I took this photograph shortly after midnight on Monday, May 20, 2013. This is the view just outside my window.
Stargazing in Captain Cook, Hawaii
Dreams do come true – Caine’s Arcade
Story of a young boy who over the summer built his own arcade in his dad’s used car parts store. He diligently manned this arcade every weekend hoping and waiting…
NASA MSL Curiosity Rover Lego Robot
I had the pleasure of spending the day of the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) at Kennedy Space Center. Beside the IMAX auditorium was an incredible Lego…
The Anatomy of a Spider-Man Visual Effects Shot
Sony Imageworks has posted excellent breakdowns on YouTube of movie vfx shots they have created. Particularly cool is this three minute deconstruction of the high school fight scene between the…
Project Holodeck, The Future in Virtual Reality May Be Closer Than It Appears
When asked what piece of science fiction technology would you like to see become a reality, one of the top answers will invariably be the Holodeck, a virtual reality world…
Artisphere, Rosslyn’s Art Center Open House
I am supposedly the creative one in my relationship but my wife is the driving force in trying to make us… let’s say “less fartsy and more artsy”. We live a few miles from the nation’s capital and want to experience more of its culture, outside of sports and politics. When the Artisphere hosted a Family Fun Day Open House to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of its opening, we went.
The Artisphere is Rosslyn, Virginia’s art center. It is housed in the Newseum’s former location and opened its doors in October 2010. Arlington Country had accepted the building landlord’s offer to lease it rent free for 20 years and to use it as a cultural center. The ‘Artisphere’ name came from an opinion poll of Arlington County residents and was inspired by its geodesic dome. The dome is distinct among its architectural landscape and houses one of the center’s theaters…
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