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One’s destiny by Mike Jacobsen — via...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:03 -0600

One’s destiny by Mike Jacobsen —

via wilwheaton|thefrogman #Dinosaurs #Evolution #Humor #Destiny #Science

The History of Typography - Animated Short by Ben...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:04:23 -0600

The History of Typography - Animated Short by Ben Barrett-Forrest #Type #Fonts #Design #GraphicDesign

50 BILLION App downloads, coming up fast! Wow.

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:32:40 -0600

50 BILLION App downloads, coming up fast!

Wow.

Stellar Area Rugs — Designed by Schönstaub — Via myampgoesto11

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:30:02 -0600

Stellar Area Rugs —

Via myampgoesto11

3D printed portraits derived from synthesized DNA found on...

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:16:00 -0600

3D printed portraits derived from synthesized DNA found on discarded gum and cigarette butts by Heather Dewey-Hagborg. -itscolossal

Dewey-Hagborg will be giving a talk with a pop-up exhibit at Genspace next month on June 13th, and QF Gallery on Long Island will host a body of her work from June 29th through July 13th. You can follow the artist via her website and also her blog. All imagery courtesy the artist. -smithsonian

Tom Cruise signs on for Mission: Impossible 5 Tom Cruise is...

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:45:18 -0600

Tom Cruise signs on for Mission: Impossible 5

Tom Cruise is set to put his body through another series of death-defying stunts after officially signing on to return as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible 5…

Via totalfilm

Dark Horse ‘May the 4th Be With You’ Sale — Dark Horse Comics...

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:23:20 -0600

Dark Horse ‘May the 4th Be With You’ Sale —

Dark Horse Comics is offering up 2 “MegaBundles” for the Jedi holiday. One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star Wars fan in all of us.

The Comic MegaBundle ($100)

Time to celebrate Star Wars! And what better way to do that then with the ultimate digital comic collection!? Get over 3,000 pages of Star Wars comic’s goodness right at your fingertips. This bundle includes some of our most popular Star Wars series, such as Knights of the Old Republic, Blood Ties, Empire, and Dark Times, as well as some of our newest series, such as Dawn of the Jedi, Agent of the Empire, and our smash hit series, Star Wars, written by comics legend Brian Wood.The Comic MegaBundle is priced at 60% off regular list price of $393.72.

The Kids’ MegaBundle ($30)

The Kids’ MegaBundle provides over one thousand pages of Star Wars Adventures and The Clone Wars. Hours of summer entertainment for your little Star Wars fan. Get a stack of Star Wars: Adventures, digital novellas created specifically for younger readers but with an appeal for Star Wars fans of any age! Plus get a grip of The Clone Wars graphic novels with tie-ins to the television series. It’s hours of summer entertainment for your little Star Wars fan! This bundle is also priced at 60% off the regular price of $102.84.

Bonus: Each MegaBundle comes with an exclusive two-page digital preview of the highly anticipated comics adaptation of The Star Wars, George Lucas’s original-draft screenplay. Written three years before the 1977 film, this first vision of the galaxy far, far away introduces us to Jedi Annakin Starkiller and General Luke Skywalker, as well as a six-foot alien named Han Solo. It’s a tale of fantastic adventures, daring escapes, “laser swords,” and monsters, and is sure to read like no Star Wars you’ve known before!

Via tiefighters

“And just like that, a little bit of my faith in humanity...

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:20:47 -0600

“And just like that, a little bit of my faith in humanity was restored.” -wilwheaton

Мир не без добрых людей… / Good people (by ArkadiYM93)

Wil Wheaton @wilw: “Why being a nerd is awesome”...

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:19:15 -0600

Wil Wheaton @wilw: “Why being a nerd is awesome” from-the-heart speech to a newborn —

This. All day, this.

(Vidpost by Jennifer Black-Moir)

Tony Award Nominees 2013

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:04:30 -0600

Tony Award Nominees 2013:

Best Play:

The Assembled Parties Author: Richard Greenberg
Lucky Guy Author: Nora Ephron
The Testament of Mar Author: Colm Toíbín
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Author: Christopher Durang

Best Musical:

Bring It On: The Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical

Best Revival of a Play:

Golden Boy
Orphans
The Trip to Bountiful
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Best Revival of a Musical:

Annie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Pippin
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Best Book of a Musical:

A Christmas Story, The Musical Joseph Robinette
Kinky Boots Harvey Fierstein
Matilda The Musical Dennis Kelly
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:

A Christmas Story, The Musical Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Hands on a Hardbody Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green Lyrics: Amanda Green
Kinky Boots Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Matilda The Musical Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play:

Tom Hanks, Lucky Guy
Nathan Lane, The Nance
Tracy Letts, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tom Sturridge, Orphans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play:

Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place
Amy Morton, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor, Ann
Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical:

Bertie Carvel, Matilda The Musical
Santino Fontana, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Rob McClure, Chaplin
Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Stark Sands, Kinky Boots

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical:

Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Carolee Carmello, Scandalous
Valisia LeKae, Motown The Musical
Patina Miller, Pippin
Laura Osnes, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:

Danny Burstein, Golden Boy
Richard Kind, The Big Knife
Billy Magnussen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tony Shalhoub, Golden Boy
Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play:

Carrie Coon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Shalita Grant, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Judith Ivey, The Heiress
Judith Light, The Assembled Parties
Condola Rashad, The Trip to Bountiful

