Glass Wings Blog: November 2010
Awesome Math Teacher Does It Again
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:44:14 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Math teacher pranks class by pulling Windows screens into the real world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04jsncsgrjo
You might have seen his earlier pranks.
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Electronic Spy Camera Shirt
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:09:13 -0700
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
"It's what 007 wears on laundry day."
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/e60c/
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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12 Coolest Steampunk Gadgets
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 10:01:21 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
"Steampunk is a speculative intersection of technology and romance where the
future meets the past: Victorian era inventions clash with often dark
alternate realities. What started as a literary genre has since evolved into
an amazing urban art form which delights in making real-life inventions that
are a blend of the modern and anachronistic. Meet some of the coolest
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Spectacular Helicopter Static-Electricity Phenomenon
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 10:41:11 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
"In the middle of a desert, a military helicopter creates a stunning show
while initiating an impossible static electrical discharge, spectacular
phenomenon for all the lucky viewers on site. Luckily someone had a camera,
and probably, a permission to take photos of this amazing light show, so that
we may enjoy this as well. It would be great if I had one of those and a
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Something you don't do every day...let us get a bunch of people going to Mars!
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 00:34:57 -0700
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
Let us get our fair representation on MARS...read on...
Check this link out:
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Space Pirats Episode 1
Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:33:35 -0800
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Warning: Salty four-letter Pirat language in the German dialogue and
English subtitles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EynlN8Qa8A
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JourneyQuest
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:23:44 -0800
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.journey-quest.com/
"JourneyQuest" is a fantasy comedy web series by Seattle/Tacoma area
filmmakers Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Dead Gentlemen Productions
(creators of "Demon Hunters" and "The Gamers") and Kairos Productions
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Gold Nanoparticles Could Transform Trees Into Street Lights
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:31:35 -0800
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://inhabitat.com/2010/11/10/gold-nanoparticles-could-transform-trees-into-street-lights/>
"...what if we could create natural street lights that don’t need
electricity to power them? A group of scientists in Taiwan recently
discovered that placing gold nanoparticles within the leaves of trees
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Dramatic X
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:58:19 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
More drama than you can shake a stick at.
http://cuteoverload.com/2010/11/11/more-drams/
I'm sure many of you have already seen Dramatic Chipmunk. Honestly, I've seen
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Android actress takes to stage
Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:42:46 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
"Critics say 'Geminoid F' acts a little on the stiff side, but theatregoers
are turning up to see what she's made of.
"The director of the Saynoara, Ozira Hirata, says Geminoid F does not replace
anyone, but her acting problems can be easily solved.
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That Mitchell and Webb look
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:17:24 +1100
Kat Achkar <katarinaachkar [at] gmail.com>
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More Strange Blessings
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:50:31 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Dancing Dog Cafe is the up and coming venue for all sorts of performance arts.
Come along and watch me do my silly poetry reading thing. This will be
something of a retrospective with the majority of my spoken word from last
year, plus the poetry aspect of my comedy festival show this year, and a few
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FW: invitation to UK premiere of 'Ukiyo' [moveable world]
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:14:23 +0900
"yukihiko" <yukihiko [at] s6.dion.ne.jp>
How are you ?
I will go to London for this project on 26th Nov.
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Some clips you may or may not have seen.
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:21:15 +1100
Kat Achkar <katarinaachkar [at] gmail.com>
Some clips you may or may not have seen.
John Cleese on Sarah Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMyNk8J1c8g
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Fwd: JK Rowling
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:50:16 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, you wrote:
JK Rowling on the benefits of failure
http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-imp
ortance-imagination
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Grandma's Superhero Therapy (18 photos)
Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:48:49 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/grandmas-superhero-therapy-18
"A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his
91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and
depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of
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Cue-Air: Teddy pilot flies over Hokkaido
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:32:58 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Robotic elephant's trunk
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:03:58 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Fwd: Heathrow Airport - YOU NEED UPLIFT FOR THE DAY, this is IT!....spend 3 minutes on this
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:14:41 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
to all my friends...please enjoy... —bill
Begin forwarded message:
From: "cheryl richards" <chriches1@optusnet.com.au>
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many versions and takes of the Heathrow Flash Mob
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:02:42 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
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Fake Science
Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:49:18 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Want to know why surgeons use turkey? The importance of x-rays before a
flight? This site has some hilarious 50s-70s posters with dubious factoids
printed on them. Have fun!
http://fakescience.tumblr.com/
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[UPLIFT #2] - one a day for the holidays
Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:47:15 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, you wrote:
The Heathrow Airport Welcome Back video yesterday was so well received I
decided to send out a visual uplifting each day during the holidays.
HAH! I see your Heathrow Airport and RAISE you a flash mob.
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ZOMG Cookie Monster on SNL!
Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:30:55 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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3rd Annual Pretend to Be a Time Traveller Day
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:21:33 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Be ready on 08 December. You too can pretend to be a time traveller: either
the futuristic Dr Who/Terminator ones, or the steampunk era kind.
The originating article:
http://forums.koalawallop.com/viewtopic.php?t=1719
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