Exploring the Infinite
You may have heard by now that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90. The New York Times wrote a very interesting 3 page obituary article about this amazing author, veteran, and futurist… in short, he was brilliant. This clip is from one of my very favorite movies of all time, The Colors of Infinity. It's an
http://power.listentoamovie.com/popup.php?Active=newmovielist&ID=264 I just mentioned to my husband last night that if I could find my Big Lebowski DVD, I’d play it on my one computer while I worked on the other just to hear it for entertainment purposes. Then this fell into my lap! What luck!
http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BBP01006AA I love how he has a glass for his white russians!
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1700131 Fuckin-aye
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http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2128300,00.html The figure, representing Homer in his Y-fronts holding up a doughnut, is standing to the left of the chalk giant and his erect penis. The cartoon character was drawn on the hill slope to promote the new Simpsons film, which will be released later this month. He was painted with water-based biodegradable paint that will wash away when it
http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/06/22/first-photo-spike-jonzes-where-the-wild-things-are/ Spike Jonze new film, an adaptation of the classic children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are. Can’t wait for this!
A very cool movie. If you're a math geek and you haven't watched it yet, tsk tsk… for shame. This is just the trailer, but it's very cool too.
This is an amazing story of a young man who is gifted with a facility for mathematics problems, sequence memory, and natural language learning. (Wikipedia) The following clip is just part one of 5 of the Brittish documentary. Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five
Via The Consumerist From the page: “Our law enforcement resources are seriously misaligned. If you add up all the various kinds of property crimes in this country, everything from theft, to fraud, to burglary, bank-robbing, all of it, it costs the country $16 billion a year. But intellectual property crime runs to hundreds of billions [of dollars] a year.”
Below is a movie in two parts, Johnny Got His Gun, based on the book by the same title by Dalton Trumbo. The book was previously banned in the US, but it is definitely a mandatory read (or watch) in this day and age. This classic movie is a chilling, haunting, yet thought-provoking tale of a young man who goes
Henson explores existentialism, psychology, as well as social roles and alienation… an interesting “experiment” to say the least.
http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/images/Dilbert.jpg I just saw 28 Weeks Later. Yeah, this about sums up that movie.
http://www.1000journalsfilm.com/ The 1000 Journals project