Streaming Consciousness

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May 15, 2013 11:30 pm

fuckyeahjosswhedon:

The Crazy Ones starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Robin Williams

This could be either incredibly awesome, or extremely horrible.
I’m gonna be optimistic though.

3:52 pm

A Japanese company has created a 13 foot Robotic Mecha suit like the ones in ‘Gundam’

did-you-kno:

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The 13-foot tall and 4.5 ton weighting humanoid robot on wheels with all its 30 hydraulic joints can be operated directly from the cockpit or remotely using a smartphone with a 3G connection.

To compensate for its 6 miles per hour, the robot is equipped with a Gatling gun shooting 100 ball bearings per second. Presently Kuratas are announced to be available in 16 colors, costing $1.28 million per robot, with an optional cup holder for just $90.

 

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3:50 pm
"Clark Gregg is an actor so talented even I couldn’t kill him [so] I built S.H.I.E.L.D. around him."

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- Joss Whedon at the ABC Upfront (via fuckyeahjosswhedon)
May 14, 2013 11:19 pm
gregcohn: EFF: Who has your back?

gregcohn:

EFF: Who has your back?

(via wilwheaton)

7:38 am

abundantlyqueer:

itisnotofimport:

Misha lays down the motherfucking law. [x]


yeahokay that’s it, the spn fans win everything because they’ve got cast members engaging in really mature, informed meta, and at the same time respecting the squee. has ben met this guy? can we have this guy explain the whole thing to ben? that fanworks aren’t solely sexual fantasies but *social and cultural* fantasies too? and seriously is misha collins real and how does my fandom get one?

(via epubagent)

May 12, 2013 11:15 pm

colchrishadfield:

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

This man… Is it possible to be any more awesome?

May 9, 2013 11:12 pm
bookriot: This sculpture at Harvard’s Houghton Library is made from more than 4,000 books and has caused something of a scandal. More on scandalous works of library art here.

bookriot:

This sculpture at Harvard’s Houghton Library is made from more than 4,000 books and has caused something of a scandal. More on scandalous works of library art here.

(via epubagent)

May 8, 2013 11:50 pm
blurintofocus: shananaomi: noirbettie: mightyhunter: This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving Twitter From TV Spoilers Imagine you forget to watch a new episode of Game of Thrones the night it airs. Even if coworkers stay mum about important plot points, Twitter is abuzz with spoilers. Fortunately, there’s Twivo, a new program that allows Twitter users to censor their feeds from mentioning a certain TV show (and its characters) for a set time period. Jennie Lamere, a 17-year-old girl, invented the software last month—and won the grand prize at a national coding competition where Lamere was the only female who presented a project, and the only developer to work alone. Internet: Meet the reason we need more women in tech. (From Mother Jones) I’m so excited by all of the teenagers in science and tech that we’re hearing about these days. MORE GIRLS PLEASE!  At SXSW, we talked about how we can’t wait to see the apps fangirls create to make the internet further work the way THEY want. What we may have not said so clearly is that it’s really the way that EVERYONE wants the internet to work. Go girl. ^^^  so into this.

blurintofocus:

shananaomi:

noirbettie:

mightyhunter:

This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving Twitter From TV Spoilers

Imagine you forget to watch a new episode of Game of Thrones the night it airs. Even if coworkers stay mum about important plot points, Twitter is abuzz with spoilers. Fortunately, there’s Twivo, a new program that allows Twitter users to censor their feeds from mentioning a certain TV show (and its characters) for a set time period. Jennie Lamere, a 17-year-old girl, invented the software last month—and won the grand prize at a national coding competition where Lamere was the only female who presented a project, and the only developer to work alone. Internet: Meet the reason we need more women in tech.

(From Mother Jones)

I’m so excited by all of the teenagers in science and tech that we’re hearing about these days. MORE GIRLS PLEASE! 

At SXSW, we talked about how we can’t wait to see the apps fangirls create to make the internet further work the way THEY want. What we may have not said so clearly is that it’s really the way that EVERYONE wants the internet to work. Go girl.

^^^  so into this.

(via wilwheaton)

11:44 pm
"One of the guiding lights of my generation, one of the great creators of my generation is Joss Whedon. I’m a big admirer of his but I’ve only seen like two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer; the TV show that made his reputation is not really how I know him. I know him from his work in comic books and from Firefly and from The Avengers. I think the thing that Joss Whedon recognized and has exploited is people want to love a character and then see those characters have great moments. To be forced in a box and have to punch their way out. To be confronted with their worst fears and to have their fondest hopes snatched away from them. He’s really great at that. He’s really great at finding these characters that you just want to spend time with every week, or as much as possible, and see them experience everything. I think that’s the job, to create those characters and then give them their chance to be recognized as hero, coward or clown.
People talk a lot about giving the reader what they want, but I’m also a big believer in what Joss Whedon says about the job is actually to identify what the audience wants and then to never give it to them. To seriously deny it as much as possible."

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Joe Hill (son of Stephen King) praising Joss Whedon (via fuckyeahjosswhedon)
May 7, 2013 11:36 pm

madlori:

thescienceofobsession:

gyzym:

blueshoesandbluemountains:

Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy: “The Challenge”

well isn’t this just the best thing that’s ever happened

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR.

This is the best thing I have ever seen.

Can we just talk about the fact that they snuck the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins in there?