Final Transformers trailer touches down
Michael Bay’s new Transformers movie is looking better every time I see it, and it’s no exception with the new trailer that came out a few moments ago. I giggled a little when hearing that they’re using the retro ‘transforming’ sound effect when Optimus does his thing. On Yahoo! Movies in HD res.
Where’s my jetpack?
Based on pop sci-fi and my best estimates, we should be living in swingin’ 70’s-esque space stations and having robot butlers serve our every need. So what’s the deal, scientists? “Where’s My Jetpack?” seems like a valid question at this point (and also makes for a great t-shirt!) and sounds like it would make a damned interesting book, too. [via Fimoculous]
In Where’s My Jetpack?, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson takes a hilarious look at the future we always imagined for ourselves. He exposes technology, spotlights existing prototypes, and reveals drawing-board plans. You will learn which technologies are already available, who made them, and where to find them. If the technology is not public, you will learn how to build, buy, or steal it. And if doesn’t yet exist, you will learn what stands in the way of making it real.
Some eCards sends your real best wishes
Why bother sugar coating that eCard when you can get your real feelings across quite concisely with someecards? You know who you are. [via Cool Hunting]
Good music: Do You Trust Your Friends?
Besides lending its name to a remarkable dose of personal irony, Stars’ newly released album, Do You Trust Your Friends is absolutely phenomenal. This new album is a collection of remixes based on their 2005 release, Set Yourself on Fire, and features contributions from Owen Pallett a.k.a. Final Fantasy, The Dears, Junior Boys, and Metric, among others.
Toronto the Bad
Here’s one of the highly amusing design pieces on display at the Toronto the Good event in the Distillery District that I was at earlier tonight. The Toronto ERA Architects, Spacing Magazine, and [murmur] sponsored the wine & dine event.
On survival, responsibilities, and happiness
Wil Wheaton put up a pretty inspiring post yesterday about what he calls “survival myopia” and writes about a thing or two that I’ve chosen to include in my quotes page. I’d agree that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” but when it is examined to the point of obsession and compulsion, that is also not worth living.
I’ve been working on drafts of two fairly long blog posts over the past few weeks, one of which has been almost put into words, the other is constantly brewing up in my head — Hence the lack of blog posts in the last five days! Whether either will ever see the light of day, I’m not sure, but I want to really flesh out my thoughts before I put them out there since they’re topics that really mean a lot to me.
Plane spotting at Pearson
BlogTO has an excellent little write-up on how and where to best spot planes coming into Pearson International. It’s not every day you see get to see a transcontinental 747 fly over your head! This reminds me of the airport on the island of St. Maarten, which I’ve been to a couple times, and the planes that seemingly touch down within a stone’s throw of the water.
It’s all about the long takes
Over at Daily Film Dose they’ve put together a round-up of some of the best long takes in films, takes that extend for minutes on end with seemingly no cuts. A couple of my favourites make the list, Children of Men’s car ambush and Serenity’s introduction scene. [via Fimoculous]
Encyclopedia of Life
Another brainchild of TED is E.O. Wilson’s Encyclopedia of Life, an “ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world.” Think Wikipedia for all lifeforms, but much more intuitive and expansive.
The project won a TED prize this year, and looks to be quite ambitious. If this sees the light of day, it should be a great resource for the scientific and education communities alike. The demonstration pages give a good idea of the level of quality and granularity they’re hoping to achieve with each topic, and they look fantastic.
There’s also a video explaining the concept after the jump.
The little joys of the Internet: typos
Here’s the number one story in Google News’ World section right now. I’ll leave the commentary up to you.
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