links for 2007-08-21
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Origami Tessellations » The Making of Mens et Manus, by Brian Chan
How to fold the MIT logo in origami in 3 easy steps, and one of the winning entries for the 2006-2007 MIT Origami contest. Written and Directed by Brian Chan, Cinematography by Theresa Guo, Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major performed by Anna Lo.
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Origami Tessellations » Tessellation Basics booklet now available – free PDF!
This document is just a small taste of the material from the Eric Gjerde’s origami book, put together from some of the draft work and preliminary writings. The final product is quite lengthier and more detailed, as well as more polished.
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Following the previous entry on Ukiyo-e, only this time, we’ll take a walk on the darker side: all about grotesque spectres and Yokai with twisting necks and one hundred eyes!
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Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Collective Soul – Afterwords (Advance) (2007)
Collective Soul’s seventh studio album, scheduled to be released on August 28, 2007. The album is co-produced by Anthony J. Resta (Duran Duran, Shawn Mullins, Satellite Party ). Their music is characterized by heavy guitar riffs and catchy melodies.
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Sculptypaint : Built with Processing
Sculptypaint at the moment is created for a fast, easy and fun generation of certain types of 3D sculpt objects. At the moment SL renders sculpts as 32*32 XYZ 3D model. And a 16*16 XYZ model when zooming out. Realtime sculpt previewer included.
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Michel Gondry ·· News | OLIVIER CUTTING & PASTING DAFT PUNK MAGIC
Olivier Gondry is currently compiling footage shot at a recent Daft Punk show in Brooklyn. Let me rephrase that. Daft Punk have been putting on the best Goddamn live show on the planet, and Olivier is creating the first video for said tour’s live CD!
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IFC News | The 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema
There’s a reason that any talk of sex in film comes back around to certain titles again and again. Getting attractive actors to mash their faces together and huff and puff for the camera is relatively easy. Shooting a memorable sex scene is hard.
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The eroticism, the bizzare and the paragon of Japanese fond for anything weird.
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China Regulates Buddhist Reincarnation – Newsweek Beliefs – MSNBC.com
In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. It is “an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation.”
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Boing Boing: Flowchart: Is it f*cked up? What to do, if so.
Is it fucked up? No > Don’t fuck with it. Yes > Did you fuck with it? Yes > You stupid fuck.
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Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits – New York Times
Since Wired News wrote about WikiScanner, Internet users have spotted plenty of interesting changes to Wikipedia by people at nonprofit groups and government entities. Many of the most obviously self-interested edits have come from corporate networks.
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Extraordinary rendition are terms used to describe the extrajudicial transfer of a person from one state to another, and “torture by proxy” is used by some critics to describe extraordinary rendition by the US. This film centers on this controversy.
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Apple – Trailers – Deep Water – Trailer
The stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on Donald Crowhurst. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, it is an unforgettable journey into one man’s heart of darkness.
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Apple – Trailers – My Kid Could Paint That – Trailer
In the span of only a few months, 4-year-old Marla Olmstead rocketed from total obscurity into international renown – and sold over $300,000 dollars worth of paintings. Through no intention of her own, Marla revived the age-old question, “what is art?”
Hic Sunt Dracones 