Archive for January, 2009
What Happens in Bed
Watch this beautiful and mellow video from Oren Lavie – an Israeli songwriter, playwright, director and ‘writer of funny books for sad children.” He also keeps his socks on in bed. Typical. The video was constructed from 3225 still photographs, four weeks to create an animated CG storyboard, and two days of shooting – read [...]
Make Your Own Identi-kit Face
Ultimate Flash Face allows you to build faces from a kit of part. Strangely absorbing, and little disturbing to realise how much I like or dislike a face is strongly influenced by changing the shape of the lips, hairstyle or jawline.
Watch TV US Progs on First on Mars
Where: First on Mars is a new site that allows you to legally watch more than 10,000 US TV shows online – it’s a free, slick, and fast site that you can search by show, channel or your mood (like Pandora or Last.FM). Browse and save your favourite shows from channels such as: ABC, History [...]
Love Rage
What’s the best way to get revenge on the love of your life? Take it out on the love of their life…. Check out these pictures of cars that have been ‘redecorated’ or ‘modified’ – looks like the aftermath of a Top Gear shoot.
Multiplatform Games at Global Game Jam
The 3-day Global Game Jam has kicked off with 1,750 participants at 53 locations in 23 countries . By 3pm tomorrow, teams in Albuquerque, Ankara, Glasgow, Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv and beyond must hand in their newly developed interactive games prior to giving their presentation. New games will be made available for play and [...]
Google Magazine Archive
Click on the More arrow at the top left of your google search page and click Books to be taken to a treasure trove of a magazine archive. Browse and search back issues of Popular Science (back to 1870), New York (back to 1965), Men’s Health (back to 2006) or Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists [...]
Pitching a Home Run – Part I
NYC-based Fernanda Rossi is an internationally renowned author and story consultant. She has doctored over 200 documentaries, scripts, and fundraising trailers – including the Academy Award® nominated The Garden by Scott Hamilton Kennedy – and she has served as festival juror and grant panelist. In this two-part article Fernanda explains how to pitch your documentary film. This week she concentrates on the opening statement. (Photo by Tania Retchisky)
Greenlit: The History of Science, BBC2
The History of Science (w/t) – Documentary series in which, presenter Michael Moseley explores the most important scientific discoveries, from genetics to quantum physics. Channel: BBC2 TX: 2010 Producer: BBC Source: C21
Greenlit: Seven Wonders of the Solar System, BBC2
Seven Wonders of the Solar System (5x ) – documentary series presented by Professor Brian Cox. Channel: BBC2 TX: 2010 Producer: BBC Source: C21
Faith Equals Fertility
Does religion cause people to have more children or do people with more children turn to God? Discuss. Or at least read more.
