For all the feminists out there – and those who want to see significant female presence in movies (beyond boobs and butts), this is a video that runs through the movies that were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and measures them for how well-represented women are in the Hollywood scene. They use the […]
A charity trying to improve life for girls has launched an interactive advertisement designed to give males a brief taste of discrimination. Plan UK has launched the ad in a display on a bus stop in London’s Oxford Street, the British capital’s busiest shopping district. The display, which will be in place for two weeks, […]
By R. S. Guest Blogger Share It’s safe to say that we now live in a geek’s world. One only has to look at the way gadgets and the Internet dominate every aspect of modern existence. Geeks are essential to the normal functioning of billions of lives daily. Without them, civilization as we know it […]
Lights off! Sound up! Full Screen! In partnership with São Paulo, Brazil-based film director Jarbas Agnelli, [GAS] Friend Keith Loutit has just released this amazing tilt-shift movie of the Carnaval party in Rio de Janeiro. Enjoy! Thanks Keith!!!
McDonald’s in every city I go to. Why? It actually tastes different! I’m so intrigued by the little differences in the Big Macs all over the world – different sauce-to-filling ratios, different quality of lettuce, different tangs to the meat. I tell you what – Australia has the best McDonald’s hands down. McDonald’s is one […]
http://vimeo.com/mediadesignskool/thedeadliestgame “Eat me? Ha, he wouldn’t dare. I’m British!” Artist Greg broadmore has brought us an insight with this short film into the world of Dr. Grordbort, a seller of rayguns in an incredibly violent but beautiful science fiction/steampunk world.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling is obviously financially stable, and if she doesn’t want to, she never has to write another book as long as she lives. Of course the fans would be dying for her to continue in the Potterverse, but she has repeatedly made it clear that wasn’t going to happen. But that […]
When a man was called to help out the family to remove some old belongings of his Great Aunt after she passed away, the last thing he expected to find was his Uncle’s comic book collection. Michael Rorrer’s Uncle, Billy Wright, collected comics in the late 30s and early 40s and his 345 neatly collected […]
A baked clay cylinder from two and half millennia ago could very well be one of the most influential objects of the last few millennia. Written in Babylonian cuneiform script, the “Cyrus Cylinder” originally recounts how Cyrus, the king of the Persians, invaded, destroyed, and liberated Babylon. This the region we now call the Middle […]
Share Last month we posted an infographic pitching geeks against nerds and giving the basics on what made each group different. It went viral in a BIG way. Since a lot of you thought that the “geek” featured on the infographic looked a little more like a hipster, we thought you’d appreciate this one comparing […]