Glass Wings Blog: January 2010
one last PURE glass-wings item for my TENTY O Nine
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:33:56 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
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and for those of you that love Australia and couldn't be there in Sydney...
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:10:28 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
something beautiful for all ages...
Watch the whole of Sydney's New Year's fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPDKHXWlLQ&feature=player_embedded#
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/114919/supernews-the-google-toilet
Sat, 2 Jan 2010 03:45:44 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
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Change Player Size Watch this video in a new window time displacement experimental video
Sun, 3 Jan 2010 04:48:15 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
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Harmonographs
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:15:04 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
"The harmonograph was a popular 19th-century parlor pastime that created
art similar to a Spirograph, but with a much wider range of variables."
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/02/harmonographs.html
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OEDILF The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:58:45 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Our goal is to write at least one limerick for each meaning of each and every
word in the English language. Our best limericks will clearly define their
words in a humorous or interesting way, although some may provide more
entertainment than definition, or vice versa.
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Greenscreen Grandmas
Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:09:58 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I hope we are all this much fun when we reach their age. Grandmas going nuts
with a greenscreen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G3bTuHo7qw
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Teeny Tiny Houses
Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:19:17 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
These aren't toy houses, but actual places to live. They are completely
functional, cute, and very tiny.
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
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Fwd: dentheren sent you a video: "The Original Human TETRIS Performance by G...
Thu, 7 Jan 2010 01:13:59 -0800
Bill Daul <Bdaul [at] pacbell.net>
The Original Human TETRIS Performance by Guillaume Reymond
http://www.notsonoisy.com/gameover
TETRIS played by real human-beings sitting in an auditorium: TETRIS is the
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Super Useless Super Powers
Sat, 9 Jan 2010 08:37:16 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Glory in the Destructo-Button: Any button you touch becomes a self-destruct
button (that only destroys itself).
Or perhaps 1987 Man: With just a touch, 1987 Man turns any pair of jeans to
acid wash. The 90’s were especially rough on our hero, forcing him to quit
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Dandelion Light
Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:43:05 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
This is just uber-cool. Want!
I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that the Clapper is outdated, but what
are switch-a-phobes supposed to light their houses with instead? Ask me
yesterday and I would have told you it was a question for the ages. Today,
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"The Third & The Seventh"
Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:50:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://vimeo.com/7809605
Stunningly beautiful 12.5min animated film about architecture and cinema
(Hegel's third and seventh artforms) done entirely on a desktop PC -
render times were between 20sec and 1.5hr per frame!
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Jane Goodall Sings
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:02:18 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
A while back I sent a link to a song using Autotune and Carl Sagan
pontificating. This has turned into a series of musical lectures. The latest
includes Jane Goodall!
http://symphonyofscience.com/
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Boo the Ninja Dog
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:31:22 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
KYOTO—He isn't particularly nimble, hardly stealthy and not big enough to
inspire fear in anything much larger than a rodent, yet Boo the Ninja Dog is
the talk of the town in this ancient city.
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY201001130126.html
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FREEZELIGHT
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:31:30 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Russian art group FREEZELIGHT do amazing things with time lapse and the like
to make beautiful light images.
http://www.freezelight.ru/
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Akiyoshi's illusion pages
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:02:05 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I love the warning on this site.
Warning: This page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which
might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had
better leave this page immediately.
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I am sure many of you have seen this...(TED talk) NEED INSPIRATION? (this will make your weekend!)
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:46:29 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
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Make Sarcasm Obvious: One $2 Method and Five Free Methods
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:09:24 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
The SarcMark is a punctuation mark to show sarcasm. Exclamations have !s,
questions have ?s, and sarcastic remarks have a period with a spiral around
it.
The makers are serious about the mark – the Telegraph says they're applying
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the intelligent hand
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:30:54 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
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Pac-Man Illusion and Other 3-D Perspective Tricks
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:34:06 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Remember that guy who makes elaborate chalk drawings that look 3-D from a
certain angle on the sidewalk? There's an easier way to get the brain-pop
effect without even going outdoors. YouTube user brusspup whipped up three
3-D illusions in his home with blue tape last week and videotaped them. The
real genius of his latest illusion, 3-D Pac-Man, is his use of a mirror as
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3D-printed math and science sculptures
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:41:32 +1300
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.bathsheba.com/math/
"Bathsheba Grossman is a sculptor who uses cutting-edge technology to
render math- and science-inspired shapes in three dimensions. You can
buy 3D-printed laser-cut metal ones, or order them in plastic at lower
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Domino Animals
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:10:56 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
The tension is almost too much. Which animals can make it through the dominoes
without knocking them over? The adorable anteater? Gracious Guinea fowl?
Curious armadillo? The slow and steady turtle?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3Z6mthWbg
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Promotion for Japan’s stationmaster cat
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:49:23 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
The train operator has promoted 10-year-old female cat Tama, currently a
stationmaster of Kishi Station on the Kishikawa Line, to the post of
operating officer in recognition of her contribution to expanding the
customer base.
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Cute Things Exploding
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:13:57 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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[OzFurry] Cute Things Exploding
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:22:52 -0800 (PST)
Paul Kidd <paul [at] purehubris.com>
From my website!
Cute things exploding!
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For the Love of Culture
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:47:01 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Google, copyright, and our future.
by Lawrence Lessig
January 26, 2010
http://www.tnr.com/print/article/the-love-culture
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Otacool Worldwide Cosplayers
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:51:29 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Photos of cosplayers around the world submitted for volume II of Danny
Choo's "Otacool" art book:
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25383/Otacool+Worldwide+Cosplayers.html
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Japanese Ads with Cats
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:43:32 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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For punctuation nerds
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:44:26 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Ever wondered, how do I use a semicolon correctly?
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon
Well, here it is!
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