Glass Wings Blog: April 2011
Gmail Motion
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:56:21 +1100
Chris Johnstone <c.p.johnstone [at] gmail.com>
No doubt you'll all see this in a forward shortly from someone or other.
Kind of fun, but actually quite plausible too. I like the idea of an office
full of people doing what appears to be interpretive dance for their
computer...
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15 Natural Wonders
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 18:16:52 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Yes, I'm a sucker for the amazing stuff Mother Nature dishes up. This list is
particularly fun because it's so diverse, going from geography to biology.
http://www.urlesque.com/2011/03/31/15-natural-wonders/
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The Week's Picker-Upper
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 19:05:23 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Had a low week? Need a pick-me-up? This cover of Ob-la-di Ob-la-da is
somewhere between the Numa Numa guy and Where The Hell Is Matt. Ostensibly
filmed in an apartment block where the neighbours join in. FUN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6BKhvhSehc
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Best of April Fools
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:32:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Unicorn Pasties
Sat, 2 Apr 2011 14:16:50 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I know that some of you are mad keen cooks. So, I send along this delightful
recipe. I hope you enjoy it.
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Artaud forum
Sun, 3 Apr 2011 08:34:21 +0900
"yukihiko" <yukihiko [at] s6.dion.ne.jp>
How are you ?
Here is information on Artaud Forum.
It comes out from my project, “Ukiyo Moveable World”.
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Red Back School Project
Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:43:08 +1000
Chris Johnstone <c.p.johnstone [at] gmail.com>
This strikes me as both wonderfully accepting of nature and a little bit
bonkers. This appears to be a webpage about a school group keeping a redback
in a fishbowl as a sort of impromptu class project.
http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/redschool.htm
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Clever musical phone commercial
Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:36:54 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Clever musical commercial for a Japanese mobile phone with a wooden
case:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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comparisons of notable earthquakes
Fri, 8 Apr 2011 18:40:46 +1000
Kat Achkar <katarinaachkar [at] gmail.com>
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One-of-a-kind Tron light cycle board game
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:44:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/one-of-a-kind-custom-tron-light-cycle-board-game-impresses.ars>
"The iconic light cycles from the Tron films aren't necessarily the
first thing you'd think of when creating a new board game, but that
doesn't mean it can't work. Brett King created a custom game to play
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Sorting algorithms as dances
Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:43:17 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/2255-sorting-algorithms-as-dances.html>
Take one Central European folk dancing team, a small folk band and an
added overlay showing array locations and get them to dance the
algorithms in time to "appropriate" folk music. The result is slightly
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UnEnchanted Princess
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:58:55 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Some of you have been asking what I'm up to this year with the Melbourne
Comedy Festival. Well, I've been helping this lovely lady with her show:
http://www.youtube.com/mslindabeatty
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Sumo Olympics
Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:43:21 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
People running around in sumo suits doing sport. Somehow it equals hilarity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG9u-U3mi_Y
The fun music helps as well.
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Philosophy Referee Signals
Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:38:53 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I am so going to have to memorise this chart.
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/04/philosophy-referee-signals.html
"I'd like to make a friendly amendment" looks almost unsafe for work.
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The Great Moon Hoax
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:18:21 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
On August 25, 1835, the first of a series of front-page articles was published
in the Sun, a two-year-old newspaper in New York City. The subject was Sir
John Frederick William Herschel, one of the most respected scientists of his
day, especially in the field of astronomy. He had already identified and named
seven moons of Saturn and four of Uranus, and had received numerous awards for
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