#ShareYourPassion – what do you love doing everyday?

What do you love doing everyday? #ShareYourPassion *** For me, it’s longboard surfing.   **Photos from the talented, Elmo Hernández, follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Find more photos on Liquid Salt.     

The soundtrack of the brooding ocean and the jazz of surf

The Mattson2     From the Mattson2’s website: If you could soundtrack the brooding ocean and the jazz of the surf, the Mattson 2 would most certainly be the composers. The foot stomps of a shoe-gazed salty air meets the tight groove and polished shake of the night with each of the duo’s multi-layered tracks. …

A Pinterest account to protect the ocean – One World One Ocean

These photos come from One World One Ocean, started by “a family who has been making IMAX Theatre films for 35 years in far-off places like the top of Mt. Everest, the ice caves of Greenland, the Nile river, and the deep-ocean reefs of the South Pacific.” Their goal is to inspire people about the …

Communist propaganda posters from the Soviet Union, 1917-1991

An amazing set of 1,500 posters from the U.S.S.R., via Ben Perry on Flickr. Since their propaganda, and slightly foreign, you will have to guess their intended meaning. What does the government want you to think/feel/believe?    

Apple the most valuable company ever – worth $619 billion

Apple Becomes Most Valuable Publicly-Traded Stock Ever Microsoft’s market capitalization peaked on December 30, 1999, reaching an intraday high of $119.94 per share. With Microsoft having documented 5,160,024,593 outstanding shares the company would have had a market capitalization of $618.89 billion on December 30. Apple’s most recent quarterly filing listed 937,406,000 outstanding shares as of …

Farmers markets continue strong growth – 10% this year, 151% this decade

In the past few years, the USDA has started paying more attention to farmers markets. They now conduct a yearly survey asking all market managers in the country to stand up and be counted:   It’s safe to say that farmers markets are booming. They have more than doubled in the past decade (151% growth), …

Film night at the Surf Museum – ‘An Inside Look at Korduroy.TV’ (this Wednesday)

This Wednesday, the last of the movie nights at the California Surf Museum ends with “an inside look at Korduroy.TV”. Doors open at 6:15pm and the show starts at 7pm. More details via Surfline: The California Surf Museum is proud to highlight surf film-making in its non-traditional approach.  Our final Big Wednesday film night will …

Exploring the mountains under the ocean, in photos.

A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water’s surface (sea level), and thus is not an island. – Wikipedia   They are also centers of marine life, as you can see in the photos below. From the article, Mountains in the Sea, by National Geographic. Hundreds …

Creativity, an equation for success: Obsession x Voice

Here is a post from John Gruber about creative success. For publishers or anyone with a deep interest in something, “obsession times voice is a pretty good stab at a simple formula for doing it right.” Obsession x Voice What’s my obsession? Surfing, sustainability, creativity, and technology. What’s my voice? Haven’t found that yet, despite being …