This sums it all up ...
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
The Most Inspirational Unofficial NASA Commercial Ever
A Youtube user thinks NASA is "the most fascinating, adventurous, epic institution ever devised by human beings". We agree. That same guy thinks NASA has no idea how to promote itself. So he made this commercial for them. It's beautiful.
Titled 'The Frontier is Everywhere', this fan-made video perfectly combines an eloquent Carl Sagan voiceover from The Pale Blue Dot with timely splicing of poignant images of Earth and outer space. In the end, going to space is as much about looking at ourselves and the current world around us as it is launching a shuttle.
NASA's current budget cuts obviously make it a bit difficult to focus heavy resources on public relations and social media, but reconnecting the people with the wonder of space, like this video does, should be more important than it currently is. [The Frontier is Everywhere via Laughing Squid]
Send an email to Casey Chan, the author of this post, at cchan@gizmodo.com.
Carl Sagan had always been a believer in human kind, just like Arthur C. Clarke ... they both had a positive spin on our future, no matter how grim our present was ...
Monday, 10 January 2011
No Agenda Episode 268
This Episode’s Executive Producer: Kevin Liang
Mavericks of Media

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Associate Executive Producer: Noah Kuttler
This Episode’s Associate Executive Producers and 268 Club Members: Sir Ara Derdarian, Sir Charles Jordan
Art By: Jesse Anderson
PR: Linux Batsignal
Mavericks of Media
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Friday, 7 January 2011
No Agenda Episode 267
This Episode’s Executive Producers: James Spitzer
Associate Executive Producer: Dwayne Melancon
This Episode’s Associate Executive Producers and 267 Club Members: Jeff Dailey, Lee Johns, Mike Keeler, Barry Finnegan, Angelique Overbeek
Associate Executive Producer: Maria Rita Ferreira, Michael Leupold
Art By: Nick the Rat
What’s My Line?
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Associate Executive Producer: Dwayne Melancon
This Episode’s Associate Executive Producers and 267 Club Members: Jeff Dailey, Lee Johns, Mike Keeler, Barry Finnegan, Angelique Overbeek
Associate Executive Producer: Maria Rita Ferreira, Michael Leupold
Art By: Nick the Rat
What’s My Line?
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Monday, 3 January 2011
No Agenda Episode 266
This Episode’s Executive Producers: Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak
Art By: Nick The Rat
PR:
Gitmo Nation Figures
Dead Angry Birds

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Art By: Nick The Rat
PR:
Gitmo Nation Figures
Dead Angry Birds
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Direct Link to the show.
Sunday, 2 January 2011
YourBadNeighbor
Same sites as the nuke pictures. Upon further investigation I found this be an interesting site generally. I hope you enjoy it ...
Two Major Cities 64 Years After The Bomb Was Dropped...
A very interesting comparison of two cities...
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