it makes sense that Michigan is the Taiwan of America?

     
  4. Friday, January 20th 2012 at 10:27am  from unknownskywalker
    The International Space Station passing in front of the Moon (Animated GIF)
The GIF has been slowed down. In real-time, the event lasted less than half a second. Captured at 10:30am on January 12, 2012 in upstate New York. Larger version on photographer Alan Friedman’s website.
(via unknownskywalker)

    The International Space Station passing in front of the Moon (Animated GIF)

    The GIF has been slowed down. In real-time, the event lasted less than half a second. Captured at 10:30am on January 12, 2012 in upstate New York. Larger version on photographer Alan Friedman’s website.

    (via unknownskywalker)

     
  5. Thursday, January 19th 2012 at 3pm  

    Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Blue Rondo A La Turk”

    If I ever made a heist movie, this would be the theme song.

  6. Monday, January 16th 2012 at 11am  

    James Brown vs Led Zeppelin - “Whole Lotta Sex Machine” (Fissunix Remix)

  7. Thursday, January 12th 2012 at 2:45pm 
    The Decemberists will release We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), a twenty-song live double-album March 13th.

    The Decemberists will release We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), a twenty-song live double-album March 13th.

     
  8. Thursday, January 12th 2012 at 12:04pm 
    The trailer for the new Wes Anderson movie, Moonrise Kingdom, is online.