Category Archives: Art & Entertainment

May
08
2013

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Ender’s Game Trailer

  Really excited for this movie to hit theaters, its based on my all time favorite book by Orson Scott Card. It’s scheduled to premiere November 1, 2013 and will star Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, with Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. For more info about Ender’s Game, check out if-sentinel.com or IMDb.

Jan
02
2013

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Ode to a flower.

Richard Feynman discusses how our understanding of science only enhances the beauty of a flower in The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out. I have a friend who’s an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a flower and say “look how beautiful it is,” and I’ll agree. Then he says “I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing,” and I think … Continue reading →

Dec
22
2012

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The Bourne Legacy (2012)

The Bourne Legacy is an action spy-thriller film set in the same Universe and the Jason Bourne trilogy focused on Alex Cross, another operative working in a program similar to Bourne’s. Cross’s program, Operation Outcome, involves genetic enhancements to its agents through a series of viral infections used as a delivery system to alter their chromosomes and augment their physical capabilities, reflexes and mental processing capacities. When the details of Treadstone and Black Briar go public after Bourne’s actions, all other operations are deemed too risky and ordered … Continue reading →

Dec
21
2012

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2 billion pixel panorama image of Mount Everest

This interactive panorama image is a ridiculously large image. It’s also ridiculously captivating. I can’t believe how monumentally large that mountain is. Zooming in on the base camp tents at the center bottom of the image should give you a profound sense of scale. Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point.

Dec
16
2012

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Looper (2012)

Looper is a science fiction, action film about future criminal organizations using time travel to dispose of their targets. The targets are sent back in time 30 years from the year 2074 to be executed by ‘Loopers’ or hired guns paid to execute the targets sent back to them. In the year 2044, Joe, a man working for the mob as a ‘Loopers’ recognizes one of his would-be victims as himself. Instead of ‘closing his loop’, Joe hesitates resulting in the escape of his future self in the … Continue reading →

Dec
15
2012

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Lincoln (2012)

Lincoln is a historical drama about American president, Abraham Lincoln. The Civil War continues to rage in its fourth year and the president struggles to justify the continuing carnage on the battlefield and fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. In 1865, with the American Civil War winding down, president Lincoln strives to gain support for the constitutional amendment to ban slavery from the United States. It is a race against time since peace before the amendment is passed will quash … Continue reading →

Nov
30
2012

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Evolution is Awesome (Part 2): 50 More Incredible Nature Photographs

With every passing day we discover that life is more complex that we thought just the day before. Earth is a haven for diverse life and the creatures with which we share our existence are fascinating. From them we can learn much about the natural order, life and about ourselves… Coding for the photo collage from the CSS-Tricks tutorial Seamless Responsive Photo Grid. CSS compatible with Firefox 3.6+, Opera 11.1+, Safari 4+, Chrome 10+, Internet Explorer 10+