Archives: July 2012

Prometheus Technology

Written By Danny Nicolas

Without a doubt, Prometheus has some of the best visual effects in the past decade of science fiction film. FXGuide has an incredible episode of FXGuideTV covering all the details. This article on their blog is very detailed overview of many of the things shown in the episode. Be warned - if you haven't seen [...]

Prometheus Technology





Ferrari Headquarters

Written By Danny Nicolas

Archdaily has the details on the Ferarri headquarters and research center designed by Studio Fuksas. The complex is in two parts. One volume is separated from the rest of the building and hovers above the entrance area where it extends 7 meters above water below. The water covers the second, lower volume. Walkways lie at [...]

Ferrari Headquarters





Cadas Architecture

Written By Danny Nicolas

Cadas Architecture has a really interesting house in Itaipava, as featured at the Contemporist. That hallway is just calling for jousting on rolling chairs.

Cadas Architecture





Movie Posters - Color Visualization

Written By Danny Nicolas

Vijay Pandurangan writes about his visualization of movie posters since 1914: I first made a unified view of colour trends in movie posters since 1914. Ignoring black and white colours, I generated a horizontal strip of hues in HSL. The width of each hue represents the amount of that hue across all images for that [...]

Movie Posters - Color Visualization





Build A Business That Makes Money

Written By Danny Nicolas

Colin Devroe comments about the common startup question, "what is your exit strategy?": He recommends telling it like it is when the question arises. I’d go one step further than he does (though he knows far better than I) and say the response, so early on in process, should be something a little more succinct. [...]

Build A Business That Makes Money





Invest In What You Know

Written By Danny Nicolas

Ben Hopper interviewed Reid Hoffman at The Verge. Reid Hoffman is a Silicon Valley power player. He emerged at PayPal, where he was the first full time employee, but is perhaps better known as the co-founder of LinkedIn. The sale of PayPal and IPO of LinkedIn have made him a multi-billionaire, and he has poured [...]

Invest In What You Know





Belgium

Written By Danny Nicolas

Belgium





Kathryn Eowyn Photography

Written By Danny Nicolas

Kate shoots portraits, baby and children photos, and engagements, but I'm somewhat particular to her travel photography. Below are some photos from her trip to Greece. Located in Virginia, Kate is a talented photographer. If you're looking for a photographer in that area, here are the links to her facebook, flickr, and etsy store.

Kathryn Eowyn Photography





Headphone Recommendation Guide

Written By Danny Nicolas

This isn't the definitive guide to buying headphones, but it's as close as we can get. The buying guide is split into price ranges, and then between IEMs, Open headphones, and Closed headphones. Each product has links to in depth reviews. I recently used this guide in deciding which headphones to purchase. Here's what the [...]

Headphone Recommendation Guide





Superbros: Sword & Sworcery EP

Written By Danny Nicolas

Sword & Sworcery EP has been translated to Japanese and is now available. Our research team at Superbrothers, alongside videogame wizards at CAPY & maestro Jim Guthrie, and in collaboration with our trusted partners at Tokyo-based 8-4, Ltd., are proud to announce that our latest psychosocial audiovisual experiment, a meandering mythopoetic adventure known as SUPERBROTHERS: [...]

Superbros: Sword & Sworcery EP










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