Cooper Griggs

Sun Beaming
#pacificpark #santamonica #california #losangeles #sunset #ferriswheel (at Santa Monica Pier)

There are numerous efforts underway to clean the world's oceans, but The Ocean Cleanup is testing what may be both the simplest and the most ambitious. It just launched a 328 foot-long prototype floating barrier that will collect trash floating in t...

“Despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.”

- Matt Kahn

via http://thisisnthappiness.com/

A disturbing set of images purportedly show a pile of dead bomb-sniffing dogs that were put down after their contract with a security company was cancelled.

One from our interpreter brethren

The FBI did not need a warrant to hack a US citizen's computer, according to a ruling handed down on Tuesday by Senior US District Court Judge Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. If the decision is upheld, it may have ripple effects that essentially allow governm...

A fast-moving Brexit vote led to a Fox News error suggesting the UK voted to leave the United Nations.

Apple is infamous for guarding its secrets tightly, so it came as a big surprise that the preview version of iOS 10 it released at WWDC has an unencrypted kernel. According to a spokesperson, though, Cupertino did it on purpose, because by leaving it...

Electric cars are quick off the mark as a matter of course, since they're both very efficient with energy and always operate at peak torque. You probably haven't seen a road-going machine this fast, though. Swiss students have shattered the world r...

A Tennessee congressional candidate put up a billboard exhorting voters to "Make America White Again" as part of his political campaign.

On the heels of announcing it amassed 500 million users, Instagram is adding a new feature to help its global audience better understand each other. The filter-driven photo and video app will get a translation tool "in the coming month." When it arri...

A UK man has been convicted of 20 years for drug trafficking conspiracy thanks to Yahoo emails in draft he thought were deleted, according to Motherboard. While already in jail, Russell Knaggs devised a scheme to have an accomplice write a draft emai...

Suppose you've just fired up Yelp to hunt down the nearest KFC, texted your friends to get their order and then posted a sweet victory Snapchat of your crispy haul. That probably just took a chunk from your smartphone battery -- but don't worry dudes...

midcenturymodernfreak:

Multi-Level Modernism

1967 Ray & Shelly Kappe House | Architect: Ray Kappe | Brooktree Road, Pacific Palisades, CA

Unsung modern master Ray Kappe taught at USC and Cal Poly Pomona before founding the Southern California Institute of Architecture in 1972. His influences are Louis Kahn and Rudolph Schindler.

Via: 1 | 2 | 3

drool

(via OVERWATCH (Honest Game Trailers) - YouTube)

@notentirely @bogodynamics You see this yet?

Social media rumors about free tickets from Ticketmaster were largely true, with some key caveats.

Today the Sun reaches its northernmost point in planet Earth's sky.

Suited:

Just watched this documentary on HBO. Fantastic show about a custom suit company and their clients. Watch it!

As Britain gears up to vote in the EU referendum later this week, broadcasters are constantly working to ensure their coverage remains impartial. One such company is Sky, which has this week been forced to delay the latest instalment of John Oliver's...

by Deathbulge

Today, Ultimate Ears is pushing out a software enhancement that's available for both the UE Boom 2 and Megaboom Bluetooth speakers. With an app refresh and OTA update, users will now be able to access Google Now or Siri by pushing a button on the spe...

・ #ceramics #pottery #porcelain#carving #うつわ #器 #しのぎ#飯碗#帳尻合わせ #阿部春弥 ・・

A video posted by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Jun 13, 2016 at 11:15pm PDT

・ #ceramics #pottery #porcelain #うつわ#器#面取#阿部春弥 #帳尻合わせ

A video posted by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Jun 9, 2016 at 1:52am PDT

A video posted by Haruya Abe 阿部春弥 (@abe_haruya) on Jun 8, 2016 at 12:09am PDT

Japanese ceramic artist Haruya Abe shares short clips of a ceramic carving technique where top layers of porcelain are gently scraped away using a scalpel-like instrument. Not only does it create beautiful results, the process is just satisfying to watch. Given the same tools, I’d scrape these pieces into oblivion. You can see more photos and videos of Haruya’s studio work here. (via @StreetArtGlobe)

How to shame a bad parker. (via ani625)

Uh oh, I guess this one is kinda topical. Sorry about that.

(via ov3rkoalafied)

i’ve been struggling over the last few months with my name. it’s unusual and hard to pronounce, and even after i’ve worked with folks for a while they still often say my name incorrectly.

and the social awkwardness of correcting that is just fucking stressful and has been my whole life.

so i’ve been trying to figure out what i can do about having my name said correctly without the chore of “being a dick” about pointing out to someone that they’re saying it wrong. i even considered going by my more common middle name to just avoid all of this.

but that’s bullshit, because after all, this is my name.

so i finally said something to phil at lunch today about it. about how i’m tired of being called the wrong things so constantly, how people grimace when i tell them my name because they have no idea what i’ve said, and how i have no idea how to fix this.

he said, matter-of-factly: “tell them to call you B.” (my first initial, which many friends use already as my nickname.)

he continued: “when you’re introduced to someone new, don’t say ‘my name is B’, say ‘call me B’.”

i was dumbfounded by the elegant simplicity of this, and then he added an exquisite layer: “if someone asks what B stands for, you can tell them your full name. they can choose to say your name correctly, or they can call you B.”

but, i asked, what if they don’t say it correctly. for instance, one of my executives at work still says my name totally wrong after three years of hearing me say it the way it’s supposed to be pronounced.

his solution: “next time you’re talking mention that you’ve noticed he doesn’t pronounce your name correctly and suggest he call you B, as many of your friends do.”

i nearly cried. i wished i’d mentioned this all to phil sooner. i’ve been so stressed out about this at a low level for months, years really, and here he had an answer for me all along.

“Call me B.”