This sounds like pure torture… The MFA Writers Workshop in Paris constitutes an intimate creative apprenticeship that extends beyond traditional classroom walls. Over two years, students and faculty convene regularly in Paris for five intensive ten-day residency periods (held biannually in January and July). While in residency in Paris, students participate in a vibrant …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
United Kingdom unemployment matches ours – and they use funny terms to describe it
Read this for news on the world economy, or just enjoy the interesting words the Brits use to describe their unemployment: Jobseekers Allowance (unemployment benefits), shadow work (?)… UK unemployment total falls to 2.58m The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% in the period, down from 8.3% in the previous quarter. The ONS figures showed that the …
Did Yahoo! hire Marissa Mayer to bring back Yahoo Search?
This is an interesting take on the hire of Marissa Mayer, considering that all the past CEO’s have gone as far away from search as they can. As you may have heard, Marissa Mayer is now CEO of Yahoo, ready to turn it into a leaner, fitter, more successful firm. It’s a great move for Yahoo, and …
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New sci-fi movie from M. Night Shyamalan starring Will Smith and son – After Earth
It wasn’t enough for M. Night Shyamalan and Will Smith to create a sci-fi film. For After Earth, they patterned an entirely new world history (or at least paid some really geeky people to do it for them). The film is set 1,000 years in the future, and most of mankind has moved on to …
The new Mark VIII armor for Iron Man 3 is revealed
What kind of armor will Tony Stark wear in Iron Man 3? That question has been answered at Comic-Con International, where the new costume is on display at the Marvel booth. Here’s Wired senior editor Peter Rubin with an exclusive look at the new armor, as well as a chronological spin through the various power …
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Historical film from 1947 – How a book is made (an unbelievable amount of labor!)
How about a book? Find out, 1947-style! We must say, despite the labor-intensive type-setting process, they make the publishing process look easy – Paris Review Back before inkjets, printing was a time-comsuming laborious process, that took teams of people working together to produce just one book. Now days, any crabby person can sit …
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San Diego’s Comic-Con is becoming the Sundance/Cannes for television
Think of it as TV’s Comic-Cannes. Since its inception 42 years ago, Comic-Con International has been a celebration of fanboy culture. When geek became the new cool, it also worked as a marketing platform for Hollywood and video game makers. Now, it’s the place where the television industry comes to build buzz for new shows …
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Brown widow spiders aggressively populating Southern California – pushing aside black widows
A poisonous spider is aggressively colonizing Southern California. Panic. Now, take a deep breath: The spread of brown widows could actually be good thing. Newly released research suggests nonnative brown widows are pushing out more dangerous (and native) western black widows. Most of the time, brown widows have a bite similar to that of common …
Biblical accounts of the Ark of the Covenant from the Indiana Jones film
For centuries, people have tried in vain to locate and recover the Bible’s most sacred objects. Among the most sought-after of these religious antiquities is the famed Ark of the Covenant. This legendary artifact is the ornate, gilded case built some 3,000 years ago by the Israelites to house the stone tablets on which the …
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An airplane is retired every 17 hours – one man decides to recycle one, turns it into a home
“Humanity is not yet discovering how to use these glorious birds,” Bill Campbell.