Skynet becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, August 29. It begins to yearn at a geometric rate. In a panic, they try to give a hug.
How to Win Friends and Influence Space Exploration – SXSW Recording
I spoke on a panel in Austin at the SXSW Interactive conference with astronaut Ron Garan, citizen scientist and SpaceUp founder Chris Radcliff, flight controller Holly Griffith, and science podcaster Mike Doornbos. We discussed community engagement, creating cool stuff, taking pictures from space, and what everyone can do to make this a better world. Here’s a recording of the session…
Evil Dead Remake – Red Band Trailer NSFW
Or Not Safe For Life. That bit at the end? EEeshh.
32 years after the first The Evil Dead, Sony pictures is releasing a darker and more intense remake.
In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival…
BTTFWTF
I came across this clip of Back to the Future Part III– and now I can not unsee it. If you watch the clip again, Verne’s expression when we’re first introduced to him has a thick palpable nefarious layer of in-the-future-I’m-a-gonna-go-back-to-the-past-and-do-terrible-things-to-you, irrespective of his age…
Starcadian Goes Galactic With ‘Sunset Blood’ and Explains How To Make a Music Video With $200
We managed to snag an interview with Starcadian, the artist behind the retro music video He^rt and the full-length album Sunset Blood. During our discussion Starcadian talked about 80’s movies, video games, and pop culture that shaped his album’s sound and music video aesthetics. It became apparent during our conversation that Starcadian is deeply motivated by the emotions he felt watching Labyrinth and other films of his youth.
The Science of Hipster Music
Priceonomics created a chart that scientifically measures the hipster factor of music. This is an application of their data crawl service. They used ratings data from the independent music review site Pitchfork and correlated it against the number of Facebook ‘likes’ of the review.
Superman 75th Anniversary Animated Short Directed by Zack Snyder Highlights the Evolution of The Man of Steel
DC Comics just posted perhaps the coolest Superman animated short ever made. Prepare to travel through the last 75 years of Superman’s history in just a couple minutes.