Ten years ago we had to kill a stuntman
“Now ten years ago, if we wanted to do that, we had to kill a stuntman. We’d actually… It would be harder, take two would be a bitch. So, the amazing thing was, we were able to do this thing and part of it was the amazing availability of technology: Knowing we could do anything.” – J.J. Abrams
Go watch his talk.
Nice people with common sense
“Isn’t it always true? Heart is what drives us and determines our faith. That is what I need for my characters in my books: A passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders, and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules, and take risks. [...] Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters, they only make good former spouses.” — Isabel Allende
VideoTrace
So many cool things going on in science. Take a look at VideoTrace. Yes, it does what you think it does. Really.