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
Who is Peter Pan Based On and Why Do You Think He is the Angel of Death?
I saw an image today that states that the character of Peter Pan was an angel that held kids’ hands on their way to heaven. I was curious so I looked up if there is any truth to the statement. The closest I got was that James Matthew Barrie (J. M. Barrie), the author of Peter and Wendy, lost his brother David two days before the young man’s 14th birthday. David Barrie died in an ice-skating accident which both deeply affected James Matthew and his mother, J.M later wrote that his mother took solace in the idea that David would never grow old and leave home.
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.
Christopher Nichols Showcases His Work on a 2013 Visual Effects (VFX) Reel
I was recently watching the movie Oblivion and wondering what scenes in the movie might be entirely 3D-based. Fortunately, UPT friend and short-film director Daniel Thron shared Christopher Nichols‘ 2013 VFX demo reel.
Vintage 1977 NASA Video talks about Voyager 1
On September 12, 2013, NASA officially announced that Voyager 1 had left the solar system and begun it’s journey into interstellar space. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and interstellar medium. As of August 2013, it is 125 Astronomical Units (AU) from the Sun. One AU is equivalent to the average distance of the Earth to the Sun, roughly 145.5 billion miles. Voyager is currently the furthest man-made object from Earth.
As a throwback to the year Voyager 1 was launched, we found NASA’s Highlights of the 1977 Aeronautics and Space Report. The report outlines some of NASA’s projects at the time, including the Space Shuttle, Voyagers, Landsat, Spacelab, HEAO-1 and energy research.
Mechwarrior Tactics Gameplay Trailer
I love MechWarrior. Very much looking forward to this game coming out.
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