Though not technically related to technology, it is cool to see the kinds of things technology allows us to capture and share. This was on Reddit (I know, two Reddit posts in as many days) today, and it totally blew my mind. It looks otherworldly, the way these ants follow one another in a circle. It’s like a black hole.

Source: Reddit

Netflix streaming is just about the greatest thing around (yeah, it’s better than Hulu) for video content. The interface is clean, easy to use, and the selection is good enough for my $10 a month. Streaming has also saved Netflix a whole lot of money.

To stream a movie in HD costs Netflix around 5 cents, 3 cents for standard def. That’s it. Now granted, that doesn’t account for licensing and all that, but it sure as hell beats the pants off sending things through the mail. That cost could even go down as more competitors enter the back-end market responsible for supporting the Netflix streaming system.

My question – why aren’t more things available for streaming? If it’s so cheap, that extra revenue could be kicked back in part to studios for freeing up more streaming content. Everyone wins.

Source: Business Week

Virgin Atlantic plane livery time-lapse movie from johnson banks on Vimeo.

Do you want to ride in a plane that looks like it’s been exposed to hours of direct sunlight, its paint chipped and dinged from debris? Of course not! Still, it’s tough for me to imagine that part of my ticket cost is going toward paying all of these people just to repaint a plane. I’ve also never noticed how dingy a plane really is until I saw the plane at the end of this video. That thing is glowing.

At any rate, a very cool video about what it takes to make a plane look brand new again, luring you back in to a sense of security about one of the more unnatural things human beings have found a way to accomplish.