Well since i didn't take my camera to my local area's fireworks show, i decided to make some in photoshop. But since it was made in photoshop i dont think it will count as an entry. But here you go.
+Tom Anderson of MySpace has been very active on Google+ over the first week, and he's not shy with his thoughts on the evolution of the industry he once owned. Here's his take on this morning's Facebook announcement and Mark Zuckerberg's response when asked about Google+.
Art Babble is a video network for artists and art lovers alike, launched by a group of curators at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The site is divided into channels, series and partners, with a wide variety of top notch videos from institutions far and wide. The Getty Museum has posted some especially fascinating content, most notably their series on modern artisans and craftsmen demonstrating antiquated art techniques.
Now he was paying attention, think he learned how to keep his eye on the ball.
Looking to be the world's best violinist or fastest banjo player? If you didn't start practicing when you were a kid, learning a new stringed instrument is extremely challenging. But an upcoming device may change all of that, if you don't mind being shocked by 28 different electrodes.
Trying to think of something different to try the next time you have a subject? Check out this link from photo.tuts.plus for inspiration.
Los Angelenos street art fans! Banksy is sponsoring an "Art in the Streets" exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Los Angeles this summer. It's completely free every Monday from June through August.
Like Rachel, I cannot win this week's challenge, but I thought it would be fun to post a picture I took with my iPhone. Actually, I'm not a big fan of taking pics with my smartphone—I rarely do it. But I didn't happen to have my real camera on me when taking a stroll through Bubblegum Alley in San Luis Obispo. This is the only image I ended up snapping with my iPhone.
Watch this beautifully shot film and try to guess what the product is.
Can you really make an explosive from salt, sugar and weed killer? Does glycerol and water actually recover text from burnt paper? Is it possible to develop film with a first aid kit and some orange juice? MacGyver says yes.
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To go Open Source or go proprietary? There is a common conception that open-source is unsafe and insecure and therefore companies should rather go for proprietary solutions. They think that because software is termed "open-source", that the world can see the vulnerabilities of the software and might exploit it, and less informed people tend to think that open-source software can be modified while it is running.
Shepard Fairey and Nicholas Harmer are behind Death Cab For Cutie's latest video, "Home Is A Fire."
I thought these were too gorgeous. Via MetaFilter.
So this is more about comic books, but I thought it could apply to movies too! So true!
Just playing artound one day last week. After we got 14 inches of rain in Missouri, I thought I could see a rainbow
Ok, I know this is a Canon 7D site, but I thought this how-to on replacing the LCD cover on a Canon 5D Mark II was really useful!
With all the great cakes on the site, I thought I'd share one from my collection. Straight from the Make Balloon Animals World, I wanted to share this giant balloon birthday cake. This gentleman got his wish for his birthday... A giant cake AND the girl of his dreams.
This is a pretty cool sponge bob balloon animal that I found online. I thought it was great, so I wanted to share it with you guys here. Hope you enjoy!
You're walking down the street, minding your own business. Then you see it—a large, bright fireball in the near distance. A tremendous heat wave speeds towards you at one thousand miles an hour, and before you can think, before you can even blink, the extremely heated wind pushes right through you. Your skin melts, your eyes liquefy—your face disappears into the wind. Before you know it, your pancreas collide with what’s left of the person next to you, your duodenum is dissolving faster than ...
Lets See How We Can Change The World With Music How Do The Lyrics Help People Out.
Here is an interesting use of AR for a librarian. Anybody read Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge? The book does a great job exploring Augmented Reality in a future thriller & it actually has a moving library! Highly Recommended!
While Rajo can certainly relate to Bradley Cooper's uninspired/unmotivated character in Limitless, he thinks that we can do better with our weekend viewing...
A Parisian street artist anonymously known as JR—his pervasive works feature massive photographs of poor urban residents plastered across the cityscape—was awarded the 2011 TED prize some months ago.
ATTENTION COLLISION REPAIR INDUSTRYHave you ever put your stud in your stud gun to repair a dent and the stud falls out before it reaches the panel? Sure it has, it has happened to all of us. However, the new Magna-Spot eliminates this problem with their exclusive (MPS), which secures the pins in the electrode. You can read the press release below to learn more of the benefits.ENTER AND WIN THE NEW MAGNA-SPOT STUD GUNDetails to this contest are going to be revealed in layers as follows:
New Zealand retailer Superette and ad agency DDB Group have come up with a pretty ballsy idea for spreading Superette's brand name. They've attached plates indented with the phrase "Short Shorts On Sale Superette" on park benches and bus stops, turning bare legged ladies (or men with wicked short shorts) into walking billboards.
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Unkown is not bad, if you think of it as a B-movie. Go in with those expectations and you probably won't be disapointed. Otherwise, it's been done before. By Roman Polanski over 20 years ago...
If you caught the Grammys over the weekend, the most memorable (and scarring) moment was probably Lady Gaga's "egg-cellent" performance of her hit new single, "Born This Way". Surely, Little Monsters everywhere were fascinated when Lady Gaga came on stage entrapped in a large egg, which she claims was to simulate rebirth.
I'm so Proud of YouThe novels cover would have made a much more interesting poster I think.
Well, maybe not a real invisibility cloak—sorry Harry Potter fans—but a team of scientists at MIT's SMART Centre are on their way to producing materials that mimic actual invisibility.
I am the same as the lady in this artical, my fridge usually contains nothing mre than milk, cheese, butter, a few bit n pieces n some left over sausages in the freezer.
Its often difficult to go on a diet without thinking of those foods you love, every moment of that day. Meditation is a fantastic way to clear you mind before work/school run etc..
Just remember, no matter how bad you think you are at computers, you're one step ahead of this little tabby.
Wondering why your inbox is looking a little threadbare? It may be that you've violated a few unwritten rules of email etiquette. Here are a few basic tips that the web-savvy know by heart.
Now girls need to take up gaming, seriously. According to a new research, girls who played the games with a parent got a lot of benefits.
Ok, #1: Beauty. (Duh- your standard Miss America staple). #2: Yodeling. Um, yeah, you read right. #3. Ventriloquism. Yikes. What the hell was her pageant coach thinking?
And I bet you thought a cactus was only good for stinging. Presenting the dueling musical cacti, the Sting Boogie: AND... the Cactus Crackling Klangspiel: Ouch.
