Pablo Eyre took a number of movie posters featuring photography from their respective movies and replaced the photos with the actual scenes. I imagine this is what movie posters look like in Harry Potter.
(Something must be in the air lately. This video is similar to two other videos I've linked to recently: book covers in motion?and a comparison of movie posters and the scenes that inspired them.)
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Shinobu Kobayashi, a Japanese woodworker, is currently studying that craft in Sweden. In this .gif, he demonstrates the flexibility and utility of the kawai tsugite joint, which was invented by a professor at Tokyo University.
Master woodworker Matthias Wandel, whose work we've featured extensively, shows in this video how to make this kind of joint. It's a very complex job that requires a bandsaw, a router, and an enormous amount of patience.
Wandel is impressed with the geometry and flexibility of the kawai tsugite joint, but concludes that's it's needlessly complex and is too fragile to stand up to pressure.
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JesseThis sets up one of my favorite films of all time, "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" It's crazy what this dictator did to stabilize his country
It is well known that Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union and Josip Tito of Yugoslavia despised each other. Shortly after World War II ended, the two leaders and their respective countries became embroiled in a diplomatic struggle, largely because Tito refused to accept the Soviet Union as the leader of the Communist world.
What is not widely known is how Stalin's personal hatred of Tito and his country almost instigated a general war in Europe between the Communist East and the Free West over the fate of Yugoslavia.
15 years ago, John R. Schindler, a historian and national security scholar, published an article on the subject in Cryptologic Quarterly, a classified periodical maintained by the National Security Agency. The NSA recently declassified it. You can read the full text here.
In the article, Schindler describes how Tito became, in Stalin's mind, a terrible enemy of Communism that had to be destroyed at all cost:
In response, Stalin sought a direct military solution to his Yugoslav problem. Subversion and sabotage having failed, crushing the Titoist heresy with the might ofthe Red Army became the preferred option. The details of Soviet military planning to annihilate Titoism, suspected by NATO intelligence, were confirmed by the defection of General Bela Kiraly after the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Kiraly, appointed commander of Hungary's planned invasion force, witnessed the Soviet bloc's decision for invasion and the dramatic increase of his country's military in preparation for war. As Kiraly recounted, a Soviet colonel who visited his office in July 1951 castigated him for teaching officers the geography of any country but Yugoslavia: "Your students must be taught one battleground only, the territory of the enemy, Yugoslavia."
In 1948, at Stalin's behest, the international organization Cominform expelled Yugoslavia. The Western powers sought to exploit the split between Yugoslavia and the USSR, providing massive military aid to Tito. The USSR and its Warsaw Pact satellites made detailed war plans and engaged in large military maneuvers to prepare for an invasion of Yugoslavia. The Soviet Union expected that the West would fight to keep Yugoslavia out of its hands. But in Stalin's mind, destroying Tito would be worth World War III.
What stopped Stalin from going to war? The US response to the North Korean invasion of South Korea.
When Stalin saw that the US would fight immediately in response to a direct assault on a friendly state, he decided to let Yugoslavia go. Schindler writes that the American servicemen who served in the Korean War prevented World War III:
By their sacrifices, the doomed men of Task Force Smith, the heroes of Inchon, the scarred veterans of Chosin, prevented armageddon. They fully earned their rightful place alongside their older brothers in what we have lately termed "The Greatest Generation." It is fashionable today to hail the veterans of the SecondWorld War as "the kids who saved the world," and rightly so. Yet the fine young men of 1950 did no less, though few of them knew it then—or now.
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Photographer Lisa Bettany has created a thoroughly detailed comparison between the camera quality on every version of the iPhone from the original to the newly-released iPhone 6s. The post includes interactive comparisons of photos in a variety of situations like macro, backlighting, and low light that allow users to see all nine version side by side or to click on an individual image version for a full view.
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Magician Neil Henry recently proposed to his girlfriend Charlie Gardner on stage before an audience using a trick based around a can of Heinz Alphabetti alphabet-shaped pasta. As Henry pulls a string of letters out of his mouth, Gardner appears to piece together what’s happening after the letter “A” pops out.
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Card illusionist Zach Mueller makes playing cards float and move in seemingly impossible ways in a recent video demonstrating the art of “Cardistry.”
Mueller is giving away 12 decks of the Fontaine cards used in the video in a contest for viewers.
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The Star Trek saga is presented in a way that causes viewers to assume the Federation is a force for good, helping anyone in need and spreading messages of hope and peace throughout the universe.
But humans aren't very good at taking care of their own planet, so what makes people think they'd be of much use defending other planets throughout the galaxy?
Cracked's Luke McKinney has compiled 5 Ways Star Trek's Federation Was An Evil Empire, including their blatant human elitism, their valuable resource hoarding ways and the fact that they're basically piloting giant antimatter bombs.
Let the geeky debates begin!
George Redhawk turns photographs and digital art into mesmerizing GIFs. It's especially impressive because he's legally blind and that's why his collection of works is titled 'The World Through My Eyes'. With the help of computer software, he creates eerie animations that feature a wide range of themes and aesthetics.
