Rainbow in Suburbia

The HD version actually came out better than I thought it would. More photos after the jump… Similar:How to Annoy Your Parents (Smurfs, Tweety, Jar-Jar and Ewoks)   http://www.youtube.com/wat…AmusingI don't expect any but the largest text will be legible in my #steampunk project, but it w…AestheticsDress rehearsal for The Nutcracker.AestheticsTime lapse movie shows exoplanets orbiting…

NASA's restored video showing Neil Armstrong's first moonwalk

Amazing! Similar:The Out-of-Control AuthorWhen you’re writing just for yourself, y…BooksRenata, Carolyn and Alex in a scene from this weekend's Pippin.CultureFancy iPad Holder with Compartment For Storing Your BabyFisher-Price enters the Apple aftermarke…AestheticsThe Ascent #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 9) Odo and Quark bicker their way up …Rewatching ST:DS9 Space Dad fusses ho…AmusingLimit child TV…

Interactive fiction, from birth through precocious adolescence: a conversation with Jimmy Maher

A great interview, on Adventure Classic Gaming. Was something like Adventure inevitable? That’s a tough question, but I think probably so. I’d say that the real wild-card here is not Adventure but rather Adventure‘s inspiration, Dungeons and Dragons. You just can’t exaggerate the importance of D&D to all of the many storygames that have followed it.…

Quirk Classics #2: Book Trailer

A bit predictable, but still enjoyable. Similar:US regulators demand clamp down on Apple e-book contractsI made a lot of impulse Kindle purchases…BooksUndergrad Danielle Sidoti Nails an Oral Interpretation/Analysis of "Barbie Doll" by Marge …In my online “American Literature” class…AestheticsHow to Annoy Your Parents (Smurfs, Tweety, Jar-Jar and Ewoks)   http://www.youtube.com/wat…AmusingFinished Reading "Fibble," Book 4 in…

We Choose the Moon

A website will re-create the 1969 moon mission in real time (allowing for the 40-year time lag).  http://wechoosethemoon.org/ Similar:Starship Mine (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 18) Picard out-thinks thieves rai…Rewatching ST:TNG Picard plays cat-an…CybercultureI can’t fix this broken world but I guess I did okay using #blender3d to model this wedge-…  AestheticsSad that NASA…

Views: The Case of the Disappearing Liberal Arts College – Inside Higher Ed

The gradual, and almost invisible, transformation of many “liberal arts colleges” to more comprehensive institutions is similar to another gradual trend that has reshaped the composition and the work of the American academic profession. Over the past three decades, colleges and universities have replaced tenure-track faculty positions with part-time and full-time term-contract positions — a…

Google to launch operating system

A roundup of the initial reactions, via BBC: “One of Google’s major goals is to take Microsoft out, to systematically destroy their hold on the market,” said Mr Enderle. “Google wants to eliminate Microsoft and it’s a unique battle. The strategy is good. The big question is, will it work?” At the popular blog, TechCrunch,…

Steampunk Gears and Hearts

I tell my kids steampunk bedtime stories about the adventures of Captain Rod Gearhart and the Magnificent Blimpship. Since I also enjoy playing with Blender 3D, it seemed natural to make these clockwork heart decorations. (My wife offered detailed pointers to tweak the one on the right.) Similar:No filter October mist as I walked up…