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Steven Spielberg Congratulates George Lucas on Success of Star Wars
In the December 2nd, 1977 issue of Variety, Steven Spielberg published an open letter to George Lucas congratulating him on the success of “Star Wars”…
Iron Maiden vs. Bollywood Mashup by Wax Audio
Wax Audio made a great mashup of “The Flight Of Icarus” by Iron Maiden and music from the Bollywood film Dhoom 2.
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Completes First Piloted Glide Flight
Virgin Galactic completed its first manned glide of a SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, the VSS Enterprise, which was released from its mothership VMS Eve at an altitude…
Banksy Storyboarded and Directed Opening of The Simpsons
UK street artist Banksy storyboarded and directed the extremely dark opening sequence of tonight’s episode of The Simpsons. Wooster Collective notes that this is probably…
BlizzCon 2010 – A Celebration of Warcraft, StarCraft & Diablo
Blizzard Entertainment presents BlizzCon 2010, a celebration of the Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo communities that takes place October 22-23 at the Anaheim Convention Center. This…
The Parking Ticket
“The Parking Ticket” by Scott Listfield, who has many more wonderful paintings of astronauts on his website. via Wil Wheaton
3 Year Time-Lapse of Building Destruction & New Building Construction
Ramon shot 45,000 photos over a three year period to create an amazing time-lapse video of the destruction of the EDF Tower and subsequent construction…
NewTeeVee Live 2010, Television Reinvented
GigaOm presents NewTeeVee Live 2010, a conference focusing on the online video industry and the next generation of television, which takes place Wednesday, November 10th…
Kid’s Walker, A Robotic Exoskeleton For Children
Japanese robotics company Sakakibara Kikai Co., Ltd. has created a Kid’s Walker robotic exoskeleton for children.
Royal Flush Festival 2010
Royal Flush Festival 2010 takes place October 11-18 at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Royal Flush Festival returns again for another installment of Pure…