#falling

Everyone’s falling for Emma Ogier (and you will too)

The Houston native has 2026’s hottest-tipped debut and the music lives up to the hype.

Gorilla Music · EN

The Welcome Rain Falling From the Sky

I love Taiwanese artist Kuang-Yu Tsui ’s 1997 conceptual art piece The Welcome Rain Falling From the Sky but I couldn’t really tell you what it means. Something about the way people are bombarded with advertisements for consumer goods? I also couldn’t help but think of the iOS game co-created Neven Mrgan, The Incident . ]]> Tags: art · Kuang-Yu Tsui · video

Kottke · EN

NASA's Swift Observatory Is Falling to Earth

joshuark shares a report from Wired: After 22 years in orbit and a failed rescue mission this summer, it is highly likely that the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will crash into Earth sometime next week. It is not known where on the planet the spacecraft -- which is roughly as big as a large elevator -- will fall. Despite its size, experts say the risk to the public is relatively low. The observatory was designed to operate for a few years in low Earth orbit, but it far exceeded its expected lifespan, helping to make many important discoveries about the evolution of the cosmos, including the s

Slashdot · EN

The Joy of Falling Behind

By Leo Babauta A lot of people right now are feeling like they just can’t keep up with everything — it’s just too much. And it feels like the pace of everything we have to keep up with is accelerating. There’s more and more, and it’s coming at us faster and faster. Technology is like fuel to the fire: more never-ending feeds, and quick replies to messages and emails means there’s too much to reply to. What if we simply refused to try to keep up with it all? What if we rejected the premise that we need to keep up? It’s an impossible game, and we don’t have to play it. Here’s a new game: feel jo

Zen Habits · EN