Another video about the costumes of WonderCon 2012.
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World’s longest bridal train – 1.85 miles long and in a hot air balloon
A model rides in a hot air balloon to show the worlds longest wedding dress train during a Guinness World Record attempt in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, March 20, 1012. Romania has set the world record for the world’s longest bridal train. The nearly 3-kilometer (1.86-mile) long ivory train, which took 100 days to stitch, was …
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“We photograph all our guests for our blog.”
Not that I would ever do this…but I do want one of those photo backdrops with the 1X57 logo on it. LA Times Magazine, Social Studies, January 2012
London Olympics this summer, 2012 – every event will be livestreamed on web and mobile
NBC has partnered with YouTube to provide its video player and livestreaming infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Part of its strategy is to broadcast every live event in some form, showing more than 3,600 hours of Olympic coverage…using (the YouTube) player to deliver livestreams on NBCOlympics.com. “We’ll also include replays of Web-exclusive events, all television broadcasts, interviews with …
8-bit art for the Game Developers Conference
GameSpot, the video game magazine, was at it again with the 8-Bit post-it art! Welcome Game Developers Conference 2012 to San Francisco!
A documentary on the next big thing in gaming – Independent developers of 2-3 people
Great things are continuing to come out of Kickstarter, especially their huge jump in funding and million dollar projects. Here is another one: Indie Game: The Movie A behind the scenes look at the tiny, passionate teams of imaginative programmers and level designers who spend years and thousands of dollars slaving away towards realizing lifelong …
Advanced Moneyball statistics for the 2012 Baseball season – WAR, FIP, and OPS
Moneyball (the movie) introduced the basic concept of advanced statistical analysis to a mainstream audience. Now that we’re talking about advanced stats (short-handed as sabermetrics, thanks to Bill James of the Society for American Baseball Research) and great sites like Baseball Prospectus and FanGraphs, let’s take a closer look. OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) This …
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The Secret To Success? You Have To Learn How To Fail
Hear the name Stacy Peralta and you instantly think either: A) I love Stacy Peralta! or B) Who the heck is she? He is the highest-ranked skateboarder of his time, turned multi-million dollar businessman, turned filmmaker. He is also the creator of, and father-figure to, the Bones Brigade, a skate team that featured the era’s top …
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Robert Redford Discusses the State of Independent Film at the Sundance Film Festival
Video: Bing Bar at Sundance 2012: Robert Redford Discusses the State of Independent Film “Documentaries have replaced investigative journalism”
8 highly anticipated movies of 2012 – Hunger Games, Hobbit, Snow White, Prometheus
The Hunger Games The Avengers Directed by Joss Whedon one of the best talents in Hollywood if you’re a geek. From the Buffy TV show to Firefly and the first X-Men movie. His full filmography. Snow White and the Huntsman Kristen Stewart goes from playing an emo-vamp to a warrior Snow White. I’m in. Prometheus Space …