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The Need for Reed

Andy Van Slyke — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:48:42 +0000

YouTube – The Need for Reed I – Indianapolis Museum of Art.

TECHNOVIKING ARCHIVE

Andy Van Slyke — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:05:04 +0000

TECHNOVIKING ARCHIVE.

Because why not, right?

Ayo Technology

Josiah Tell — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:01:14 +0000

Laurenâ€™s post on the awesome World Digital Library reminded us of another impressive online art collection, Google Earthâ€™s Masterpieces of the Prado. These images weigh in at 14,000 megapixels, meaning you get closer to works by DÃ¼rer, Bosch, and Reubens in Google Earth than you would be able to in person. Itâ€™s pretty remarkableâ€”you can see brushtrokes and cracks in the oil paint, but never any pixelation. Definitely best viewed in full screen Google Earth mode, but you can also check out some of these massive images in Google Maps.

l’archivista, ciao

Andy Van Slyke — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:42:07 +0000

We saw this funny post on l’archivista the other day, via someone’s twitter feed. It features a really straightforward instructional video, hilarious in its earnest public-service-message aesthetic. And, we guess, it does give a nice overview of the mysterious duties of starchivists the world over. It’s for some job site, because you know, people are hiring and all, but we appreciate it nonetheless.

Crunk History

Andy Van Slyke — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:42:34 +0000

In honor of our new Twitter series, Great Moments in Historical Inaccuracies, we embed Drunk History, volume 1, featuring Michael Cera (The Story of Aaron Burr).

“Museums” are in “Quotes” because they are “Real”

Lowconcept — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:47:25 +0000

While we knew that the Walker Art Center was awesome in just about every way, we were still thrilled to find this gutsy kitten video, brought to us by their internet surfing superpowers.

Watch the Walker blog’s Pinky Show with cartoon kittens Mimi and Kim.Â The Walker reposted the video from the Pinky and Kim show, which we should clearly watch more often. Kim explains a lot of confusing terms and finally answers the questions that keep us all awake at night: What is a museum? Where do I work, anyhow? Who are all these people?

And what’s with the stuff in the weird glass boxes?