Glass Wings Blog: May 2009
Free Comic Book Day 2009
Sat, 02 May 2009 00:26:31 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
It's the first Saturday in May, and that means Free Comic Book Day:
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/
Participating shops outside the US:
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/fcbd_global.asp
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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 in style
Sat, 02 May 2009 14:52:02 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/05/celebrating-the-40th-anniversary-of-apollo-11-in-style.ars
"This past week, the largest model rocket ever assembled was launched
successfully. The 1:10 scale model of the Saturn V was done as a tribute
to the 40th anniversary of the moon landings."
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Instructional Video
Sun, 3 May 2009 14:38:42 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Ahoy!
I know it's not Talk Like a Pirate Day, but this is so funny:
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Talk-Like-a-Pirate-39100619
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Cheap Thrills with Muppets Rawk
Tue, 05 May 2009 23:21:42 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://marcpalm.blogspot.com/2009/05/cheap-thrills-with-muppets-rawk.html
'I knew that I had to do something really cool. So when I ran across
Cheap Thrills over and over in lists of the "best rock covers ever".
Someone had to do this cover with Muppets!'
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Courtney Woolsey
Sat, 09 May 2009 01:14:24 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.youtube.com/user/CourtneyWoolsey
Great four-part harmony covers of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You",
"Lollipop" and "Don't Know Why"!
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Baaaaaby Animals
Wed, 13 May 2009 23:29:26 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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this might make you cry...so beautiful...so touching --bill
Fri, 15 May 2009 02:17:53 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
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Wrath of Khan the Opera
Sun, 17 May 2009 09:53:37 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
If any of you are Trekkers, be sure to have tissue for the crying...from
laughter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xga_wchTpW8
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Aurealis Awards
Mon, 18 May 2009 08:27:21 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
As some of you know I've been a judge for the Aurealis Awards for some time.
These awards are for the best in speculative fiction in Australia. You can
find out more here:
http://www.aurealisawards.com/
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The glistening ecstacy of Namco's WiiWare Muscle March
Tue, 19 May 2009 22:47:27 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.offworld.com/2009/05/the-glistening-ecstacy-of-namc.html
"Videogames are brilliant, aren't they? Namco brings a port of its
original arcade game Muscle March to WiiWare in Japan on May 26th. The
premise? If it's not abundantly clear above: after a pro football player
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Garth and Ginny's Pixel Films: 2500 Pixels is Enough
Sun, 24 May 2009 13:19:17 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.offworld.com/2009/05/pixel-films-2500-pixels-is-eno.html
"Garth and Ginny's 'Pixel Films' are about as high resolution as you're
likely to get from a 50x50 pixel square. The latest animation, coming by
way of the Brighton Fringe Festival, follows up their first Pixel Film
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LEGO pirate theatre automaton
Wed, 27 May 2009 00:58:13 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
The Pirates and the NXTfied Theater
http://web.me.com/NeXTSTORM/NeXTSTORM/Theater.html
Share and enjoy,
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[Fwd: [IP] The Science News Cycle]
Fri, 29 May 2009 00:47:24 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Dancing in the Past
Fri, 29 May 2009 13:06:07 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Okay, anything from our parents's era looks laughable. Culture has moved on.
However, give it a hundred years and it starts looking romantic and
interesting.
I don't know if this will ever make it to "romantic".
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Dancing in the Past Part 2
Fri, 29 May 2009 13:20:40 +0930
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Okay, I'm not quite through with the dancing silliness. These come from the
70s! Woohoo!
I want to see this sort of psychedelic disco down making a come back.
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"Sorry I'm Late"
Sat, 30 May 2009 12:13:31 +0930
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.sorry-im-late.com/
A short film by Thomas Mankovsky
Share and enjoy,
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