I saw this advertised on Hulu a little while back – your photographs printed directly onto a pane of glass. No frame, no inserts. Depending on the lightfastness of the printing there might be some neat theatrical applications for this. (tags: 2015-05-12photographyartglassphotosprinting )
With a bit of patience, skill with a knitting needle, and several skeins of yarn you too can look like a gorgon while shoveling the sidewalk this winter. (tags: 2015-05-12knittingmedusafantasy )
This is exciting; a new type of light that uses LEDs to produce light and a new type of filter to simulate daylight scattering. I wonder if this would be helpful for those wit SAD. (tags: 2015-05-12lightingsunlightLED )
In short: Kelvin is good at measuring for physics, Celsius is fine for measuring water, and Fahrenheit is tuned for the living range of the human body. (tags: 2015-05-12temperaturescience v. lifefunny )
Quantum entanglement allows for a laser to create an image of an object it never touched. It’s probably a few years off, but I wonder if someday this will lead to the creation of the mythical “actor-shaped gobo.” (tags: 2015-05-12lasersquantum physicslighting )
This is pretty neat – printing each layer of a 3d object all at once instead of tracing it out. Way faster and way cooler to watch as well. (tags: 2015-05-123d printingvideo )
One thing you never want to do in theatre is drop a stage weight from the fly gallery. Unless you’re the Kansas City Repertory Theatre and want to see how many bricks it takes to destroy a bunch of old scenery and props. (tags: 2015-05-12videofunnytheatredestruction )
The Lego mini-doll, used in the newer Friends, Princess, and Elves lines of models. I don’t think the presence of clearly modeled figures (predominantly female, but some male) is especially problematic, but the lack of compatibility with prior figures is an issue. (tags: 2015-05-12lego )
Some notes and observations about the compatibility of mini-dolls and mini-figures. You can’t really give a mini-doll a scuba tank from a mini-fig, nor can you take a mini-doll head to create a more customized min-fig. (tags: 2015-05-12lego )
A webcomic about life behind the scenes in theatre. So accurate some of the strips aren’t funny but painful. (tags: 2015-05-12theatrewebcomicsvia tumblr )
Slide your mouse back and forth to compare how the Avengers look in the latest movie to what they looked like when they made their first appearance. (tags: 2015-05-12comic booksmoviescomparisonvia tumblr )
So all you need to do to create spider silk six times stronger than the natural stuff is spritz water that has a suspension of carbon nanotubes onto a spider. This is kind of cool and kind of scary at the same time. (tags: 2015-05-12spidersspider silknano-materials )