Archives for category: I must retire to my nerdery

via renee

via dooce

cripes, I can’t even explain it to my dad, and he has basic working knowledge of a computer. well, he can hunt-and-peck an email, and knows how to turn it on and off.

…kind of. *sigh* well, he’s got my mom so he’s ok.

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by doogie horner

via fast company via buzzfeed

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it’s deep.

beautiful! amazing! probably the coolest dad ever.

great video on douglas trumbull’s website about the making of ‘blade runner’s opening sequence. brass miniatures, forced perspective, smoke, fiber optics, gasoline explosions, the works!

move videos about ‘blade runner’ fx: bradbury building, spinner vehicles

from the folks at aardman, delightful microscopic stop-motion animation shot with a modified nokia N8. needless to say, I want one and I want to make a movie RIGHT NOW.

via cecile

not for the faint of heart. see it here, more info here.

this is on planet earth!

via national geographic