"between the parted pages we were pressed / in love's hot fevered iron like a striped pair of pants"

[larryhammer]

What it looks like to land on Mars. If you were Curiosity, that is -- someone compiled the photos from its final descent into a short video. (via)

USGS is using Twitter to find earthquakes in places without detectors. (via)

Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" covered on shakuhachi and koto (ETA: video gone). Smooooooth. (via)

---L.

Subject quote from "MacArthur Park," Jimmy Webb.

Comments

[sovay]

Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" covered on shakuhachi and koto. Smooooooth.

The video has been taken down! My life is bereft.

[larryhammer]

It looks like the couple alternate uploads have also been taken down. Bah! *shakes fist at NHK*