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Author Archives: Stan Flouride
How To Film Like The BBC On Your Smartphone
The BBC Earth Unplugged playlist is a wonderful rabbit hole of 131 very entertaining video clips. This very handy guide is #59 on the list:
Star Wars Dogfight with Drones!
Corridor Digital created this amazing Patreon-financed video of an X-wing fighter battling 2 TIE fighters and a TIE Advanced x1 (the kind Vader flew in Ep. IV) using in-house resources that include a 3D printer, drones, GoPro cameras, and home computer-level … Continue reading
Hatchling Iguana vs. LOTS of Snakes
This jaw-dropping scene aired as part of the new series of the BBC’s flagship natural history program, Planet Earth II, and seems to have captured the imagination of millions. (5,512,692 views in 11 days) Filmed on Fernandina Island in the Galápagos, the Galápagos Racer … Continue reading
Portrait of Last Tsar Found Hidden Under a Layer of Water-Soluble Paint
A picture taken in Saint Petersburg on November 17, 2016 shows restorers of the Stieglitz Art and Industry Academy displaying the portrait of Tsar Nicholas II by Ilya Galkin (1896) … Continue reading
How Jaguar cloned a legendary supercar from 1957 | Popular Science
In 1957, automakers simply did not make the engineering of its race cars available to the average (even supremely wealthy) driver. Jaguar did. In the 1950s, it let loose its classic XKSS, a model based on the D-Type that won … Continue reading
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The honeymoon ends when the last bangle breaks
This colorful photo was the Wikipedia Image of the Day a few days ago and I loved the ritual described in the caption: Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim Bangles on display in Bangalore, India. These rigid bracelets are usually made from metal, … Continue reading
About 100,000 years ago, people with autism were championed, not shunned, and may even have shaped human evolution
Just let me say, on behalf of my fellow Aspies, you’re welcome. A University of York study found that roughly 100,000 years ago, primitive societies stopped shunning people with autism — in fact, they were embraced as respected specialists in … Continue reading
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Japanese Unveil Super Cool Dinosaur Suits
Basically a cyber-suit or an animatronic costume, it is operated from the inside. So far it is part of a traveling show called Dino A Live. Here’s their press conference: In Japanese and including shots of their feathered versions: 造形や企画を手掛ける「ＯＮ―ＡＲＴ（オンアート）」は１０日、全長８メートルの巨大な人造ティラノサウルスを報道向けに公開した。人が中に入ってハンドルなどで操縦しており、ロボットではなく大きな着ぐるみのようなものだという。現在は１３体の恐竜を所有しており、２０１８年に倍以上に増やす予定だ。将来は恐竜のテーマパークをつくりたい考えで、映画「ジュラシック・パーク」のような体験も夢ではなさそうだ。 If … Continue reading
House Hunting like a Russian Billionaire
I can’t believe I never googled Russian real estate before! We all know our friends from the former Soviet Union have a special kind of taste when it comes to interior design, but with a limitless decorating budget, it just … Continue reading
A giant predatory lizard swam in Antarctic seas near the end of the dinosaur age — ScienceDaily
Kaikaifilu is a new species of giant sea lizard (from the Mosasaur family) discovered in 66-million-year-old rocks of Antarctica. At about 10 meters long, it is the largest known top marine predator from this continent. It lived near the end … Continue reading
Stannous Flouride's Book of Truthiness 