Glass Wings Blog: January 2013
Retro-computing
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:19:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Happy New Year! Get a feeling for the ancient early computers of last
century with this artistic new user interface for Google:
http://www.masswerk.at/google60/
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Happy New Year 2013
Tue, 1 Jan 2013 18:24:47 +0900
"Yukihiko Yoshida" <yukihiko [at] s6.dion.ne.jp>
Happy New Year 2013
新年快樂
明けましておめでとうございます。
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Blind Dog Has His Own Guide Cat
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:46:03 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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12 Letters That Didn’t Make the Alphabet
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:34:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
A fun article on some alphabetical history:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/156077
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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Set Phasers to Silly!
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:35:59 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
What could be better than a gingerbread communicator. Talk to your buds in
orbit, then titillate your buds by eating the communicator.
http://foodreplicator.tumblr.com/post/38421773076/gingerbread-communicator
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New Birthday Song!
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:40:22 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Copyright laws are so messed up that no one can sing "Happy Birthday" without
paying at least $10,000 for it to be heard in any sort of media.
So, the Free Music Archive is holding a contest to write the new birthday song!
Go have a listen.
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How to invent in an age of information overload
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:50:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20415707
"The point of all this is that it is not the existence of knowledge but
the convergence and cross-pollination of knowledge that drives progress."
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The Animal Discoveries of 2012
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:05:15 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
It's that time of year when we are bombarded with lists of things about 2012.
One of my favourite lists are animal discoveries. This year includes many
creepy crawlies, but also dinosaurs and one very cute monkey.
http://mashable.com/2012/12/05/new-species-2012/
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Utopian for Beginners
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:22:21 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer
A lengthy but fascinating story of language and the oddities of people.
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The Hobbit at 48fps
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:53:12 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
We'd like to see The Hobbit at the 48fps speed, and we're thinking about
getting a group together to see it tomorrow afternoon, Sunday 6 January
2013, the 14:50 session at the Jam Factory. If you'd like to come
along, please come early enough to buy your tickets in advance or book
them online today at:
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The Best Astronomy Images of 2012
Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:18:21 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Tragedy and video game violence
Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:23:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Beautiful examples of eyes in nature
Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:51:05 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Donating to animal shelters
Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:18:50 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I saw a story about this little fellow a few years ago when he first started
donating. Inspirational.
"Evan loves cats. After he adopted his own kitty, Macha, from City Kitties
<
http://citykitties.org/> rescue in Philadelphia, he wanted to find a way to
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3D Printed Record
Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:31:32 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Record/
"In order to explore the current limits of 3D printing technology, I've
created a technique for converting digital audio files into
3D-printable, 33rpm records and printed a few functional prototypes that
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Bunny Dresses
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:52:59 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Best nature pictures of 2012
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:21:17 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/12/best_nature_pictures_of_2012.html>
"This is a compilation of images in which photographers have captured
the beauty of our world, along with great moments among the living
things we share this planet with."
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Steampunk Stuff
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:30:29 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Airship water globes (I suppose that makes them waterships really). Beautiful
and steampunky.
http://camrynforrest.com/just-photos/
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Geek Out to the MAX
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:02:04 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
A blast from the past of old calculators. How many of these do you remember?
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2012/09/awesome-vintage-calculators.html
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Best press release ever?
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:25:50 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Weirdest and sexiest costumes from Star Trek TOS
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:11:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://io9.com/5969957/?post=55564764
"Star Trek has broadened our visions of the future in so many ways — but
most of all, the original Star Trek took us to the final frontier of
fashion."
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A Modern Teenager Interprets Classic Art
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:02:14 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Like, this is so totally unfair. I mean, yuh. Where's the Impressionist or
Abstract art?
Some language.
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Bletchley’s forgotten heroes
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:38:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9765962/Bletchleys-forgotten-heroes.html>
"While Alan Turing has been justly celebrated in his centenary year,
there were other brilliant codebreakers, says Ian Douglas."