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Charl Brown, Motown The Musical
Keith Carradine, Hands on a Hardbody
Will Chase, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gabriel Ebert, Matilda The Musical
Terrence Mann, Pippin

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Andrea Martin, Pippin
Keala Settle, Hands on a Hardbody
Lauren Ward, Matilda The Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, The Nance
Santo Loquasto, The Assembled Parties
David Rockwell, Lucky Guy
Michael Yeargan, Golden Boy

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical
Anna Louizos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Scott Pask, Pippin
David Rockwell, Kinky Boots

Best Costume Design of a Play

Soutra Gilmour, Cyrano de Bergerac
Ann Roth, The Nance
Albert Wolsky, The Heiress
Catherine Zuber, Golden Boy

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Kinky Boots
Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical
Dominique Lemieux, Pippin
William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jules Fisher & Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy
Donald Holder, Golden Boy
Jennifer Tipton, The Testament of Mary
Japhy Weideman, The Nance

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kenneth Posner, Kinky Boots
Kenneth Posner, Pippin
Kenneth Posner, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical

Best Sound Design of a Play

John Gromada, The Trip to Bountiful
Mel Mercier, The Testament of Mary
Leon Rothenberg, The Nance
Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg, Golden Boy

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Jonathan Deans & Garth Helm, Pippin
Peter Hylenski, Motown The Musical
John Shivers, Kinky Boots
Nevin Steinberg, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Best Direction of a Play

Pam MacKinnon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Bartlett Sher, Golden Boy
George C. Wolfe, Lucky Guy

Best Direction of a Musical

Scott Ellis, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Diane Paulus, Pippin
Matthew Warchus, Matilda The Musical

Best Choreography

Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On: The Musical
Peter Darling, Matilda The Musical
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Chet Walker, Pippin

Best Orchestrations

Chris Nightingale, Matilda The Musical
Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots
Ethan Popp & Bryan Crook, Motown The Musical
Danny Troob, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Via popculturebrain

Colbert slams CNN for ‘Lord of the Rings’ vs...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:34:52 -0600

Colbert slams CNN for ‘Lord of the Rings’ vs Biblical “facts” —

For more fun, also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTp2Q1YDR9M

April 25, 1917: Ella Fitzgerald is Born — On this day in 1917,...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:12:30 -0600

April 25, 1917: Ella Fitzgerald is Born —

On this day in 1917, Ella Fitzgerald, the “First Lady of Song,” was born in Newport News, Virginia. Fitzgerald dedicated her life to jazz and she won 13 Grammy Awards and sold over 40 million albums throughout her career.

Fitzgerald kicked off her jazz career after meeting musician Chick Webb and joining his band as his singer. She soon starting performing frequently at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. She soon became famous began as people came from all over to see her perform alongside Chick Webb.

She later gained the title as the “Queen of Jazz” due to signature skill in imitating instrumental sounds as she performed.

Learn more about Fitzgerald’s path to success with American Experience’s brief overview and timeline.

Image Caption: Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald by Carl Van Vechten 1940 (Library of Congress).

Via pbsthisdayinhistory

Qumarion Humanoid Input Device — Like the ubiquitous artist...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:50:00 -0600

Qumarion Humanoid Input Device —

Like the ubiquitous artist models, the Qumarion is a posable, human-like figure — but unlike the artist models, it communicates directly with a computer. As a result, you can use the Qumarion to move and pose on-screen 3D characters, making once challenging poses and movements as simple as adjusting an action figure. Great for animators, illustrators, or people who just enjoy collecting unusual gadgets. -uncrate

PEOPLE ARE AWESOME 2013 (Hadouken! - Levitate) (by...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:32:17 -0600

PEOPLE ARE AWESOME 2013 (Hadouken! - Levitate) (by Hadoukentheband)

Stephen Colbert on Bostonians — 8 GIF series. Yes. Via ihc

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:08:49 -0600

Stephen Colbert on Bostonians —

8 GIF series. Yes.

Via ihc

‘Awkward Handshake’ : The Game — This…...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:51:14 -0600

‘Awkward Handshake’ : The Game —

This… is… greatness…

By MovingMindStudio

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Be Yourself — “the greatest of...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:25:06 -0600

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Be Yourself —

“the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.”

(Vidpost by bigthink)

Wringing out Water on the ISS - for Science! (by...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:20:08 -0600

Wringing out Water on the ISS - for Science! (by canadianspaceagency)

Unbelievable Wingsuit Cave Flight! — Wingsuit / BASE-jump...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:39:49 -0600

Unbelievable Wingsuit Cave Flight! —

Wingsuit / BASE-jump athlete Alexander Polli does the never before done—a tactical flight through a narrow cave on a rugged mountainside. The flight starts with a jump from a hovering helicopter, Alexander reaches speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph) while following a precise trajectory leading to the cave opening, he then fully commits and flies directly through the narrow opening of the “Batman Cave!”

(Vidpost by EpicTVadventure)

‘Lunchbox Awesome TV’ - The Leprechaun (pilot...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:25:06 -0600

‘Lunchbox Awesome TV’ - The Leprechaun (pilot episode) —

This is the pilot for the upcoming how-to series Lunchbox Awesome TV! It’s launching this summer. This episode, starring my dear friend Heather, shows you how to create a Leprechaun with food! It also introduces you to the tools, and to some basic bento techniques.

Get over to YouTube and subscribe to LunchboxAwesome!