“Portal: No Escape” is a beautiful live-action short film based on the game Portal starring Danielle Rayne as Chell. It was directed by Dan Trachtenberg, with visual effects by Jon Chesson and matte painting by Maxx Burman.
Lego Man in Space
Two Canadian high school students have successfully launched a Lego man almost 80,000 feet above sea level high enough to capture video of the plastic toy hovering above the curvature of the Earth.
2012 Best Picture Nominees Recast With Dogs
Yesterday we had a post about recasting favorite movies with cats, but obviously, we weren't about to ignore our canine friends. Because dogs are awesome.
Cats Wearing Glasses
It is great to see cute and funny cat pictures. A simple cat makeup way is to have the cat to wear a pair of glasses. These cats have an EYE for fashion.
Happiest Celebrity Mugshots
Everyone loves looking at celebrity mugshots. From photos of a disoriented Paris Hilton or Kid Rock, these can provide hours of laughs and entertainment. Celebrities always seem to be smiling in mugshots. I guess that's because they know they're going to go home very soon in there limousines by giving money. The following is a list of some of most memorable celebrity mugshots being happy.
Cats Love Pizza Boxes
For cats, pizza boxes offer a heavenly combination of two of their favorite things: boxes and warmth. That is, except most of these pizza boxes are empty which is probably because the cats already ate the contents. I had no idea so many cats loved pizza boxes like mine!
Skiing Witches Race in Belalp, Switzerland
Participants ski in the 30th edition of the Belalp Witches Ski Race on January 14, 2012 in Belalp, Switzerland. The race is inspired by a legend dating back to the middle ages, of a witch who tormented villagers in the area until she was burnt to death.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Portal: No Escape, A Live Action Short Film Based on Portal
“Portal: No Escape” is a beautiful live-action short film based on the game Portal starring Danielle Rayne as Chell. It was directed by Dan Trachtenberg, with visual effects by Jon Chesson and matte painting by Maxx Burman.
Skype Office in Stockholm
The newly Skype office was designed by Swedish architecture & design firm PS Arkitektur. This cool cheery-cherry-berry office (wow! that was a tongue twister) is located inside of an old brewery (Münchenbrewery) in Stockholm, Sweden The office design is based on the spirit of Skype, how it is a useful and playful tool that connects the world. The in-between shapes of interconnected nodes has given us romboid and triangular shapes that is visible in the flooring and in the design of some of the hard furniture.
The playful happy theme in colours and soft furniture comes from the Skype graphics and the Skype cloud logo is reinterpreted as cloud-shaped lighting throughout the office space. The Stockholm office predominately works with audio and video development and this is manifested in the special made wallpapers with cables, earphones and other devices linked to audio-video technique.
Photographs by Jason Strong
Source: archdaily
The playful happy theme in colours and soft furniture comes from the Skype graphics and the Skype cloud logo is reinterpreted as cloud-shaped lighting throughout the office space. The Stockholm office predominately works with audio and video development and this is manifested in the special made wallpapers with cables, earphones and other devices linked to audio-video technique.
Photographs by Jason Strong
Source: archdaily
Happy Lottery Winners
Many people dream about getting a large fortune without any effort. Those who do not rely on themselves, or on inheritance of rich relatives, are often willing to rely on fate. For example, they participate in the lottery. Especially lotteries are popular in the United States. It is interesting to mention that the largest lottery winnings were received in the USA. It is worth noting that the winners will not receive the full amount of the winning.
First of all they have to decide whether they want to receive the winnings in the form of relatively small annual payments, or prefer to take their cash. In the second case the prize amount is greatly reduced. In addition, winners must pay 25 % federal tax on winnings. We will not go deep into the complex process of payments, let's look at the happy faces of people who received fortune in a moment. Judging from the photos, many have not yet realized that they became rich.
First of all they have to decide whether they want to receive the winnings in the form of relatively small annual payments, or prefer to take their cash. In the second case the prize amount is greatly reduced. In addition, winners must pay 25 % federal tax on winnings. We will not go deep into the complex process of payments, let's look at the happy faces of people who received fortune in a moment. Judging from the photos, many have not yet realized that they became rich.
Having Fun in the Hurricane Irene
Despite the death of 20 people, most were unharmed by Hurricane Irene, and instead had some fun with the storm. From surfing and boogie boarding to dancing in the rain and floating down water filled streets, many took advantage of the plentiful water.
