Avril Field-Taylor: Perils of travel in Tudor England
Research. Important, like butter in a baked potato. Too much and it makes you sick, too little and you can't swallow the potato. I am currently firming up the research for the third Luke Ballard n...
http://silversongbird-seasidescribblings.blogspot.com/2012/02/perils-of-travel-in-tudor-england.html
Avril Field-Taylor: Perils of travel in Tudor England
Research. Important, like butter in a baked potato. Too much and it makes you sick, too little and you can't swallow the potato. I am currently firming up the research for the third Luke Ballard n...
http://silversongbird-seasidescribblings.blogspot.com/2012/02/perils-of-travel-in-tudor-england.html
Went for a lovely walk this morning in the cold, and slipped on the ice on the way home. Cracked my knee so hard I felt something pop when I hit the ground. I doubt it's broken (I'm laughing about it and walking on it, anyway), but Great Mother does it hurt!
Baratunde Thurston Explains 'How To Be Black' : NPR
From the comedian and digital director of The Onion, a satirical self-help book for anyone who has a black friend, wants to be the next black president or speak for the black community.
http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146198412/baratunde-thurston-explains-how-to-be-black
Quadrotor vs. Tesla Coil
What happens when you fly a quadrotor into a Tesla coil?
Quadrotor: http://www.etotheipiplusone.net/?cat=87
Tesla Coil: http://xellers.wordpress.com/tesla-coils/
NASA | Temperature Data: 1880-2011 http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-temps.html
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880.The finding sustains a trend that has seen the 21st century experience nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York released an analysis of how temperatures around the globe in 2011 compared to the average global temperature from the mid-20th century. The comparison shows ...more...
The President may be a fan of Betty White’s work, but he’s not buying her claim to be 90 without some proof.
POLITICO.com: VIDEOS
President Obama wishes Betty White a happy birthday
http://videoshare.politico.com/singletitlevideo.php?bcpid=19407224001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAETmrZQ~,EVFEM4AKJdQtJLv7zbMPiBGChHKnGYSG&bctid=1397616669001
Here's my painting process in Photoshop for http://fav.me/d4me03y, sped up 40x. You can see how bad the original sketches were and how much I had to redraw everything, from the characters to the perspective. Everything sort of came through the second time I drew the perspective lines and painted a gradient of colors to use as a palette, a part that I regretfully forgot to record my screen for (would have gone at 1:43 if I had it though). ...more...
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