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Mad Quickies 3.25
NASA or MOMA? (via Ashley) A DRM-free label for all your DRM-free stuff. Laser violin. LASER. VIOLIN. A quadcopter flying between two Tesla coils. Images made by injecting paint into bubblewrap. GlaDOS ceiling lamp. (featured image via zenprobe) Kenna altered Legend of Zelda to play as, well, Zelda Demo of the laser violin »
Mad Quickies 3.13
Pixar’s senior scientist, Tony DeRose, explains how math makes the movies and games we love. {via Mary B.} It’s not too late to buy John Coulthart’s 2013 Cthulhu Calendar. You Are Stardust teaches kids about the universe via gorgeous illustrated dioramas Mahendra Nazar draws some darn adorable Microbiological friends. Retail find: Manhattan Subway Tape. Pretty pictures from the w... »
Mad Quickies 1.30
From “Come Fly With Me” to “Thus Spake Zarathrustra” (natch), “Wake-Up Calls” is the playlist used by NASA to wake crews in space. [pdf] • Bad Astronomer gives us The Art of the Pale Blue Dot inked by Gavin Aung Than. Vid included. {via Mary B} • Alien cake toppers. {via Steve D.} • How to make a Bragota from the Bogata Rakes in bra underwire. {via Anne S.} • Ry... »
Mad Quickies 1.18
It’s the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up! The Hidden World Moves by Carl Zimmer. {video} Frank Gehry loves fish. NASA sends Mona Lisa to the Moon with a laser. I…what?! {via @masalaskeptic} Klari Reis uses petri dishes and reflective epoxy polymer to capture electron microscopic images of cellular reactions. Eight famous video game characters: how they got their names. Shortology movi... »
Mad Quickies 1.16
PlaGMaDA: The Play Generated Map & Document Archive. Head ‘asplode! {via Maggie} Video Essay When Movies Meet Video Games by the super-smart Matthias Stork. Wunderkammer for the pocket: Webster’s Pictorial, nomad edition will charm you, amaze you and possibly spark ideas. Macro and micro imaging: City lights look like neurons thanks to the ISS. Do you use the Yellow Pages? No? Then opt o... »
Mad Quickies 1.2
In case you didn’t know it, Maki is a rockstar! Resolution – at xkcd NASA considers building $2.6 billion asteroid-grabbing space robot. Gary Kumparak built a little TARDIS and it’s bigger on the inside. {via Madfishmonger} An interactive guide to blog typography. 100 wooden toy cars by 100 designers. Super cool! How to make galaxy shoes. {via Smashley} Jump for more! »
Mad Quickies 12.12.12
Today is brought to you by the Number Twelve! Dear Crazy People, this site from NASA is just for you! Dramatic, minimalist black-and-white science imagery by Berenice Abbott, 1958-1960. Otto Neurath’s vintage infographic How Long Do Animals Live? In which Matt Inman responds to “writer” Jack Stuef and melts my computer screen. {via Surly Amy} Jim C. Hines challenges Scalzi to a p... »
