I finally watched Twelve Angry Men tonight while I was ironing some shirts. Yes I iron shirts on a Saturday night. I have kids. And I almost burnt a few because of the movie. It’s captivating. It’s going on the list of movies to watch with my kids when they’re teenagers.
In this ridiculous trailer, a narrator desperately tries to Honey Badger his way into making this movie kid-friendly. Can’t wait until the kids get a load of Qui-Gon Jinn’s hilarious Trade Federation banter! Watch this trailer, and weep for future generations.
So nasty. Via io9. Oh, the aforementioned Honey Badger.
Last night I had my first exposure to 3D Printing at our local Makerspace AssentWorks. They have over a quarter of a million dollars worth of equipment and tools there and for $100 a month anyone can go in, 24 hours a day, and build whatever they want. It’s a cool concept and the tools are even cooler. Maybe most especially, the 3D printer.
If you don’t know what a 3D Printer is think of that device on Star Trek that made food materialize out of thin air. 3D Printing isn’t quite there but it’s getting close. You “print” your 3D CAD drawing to the device and it lays down melted plastic (in some cases, other materials apparently) to form your drawing in real life. And it can be incredibly precise.
Here’s a 3D mascot figurine someone had been working on fresh out of the oven.
And a shelf full of other figurines that have been left behind on display.
This is a whistle that been printed with THE BALL ALREADY INSIDE. Sorry for the all caps but, really. That’s just crazy.
Here’s a torus with a ball inside it. The ball is actually pretty cool. It has two other smaller balls inside of it. All printed inside each other much like the ball inside the whistle.
And here’s the beast itself.
Insane. There was even more cool stuff at AssentWorks but the 3D Printer was just amazing. If you ever get a chance to check one out in person don’t pass it up.
This could prove to be really interesting.
The Art Newspaper has reported that conservators at the Prado in Madrid now believe that a copy of the Mona Lisa in the museum’s collection that was long thought to have been executed much later than the original may have been made by a student of Leonardo as Leonardo was creating the masterpiece.
If this is true I’m looking forward to hearing more about what this could reveal about Leonardo and his work. Also, check out the restoration work in the article. It’s incredible..
Via Matías Ventura through the aether. He really should blog more.
Now we’re cooking.
Describing something as easy sets a dangerously high bar for the user when they walk away and try it for themselves. Before you characterize a feature as easy you should be certain it actually is. If you say “easy” and the user does not get it they will, at best, feel like they are wasting your time and, at worst, feel like it is not worth using your product.
From Avoiding Easy by my colleague Andrew Spittle.
