Archive for April, 2010

Remembering the Future

A new study supporting the "Bayesian brain" theory is now available at New Scientist, essentially it says that the brain makes predictions about the world which it then updates when new information comes in- this helps when dealing with the unexpected!

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The pic above is from a funny little article of images detailing the A to Z of comic book awesomeness. Favorite? "W is for Wolverine Wishing Wonder Woman Wasn’t Wasted." Er… yes… Carry on.

We Believe, Chicago and the Cubs - Documentary

So what it’s not Monday? It feels like a good day for a documentary: it being no longer 90 degrees in Boston, maybe you can stay inside long enough to watch it. Happy Spring and happy baseball (uh… for those of you who care about such things).

We Believe, Chicago and its Cubs from We Believe on Vimeo.

Ah, young lovers. Spring and baseball, joined together in eternal matrimony… til strike do them part.

Quote of the Day

Street View collections represent our experience of the modern world, and in particular, the tension they express between our uncaring, indifferent universe and our search for connectedness and significance.

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Comment Musings through Schindler’s List

Yeah, that’s right.A This is just something random, found when trying to prove how utterly ridiculous most comments are on the internet.A I think we succeeded.

"Schindler's List" is generally regarded to be the best list movie, certainly better than any movie involving buckets. (It's about time someone on the internet took a shot at "The Bucket List," right?) But even though "Schindler's List" is a terribly depressing holocaust film, the trailer for it is still on YouTube. That can only mean one thing: an army of idiots has something to say about it. Here are the 10 most insightful comments about the "Schindler's List" trailer:

10. AZnotCali88
god damn Mexican

Click here for the entire list

Ninja For Hire

The Wall Street Journal investigates the path and rise of the job title, "ninja." Over 800 self-titled ninjas are now public on LinkedIn- but is the ninja always a ninja or can they become a samurai?

The phenomenon started in 2003 and apparently really began to take off last year. Jinichi Kawakami, one of the last living ninjas in Iga, Japan, insists that "ninjas aren’t assassins and a real ninja must have stealth, intelligence, a righteous heart and patience."

Anyways, watch the video my ninjas..

thanks to orangemenace for the link

I’m Tired Too, Kid…

This is amazing…

Avatar’s Deliverable Versions

Protesting against Israel's separation barrier, these Palestinians dressed as the Na'vi from the film Avatar and marched in West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah. via

In total, there were 18 different versions of "Avatar" created for the domestic market, plus an additional 92 for international markets, which were released in 47 languages. The international versions included more than 52 subtitled and 18 dubbed versions on film, 58 subtitled and 36 dubbed versions in digital 3D, nine subtitled and eight dubbed versions in digital 2D, and 23 subtitled and 15 dubbed versions for Imax.

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Defining Digital Down

[Interview with Jamin Winans of Ink on piracy]

ed. note:AMNP does not condone any form of unabridged piracy, but does support rapid movements in making information free. So be careful my ninjas!

In the far away lands and home of counterfeiting and obscene film production numbers like Bollywood (India), Nollywood (Nigeria) and China, piracy has taken over a new meaning.

Instead of hurting the film industry, it is an essential part to properly promoting a film, as crowds seek an air-conditioned reward for their patronageAat "high-tech" theaters. While the cost between legitimate and pirated copies reaches parity, the only markets that are hurt in the process are the export markets, but those do not define a movie’s true success.

Digital down as it seems will be the future of Hollywood- once we realize that information can not be worth anything.

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