Glass Wings Blog: October 2010

Katherine and The Tiki Gods

Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:31:43 +1000

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
Tonight I perform with my Tiki God puppets as part of the Fringe Festival.
Please come along and support the cause of silliness. I'm up second, so be
early.

BIG HUGS!

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2010 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:33:07 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2010
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/10/ig-nobel-prizes-awarded-for-bat-fellatio-whale-snot-sampling-more.ars

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***

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haunting and SPOOKY

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 03:15:47 -0700

Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>

Bill Daul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9LOFXwPwC4&ob=av2e



Bill Daul

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How It Should Have Ended

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:21:43 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
This is a genuinely clever series of animateds that show how various films
failed to provide logical endings or at least interesting ones.

http://www.youtube.com/hishedotcom

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Classic text adventures in your browser

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:13:22 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.portablequest.com/

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***

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Skylifter: Australian Flying Saucers

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:40:00 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
"A new type of balloon may make delivering people and provisions to
inaccessible places easier"
http://www.economist.com/node/17136331

http://skylifter.com.au/

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J-Pop translation of Tom Lehrer's "The Elements"

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:11:03 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Japanese version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljsUVDOcYB0
English version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FesjAdIWBk

BoingBoing explains:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/08/the-elements-tom-leh.html

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Jim's Pancakes

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:45:02 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
3D pancakes!
http://www.jimspancakes.com/

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***

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Fwd: aerial photos

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:30:03 -0700

Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>

Bill Daul
Amazing imagery...nice to be reminded of human presence on a huge planet!

—bill

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Fwd: Dynamic Moire: Animated Optical Illusions (YouTube)

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:41:12 -0700

Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>

Bill Daul
For you and the children around you...

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Time Traveler...The Real Thing?

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:24:52 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
This could be absolutely nothing, but it gave me a bit of a tingle watching
the video and thinking about it.

An Irish filmmaker spotted a woman/man in a 1928 Charlie Chaplin film called
The Circus who could be a time traveler.

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Japanese girl battles with her baby red pandas

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:52:36 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
Time for red panda cuteness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wopd0vqcxQ

Have you been overwhelmed by teh qte? Are you thinking awwww, I'm glad she has

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Google Maps Safari

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:56:56 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
This is just so awesome. Some street views include ANIMALS!!! I wanna find
more ANIMALS!!!

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World Biggest Picture For Dubai - 45 GigaPixel

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:25:40 +1100

Kat Achkar <katarinaachkar [at] gmail.com>

Kat Achkar
the set of buildings on the left centre side of photo look odd: they seem to
be leaning in strange ways.

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Pallas Cat Kittens Halloween Fun

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:41:44 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
I know it's the day after Halloween, but some of these are put up on the other
side of the dateline.

Pallas Cats are a central Asian wild cat, and CUTE! Watching them play with
pumpkins is intensely "squee" worthy.

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Balloon Fashion

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:01:26 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Katherine Phelps
Awesome clothing made of...balloons! I can't imagine what it would feel like
to have my dress pop.

Balloon Fashion Show in China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFSDYJsw5kw

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