Christmas ‘59 by John Hughes
Daring Fireball reminds us about “Christmas ‘59”, a short story by John Hughes, which was the basis for the 1989 film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.…
The Gumby Show: Santa-Witch
Pokey and a Wicked Witch help save Christmas in the stop-motion animated short “Santa-Witch”, directed by Art Clokey from a 1957 episode of The Gumby…
“Ginger Clones” Holiday Card From Lucasfilm
photos by Scott Beale Our friend Bonnie Burton, who runs The Official Star Wars Blog, sent us this awesome “Ginger Clones” holiday card from Lucasfilm.
‘Alma’ by Rodrigo Blaas
Alma, a creepy animated short film by former Pixar artist Rodrigo Blaas.
San Francisco City Hall Holiday Lighting
photo by Ramón Burgos-RuÃz Ramón Burgos-RuÃz shot a beautiful photo of San Francisco City Hall all lit up for the holidays. via SFist
Original Designs For The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower website has upload a beautiful set of reproductions of “blueprints” for the original Eiffel Tower design by Gustave Eiffel. via Gizmodo
The Home Alone Twitter Project, Recreating The Film Home Alone In Real Time on Twitter
The Home Alone Twitter Project is recreating the original 1990 film Home Alone in real time on Twitter. You can follow along with the 22…
The ESCP Europe Human Experience
A super cool stop-motion animated video made by over 300 students at ESCP Europe to help promote the school in a “fun, imaginative and entertaining…
Memory Bank: 2009 by Zadi Diaz
Our friend Zadi Diaz, co-creator and host of EPIC FU, recently made “memory bank: 2009”, a beautiful video featuring her personal moments and memories from…
1080p HD Version of Electric Sheep, An Abstract Animated Screensaver by Scott Draves
Scott Draves recently released a new 1080p HD version of Electric Sheep, his continually evolving abstract animated screensaver made using over 60,000 daily participants. The…