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Alert: Sasquatch, kin, spotted along I-84
Our buddy, the young cryptozoologist, B.T. Makishima, offers this Labor Day shot of Mr. and Mrs. Squatch cruising the interstate in upstate New York. (Credit for the photos goes to B.T.’s big sis.)
Now THIS is a Bigfoot sighting.
Mr. and Mrs. Sasquatch were just like the real thing, now you see them, now you don’t.
via Crypto-blog.
Frak me: Battlestar props on the block
Baltar on the block
It’s completely mental, but I feel an uncontrollable impulse to bid.
Now that Battlestar Galactica is finished, there are plenty of props hanging around doing nothing but collecting dust and NBC/Universal have decided to auction them off. The variety of items on offer is simply staggering, ranging from medals and rank insignia, to rocket launchers and flight helmets. You can even buy currency and letters, should such things tickle your fancy.
via The Escapist : News : Battlestar Galactica Ships Up For Grabs.
Now anyone can chill on the bridge
$200 for a bitty piece of wallpaper, but, oh man, I’m tempted.
I’ve been awfully keyed-up over the upcoming Star Trek film, hanging on every scene, in every TV spot.
I hope soon to interview Alan Watt, and other experts on Trek symbolism, to disabuse me of my obsession.
Star Trek Tos Bridge Only Lg Wall Mural is an Urban Collector pre-order. Ever wish you were aboard Captain Kirk’s Enterprise? Now you can with the Star Trek: Bridge Full Wall Mural! Printed on the revolutionary pre-pasted Surestrip material, this extra large, photoreal wall mural puts you in the center of the action, and the backing won’t damage the underlying wall. Measures 6 feet x 10 feet.
via Star Trek Tos Bridge Only Lg Wall Mural at Urban Collector.
ThinkGeek tribbles will give you no trouble
These furry, quivering, cooing, critters are a “must bring” for the opening of the new Trek movie in May.
Here’s a bit I wrote for the Boston Globe this week:
I’ve seen the trailer for J.J. Abrams’s upcoming “Star Trek” prequel about 30 times. I’ve picked through the high-definition video, checking the battle scenes against the starship-size reference charts in my office, and confirming that the license plate on the Kirk family car is from Iowa.
Sadly, I have seen no mention that Finnegan, Kirk’s tormentor at Star Fleet Academy, will be in the new movie. The original series’ famed tribbles, those cooing guinea pigs that love grain and hate Klingons, are rumored to be in the new “Star Trek” picture, however.
via Sharp images, not looks, in ‘cinema’ headset – The Boston Globe.
Smooth moves for the immersive internet
L.A.-based Oblong Industries offers this mesmerizing demo of its Minority Report-styled gesture interface product, G-Speak.
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G-Speak “redresses the dire constriction of human intent imposed by traditional (graphic user interfaces),” according to the Oblong blog.
In other words, keyboards are out, and each of us will need to be a performance artist to use Photoshop.
One of the guys behind this company was a science advisor on the film, The Minority Report.
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Rolling with our geeky homies
Photo: Courtesy of Devin Connors
Originally uploaded by markbaard.
I just received this pic from Devin Connors, a former journo student of mine at Emmanuel College. You can check out a recent bit by Devin, about the future of gaming, here.
Meet the new kids at Plymouth Rock
Two of my former writing students at Emmanuel College are turning out a very cute, funny, and well-produced Web comedy series for Plymouth Rock Studios. One of these guys, Ryan Murphy, also produced a brilliant newsreel version of the Plymouth Rock story.
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Face of Evil
Ion beam reveals tiny demon.
IEEE Spectrum: Face of Evil
This sinister-looking gingerbread man is actually a cross section of some melted metal interconnects as seen with a focused ion beam. The focused ion beam is an instrument similar to the scanning electron microscope, except that it uses gallium ions to image a sample instead of electrons.
Royal Mint strikes jigsaw coins
I am unfamiliar with the symbology of the Shield of the Royal Arms, but that’s what folks in the UK will see, this time in pieces, on their new pocket change. The Royal Mint explains the exoteric meaning of the Royal Arms here, at least. — mb
(The Royal Mint this summer will release new coins, which, cobbled together, complete a jigsaw image of the shield of the Royal Arms on their reverse side. Image: Core77)
Core77 / design magazine + resource / post
The winning designer is 26-year-old Matthew Dent, originally from Bangor who now lives and works in London as a graphic designer.His idea divides one image over the six coins of the penny to the penny to the fifty pence. Each coin features part of the design and by arranging each coin in a certain way completes the design, much like a jigsaw.