For anyone new to or unfamiliar with the TRON story, this trailer lays it all out there for you. For nerdcore fans, it gives plenty more to chew on without shedding too much light on things. (See what I did there? Yup, italics.)
That said, I don’t want to see another frame until it’s on a big-ass IMAX. One more month …
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GEEK ÖUT ON THE GRID: See the rest »
Sure, you could upload any ol’ photo into this new Tron Facebook App, but what’s the fun in that? Here’s what you do:
So far, grid glitches are keeping mine from working. Fortunately, I already have a Tron Beard: See the rest »
I remember playing Oregon Trail on Apple IIs in elementary school. Loved it. Right up there with Lemonade Stand in terms of 8-bit edu-tainment.
Just in time for Halloween the game is back from the dead, with an apocalyptic twist: Organ Trail. All thanks to a band of developers known as The Men Who Wear Many Hats. How long can you survive?
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New clip just released featuring Quorra (Olivia Wilde) at the helm of a double-seater light car. Suh-weet.
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Here’s the official music video off Daft Punk‘s original Tron Legacy Soundtrack.
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Sure, it’s no TRON x Michael Jackson remix, but this re-edit/remix by NTEIBINT does a nice job of giving us one more reason to watch this same, awesome footage. December’s oh-so-close.
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Huge props to Sears and their agency (Digitas?) for having some fun with their website—and their brand.
Explore http://sears.com/zombies
And check out the “Zombian” mode, too. (Thanks, Mike!)
Like an Augmented Reality Moustache, only you don’t have to hold up a pesky AR code. CamStache magically grows a moustache on your upper lip and tracks your face as you stare in wonder. Snap a pic and share your glory with friends on Facebook and Twitter. An iPhone app version will be out soon.
Why’d we do this? All to get people in the mood for Petaluma Whiskerino & Crafterino this Saturday, October 9th. Are you growing to be there? See the rest »
Goofy profile. Gorgeous pics.
New York DP and Photographer Timur Civan, with help from his “Russian lens technician”, took a circa 1908 (possibly earlier) Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat hand-cranked cinema camera lens and grafted it onto a Canon 5D Mark II.
(*For the less geeky, the 5D’s a seriously kick-ass digital cam that shoots still and video and full HD*)
AXA is Belgium’s “first insurance company to launch an iPhone app”. Hey, it’s a claim to fame.
What’s really cool is how they made a traditional ‘ole print ad interactive—without a clunky QR code or app. ‘Cuz who really is going to go download an app just to view an ad? How they did it is deceptively simple. But it works. Very cool. (Thanks, Josianne)
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The Tron Soundtrack site just got updated with more detailed info on the soundtrack release and pre-order package.
Here’s a couple Easter Eggs to look for: See the rest »
Kim Pimmel created this stunning audio-visual trip, Light Drive, on an old turntable with light painting techniques, stop-motion, and mashed-up audio from Tron Legacy trailers. (via Matt Moore)
Way sexier than Tron Kama Sutra.
Here’s how Kim, UX designer at Adobe (go figure) did it: See the rest »
Lotta Tron news this week. Not only did they release the Japanese poster for Tron: Legacy, they announced that 30 minutes of the movie will be shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 23rd (via). Start packin’.
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Here’s a look at the necessarily umlauted (örökség means heritage) international poster featuring Beau Garrett.
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English 50 Cent degangstafies 50 Cent’s tweets into the Queen’s English. Pretty funny shiz. (Thanks, Dylan!)
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BONUS: 50 PENCE “IN DA PUB” See the rest »
This’ll be Survival Research Labs‘ first show since moving from their 25 yr home of San Francisco to Petaluma.
Mark Pauline and crew will be showing off two robots—Running Machine and Big Arm—along with “special props”. Do not miss what is already going to be a craz-fun time for peeps, geeks, and families alike.
More info at SRL and The Rivertown Revival.
SATURDAY, JULY 24 ~ 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Steamer Landing Park, Petaluma
Look for Blue Ribbon Salvage, Lagunitas Brewing Company, and even peeps from The Handcar Regatta.
The fest goes on all afternoon, with events on water and several stages on land. Check the full schedule.
So that’s what pissed them off. (Thanks, Scott R.!)
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Located deep in the heart of the Apple campus is the $100 million Infinite Loop Lab. Engadget scored a look inside the former “black lab” and revealed what seems like a pretty-damn thorough testing facility.
KID A-pple
Although the chilly, dark ‘n glitchy goodness of Kid A‘s “Everything in Its Right Place” makes an ironic-enough soundtrack, this Radiohead rarity is even more fitting …
NOBODY TESTS IT BETTER
Radiohead “Nobody Does It Better” (Carly Simon)
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Those blue spikes are made of sound- and signal-dampening foam. The room above tests signal strength at any angle by strapping the device to a rotating arm. When Engadget arrived there was an iPad being tested. They asked why and Apple responded “…[we’ve been testing the iPad] for years.” Interesting.
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Testing the iPhone pain threshold in the MacHAL 9000 Iron Maiden. Or something to do with WiFi networks.