Death Star Over San Francisco!

Monday, August 18th, 2008

For those who prefer to remember the old real Star Wars films, you might just enjoy seeing the Death Star Over San Francisco which features some fairly nifty compositing, in the style (if not tone) of Cloverfield.

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Links for July 18th 2008

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Interesting links for July 17th 2008 through July 18th 2008: Michelle Obama's blog [BlogHer] - In a canny move, Michelle Obama has begun blogging from the campaign trail.  It'll help create her own voice which, at least on the other side of the world, really hasn't been heard yet. Watchmen (2009) [Apple ...

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Links for June 27th 2008

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Interesting links for June 21st 2008 through June 27th 2008: Simpsons Map for Quake III Arena [YouTube] - A fantastically detailed mashup, bringing 3D textures from the Simpsons into Quake III. [Via Waxy] Is YouTube truly the future? [SMH] - Henry Jenkins and John Hartley give their take on the "pre-history" of ...

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Links for May 23rd 2008

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Interesting links for May 23rd 2008: Lessons From the Class Blog [zigzigger] - Reflections on 4 semesters of teaching with a class blog in a media course. Some useful observations about how much students blog, ideas about assessing blogs and whether 'forced' comments are of any use. Star Wars Kid: The ...

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Links for May 12th 2008

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Interesting links for May 9th 2008 through May 12th 2008: TimeTube - "Creates a timeline for any YouTube keyword search--very handy for visualising the activity around particular topics--and iterations/transformations of particular videos--over time." (Via Jean) Victorian Liberal staffers sacked for blogging [gatewatching] - Two staffers in the Victorian Liberal Party were fired ...

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