Ever seen a picture that just takes your breath away? Try a large version of this one on for size. This one, titled Chinese Fairy Tales, comes from Yury Pustovoy’s photo tour of China. There will be a photo tour to Iceland from July 27 to August 7 with an optional trip to Greenland for 4 days to shoot the icebergs. He can be reached at pustovoy-y@mail.ru. Here’s Yury’s original post of his night fishing photograph.
Night Fishing by Yury Pustovoy
Parov Stelar – Booty Swing
But it’s easy to see how this video, though posted several months ago is starting to go viral. It makes even a stodgy old man like me wax nostalgic for the days when gangstas were zoot-suited and class-over-swag were the currency of cool.
Star Wars the Old Republic – Beta
Recently I was included in the weekend stress test for Star Wars the Old Republic. And I must say I enjoyed it thoroughly. I’ll try to capture some of my…
Gaming with Matt – Mechwarrior Online
Welcome to Gaming with Matt. This is a webseries I’ll be trying out as I record gaming sessions with my friends so you can share in my experiences as I play online. I have a variety of games I play and I’m fortunate enough to get into a fair amount of betas. The only problem is that quite often a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) stops me from being able to talk about them. So I’m stuck playing these games wanting to tell everyone what I’m experiencing but unable to until the NDA lifts. That doesn’t stop my enthusiasm though.
Mechwarrior Online has recently lifted their NDA and so now I’m free to post videos and discuss the game with those people who are eager to know more or are just curious about my gaming habits…
Randall Whiteis
I recently discovered illustrator Randall Whiteis while waxing nostalgic about the anime Ghost in the Shell. Here are a few of his wonderful pieces. Randall’s blog, and more of his…
Hero of Geek Myth #3: Maurice Sendak, The Man Who Tamed the Wild
Maurice Sendak , best known for writing and illustrating Where the Wild Things Are, passed away today. Rest in Peace, you magnificent illustrator. We all read your book. Posted by…
Open Source Death Star Kickstarter
After a failed petition to the U.S. government to build a Death Star, someone has taken up the cause to fund the construction project using the popular crowd sourced funding website Kickstarter. Thankfully, to help keep costs down and to help make the project a reality open source hardware and software will be used. Along with “enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports.” I can’t wait.