The goal was as simple as it was ambitious; as beautiful as it was grotesque; as awesome as it was … so freakishly awesome! A crowdsourced version of Star Wars Episode IV (A New Hope) in 15-second blocks, open-sourced and using any creative media you happen to have nearby. Less than a year later, the results are in.
I, for one, will never wash my eyeballs again!
Enjoy it now before the MPAA tries to shut it down:
For now, anyway! Off to Spain tomorrow to begin 365:2012 in style (or at least in sun). I've enjoyed this project so immensly and have learned a ton from all of you insnanely talented people -- hope to see lots of you in the coming days!
My brother-in-law sent me this one – totally worth it if you haven’t seen it yet. Double-geeky really – combines Star Wars with obsolete once-ubiquitous tech!
Back on European soil finally, so time to start dumping the rest of my August shots. This is a lamp outside my hotel in San Antonio which I did an HDR processing combined with a Black and White / colour blend. Pretty proud of this one!
Fallacious yet widespread and documented beliefs courtesy of Wikipedia.
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini did not “make the trains run on time”. Much of the repair work had been performed before Mussolini and the Fascists came to power in 1922. Accounts from the era also suggest that the Italian railways’ legendary adherence to timetables was more myth than reality. Mussolini's trains were subject to frequent labour disruptions due to his conflict with labour unions.
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Conflict and Conciliation: Faith and Politics in an Age of Global Dissonance
Despite the peaceful foundations of global monotheistic religions, the broad diversity of interpretations can lead to a sharp paradox regarding the use of force. Inevitably, we must ask ourselves: How can those who ascribe to peaceful beliefs suspend their own moral foundation to beat the drums of war? ... read more
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