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Larger than life packing tape art

These artists created a larger than life spider web using 117,000 feet of packing tape in a former stock exchange building in Vienna. Check out the full story with multiple pics on Fastcompany. The time lapse video below, also courtesy of Fastcompany, gives you a glimpse into how they did it.

Geek out: time lapse shuttle launch

When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut. I even went to Space Camp and still have the sky blue flight suit to prove it. So, yeah, I geek out on the final frontier. This video took six weeks, and over 100 hours of footage shot on several Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras.

[Air&Space via Planet5D]

Re-inventing the canvas

Making something new and interesting means you have to see the world differently. You have to re-invent the canvas. I’ve seen things like this before, but I love that this was done by college students, not some techno-artist from NYC. It comes from Poland’s Wroclaw University of Technology and it’s called “Projekt P.I.W.O.”

The only easy day was yesterday

David Goggins is a Navy SEAL, ultra-marathoner, and I’m pretty sure he’s also a cyborg. Just saying. Either way, he is a fantastic example of what it means to blow out the walls of personal expectations and make something remarkable happen.

I may never run a 150 mile foot race or have the opportunity to go all Jack Bauer on Bin Laden, but I can push my own boundaries and expectations of what is possible for me. We all have moments of clarity when we surprise ourselves and realize that we sell ourselves short. I was told that today, that I don’t believe confidently enough in myself and my abilities. So I’m going to take David Goggins advice tomorrow and invite you to do the same:

  1. Try something that will truly test your soul’s limit.
  2. Stay at something until it’s uncomfortable. Then go a bit farther.
  3. Write this on a sticky note and read it aloud: “My life doesn’t have a finish line.”
  4. Replace the things you do to just fill time–email, planning instead of doing, Twittering, whatever–with a narrow window of time dedicated to accomplishing just ONE thing with excellence.

Just four things in one day. That’s it. I’m going to give it a shot and let you know how it goes. You do the same and we’ll compare notes tomorrow. Deal?

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