A favorite from the crew at Alaska Robotics: Can’t believe i haven’t posted this before now! = c
Category: history
Tag : trailer
[thinfilms] is in post-production for a feature documentary about the game of Tag. a trailer for the film is now on youtube. if you’ve contributed to the film in any way, please know what it means to us – this is a labor of love that represents over 120 hours of footage featuring interviews with…
Liquid TV
Some of you may remember far back enough to when MTV actually had cool programming on. For instance, Liquid TV, which featured the work of a broad range of animators and filmmakers. My friend Jason sent this along earlier this morning – a great blast from the past: = c
The Man Who Knew Too Much
While travelling in Switzerland, the child of a well-off couple is kidnapped. She is held to ensure that her father does not reveal what he knows about a planned assassination. Since they can’t talk to the authorities, the parents plan to begin the search for their daughter on their own. This is the original, British-made…
All Hail Punk Floyd
Radiohead has stunned the music world once again only this time by announcing that its forthcoming album will make its debut as a digital download available for whatever individual consumers want to pay for it. Guitarist Jonny Greenwood announced on the band’s website on Sunday night that the new album In Rainbows has been completed…
Remembering Glenn Gould
arguably the finest composer of the 20th Century, Glenn was a beacon of fresh thinking and innovation. We miss you, Glenn. = c
Open Sourcing the Space Program!
NASA posted a hiring notice for new astronauts Tuesday, seeking for the first time in almost 30 years men and women to fly aboard spacecraft other than the shuttle. The pilots, scientists, engineers and educators that NASA recruits will train primarily for three- to six-month missions aboard the international space station. However, some could be…
Anton Karas
A friend of mine turned me on to this yesterday while we were sitting around plucking on my measly 4-string guitar. Anton Karas played this song at the end of the famous film The Third Man. we are in awe of Anton here: = c
Google Screws : Beta?
The great idea that WAS Google Video has died. Google contacted customers late last week to tell them that the video store was closing. The e-mail declared, “In an effort to improve all Google services, we will no longer offer the ability to buy or rent videos for download from Google Video, ending the DTO/DTR…
Enjoy your Space, er, stay…
“Galactic Suite,” the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the world in 80 minutes. Its Barcelona-based architects say the space hotel will be the most expensive in the galaxy, costing $4 million for a three-day stay. During that time guests would see…
The first ever Web OS
Parakey is a platform for building applications that merge the best of the desktop and the Web. Like desktop applications, these applications work offline, offer more privacy than pure websites, run quickly, and integrate with your computer and its devices. But like Web applications, they are also more creative, visually alluring, accessible from anywhere and…
RoboCup 2007
RoboCup chose to use soccer as a central topic of research, aiming at innovations to be applied for socially significant problems and industries. The ultimate goal of the RoboCup project is by 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world champion team in soccer. In order for…
Blade Runner turns 25
Twenty-five years ago, the Ridley Scott film Blade Runner became an instant science fiction classic. Set in a sodden, squalid Los Angeles of 2019, the neo-noir masterpiece influenced a generation of filmmakers and video-game designers. Scott’s cyberpunk gem almost instantly became the most important film in the canon of movies people like me love. Admittedly,…
YouTube and You [sharing ad $$$]
YouTube will share ad revenue with 20-year-old Brandon Fletcher. Thus the stage is set for a flood of copycat bum-rushers who will no doubt lay siege to the YouTube/Googleplex armed with nothing but their media and their Gen-Y audacity. “The deal is basically sharing ad money,†Brandon says. “They place banners on my video pages…
Score one for the People
A case that attracted nationwide attention has ended with the dropping of a felony wiretapping charge against a Carlisle, PA man who recorded a police officer during a traffic stop. Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed said his decision will affect not only Brian Kelly, 18, but also will establish a policy for other police…
Paternoster
what in the world is a Paternoster? welp, it is what the first elevators were called: it’s also another name for a prayer. Together, these meanings are the foundation of the film we made this past weekend. = c
CCTV and the PD in the UK
traffic wardens in Eccles, Manchester are being issued CCTV head sets and given the legal power to impose fines of up to £80 for littering and other anti social behavior. that will be interesting to *watch* = c