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Across India an entire category of architecture is slowly crumbling into obscurity, and you’ve probably never even heard it. Such was the case 30 years ago when Chicago journalist Victoria Lautman made her first trip to the country and discovered the impressive structures called stepwells. Like gates to the underworld, the massive subterranean temples were designed as a primary way to access the water table in regions where the climate vacillates between swelteringly dry during most months, with a few weeks of torrential monsoons in the spring.
Thousands of stepwells were built in India starting around the 2nd and 4th centuries A.D. where they first appeared as rudimentary trenches but slowly evolved into much more elaborate feats of engineering and art. By the 11th century some stepwells were commissioned by wealthy or powerful philanthropists (almost a fourth of whom were female) as monumental tributes that would last for eternity. Lautman shares with Arch Daily about the ingenious construction of the giant wells that plunge into the ground up to 10 stories deep:
Construction of stepwells involved not just the sinking of a typical deep cylinder from which water could be hauled, but the careful placement of an adjacent, stone-lined “trench” that, once a long staircase and side ledges were embedded, allowed access to the ever-fluctuating water level which flowed through an opening in the well cylinder. In dry seasons, every step—which could number over a hundred—had to be negotiated to reach the bottom story. But during rainy seasons, a parallel function kicked in and the trench transformed into a large cistern, filling to capacity and submerging the steps sometimes to the surface. This ingenious system for water preservation continued for a millennium.
Because of an increasing drop in India’s water table due to unregulated pumping, most of the wells have long since dried up and are now almost completely neglected. While some stepwells near areas of heavy tourism are well maintained, most are used as garbage dumping grounds and are overgrown with wildlife or caved in completely. Many have fallen completely off the map.
Inspired by an urgency to document the wells before they disappear, Lautman has traveled to India numerous times in the last few years and taken upon herself to locate 120 structures across 7 states. She’s currently seeking a publisher to help bring her discoveries and photographs to a larger audience, and also offers stepwell lectures to architects and universities. If you’re interested, get in touch.
You can read a more comprehensive account of stepwells by Lautman on Arch Daily.
The latest episode of the animated New York Magazine video series “The Science of Us” explains why constant mindfulness isn’t always required and how the creativity that’s developed while zoning out can help develop your brain in a positive way.
Minds wander. They’re pulled towards unresolved issues and future goals. During those spaced out periods, creative insights, ideas you never would have consciously connected, seem to come together on their own suddenly it becomes clear why your best friend seemed distant at dinner last night or what you should buy your dad for his birthday. But with mindfulness, you can get so caught up in the present moment that there’s no room for ideas to find you. Want to maximize your creative mind? Let your mind wander while you’re doing routine tests when you can be on autopilot. It’s much easier and safer to space out. That’s one reason why you’re so likely to have “eureka” moments in the shower and on the subway.
Graava is a small, ultra-portable camera that automatically edits the video it captures to only save the most interesting moments. The device features the camera itself, a microphone, GPS, accelerometer, and can be connected to a heart monitor, and it uses input from these sensors to find and save the events worth remembering.
The Graava camera will begin shipping in February, and customers who order before September 1, 2015 can take advantage of a significant discount.
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Abby Roeser shows off some of the impressive tricks she’s trained her rats to do using clicker training and treats for positive reinforcement.
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Ashish Joshi, a Sky News reporter, stands before the Palace at Westminster in London and gives a report on Prime Minister David Cameron's proposed reforms of the UK's National Health Service. In the background, two professional magicians named Young & Strange move into the camera view and perform an elaborate trick.
Sky News has confirmed that the entire incident was staged and that the video never actually aired, which is a shame. They should have done this live.
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Believe it or not, the object in this photo is a clock. It's called the Mengenlehreur and can be found in Berlin. The yellow light at the top blinks, showing the seconds. The top row shows the hours. The bottom row shows the minutes.
This is 1 of 11 unusual clocks in public places rounded up by Atlas Obscura. They include a sandglass that takes a full year to flow and an animatronic clock in Dubai designed 900 years ago.
JesseWow.
Losing a child can be devastating, whether the loss is in utero or after birth, but imagine finding out that you lost a child over 60 years ago when you didn’t even know you were pregnant, much less able to conceive.
What could make that discovery even worse? How about finding out you'd been carrying that dead child with you for over sixty years.
That’s the real life horror story experienced by 91-year-old Estela Meléndez of La Boca, Chile, who went to see the doctor about removing a tumor they saw in an X-ray of her stomach.
The tumor was actually a calcified fetus she'd been carrying in her uterus for over 60 years, but it doesn't pose a threat to Estela they decided to leave it in place.
Estela says she's glad the fetus will remain in her womb, because it "reminds her of her husband and their unfulfilled dream of having a child all those years ago." How sickeningly sweet!
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Constructing a new building generally involves trees being cut down, whether it’s the trees used for the building lumber or trees which are cleared off the building’s lot.
