Glass Wings Blog: November 2011
Impressive jelly bean animation for music video
Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:52:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Ultimate in Geekitude
Mon, 7 Nov 2011 22:56:24 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Rocky Horror: Science Fiction Double Feature
with Neil Gaiman!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI6zIqVxmmk
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The Human Slinky
Mon, 7 Nov 2011 23:06:50 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Seriously Fun House
Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:39:06 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Harlech House is part Brothers Grimm, part Harry Potter with some religious
iconograpy and toys for big boys thrown in for good measure,
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/property/2011/0915/1224304141383.html
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Superhero License Plates
Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:42:46 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
"Australian transportation authority VicRoads has signed a deal with Warner
Bros. to be able to issue DC Comics superhero license plates. Why? I dunno,
apparently there's a demand for this sort of thing down under."
http://www.geekologie.com/2011/11/australia-issuing-dc-superhero-license-p.php
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Fwd: Ventriloquist without a Dummy -- too funny
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:19:45 -0800
Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>
For kids and adults...I wish I had the equipment! —bill
Begin forwarded message:
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Forgotten Muppet Stuff
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:12:09 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I've see The Jimmy Dean Show mentioned as an early place where Jim Henson
worked. I hadn't seen Our Place mentioned and had forgotten about the show.
However, Jack Burns was The Muppet Show's first head writer and shares writing
credits with Jerry Juhl on The Muppet Movie. He was part of Burns and
Schreiber, a comedy duo I remember loving as a kid. Our Place was their show
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Covered in AWESOME Sauce
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:50:29 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
"This catchy video was created by Joe Sabia and Bryce Yukio Adolphson and set
to the music of Paul Simon. It is the second video of a campaign called “Stop
the Pity. Unlock the Potential Campaign” from Mama Hope, a nonprofit
organization working to improve the living conditions of people in Kenya,
Tanzania, Ghana and Uganda."
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Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:55:05 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
1. A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.
2. A dangling modifier walks into a bar. After finishing a drink, the
bartender asks it to leave.
3. A question mark walks into a bar?
4. Two quotation marks “walk into” a bar.
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Rubber Duckies!
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:52:47 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
This place sells the most hilarious rubber ducks.
http://www.squeakyducks.com/
Fairytale Ducks
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Stop-motion music video with animated pencils
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:25:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://vimeo.com/31939621
"The new music video for ‘Against The Grain’ from emerging Melbourne
indie-folk artist Hudson sees him collaborate with film
maker/animator/VJ Dropbear (aka Jonathan Chong), producing a vibrant and
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3D printer and costume
Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:42:42 +0900
"yukihiko" <yukihiko [at] s6.dion.ne.jp>
Here is an interesting news.
With 3D printer, the designers has started producing stage costume !
Mind-blowing 3D printed fashion
http://i.materialise.com/blog/entry/mind-blowing-3d-printed-fashion
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Space Taxi
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:58:28 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Andrew and I have giggled before at Traumschiff, a German scifi comedy that
mercilessly sends up Star Trek.
This song has a sort of 70s funk/Daft Punk vibe. Everything is in English, so
you should easily get a laugh.
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Lovely Image Manipulation Photos
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:37:53 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Mindazonalatal has created some amazing mindscapes using photo manipulation.
The wolf in a bed covered in red velvet, a cat sitting atop of an enormous
hour glass, gigantic skeleton keys covered in ivy: they have an almost
Victorian feeling about them.
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The Ross sisters (1944)
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:37:23 +1100
Kat Achkar <katarinaachkar [at] gmail.com>
the first bit is very boring....picks up heaps from halfway onwards.
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Christmas Shopping the GW Way
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:33:05 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Need some help finding gifts for that special someone on your Christmas list?
Why not buy them an UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER!
This place has HUNDREDS of ugly sweaters for men and women alike. They also
sell ugly hats and tacky pins. They aren't embarrassed to bring you the best
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Antikythera mechanism watch
Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:28:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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The 15th Japanese Film Festival
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:27:37 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Note the preview screening of Studio Ghibli's "Arietty", based on the
British children's book "The Borrowers", and the live action feature
version of "Space Battleship Yamato" AKA "Star Blazers":
http://15th.japanesefilmfestival.net/filmlist_melbourne.html
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Shelter Pet Project Ad
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:55:36 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
This is an ad for an animal charity. Very cute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=i2iG9NQk9mI
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Literary Devices
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:10:33 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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LuminAID
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:17:17 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
GEEK ALERT!
This is just the coolest solar powered light for camping or disaster relief. I
could imagine hanging them in the garden for parties.
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60 Second Adventures in Thought
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:54:13 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
A bit of animated fun with David Mitchell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zVaFjSxAZs
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Moving mirrors make light from nothing
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:32:51 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Ooooh! Freaky cool quantum stuff.
"A mirror can absorb energy from virtual photons onto its surface and then re-
emit that energy as real photons. The effect only works when the mirror is
moving through a vacuum at nearly the speed of light — which is almost
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12 Cutest Finger Drawings
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:46:16 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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very cool old videos of Melbourne CBD (and one of footscray....horse carts and all)
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:35:45 +1100
Kat Achkar <katarinaachkar [at] gmail.com>
the city traffic in variable moods is cute...
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Blackboard Wars
Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:10:15 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Cute bit of stop-motion animation harkening back to The Wizard of Speed and
Time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=4ucC2kSKoz0
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Fun and Danger with Science!
Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:22:50 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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