3.5 out of 5

A Serious Man – Opening October 2. Who knew?

Entertainment

I know how I feel about color trend companies with subscriptions ($$$).  Start at COLOURlovers instead.  http://www.colourlovers.com/

COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color – whether for ad campaigns, product design, or in architectural specification – a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.

Design, Links

Download HD versions here – http://www.flynnlives.com/media/video/0xendgame.aspx

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http://www.flynnlives.com/

According an insider: “This is the same tech demo from last year. It’s not the effects from the actual movie, it basically got the movie greenlit. so whatever they’ve been up to since then, still a secret.”

FLYNN’S ARCADE WILL BE OPEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY THE 24th @ 9PM UNTIL ???  335 6th Ave., 92101. At the event they had a life size lightcycle (click for high res):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_Legacy

Computer Graphics, Sci-fi

YouTube Comment Snob is a Firefox extension that filters out undesirable comments from YouTube comment threads. You can choose to have any of the following rules mark a comment for removal:

• More than # spelling mistakes: The number of mistakes is customizable, and the extension uses Firefox’s built-in spell checker.
• All capital letters
• No capital letters
• Doesn’t start with a capital letter
• Excessive punctuation (!!!! ????)
• Excessive capitalization
• Profanity

Computer help

[windows] Open source DVD authoring software.  Take almost any video file and burn it to DVD.

http://www.dvdflick.net/index.php

Computer help, Links

Music: “Please don’t go” by Barcelona.

2nd largest aquarium tank in the world.

Music

An experimental film made up of over 35,000 photographs combining an innovative mix of stop motion and live projection mapping techniques.

SCINTILLATION from Xavier Chassaing on Vimeo.

Art, Computer Graphics

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/goodwood-festival-of-speed-sculptures

VAST 35-METRE AUDI ‘MONUMENT’ TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT GOODWOOD

Audi Celebrates its Centenary at 2009 Goodwood Festival Of Speed

Every year since 1997, Lord March has surprised us all with ever more vast and spectacular centrepieces for the Festival of Speed at his home, Goodwood House in West Sussex. For 2009 the latest sculptural ‘monument’ will be unveiled for the start of the three day Festival (3 to 5 July), which is likely to entertain a record number of 130,000 visitors for this year.

The Festival’s work of art is the focus of Audi’s global centenary celebrations – a truly breathtaking 35 metre high automotive ‘monument’. The Audi ‘central feature’ art installation is one of the most ambitious and stunning sculptures ever constructed for Lord March’s unique and world leading annual Festival, representing the unique style of one of the world’s most progressive automotive brands. Read more…

Art, Automotive