But a clever architect can figure out ways to build around the trees, which means a far more visually appealing structure is built and a happy little tree gets to live.
Trees bring us life, and much of our lives plays out inside buildings, so it naturally makes sense to leave the tree where it is and build around it rather than killing the tree
Bored Panda has created an open list for images of Clever Buildings Whose Architects Refused to Cut Down Local Trees, which includes this thorougly modern treehugger's home at the foot of Pedra de Gavea in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
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Whether you’re a fan of CGI in movies, prefer the practical effects, or simply don’t give a crap about computer generated imagery in cinema one thing’s for certain- you probably don’t know the difference between good and bad CG visual effects.
That’s not to say it takes a trained eye to spot bad CGI, but almost every single movie has some sort of computer generated visual effect applied to it nowadays so it’s hard to tell a good use of digital enhancement from utter rubbish.
This visual essay by Freddie Wong for RocketJump Film School does a really good job of illustrating the difference between good and bad CG VFX, and once you watch the video you'll start spotting all those CG effects you weren't supposed to notice.
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Banks and credit unions here in the United States are reporting ATM card fraud that originated with skimmers in the touristy town of Puerto Villarta, Mexico. Imagine the opportunity from a criminal’s point of view: an area full of American tourists with nice, magnetic-strip cards! Would you have been a victim? It helps if you know how to spot a compromised cash machine.
Here’s the front of one machine where skimmers were found. Does anything look amiss?
Here, the cover of the little alcove containing the PIN pad is covered with a part that matches almost perfectly and looks like part of the ATM. It isn’t, though: that surface conceals a pinhole camera meant to capture your hand as you punch in your PIN, and the batteries needed to keep that camera going while lots of victims come and go. The best clue to the fraud is maybe the
Give it another try. Here’s a closer view of the machine’s card reader. What do you see?
Yes, the added part is over the card reader, which has the actual skimmer that captures the card numbers. This is why it can be a good idea to give any parts of an ATM that look a little iffy a pull: this reader might have come right off if someone had done that.
Spike in ATM Skimming in Mexico? [Krebs on Security]
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The idea behind the extension, dubbed Dmail, isn’t new — Snapchat, for example, sends photos and videos into the Internet ether once they’ve been viewed for a certain amount of time — but it’s an attractive one, as it gives the sender control over how long their missive can be read.
The extension adds a “Send with Dmail” button next to the usual “Send” button in Gmail, which differs from “Undo send” in that it allows users to set the time limits on their email as long as they want. Undo send only gives users up to 30 seconds to retract whatever message they regret immediately after sending.
So if you don’t want your high school crush to be able to read that message you penned late one night after a few too many hard ciders for more than a minute, you can set that email to go poof after 60 seconds. Want it to linger for say, a day or a week? You can pre-set that timing too.
If you’re not sure if you’re going to regret it (come on, you know you will) you can set it to “never” self-destruct, but then revoke it at a later date if you want.
Dmail claims it will also unlock a feature that won’t allow forwarding, meaning only the person you sent your message to will be able to see it. That is, unless the recipient is familiar with copy and paste, and gets wise to your use of Dmail.
Sometimes it’s hard to work for the same company for years, and jobs often leave you feeling underpaid, underappreciated and wishing you were at home watching afternoon TV and collecting an unemployment check.
But it’s even harder to tell when it’s time to quit, especially because you may feel like storming out the door one day and wake up feeling like you’ve just made a huge mistake the next.
So how do you know when to walk away from your job?
Logically you shouldn’t quit until you’ve got something else lined up, but if you feel like you need to jump ship right away then consult this clever flowchart designed by Julio Rivera for the BBC.
It'll help you navigate the sea of "should I or shouldn't I?" questions keeping you from making a decision about quitting, and it's entertaining to read through too!
Photoshop Training Channel demonstrates five gret Photoshop tricks you probably don’t know about.
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Thank you for all the amazing submissions to our interactive Instagram project with the hashtag #ignt_pictureinapicture.
Last week, we featured the winner Jantzen Tan as an Insta Fav. Today, we'd like to introduce you to our Top 10 of all the submissions we received. Check out their feeds by clicking on their names, and don't miss the next hashtag, that we'll announce on Thursday.
Artist Jonathan Borofsky created a sculpture that gives the impression of walking to the sky. Since 2004, the installation was already placed in various cities from Dallas to Pittsburgh and Seoul. The sculpture consists of a 100-foot-tall stainless steel pole facing the sky. Five realistically painted life-size figures are walking upwards, including a little girl. 'A celebration of the human potential for discovering who we are and where we need to go', the artist describes his work. Famous for his public sculptures, 'Walking to the Sky' is part of Borofsky's huge body of work like the 'Molecule Man' or the 'Hammering Man'.
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JesseThis is how I do it
“Gradually let the horseshit of the external world fade from your awareness.”
Let Jason Headley help you forget the realities of the world and relax with “F*ck That: A Guided Meditation”.
