Livestreams on November 8 & 9. Thanks to our friend Tim for the heads up!
http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/symposium/Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture
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Came upon this little trailer this morning. Have to throw the game on my radar to follow and see how things progress. We are very proud to present the debut…
How the “Mother of All Demos” Changed our Lives
I recently learned about a computer demonstration dubbed “The Mother of All Demos” given 40 years ago by Douglas Engelbart at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco. Douglas showed off the NLS computer to a crowd of 1000 computer pros. The demo of this system given on December 9, 1968 is now considered one of the most important in modern computing history.
How to Make a Nakamura Hammer Paper Airplane
The Nakamura Hammer is my new favorite paper airplane. Here are the instructions I followed to make it. The “Nakamura Lock” which makes this plane so stable in flight is named after Eiji Nakamura, author of Flying Origami.
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.
Apple Announces OS X Sea Lion!
Due to a dwindling supply of cats to name their operating system after, Apple has announced OS X Sea Lion! Actually, they’ve named it after a surf spot just outside of San Fran. OS X Mavericks. This announcement was made on June 10, 2013.
Visualization of 19th Century Ship Routes from Publicly Available NOAA Data Set
Ben Schmidt, assistant professor of history at Northeastern University, has visualized the routes of 19th Century ships using publicly available dataset from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The resulting image is a hauntingly beautiful image that outlines the continents and highlights the trade winds.
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