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.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461687407/kickstarter-open-source-death-starOpen Source Death Star Kickstarter
“Magic Arms” A case for 3D Printers
Always wanted a 3D printer. Thought it’d be nifty to create your own items and have them built. Mostly I’d use it to make toy robots. The printers are fairly…
The Future of Film – The Matrix Made in Source Filmmaker
Valve, creators of the Source game engine, recently released their machinima filmmaking tool Source Filmmaker (SFM). Mainstream releases of movies made with game engines is near. If you’ve caught Valve’s animated short…
Why YouTube buffers: The secret deals that make—and break—online video
Ars Technica covers why shady ISP deals may be screwing up video on the internet.
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.
Interview with Artist and Illustrator Joe Granski
From strippers and porn stars to protesters, cosplayers, and super heroes in the making, Joe Granski’s work gives a peek into sub-cultures outside of the mainstream.
Joe Granski is a painter and illustrator who is local to the DC area. His portraits explores the way people use images to present themselves and how those images are, in turn received by others. He has recently displayed his work at DC’s Artomatic.
Dennis, Matt, and I have known Joe for many years and now, he sits with the crew of Unified Pop Theory, Red Bull in hand, ruminating about the creative paths he has taken and what calls “artistic causality”. We found him to be a walking contradiction. Congenial with a bit of arrogance. Opinionated and at the same, a creative recluse. Listen to the interview…
Oz The Great And Powerful Teaser Poster
Disney has released a teaser poster for Oz The Great And Powerful directed by Sam Raimi. The prequel to the The Wizard of Oz showing the wizard’s rise to power…
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