An absolutely genius way of showing the distance to Mars. You must check this out.
http://www.distancetomars.com/
Distance to Mars in Pixels
What is the Indie Galactic Space Jam?
We had an opportunity to speak with Peter Smith about the Indie Galactic Space Jam. Peter is an Assistant Professor of Game Design at the University of Central Florida and he also co-founded the Indie Galactic Space Jam which is occurring at the Melrose Center in downtown Orlando, Florida from August 13-16, 2015.
Mister Rogers Learns How to Breakdance in 1985
The world needs to be reminded that beloved television personality, Mister Rogers once tried to learn how to breakdance, doing The Wave and The Moonwalk. He learns under the tutelage of 12 year old breaker, Jermaine Vaugh.
Happiness is a Robot
I saw one of these images and found it rather delightful. It was friendly, soft and most importantly, of a robot. Thankfully the source of the artwork was linked to…
Live Long and Prosper – A Cool Star Trek Intro
This is a great new intro to the Star Trek TV show created by Shawn Sheehan. Shawn says, “My goal was to try and capture the essence of what I found…
Why 16-year old Jackson Laverman Made an Iron Man Suit
There is a fantastic blog post titled “Why Make an Iron Man Suit? A 16-Year Old Artist’s Story…” over at the website for the Stan Winston School of Character Arts. In the post, Jackson Leverman describes in great detail the process of pepakura and sculpting a suit for himself. Jackson originally planned to build a Halo suit but changed his mind after seeing an Iron Man 2 trailer.
The Overprotected Kid by Hanna Rosin
As someone who doesn’t have a kid yet, I talk a big talk when I say to let kids get dirty, get hurt, and make mistakes. However, I have a siblings that are 10 and 20 years younger than me. My brother and sister have happily let me throw them into the proverbial deep end knowing I’d be there to back them up when things got rough. Our fears manifest themselves in peculiar ways, the rules we create for young and old often say as much about our insecurities as what we think of others. Check this article out and consider what it means to let children light fires and play with sharp objects.
Photograph by Peter Yang for The Atlantic
h/t to Tim Bailey for the heads up on this article
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