Up in the Air Deleted Scene: Ryan Bingham Goes To Space | /Film
Good storytelling decision not to include this heavy-handed, simplistically metaphorical scene in the film. It’s very clear George Clooney wears a spacesuit. We don’t need to be hammered in the face with the idea.
The Student Filmmaker’s Buying Guide To Consumer Camcorders – Camcorder Reviews
Suggests the upcoming Canon HF S21 for extremely low-budget equipment. I used its predescessor and was impressed.
Will The Horror Flicks Of The Future Call Your Cell Phone?
Reminds me of playing Infocom’s Zork as a kid. What we really need is a virtual horror environment responding as if real and broadcast into theaters.
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity On Display – NYTimes.com
Albert Einstein’s handwriting is neat and demonstrates superbly consistent kerning. Click and see for yourself.
Teaching Online Journalism » 21 examples of Flash journalism
Use the tool to do what the other tool cannot. Well, that’s the theory.
First Lady challenges designers to develop more health-conscience video games for kids
Treadmill, Wii, dangling chocolate cake just out of reach, handcuffs that release at steadily increasing mile mark. Done.
Ed O’Bannon lawsuit threatens NCAA amateurism – Frank Deford – SI.com
I think my high school owes me a paycheck for that team photo. And, what, does my elementary school think I was dropping threes for free?
New York’s Best Coffee – Interactive Map – NYTimes.com
No sorting by hand tremble rating to cup ratio?
Google has taken another step toward presenting your entire digital life in slide show format with Play. First it was Fast Flip. Is Gmail’s inbox up next for this treatment?
Link: We ain’t molten yet: Dr. Doom says more to come in global financial meltdown – Times Online
Nouriel Roubini: I fear the worst is yet to come – Times Online
Despite the headline, this is more of a profile of an economist who predicted the global financial crisis rather than an analysis of his expectations for the future. On that front, he offers this:
> He said the world economy was “at a breaking point.”
> He believes the stock markets are now “essentially in free fall” and “we are reaching the point of sheer panic.”
> Last week he predicted that “hundreds of hedge funds will go bust and stock markets may soon have to shut in order to stem the panic selling … The next day trading was briefly stopped in New York and Moscow.”