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missbhavens: fuckyeahbehindthescenes: To shoot the spacewalk scenes a LED screen was folded into a box, the actor was put inside, and the light from the screen was used to light the actor. That way, instead of moving either Bullock or Clooney in the middle of static lights, the projected image moved while they stayed still.…
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kenyatta: unionmetrics: journo-geekery: Tweets loud and quiet – O’Reilly Radar …the bulk of the service is decidedly smaller-scale–a low murmur with an occasional celebrity shouting on top of it. In comparative terms, almost nobody on Twitter is somebody: the median Twitter account has a single follower. Among the much smaller subset of accounts that have…
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theatlantic: Study: Consumers Will Pay $5 for an App that Respects Their Privacy Ever since the iPhone came out in 2007, the going rate for many of the most popular apps has been exactly $0.00. Consumers pay nothing. But of course, nothing is free. Instead, consumers pay with their data, that’s sold to marketers, or…
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It is both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy a piece of media while also being critical of its more pernicious aspects. Anita Sarkeesian (via pintsizedpowerhouse) This is from the Femenist Frequency series on female tropes in video games. It’s pretty good stuff. (via cellostargalactica)
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prostheticknowledge: Dither Studies Ongoing project by Daniel Temkin to explore the aesthetics of dithering algorithms. The latest instalment is a browser-based customisable viewer allowing you to choose colours and alter the density – it is interesting to see what patterns emerge. It’s partly minimalism, algorithmic art, net art and maybe a little Warhol-like: I began…
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The Little Ones
The Little Ones theageofgaming: The games industry is more than just AAA, however, there is blooming indie scene. And luckily enough this year there has come forth an indie games triumvirate each also deserving of the Game of the Year award. The Stanley Parable, Gone Home and Papers, Please bring innovation and excitement…
