“Salton Sea” by Stephen Tamiesie
Fifty miles south of Palm Springs in the California desert lies the Salton Sea - a man-made body of water created over 100 years ago from the flooding Colorado River. A once prominent tourist and vacation destination in the 1950’s and 60’s, the area is currently in ruin and decay. The salinity of the water is now greater than that of the Pacific Ocean and most of the area establishments have long since been boarded up. However, there are still residents living in a handful of small towns surrounding the Salton Sea and some who visit to regard the decomposition. Upon each visit I have made to the Salton Sea, my attraction to the peculiar relationship of this region’s past and present deterioration has increased and I cannot help but feel a sense of nostalgia for the landscape when I view these images.
“The best use of money as a motivator is to pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table: Pay people enough so that they’re not thinking about money and they’re thinking about the work. Once you do that, it turns out there are three factors that the science shows lead to better performance, not to mention personal satisfaction: autonomy, mastery, and purpose.”
— Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation. (via explore-blog)
Colin Kennedy gives us a poetic and at times unrecognizable look at Los Angeles set to Balmorhea’s “Pyrakantha.”
(Images created with Echograph)
RIP Taylor Mead, lower Manhattan’s “last resident, the final holdout,” as described by writer Craig Hubert.
A scene from Jim Jarmusch’s film Coffee and Cigarettes with Mead and Bill Rice.
Flintstones Bedrock City - Custer, South Dakota
Bedrock City, located on 30 acres, just outside of Custer, South Dakota, opened in 1966 by two local cement plant owners with an idea to build a replica of the popular Flintstones town of Bedrock.
The town features all the popular characters, their houses, Main Street, a City Hall, a Fire House, a working Cimena, a radio station, grocery store, police department and a Flintstones version of Mt. Rushmore (located nearby) called Mt. Rockmore.
Originally, the town and characters were made of cement but the majority of them have been replaced by fiberglass replicas of the original.
There is also a campground located behind the park that features an arcade, laundry, swimming pool, playground and putt-putt golf course.
Check out Roadside America and the Bedrock City website for more information.
(Source: tornadowornado)
Tracking the trackers - Gary Kovacs
As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil — personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it’s your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a Firefox add-on to do just that.
via TED Education.
Jenny Lens - The Ramones with Harold Bronson, co-founder of Rhino in front of Rhino Records on Westwood Blvd in 1977.
Astronomical clock in Prague!
(Source: digigirlinterrupted)
Vincent Van Gogh - ‘In spite of everything’
this is beautiful
I have a lot of deep and personal feelings about this. It is going to take me a minute, the wind has been knocked form me.
It's Okay To Be Smart: This GIF might break your brain a little:
Take a look at the sequence of images below (I recommend clicking through to enlarge, Tumblr Dashboard folks). Stare at the flowers or the sky:
Color? Or black and white?
The rods and cones of your retina respond to the illumination (black-white) and color of a scene, respectively. But…
“The music is played with the heart and is felt with the soul”
This is a picture of a brazilian kid who was part of the “cultural group of reggae”, playing his instrument in the funeral of his mentor who saved him from an environment of poverty and crime. He was rescued from the street.
(Source: r-efusal)
