Cosmos Remix - Carl Sagan (featuring Stephen Hawking)

Weird but kinda touching.
via Graham Lineham

Another tragic consequence of global warming...

Melting Ice Caps Expose Hundreds of Secret Arctic Lairs

Via "The Onion" of course


And in other news Charlie Brooker doing Gameswipe - it's on Twitter it must be true.(via Scott)

Venture Bros New Series Four starts on October 18th in the US

Dust Storm

We're in the middle of a dust storm that travelled really quickly from NSW to QLD. The sky looks really smoky rather than the amazing red that Sydney got.

Pics here from the Brisbane Times

"Warrior monks who pass through walls"...

Pretty stellar cast - saw Jon Ronson when he gave a talk at the Brisbane Powerhouse, so I'll definately be checking this one out.

Glass Microbiology

Transparent, three dimensional sculptures of viruses by Luke Jerram.
Glass Microbiology

He makes an interesting point about how he avoids the "artificial" colourization that exists in most representational diagrams of microorganisms.

Maru: emerging volumetric performance artist

Maru: emerging volumetric performance artist



"One of the most exciting artists to emerge from Japan is Maru, a prolific cross-disciplinary volumetric performance artist whose pieces have acquired him a cult following in recent months. Maru's pieces -- shown exclusively by Mugumogu Gallery in Tokyo -- are videos of performances, always staged in the same minimal, monochromatic apartment setting"

A Day Without Cats

Apparently some websites have declared today "A Day Without Cats" - due to the the lack of exposure of other animals on the internet. Seems like they are asking for trouble - wonder if any 4chan hack attacks will occur in retaliation.

"I think you've got to forgive that of a talking dog..."

I check out comedy clips pretty regularly on Youtube - this one is probably my favourite from "That Mitchell and Webb Look"

Hitler Finds out About Another "Downfall" Parody

I was completely unaware of the "Downfall" meme, but this is still pretty funny - Hitler is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore.

Link to Downfall Parody at Funny or Die

via Graham Lineham

100 Years of Visual Effects

Cute little collection of the "history of visual effects". Probably misses a few important moments, ("2001" and "The Matrix" for example), but nicely put together. (and kid friendly as it was made for a classroom demonstration)

from Gizmodo