July 19 2005

A huge source of comic illustrators compiled on lambiek.net

Lambiek is Europe's first and most famous antiquarian comic shop, and is a hallmark in the world of comics. Located in Amsterdam, Lambiek has a great selection of comics in many languages.

Search for an artist in the comicopedia or check out expositions on featured artists.

Image is from 'Peter Porkchops' by Otto Feuer, one of the leading artists for DC Comics (US) in the 30's and 40's.

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There are six Apollo landing sites on the Moon, and since 1972, there hasn't been a chance to get a good look at them.

In the next few years Nasa will be sending a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter which, among other surveying tasks, will get a clear view of the sites where Apollos 11,12,14,15,16 and 17 touched down and men roamed around on the surface of the Moon.

link to Nasa's project page

Update.....pre-empting the Nasa project and a timely commemoration of the July 20, 1969 moon landings, Google Moon uses existing Nasa images and their own Google Earth and Google Maps technology to bring to you a virtual tour of the landing sites.

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" Asa Dotzler, the community co-ordinator for the Mozilla Foundation, reflects on how grassroots marketing has spurred the growth of Firefox, and how a bunch of developers managed to create such enduring loyalty in their product "

My bit to promote what i consider a great product....

link to ZD Net article

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"What do people who like Ry Cooder listen to?"

Enter a name and discover with Music-Map.

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July 12 2005

the site of Paul Schmidinger has lots of things to play with.

Imaging effects, games and visual effects that are just plain fascinating. Favorites....Grapa (with variations), line effects, and a game called vehicle.

have some fun

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July 10 2005

a collection of personal projects from Dylan Sisson, an artist with Pixar animation studios.

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Handy stickers from a Swarthmore College site...

"These stickers are being introduced to increase awareness and appreciation of Charles Darwin. His theory of natural selection provided a simple, non-supernatural explanation for how life on earth had evolved and continues to evolve. Although scientists worldwide view evolution and natural selection as completely uncontroversial, popular support in the United States is waning. Without more public displays of affection for the theories of natural selection and evolution, it is likely that more and more schools will allow or even promote the teaching of evolution "alternatives" that invoke dabbling by supernatural entities. To provide some of the needed visible support for science and reason, please consider stickering something with his image."

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a couple of lone figure animations for curiosity.....

link - the liquidman , left, who swims like a fish following the cursor.
link - the neverending fall, a ragdoll / mannequin endlessly falling through a sky of spheres. The cursor will manipulate the figure. Fascinating & kinda crazy....

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Winners and other entries from a Princeton University competition inviting artistic imagery results from science research.

The resulting assembly of images presents a fascinating and beautiful cross section of the arts and sciences at Princeton. It celebrates the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and art inform each other.

link to online gallery from the First Art of Science Competition

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July 01 2005

link from i-mockery

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reviewing the top Hollywood power beams of the past.

From Vue Weekly.....

They slice us, they disintegrate us, they roast us alive, they level our greatest monuments and pinpoint our deepest fears. But they also transport us, link us, serve us, protect us and illuminate the path to fortune and glory.

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Nasa's Deep Impact spacecraft is scheduled for rendezvous with comet Temple 1 on July 4. The actual probe that'll be doing the impacting will separate and fly into the comet, while the main craft flies by and observes the encounter and resulting shower of debris.

Aside from getting close-up images , there is hope for a better understanding of the chemical makeup of the comet.

link.......Nasa's site has an animation of the impact and flyby operation

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All things wicker.......

from the 'about' tab of their site:

About us; we are true wicker enthusiasts in the purest sense of the word. Shepherds in the pastures of wicker, and disciples of the holy wicker gods. Creating this internet resource is not only our job but our duty as upholders of this great tradition. An item made from the ancient technique of wicker is like no other item. It's high style and timeless appeal have changed the world forever and will continue to shape the bleeding edge of art and design for years to come. We hope wikipedia doesn't sue us, we really like their site a lot.

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