Pixar has produced fake vintage TV commercials for Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, one of the new characters in the upcoming Toy Story 3.
The Japanese version is here.
Let’s Explore Ohio
The Standard Oil Company of Ohio published an activity book highlighting the “Odd and Unusual” of Ohio. I’d like to know what year it was produced. I’m old enough to remember the old Sohio stations, but just barely.
I love the pencil drawings. And I love seeing the Blue Hole mentioned.
George Washington owes library $4,577 and two books
On October 5, 1789, George Washington borrowed two volumes from the New York library and never returned them.
The library first learned of the missing books when it discovered a yellowed ledger in its basement.
It listed all the people who had checked out books from the city’s oldest library between July 1789 and April 1792.
Next to the works “Law of Nations” and the 12th volume of “Common Debates” was the name of the person who checked them out: “President.”
On the extinction of paper children’s books
While I would agree that Alice for the iPad looks great, it’s hard to imagine paper books of any kind going the way of the dodo. Jason Kottke doesn’t think so either, and especially not those of the children’s variety.
However, I’d like to assure the childless Rose that if paper books ever go extinct (they won’t), paper children’s books will be the last to go, particularly among the pre-K crowd. E-books are “broken” in several ways that are important to kids, not the least of which is that paper books are super useful as floors in really tall block buildings.
Star Wars Uncut
The editors at the Star Wars Uncut project have divided the first Star Wars movie into 15 second clips, which fans have recreated in a dizzying variety of styles and quality. Stitched together, the final product is a remake of the entire film, made from 473 independently produced pieces.
What follows is a 5 minute preview. The full film will be premiered at the CPH PIX film festival in Denmark.
Time-lapse Music Video
Really beautiful. I love the part where the people suddenly spill into the street and onto the opposite side, before the cars surge through the intersection.
Overpriced HDMI Cables
Tempted to buy the $100 Monster cables to get the best picture from your HD TV? Maybe you should think again:
To understand why you shouldn’t pay extra, you need to understand the difference between analog and digital. With analog cables, the signal degrades, with digital cables such as HDMI, it either works or it doesn’t.