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about things we find interesting, especially humor, animation or
other subjects relevant to the
Glass Wings web site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFhkdGtHck
Yay it's time for the SIGGRAPH technical papers again! So amazing.
"The SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program is the premier international
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https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/why-rational-people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=1&>
"“The best predictor of belief in a conspiracy theory is belief in other
conspiracy theories,” says Viren Swami, a psychology professor who
studies conspiracy belief at the University of Westminster in England.
Jeff Rouitto's sculptures and big, beautiful, and gobstopping. Some of his
stuff looks like it belongs in The Hobbit or Harry Potter
http://www.jeffrouitto.com/gallery/bigprojects/index.html
http://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/psa-your-default-narrative-settings-are-not-apolitical/
"Recently, SFF author Tansy Rayner Roberts wrote an excellent post debunking
the idea that women did nothing interesting or useful throughout history, and
that trying to write fictional stories based on this premise of feminine
http://animals.oreilly.com/elephants-and-bees/
"Lucy King, a researcher working with Save the Elephants, has spent many years
investigating the problems involved in crop protection. Her goal is to find
long-term solutions that reduce the frequency of human-elephant conflicts—and
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http://kotaku.com/all-star-dad-builds-incredible-basement-arcade-with-his-509388488>
"Mertzlufft, now in college, says that the project has been in the works
for 5 years. It sure looks like a labor of love to me."
The Harp Twins are fun:
http://youtu.be/4n2dGwYcp9k
Weird Al's tribute to the late great Ray Manzarek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5x88C0yQY
Text Publishing was hiring, and some people seem to have enjoyed
themselves in the comments! A lot of the jokes are slightly obscure,
too. :)
http://textpublishing.com.au/number-3-chiller/post/text-is-hiring1/
http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/entry/a-bit-rich
"This report takes a new approach to looking at the value of work. We go
beyond how much different professions are paid to look at what they
contribute to society."
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