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Russian people rope jumping 6

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:59:41 -0800

Siftables - Location/motion/relation aware tile computers

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:18:33 -0800

“Believing that intelligent extraterrestrial life -- better known as alien life -- exists is one thing. Believing that they have visited Earth in our short time on the planet is another. Astronomer, author and blogger Phil Plait explains.”

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:52:59 -0800

“Believing that intelligent extraterrestrial life -- better known as alien life -- exists is one thing.

Believing that they have visited Earth in our short time on the planet is another. Astronomer, author and blogger Phil Plait explains.”

Viewed more than 1.5 million times since its YouTube debut last Thursday, Escape from City 17 is one of those rare viral videos that seems destined to launch a breakout success. In the live action indie short, a pair of argumentative rebel soldiers flee from a futuristic, totalitarian city about to blow, beset on all sides by stormtroopers, gunships, and general confusion. It’s set within the world of the best-selling video game Half-Life 2, which partly explains its popularity, but even non-gamers are likely to be impressed by its rollicking action and bravura special effects. Even more so when they take a look at the movie’s production cost, listed in its YouTube description box as: “[F]rom beginning to end on a budget of $500.” That would be 500 Canadian dollars — roughly $315 stateside.

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:13:25 -0800

Viewed more than 1.5 million times since its YouTube debut last Thursday, Escape from City 17 is one of those rare viral videos that seems destined to launch a breakout success. In the live action indie short, a pair of argumentative rebel soldiers flee from a futuristic, totalitarian city about to blow, beset on all sides by stormtroopers, gunships, and general confusion. It’s set within the world of the best-selling video game Half-Life 2, which partly explains its popularity, but even non-gamers are likely to be impressed by its rollicking action and bravura special effects. Even more so when they take a look at the movie’s production cost, listed in its YouTube description box as: “[F]rom beginning to end on a budget of $500.” That would be 500 Canadian dollars — roughly $315 stateside.

“When he walked through those doors on Madison Avenue, he gained entrance to a glittering realm in which the luxurious trappings of his dreams were literally within reach. “I was like, ‘Oh, Barneys don’t have alarms? Why should we be taking this cheap Macy’s stuff when we could just go to Barneys?’ ””

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:08:33 -0800

“When he walked through those doors on Madison Avenue, he gained entrance to a glittering realm in which the luxurious trappings of his dreams were literally within reach. “I was like, ‘Oh, Barneys don’t have alarms? Why should we be taking this cheap Macy’s stuff when we could just go to Barneys?’ ””