nancydiscoveries

As a preface:

Below are some internet discoveries for you, things I saw and wanted you to also see. It's trite to say that people are using the internet in new and weird ways all the time, but they surely are. I hope some of these few little doorways will be inspiring or useful, and that they will open up onto other inspiring and interesting stuff. Poke around the blogs and sites I got these from. There's fascinating stuff out there.

You could even (if you want!) keep a log of your own internet discoveries here, like an online writer's journal of viral videos and joke emails and little bits and blurbs you want to remember.

Also, be sure you click "Older Posts" when you get to the bottom of this page.

With much love and excitement for the new world that's about to begin, your son,

James

"an awesome book"

A beautiful children's book.

A rescue helicopter prepares to hoist aboard surviving Japanese climber Hideaki Nara near the summit of Aoraki Mount Cook in New Zealand on December 5, 2008. A Japanese climber stranded for six days just below the summit had died just hours before rescuers reached him and a compatriot, local media reported. The two Japanese climbers were forced to huddle in a tent 50 meters below the 3,754-meter (12,349 feet) peak, as poor weather and high winds foiled attempts to rescue the men by helicopter. (REUTERS/The Christchurch Press/John Kirk-Anderson)

orson whales and more

Here's an animated Moby Dick.

Be sure to check out some other stuff from vimeo.com. It seems to be a sort of YouTube for artists. For one, it looks like you can get higher quality images.

Check out, for instance:

People are strange from Denis Fongue on Vimeo.

Minilogue - Animals from ljudbilden on Vimeo.

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.
(these last two are available in HD on the site itself, which you can get to by clicking the link below the video)