George Takei reviews The Hoff
Der große George Takei rezensiert das Jahrhundertwerk Looking For… Best of David Hasselhoff:
When “Knight Rider” and “Bay Watch” ended, I felt a distinct void in my life. Without Hasselfhoff’s bouncing pecs gracing my television, life simply felt drab and unfulfilling.
Imagine my delight when I discovered that Hasselhoff had not disappeared at all, but rather REEMERGED, this time as a serious force in music. It reminded me of when Leonard Nimoy had recorded his stirring tribute to Tolkien, “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.” It was that moving and momentous for me.
Honestly, few Americans truly appreciate how Hasselhoff singularly reshaped the entire landscape of German music. Auf wiedersehen, Amadeus. Hasselhoff ist hier!
I particularly recommend the track “Do the Limbo Dance” but am giving the album just four stars because I’m a bit disappointed that he didn’t stick with the original German version, “Tanzen Limbo, Ya!”
George Takeis Viral-Explosions, visualized
Das Designstudio Stamen hat visualisiert, wie sich Bilder von George „Mr. Zulu“ Takei auf Facebook verbreiten. Oben das Video zu Famous Failures, zwei weitere Clips gibt’s auf Facebookstories:
Each visualization is made up of a series of branches starting from a single person. As the branch grows, re-shares split off on their own arcs, sometimes spawning a new generation of re-shares, sometimes exploding in a short-lived burst of activity. The two different colors show gender, and each successive generation becomes more and more white as time goes by.
Data Visualization: Photo-Sharing Explosions (via The Verge)
