Makes the point nicely

Danny MacAskill

Too cool/impressive not to share

A-Pod, Artificial insect

Beautiful, disturbing, fascinating;



I was most impressed when it walked - there must be some deep evolutionary thing going on there!?

Magenta Is Not a Colour

Blew my mind this.

This is not a colour;
magenta a.k.a "pink" does not appear on the spectrum and yet we see it! Why?

answer here.







UPDATE: Apparently some of the graphic guy's here at work have taken issue with this, it may well all be a conspiracy ...

Also, some feel magenta is blend of blue and red.

So in dsummary, I have no idea what to believe anymore.

UPDATE 2: this link sheds more light on the issue:

The truth is, no color actually exists outside of our brain's perception of it
[snip]
[The] article might be better titled, "Magenta is not a single wavelength of electromagnetic radiation in the 'visible' spectrum, but our brain perceives it anyway."

Practical Wisdom

Another interesting Ted Talk (is there any other kind?)



basically, toning down societies obsession with rules and allowing people to act morally.

Nyarlathotep

I love a lot of geeky things and one of them are the statues from Sideshow Collectibles and this little fella on the left is one of their latest offerings.

I've been getting into Hellboy recently (both movies and graphic novels) and so it really struck a cord.

$14,850 for a Vampire Killing Kit

One of the joys of old "stuff" is the story and history behind the object, I'd love to know this one.




link