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New Coen Brothers film

July 30th, 2009
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A Serious Man – Opening October 2. Who knew?

Entertainment

Color Trends

July 27th, 2009

colortrendsI 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

Flynn Lives – TRON Legacy

July 25th, 2009

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):

Tron_Light_Cycle_06

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

Computer Graphics, Sci-fi

YouTube Comment Snob plugin.

July 23rd, 2009
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2809792796_6894297751_sYouTube 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

DVDFlick

July 21st, 2009
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[windows] Open source DVD authoring software.  Take almost any video file and burn it to DVD.

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

dvd_flick

Computer help, Links

Churaumi Aquarium in Japan

July 20th, 2009

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

2nd largest aquarium tank in the world.

Music

SCINTILLATION

July 7th, 2009

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

Festival of Speed

July 3rd, 2009
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http://www.autoblog.com/photos/goodwood-festival-of-speed-sculptures

Festival of Speed

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