Umbra, penumbra. Not exactly abracadabra, but if you've taken an astronomy class, you know exactly what the umbra and penumbra are. And any Earthling would agree that the umbra is the best place to be during a solar or lunar eclipse.
Police officers stopped people on New York City’s streets more than 200,000 times during the first three months of 2012, putting the Bloomberg administration on course to shatter a record set last year for the highest annual tally of street stops.
Film director, producer, actor and writer Sean Stone has thrown his weight behind a resolution introduced in the House last month by North Carolina Republican Walter Jones. Resolution 107 states that should the president use offensive military force without the authorization of Congress that such an act would be "an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor."
Israel will only strike Iranian nuclear facilities in September or after the United States presidential elections in November, a White House official told the British Sunday Times newspaper after a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama last week.
The view I have right now is beautiful This very moment the sun is setting
As you progress in the world of information security, you'll find yourself in situations where data protection is paramount. No doubt you will have files to hide and secrets to share, so I'm going to show you how to use the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG for short) to encrypt and decrypt as you need. GPG is a great open-source version of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a similar application used for encryption, but licensing and patent problems led to the development of GPG in its wake.
Just watched PBS origami doc Between the Folds last night. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. It's a beautiful film, really inspiring. Lots of Math Craft-related subject matter. Available instant on Netflix, or for rent on iTunes.
Minecraft 1.0 officially released by Notch. MineCon has been awesome... more soon!
Today I got this blog and i don't really no what i am doing!!! so for the last few blogs they will be rubbish!! :)
Once you have learned how to do ribbing on double-pointed needles, you will have to learn how to bind off on double-pointed needles. It's really quite easy. Just follow the steps below.
I know, I know, I've already posted one of these. Sorry, but this one's cooler than the last, so I had to put it up. This also has a great in-depth tutorial that shows exactly what to do and why you do it. There are photos for every step of the process, so you can actually make this one without too much head scratching.
Taken outside my apartment in Austin, TX. I have been looking forward to rain for months, and at last......it came! :)
Did you guys catch this last night? The Simpsons kicked off their 23rd season with their classic opening recreated in Minecraft.
There wasn't a lot of huge news for Indie Games Ichiban to come out of TGS last weekend, but this is a whopper: Level-5 and Studio Ghibli's epic RPG Ni No Kuni is officially coming to America next year. No word on the 3DS version, but the PS3 one will be released in 2012 in North America in English, according to a press conference by principal developer Level-5.
Video games were blamed in the death of Chris Staniforth last May, but now things have gotten worse as video games take the blame for a more recent tragedy...
From last summers camping trip. The little yellow spider was a bonus ;)
Below are the original 3 Star Wars films cut to only feature moments where Chewbacca is present.
Red Frog Bungalows Fishing Charters has been added a new boat to its fleet to provided fishing charters in the Bocas Del Toro archipelago. In the last month we have landed Wahoo, Yellowfin tuna, Blackfin Tuna and many other nearshore varieties..Bocas Del Toro fishing can be world class..Check in with us to see what has been biting
Thank you to everybody who submitted entries to last week's Secret Tips Of The Yumiverse: DIY Contest!
Just playing artound one day last week. After we got 14 inches of rain in Missouri, I thought I could see a rainbow
Mike the Greek drops a few bombshells in his last batch of Oscar picks.
You know what time it is? ADVENTURE TIME!!!!! You alright Finn? No man. Old ladies died because of me. Not you, me. (That last part is what i added)
For some minutes Alice stood without speaking, looking out in all directions over the country—and a most curious country it was. She found herself on the flat bottom of a shallow, felted basin. 'I declare it's marked out just like a large billiards table!' Alice said at last.
This video helped to convince me to take control of my life, to organize to live life fully. If you have already seen this, then you may know what I am talking about. If you have not seen this lecture from Randy Pausch, I implore you to watch it immediately. It is an hour-long. so make time for it!
See ya later, 2010! Mike runs off his list of the 5 worst cinematic atrocities of the past year in this, our last WTI installment of MMX! Happy New Year!
The world has been overflowing with Microsoft Kinect hacks, each more amazing than the last. The latest innovation, created by a group of engineers at USC, promises an exciting future in gaming (and gets gamers off their asses). The program is called FAAST, and allows for full body motion control in different PC applications, such as World of Warcraft, as demonstrated below: Previously, Hacked Kinect Captures 3D Video in Real Time.
Cyriak's latest animation features '50s stock footage remixed into a horror show. Our dark and twisted animator keeps churning them out, each creepier than the last. Be warned: "a journey into horribleness, not recommended for the faint-hearted or fragile-minded..." More by Cyriak:
KCRW is our local news station, and they also host a bunch of different podcasts that are usually pretty interesting. Last night they were talking about ereaders and the physical book and how the publishing industry is moving forward. It's a great discussion.
We got to Austin TX last night and got really drunk. But that didn't stop us from watching a really weirdly retarded movie this morning at 9:40 AM...specifically, The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp.
There's something charming about Professor Wiseman's speedy and concise delivery of 10 different magic/science party tricks, delivered in just over 4 minutes. A little something to entertain the family with this holiday season. Enjoy. (P.S. If you missed last year's, here's another 10 from the Professor -this time in 3:22):
Tangled is Disney's 50th feature-length animated motion picture. It's based on a fairy tale and stars a princess. Is it the last of it's kind? We asked Dr. Dave Zikovitz for his expert opinion...
Here are the official trailers for "Harry Potter 7" or "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Here are 6 movie clips from the feature film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Below is a collection of all the posters for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
There are many beautiful stitches to learn in knitting. Some are harder than others. Some look hard, but really aren't. The RASPBERRY STITCH (shown in the header) is a quite easy. Once you get into the rhythm of doing it and practice for awhile you'll agree.
Sneezing is more than just a nuisance, it's a danger to the health of innocent bystanders. The amazing Richard Massingham, hypochondriac and master of PSA filmmaking, demonstrates how to sneeze properly, therefore preventing the spread of toxic germs.
The holiday season means you're going to be doing a LOT of entertaining and a lot of going to parties where you'll be expected to offer up a thoughtful hostess gift. While you could always make a last minute run to the store to purchase boxed chocolates or a nice bottle of wine, it's so much more personal to make something.
Last night's Simpsons opening was a sardonic take on the usual gag, directed and storyboarded by the legendary Banksy, the famed renegade British graffiti artist whose real identity is hidden to the public. Below, laborers in Asian countries manufacture Simpsons merch in a dark underworld sweatshop, as an imprisoned dying unicorn impales Simpsons DVDs.
Last night we saw Red Nights in TIFF's MIDNIGHT MADNESS program, and we even talked to programmer Colin Geddes about his awesome job..
John Carpenter's THE WARD screened at last night's Midnight Madness event and it wasn't too bad! We talked with some fans and discussed the fine art of the jump-scare..
Last night we saw Brad Anderson's VANISHING ON 7th STREET which was pretty creepy! Plus: We can't seem to stop talking about Gackt... MIDNIGHT MADNESS 2010!.
Last night's screening of James Gunn's SUPER (with Rainn Wilson and Ellen page) was... wait for it... sssssssso great (though I was gong to say 'super' didn't you?). TIFF - MIDNIGHT MADNESS CONTINUES!
