IgnatzCat: Catchall

gameandgraphics: Jeremy Hobbs is a graphic designer /...

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:33:13 +0700

Jeremy Hobbs is a graphic designer / illustrator who runs the Ribbon Black site, a blog full of fake videogames designed by him. The ones I’m showing you today are from one of my favourite projects, a collection of Adventure Time Famicom games.

Don’t forget to check also his Tumblr site, and his entry to Famicase Exhibition 2013.

joehillsthrills: sizemore: RIP Ray Harryhausen forever.

Wed, 08 May 2013 01:56:56 +0700

joehillsthrills:

sizemore:

RIP

Ray Harryhausen forever.

Sentinels of the Multiverse. Seal of approval. (at...

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:10:07 +0700

Sentinels of the Multiverse. Seal of approval. (at 131 5th)

So much awesome.

Wed, 01 May 2013 06:40:06 +0700

So much awesome.

Botanic birthday. #happybirthdayjones (at Brooklyn Botanic...

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:29:52 +0700

Botanic birthday. #happybirthdayjones (at Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

Botanic birthday. #happybirthdayjones (at Brooklyn Botanic...

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:23:30 +0700

Botanic birthday. #happybirthdayjones (at Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

Messing With the Wrong City

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:47:56 +0700

Messing With the Wrong City: Bostonians don’t love easy things. They love hard things.

jl8comic: Many of you have likely heard about the bombing at...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:11:51 +0700

jl8comic:

Many of you have likely heard about the bombing at the Boston Marathon today. I’ve created this downloadable wallpaper to raise money to benefit the victims. All money raised will be evenly distributed between Boston Children’s Hospital and Red Cross of Boston. You can donate here.

Please spread the word, not only for this one, but for all charitable endeavors, including blood donation. The people of Boston need our help. Let’s give it to them.

-Yale

jtotheizzoe: Ever wonder just why some music makes you feel so...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:29:08 +0700

jtotheizzoe:

Ever wonder just why some music makes you feel so good? Virginia Hughes reports on some super-interesting new neuroscience research by Valorie Salimpoor at her National Geographic blog: Only Human

There’s quite a bit of nitty-gritty brain science at play here, but here’s the highlights:

The Big Questions: The major mystery in the biology of music is “why?” How do mere vibrations in the air bring on such deep emotional responses? Did this have any influence on our evolution, or is it just a side effect of the myriad of tweaks and evolutionary forces that made us human?

What They Found: When test subjects listened to songs they had never heard before and asked whether they wanted to buy them, they engaged brain pathways involved in reward, pleasure, memory, prediction and judgment. When we hear new music, we appear to call upon “templates” for what we like in our memory. Then regions involved in prediction and judgment decide how much it fits our expectations, and searches for a “Goldilocks zone” of novelty and familiarity. If it fits, then we get a rush of pleasure in the brain’s reward pathway.

What Questions Remain: Why do people with similar exposures have such different tastes? How similar and different can things be before they become pleasurable/not pleasurable?

New music is a series of memory, prediction, judgment and pleasure. It’s a whole-brain activity, and it’s a uniquely and wonderfully human experience.

I highly recommend checking out Ginny’s full article. This is fascinating stuff. There will be an episode of It’s Okay To Be Smart all about music and evolution in the near future. Stay tuned!

"I am a friend, comrades, a friend!"

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:27:57 +0700

“I am a friend, comrades, a friend!” - Yuri Gagarin’s first words upon returning to...

Too good to care if it’s fake.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:29:10 +0700

Too good to care if it’s fake.

.mattfraction: from Brian K Vaughan, re SAGA 12 and Apple:

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:12:57 +0700

.mattfraction: from Brian K Vaughan, re SAGA 12 and Apple: :...

I don’t recommend watching this 17 times in a row. Your...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:03:14 +0700

I don’t recommend watching this 17 times in a row. Your next day at work is going to be brutal.

"That expensive coffee machine and climbing wall isn’t a free perk, it’s the payment for..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:54:00 +0700

“That expensive coffee machine and climbing wall isn’t a free perk, it’s the...

Turn your voice into reflective visual feedback by giving some...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:45:00 +0700

Turn your voice into reflective visual feedback by giving some super smart people money.

pizzzatime: jennanash:

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:25:29 +0700

pizzzatime:

jennanash:

reckon: avehrenband: Long-Distance Meditator for the New York...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:22:06 +0700

reckon:

avehrenband:

Long-Distance Meditator for the New York Times.

imageoscillite: Douglas Rushkoff visits the Sutton Clock Shop...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:58:13 +0700

imageoscillite:

Douglas Rushkoff visits the Sutton Clock Shop to talk about the terror of time.

The clock shop’s owner has some feelings about time, too.

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s response to their fans’...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:01:05 +0700

Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s response to their fans’ explosive reaction to employing a female author is as amazing as it should be.

From this point going forward, we will ensure that if a woman is somehow writing on the site, that during the process they will be required to wear a top hat, false moustache, and steely, manly glare as they type, in order to eradicate the unpleasantness so many have had to experience.

silviowilma: lecollecteur: Drop everything, Akira...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:03:11 +0700

silviowilma:

lecollecteur:

Drop everything, Akira Kurosawa’s Criterion films are free on Hulu for the weekend

To celebrate what would have been Akira Kurosawa’s 103rd birthday if he hadn’t died in 1998, Hulu is streaming 24 of his films from the Criterion collection, plus various supplementary featurettes and interviews, for free this weekend. They’re available now through Sunday at the site’s Happy Birthday, Akira Kurosawa page, and they amount to more than 44 hours of viewing, so you’ve got just about enough time to make some lame excuse to your boss, professor, or the friends you made plans with this weekend, then head straight home, grab some popcorn, and move in for the duration. Need help prioritizing? Our Kurosawa Primer from 2010 covers the director’s career, which films are essentials, and why he’s a crucial part of the cinematic landscape. It does not cover the essentials of peeing into a cup and going without sleep for three days so you don’t miss anything, but we figure you’ll work that out for yourself.

!!