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SenshiStock: reference stock art of people in real poses
Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:31:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://senshistock.deviantart.com/
"SenshiStock is a deviantART account full of pictures of people. These
pictures are here as a drawing and art creation resource. They can be
used for anatomy help, pose reference, help with drawing perspective,
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How Certain Movies Were Made
Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:27:07 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
A selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from
some famous movies. Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special
effects where mechanical and photographic and film stars were risking their
lives on the set.
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King Peggielene
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:40:26 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Magical Chinese Parlours
Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:53:07 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Awesome article about Chinese restaurants in film and what real New York
Chinese restaurants look like. Lot of yearning for the decadence of the 20s.
http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=6251
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SF quotes of the year 2012
Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:24:02 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/12/29/sci-fi-quotes-of-the-year-2012-3/
"A sci-fi smörgåsbord of memorable quotes from 2012, both from behind
and (at the end of the article) in front of the camera…"
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Please switch off bench when leaving
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:01:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Higgs Boson as Papercraft
Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:26:57 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
French artists Zim & Zou make the most amazing paper art. These images they
created for Le Monde magazine to illustrate the Higgs Boson are stunning.
http://www.zimandzou.fr/70282/983157/gallery/higgs-boson-le-monde
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Single-molecule motor
Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:11:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Pinkie and the Brain
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:50:10 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Hey Bambi! Those aren't deer
Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:02:44 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Little lost faun has found a new family...aaaaah!
http://youtu.be/HqoZXkQ6bto
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Trickmousing
Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:04:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Well trained mice:
http://youtu.be/t8XZ-_EgWB8
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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Animarium
Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:30:52 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Oh I so love this!
Peter Gut is a Swiss typographer, illustrator and caricaturist
<
http://www.persoenlich.com/pdf/titel/titel221.pdf> based in Winterthur. He
has collaborated for years with the weekly magazine
Facts, and today works
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Sweet Dreams: Young widow holds tight to the big life her husband left behind
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:44:44 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Very Cool Anamorphic Sculpture
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:22:33 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Parrot listens to Scissor Sisters' music
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:58:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/9762864/Parrot-listens-to-Scissor-Sisters-music.html>
"Parrots have musical tastes, with some preferring classical works and
others pop tunes, scientists have found. But the creatures do not like
dance music."
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Beate Gordon obituary
Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:02:44 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Another great obituary:
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/world/asia/beate-gordon-feminist-heroine-in-japan-dies-at-89.html>
"Beate Sirota Gordon, the daughter of Russian Jewish parents who at 22
almost single-handedly wrote women’s rights into the Constitution of
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The Future of Books
Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:11:05 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
More still needs to be done to take us into the future of books and the
preservation of our current and future literary culture. (Unified standards
with backward compatibility for one thing)
http://toc.oreilly.com/2013/01/reader-survey-results.html
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Scotland Tourism
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:44:56 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
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All the Real (Geek) Girls
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:36:57 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.apex-magazine.com/all-the-real-geek-girls/
"When I was in high school, there was one other girl who loved Star Trek
as much as I did. [...] These days, my geekdom is a much larger,
messier, and altogether more complicated club."
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Beautiful Nouveau art
Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:43:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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34 Lost Cities Forgotten by Time
Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:05:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.touropia.com/lost-cities/
"There are actually many reasons why a city has to be abandoned. War,
natural disasters, climate change and the loss of important trading
partners to name a few. Whatever the cause, these lost cities were
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Wake County SPCA Adoption Video
Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:13:02 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
My new favourite music video! Uplifting and AWESOME!
http://vimeo.com/40471435
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Crime Against Nature
Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:41:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.gwennseemel.com/index.php/paintings/from/category/crime/
Lovely animal paintings from a new book on the diversity of sex roles in
nature - a PDF of the book is also available as a free download at the
bottom of the page!
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The Party Princess for Hire!
Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:34:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
I posted about this last September, but now Princess Marty has put her
epic posts from the SomethingAwful forums on her own website:
http://theprincessforhire.com/
Bonus: Here's an NPR video story about her:
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Google Maps Goes to the Movies
Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:27:09 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
What it would look like if the Google mobile snapped a shot when these film
scenes were happening.
http://googlestreetscene.com/
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