"Since the Minas Tirith post did so well I figured I’d share this one too.
This matchstick replica of Hogwarts is comprised of over 600,000 matchsticks and looks totally amazing. Totally incredible!"
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
"Six months. That’s right. This dream-like picture shows each phase of the sun over Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge taken during half a year. The image was captured on a pin-hole camera made from an empty soda can with a 0.25mm aperture and a single sheet of photographic paper. Photographer Justin Quinnell strapped the camera to a telephone pole overlooking the Gorge, where it was left between December 19, 2007 and June 21, 2008—the Winter and Summer solstices. (That’s a 15,552,000 second exposure.) ‘Solargraph’ shows six months of the sun’s luminescent trails and its subtle change of course caused by the earth’s movement in orbit. The lowest arc being the first day of exposure on the Winter solstice, while the top curves were captured mid-Summer. (Dotted lines of light are the result of overcast days when the sun struggled to penetrate the cloud.) Quinnell, a renowned pin-hole camera artist, says the photograph took on a personal resonance after his father passed away on April 13—halfway through the exposure. He says the picture allows him to pinpoint the exact location of the sun in the sky at the moment of his father passing."
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
"“Star Trek: The Animated Series” is online for FREE, and features the voice talents of the original cast, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley just to name a few.
The episodes are posted over at startrek.com, so if you’re a fan of Star Trek (or just love free cartoons) be sure to check it out! AWWW YEAH!"
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
Pro Tip: Avoid Movies That Use Bold, Red Uppercase Fonts In Their Posters - Celebrity Pictures, Lol Celebs and Funny Actor and Actress Photos - ROFLrazzi - http://celebs.icanhascheezburger.com/2011...
"In the first auction of the year in the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo the most expensive tuna in history has been sold for 32.49 million yen (around 300,000 euros/390,000 dollars). The tuna weights 342 kg; however the weight nor the quality was what made it that expensive, but being the first tuna sold in the year 2011. It was bought by the owners of a sushi restaurants chain."
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
"Living Rooms all around the world are shaking with fear of users actually taking swords and attacking their big screens thanks to a new hack for the Microsoft Kinect that allows gamers to play World of Warcraft without a keyboard."
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
I can't decide if this is really cool or like playing on your iPhone, just not worth it.
- Heather
interesting use of the technology, but I maintain my normal status. The keyboard/mouse and handheld controller have been standard for so long for a simple reason. They work and allow more complex controllability than flailing your arms and legs about will ever be able to. Plus, could you imagine doing a 3 hour raid just waving your arms around? You'll get to the last boss, pass out and piss off your team.
- Joe "The Anvil" Pierce
"Aaron Koblin's Flight Patterns, tracing the path of airplanes, is beautiful to watch. There are several wallpaper-sized images at the link"
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
"25 years ago today, a brilliant cartoonist named Bill Watterson published his very first “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip and never looked back. The influence and imagination of Watterson helped shape my childhood, as well as millions of others’, so I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for everything you’ve done Bill, and for giving me the opportunity to share my childhood with two amazing, magical characters."
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
"Because most people learn about photography laws and photographer's rights by word of mouth—and often from other photographers—there is a lot of room for misunderstanding. Carolyn Wright, an attorney specializing in photography law, clears up ten common misconceptions."
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿
"With workers racing to build emergency dams in an effort to prevent a second catastrophe, new satellite imagery from NASA shows the horrifying scale of the toxic sludge spill that has killed eight and inundated three villages in Hungary."
- Victor Ryden 美久太阿