Alma

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This is totally bizarre and creepy. (thx Josh!)

This is a just a great little piece of 3D animation.
Credits:

Written and Directed by: Rodrigo Blaas

Produced by: Cecile Hokes

Music: Mastretta

Art Director: Alfonso Blaas

Lighting Supervisor: …

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The Ninth Annual Year in Ideas - Magazine - NYTimes.com

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Wow!
  In April, the world was introduced to Ruppy, the first known fluorescent dog. In natural light, Ruppy seems to be an almost-normal beagle — though his paws look as if he has stepped in pink ink. Under ultraviolet light, the effect is …

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<span style="text-decoration:line-through">99</span> 10 Red Balloons

Earlier this week DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, moored ten, 8 ft red, weather balloons in undisclosed locations across the United States. The DARPA Network Challenge offered a prize of $40,000 to the person or group who first identified all the …

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Flexing of the Manhattan Bridge

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Ummm... I know it's supposed to do this, but wow.
Watch as one of Manhattan's main arteries pulses with the entering and exiting subway trains.

Tags: NYC   video

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SpaceShipTwo by Virgin Galactic

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Back in my previous life, when working on a project with Scaled Composites, I got to see a test flight of SpaceShipOne and had dinner with one of the test pilots. It was definitely an event I'll never forget... although going to space would be …

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Brilliant frequent flyer miles scheme

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Arbitrage! Sneaky... people are hilarious
At least with the cheese and pudding, you were actually buying perishable non-returnable products. But hundreds of travelers recently discovered the mother of all frequent flyer schemes: buying …

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