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27 Jun 21:04

Our Solar System’s First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed Boost

Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed ′Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar object to travel through our solar system, got an unexpected boost in speed and shift in trajectory as it passed through the inner solar system last year.
17 Jul 06:04

Vivaldi Browsercast: One Size Does Not Fit All! (Part 1)

by admin@vivaldi.net (Gaëlle Logeay)

We're starting off something new, and that's our Vivaldi Browsercast!

This is the first of what will be many interviews with developers across the World Wide Web and how their experiences have helped to shape a user-centric model of browser development.

In our first cast, Vivaldi features CEO Jon von Tetzchner and Developer Relations spearhead Molly E. Holzschlag, both long veterans of browser politics. They discuss the role of Web standards, where today's competitive edge lies in the business of browsers and what it's like to build a Web browser built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

You'll also gain insight into why Vivaldi's company culture embraces Accessibility as a part of the User Experience and how the "one size fits all" method of software development is a fast line to failure.

Let us know what you thought about today’s podcast by leaving us a comment below.

You can also listen to it on SoundCloud or read the transcription.

So, without further ado, welcome, listeners!

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Update: We're very gratefuly to Wardies who kindly transcribed the discussion which can be read here. Thank you!

14 Oct 04:48

The Empire Uncut Director’s Cut is LIVE! We received...



The Empire Uncut Director’s Cut is LIVE!

We received almost 2,000 submissions for Empire Uncut, and we had a blast watching each and every one. 

To choose the scenes for this Director’s Cut, we assembled a team of 20 Uncut superusers, film experts, and Star Wars aficionados to be our panel of judges. After choosing their favorites, our awesome editors stitched it all together with the John Williams' score. But choosing favorites was no easy task - this is the most creative bunch of fans we’ve seen yet. If you watch carefully, you’ll see that we’ve included more fans in the movie than the original 480 scenes. Our editing team, Todd Roman & Bryan Pugh, took a lot of care to make this one special, so we can’t wait for you to see it. 

We are extra excited that the Director’s Cut is posted on the official StarWars.com site and YouTube channelThat means that even more fans in the Star Wars Universe will be able to watch your amazing work. 

It’s impossible to include everyone in this cut of the movie, which is why we made this an interactive online project. All the scenes will continue to live on forever at StarWarsUncut.com.

Thank you all for your amazing work and passion. We’re not sure if we’re going to do a Jedi Uncut, but if we do, we hope you’ll be there. Special thanks to Lucasfilm and Mickey Capoferri; our producers KK Apple, Ivan Askwith, Bryan Pugh, Casey Pugh, Todd Roman, Jamie Wilkinson; and our supportive friends and family. 

Your scruffy nerf-herders, 
The Uncut Team

22 Jul 04:03

Social Media

The social media reaction to this asteroid announcement has been sharply negative. Care to respond?