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London sees New York


Despite the 3,000+ miles between us I managed to scope out Jason once again back in New York via a HUGE telescope here in London.

Popularity: 8%

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Telectroscope


A fun public artwork is on display near Tower Bridge that lets the people in London look at the people in New York.

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Enceladus


The icy moon of Saturn is getting a lot of attention because of its cyro-volcanism that features water vapor.

Popularity: 9%

Popularity: 9%

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Canon SD850 IS


My first digital I’ve ever owned broke down a few weeks ago and I finally caved in and bought a replacement, of which I’m super excited to be using now!

Popularity: 11%

Popularity: 11%

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Stars & Planet sizes


Very novel video depicting the relatives sizes of know objects in the know universe to the size of Earth.

Popularity: 7%

Popularity: 7%

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Mercury MESSENGER


NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft has already revealed some stunning images of the planet Mercury in just it’s first targeted flyby.

Popularity: 7%

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T’was the Dark Knight before Christmas


This is absolutely genius!!!

Popularity: 15%

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ESB holiday blues


With winter and the holiday season finally here, the Empire State Building keeps itself busy by showing off some kool colors at night.

Popularity: 9%

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Earth in HDTV


The Japanese space program JAXA just released this HDTV image of the Earth rising above the horizon of the Moon. I think it looks super kool, and it’s interesting to me that from this particular vantange point that Australia is facing north rather than south. Our perspective is always relative, isn’t it?
The Kaguya orbiter, formally [...]

Popularity: 8%

Popularity: 8%

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Gocco Color Chart


I created a Gocco hi-mesh ink color chart reference for my own purposes, but now I’m offering to sell some to those that might find this swatch useful for themselves.

Popularity: 15%

Popularity: 15%

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Sunshine


Probably one of the best Sci-Fi movies I’ve seen in the theater in a long time.

Popularity: 11%

Popularity: 11%

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Bollywood Thriller


This remake of Michael Jackson’s classic music video is nothing short of scary in it’s own ridiculous way.

Popularity: 13%

Popularity: 13%

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Indian Super-Friends


Some people found it repulsive to the original but I thought it’s a great remake of the “Thriller” video.

Popularity: 18%

Popularity: 18%

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Iapetus


Scientists have figured out why Saturn’s moon has a stark b&w face.

Popularity: 8%

Popularity: 8%

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300


A visually pleasing film, a bit too gory for the youngsters , thin on plot, but overall an enjoyable flick that stays mostly true to the intentions of it’s comic book predecessor.

Popularity: 12%

Popularity: 12%

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Hello From Praha


My friend and fellow MCAD alumn John Campbell serves up some whitty documentary short clips about life in Praha.

Popularity: 22%

Popularity: 22%

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The Design of Bullshit


Even within design, the art of lying can be a very useful tool. Just like this webform a fellow classmate of mine demonstrates…

Popularity: 9%

Popularity: 9%

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Stewart & Colbert ‘08


Get your ‘08 independent ridiculing campaign t-shirt now!!!

Popularity: 15%

Popularity: 15%

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Czech Koruna


Until 2010 the Czech Republic will continue to use their Koruny as the main form of currency in the country, and they’ve got some kool looking banknotes I might add.

Popularity: 7%

Popularity: 7%

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Polish złoty


Traditional Polish currency is still in issue until at least 2008, when the Euro is expected to begin to finally be adopted by the country.

Popularity: 6%

Popularity: 6%

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the €urozone


Being in Europe now, you often come across these banknotes within the EU.

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Natural History Musuem


Took an excursion with Spyros and Stuart in down to South Kennington to check out the Victoria & Albert museum, but admission proved too steep in the end so we went to the Natural History Museum instead.

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Popularity: 6%

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Spider-Man 3 teaser


This Spidey fanboy is creaming now more than ever to see part 3….and it’s still an agonizing year away!

Popularity: 32%

Popularity: 32%

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Bookbinding Workshop


I started a book arts workshop earlier this week and hand binded my first book!

Popularity: 12%

Popularity: 12%

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Pounds & Pence


The Queen is featured on every banknote of the Union Jack and it’s currently kicking the U.S. dollar’s arse.

Popularity: 5%

Popularity: 5%

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