The Milky Way’s black hole may spring to life in 2013
Astronomers have spotted a cloud of gas with three times the mass of the Earth on a near-collision course with the Milky Way’s central black hole. [full article]

Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane Oscar up for auction
The Oscar Orson Welles won for Citizen Kane 70 years ago will go up for auction online this month, a Los Angeles auction house announced Monday. [full article]

We all lose when ‘healers’ take everything from the sick
There is a legitimate role for a variety of complementary therapies such as yoga, meditation, mindfulness, a balanced diet and moderate exercise. The problem arises when the generic multivitamin tablet from the chemist morphs into weekly intravenous injections costing $1000 a shot. Or when the notion of cleansing the body of toxins is exploited with sham diets and enemas that land patients in the very hospitals they are determined to avoid. [full article]

Lego Houses by Mike Doyle

Peter Andrew’s Freeway Interchange series

A nuclear explosion, less than 1 millisecond after detonation

Covered by Trent Reznor and Karen O for David Fincher’s upcoming adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I fell in love with this version when first heard it on the teaser trailer and sweet kakow jebus its good.

The soundtrack is also available to purchase online, but I’ve made the mistake of over-listening to soundtracks before watching the actual film too often to know it usually distracts the viewing experience for me. That cinema release can’t come sooner I say.

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And it’s something that graciously put a smile on my face.

Been somewhat busy again, but no matter. Carrying on a recent trend of posting videos, here are a few more I’ve picked up my website absence…

First off is a reading of ’twas the night before Christmas’ in several impersonated voices.  Not all are spot on, but the range and ease of transitions are pretty damn impressive in this…

Second for some real good fun is this little animated pokemon short which everyone has probably seen by now but I just love.

And then we have a demonstration by the brilliant folks at MIT of a camera that can capture video of photons traveling at the speed of light.  Awesome concept?  Awesome concept.

Here’s a quick slice of some Battlefield 3 gameplay that is just top shelf with perfect choice of music…

And finally, this stop-frame animated short film is just brilliant and effective in its simplicity.

Actually, make that one second to last.  Thinking about it, I probably should have separated these out more, but meh…  This one can thematically round out this post where we started with something Christmas and we’ll end with something else Christmas-ish… (if it doesn’t inadvertently ends everything else in the world)…

You’re welcome.

An interview/conversation between Neil Gaiman and Shaun Tan.

A website on drone journalism.

And finally, my man James Ellroy laying it down:

Simple. Love it.

Professor Brian Cox hosts a lecture and guests include Jonathan Ross, Jim Al-Khalili, Charlie Brooker and Simon Pegg to name a few? Definitely relevant to my interests.

A little more technology based this time around…

Installation: fbFaces

Elena Belmann

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