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Two Videos and a Winner

Mar 27. 2011

Or, this is what happens when I'm too tired to properly blog. The first video, via Gizmodo, reveals how NASA Photoshops Hubble's images. According to HubbleSite: Hubble images are made, not born. Images must be woven together from the incoming data from the cameras, cleaned up and given colors that bring out features that eyes would otherwise miss. In this video from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope, a Hubble-imaged galaxy comes together on the screen at super-fast speed. The actual processing that is documented in the video took over 10 hours. And as I have always suspected, the color is added and assigned by scientists as they see fit. The second video is more lighthearted and humorous....

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Movie Title Math Quiz

Mar 20. 2011

I may be a geek, but a math geek I am not. I'm actually pretty horrible at math — bad enough that J doesn't trust me to teach our kids any math beyond basic arithmetic.  :oops: I am, however, a big movie buff so I thought that I may be able to decipher at least some of the clues in this movie title math quiz. The result? A big FAIL. I could not get even one answer. Hopefully my readers are better mathematicians. How many can you get? Via Geeks are Sexy....

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The Evolution of Disney Princesses

Mar 20. 2011

I have a friend who swears that if she has a daughter, she will limit the girl's exposure to fairy tales starring princesses and damsels in distress. She firmly believes that stories such as Snow White and Sleeping Beauty teach little girls to be submissive and weak, not be self-reliant and always be in wait for a prince charming. I couldn't help but be reminded of this friend when I saw this chart showing the evolution of Disney princesses over the years: (via Miss Cellania) There's no question that Disney's heroines have changed with the times. And while I believe classics such as Snow White will always remain classics, I can't help but wonder how a story like that would be received if...

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If You Watch It Backwards [Tumblr Blog of the Day]

Mar 17. 2011

If You Watch it Backwards is a submission-fueled Tumblr blog which tells you exactly what would happen if a movie or TV show’s plot or premise were reversed. Some of my favorites from the first few pages include: If you watch Pinnocchio backwards, it’s about a fairy that turns a boy into a puppet, who is then sucked into a whale, regurgitated, forced to be in a puppet show, and is eventually carved into a block of wood. If you watch Toy Story 3 backwards, it’s a tragedy about a gang of toys who go through hell just so they can wind up in a home where they are neglected. If you watch Pokemon backwards, it’s about rehabilitating victims of legalised animal fighting and releasing...

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