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Mattebox

thepismire — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:52:20 +0000

Pretty awesome camera app. Considering that a third of my usage of the iPhone is the camera function, I wouldn’t mind the price point.

via Jon Baik

Metropolis II

thepismire — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:29:12 +0000

Via Curbed LA

The Die Hard Index

thepismire — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:02:02 +0000

The map shows where the most die hard baseball fans are.

Via Information Is Beautiful

Star Wars: Uncut

thepismire — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:02:29 +0000

Thank god for the internet. Star Wars: Uncut was an internet project where people claimed 15 second scenes from Star Wars and recreated it to then be edited together with thousands of other clips to create a movie “quilt” of sorts. I just wish I knew about this before so that I could’ve joined in on the fun. On their site it shows that the clips have all been claimed and completed, and I guess now they are just editing. I can’t wait to see the final product. For now, they have released this teaser.

Fancy Fast Food

thepismire — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:02:19 +0000

One thing I still do on occasion is to play with food. Sometimes with the leftovers I’ll try to create a whole new dish, and even make it presentable. Well, I got a kick when I found out about Fancy Fast Food. These guys create legit gourmet-looking dishes from fast food meals. This one in particular was created with McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets, and the rule is that all their ingredients can only come from the fast food meal. Zite! There’s tons more on their site.

via FancyFastFood

The 10 Most Polarizing Films

thepismire — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:15:53 +0000

GREAT article from Unreality Magazine about the top 10 “love it or hate it” films of the last decade. The list is pretty legit, except Moulin Rouge (what’s to hate about it?). I remember having conversations about some of the films on the list with my friends, and now I see that we’re not alone in these debates. Also seeing The Village on the list was nice because it gave me some validation of why I like it so much. Anyway, check it out.

I got the article via SlashFilm, which has recently become one of my favorite blogs to read especially their “Page 2″ posts.

The PS22 Chorus

thepismire — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:59:43 +0000

I can’t believe I’m just finding out about these kids. The PS22 Chorus is a kids choir of 60 kids from a New York City public elementary school. With the help of their awesome teacher, Gregg Breinberg, they are capturing the hearts of millions of people. This just proves that with the right person and motivation, any kid has the potential of achieving something extraordinary. We need more teachers like this.

When I was first watching this, I had no clue who these kids were. Their facial expressions were so deceiving in the beginning because some of them looked like they didn’t want to be there, but once they started singing and just expressing themselves, it was awesome. Just seeing these kids just going ballzout singing songs way before their time, and having a blasty, it is inspiring. Check it.

Via VeronicaBelmont

1984 Is The Best

thepismire — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:13:54 +0000

In an episode of the Totally Rad Show, they talked about an article from Cinematical that proclaims 1984 having the best summer ever in terms of films released. Along with the fact that I was born in that same summer, who can deny this claim? Seriously, best summer ever. Anyway check out the article, thought it was interesting. Here are some of the films that came out that summer.

Sixteen Candles
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Streets of Fire (If you think Diane Lane is pretty now, watch this movie and see her when she was younger, and be amazed)
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
The Karate Kid
Neverending Story
Red Dawn

So basically anything that came out in 1984 is awesome. High five ’84 babies!

NY Times: Lens

thepismire — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:39:58 +0000

The NY Times has a new photojournalism blog called Lens. It has a pretty slick UI. The NY Times has definitely made a name for itself in the tech world. I believe that it is the most progressive newspaper, keeping up with the latest mediums of media. Everything that they put out is visually pleasing. Also they’re not afraid of change, and know that in order to survive and compete with an ever growing paperless society, they have to roll with the punches. Have you seen their Adobe Air application for their newspaper? Honestly, I don’t see a bright future for the newspaper industry, and once that crumbles, the NY Times will already be way ahead in the game. In simpler terms, they know what’s up.

Trilogy Meter

thepismire — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:09:56 +0000

Dan Meth has a great series on pop-cultural charts. What do you think of his ideas on the “Trilogy Meter”? I totally agree with him on Star Wars. I’d say the only things I would change on this chart is to have 3 higher than 1 for Indiana Jones, and for 2 to be higher for Back To The Future. What about you guys?