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Short Film Find Polis – Interview with Steven Ilous

What's the next big thing you would need to hear or have happen to move you guys towards a feature length expansion of Polis? -- Well, we won the competition so that is very exciting news. We are just starting the journey of making POLIS. We cant say too much but we're excited by all the support and producers involved.

Heather Dewey-Hagborg Conversation

This is speaking generally. From my perspective on my work specifically, I think the public *should* know what scientists are working on behind closed doors (phenotyping) and I think we all need to know if DNA is not the gold standard we trust it to be. So yeah, knowledge over fear.

One of the greatest Surf Swells of all time

These waves? What are they 30 feet? 40? The vertical is crazy. Notice that these guys aren't wearing ankle straps as they are riding? Your board would kill you if you did. Most come with releases now adays, but even so... no way. No thanks. It would drag you down into the coral for sure.

Drone Roman Candle Attack

Oh thank you. Might I please have another? I knew this was eventually bound to happen. This past Christmas pretty much everyone I knew got a drone of some kind or another. Little ones that are smaller than the palm of your hand. And big ones larger than German Shepherd. Drones of all kinds. And its rare that I don't hear one zipping around the neighborhood on the weekend. They are everywhere.

Oscar Short Film 2015 Nominees

Over the last month or so I have been making a concentrated effort of delving into the short film world. I've had the pleasure of talking with a couple of fantastic directors and have discovered there is a ton to this world of shorts I knew nothing about.

How to Pronounce British Town Names

Adore this video. All of it. I think I've mentioned here before how completely lost I was when I first moved to England. Completely bereft of all manner of clue when it came to pronunciations of places and town names. And it all coalesced into a right car crash one day when I saw that the school was going to have a weekEND (as the Brits pronounce it) in Edinburgh.

Amazing Supercell Animations and Interview With Mike Hollingshead

I've never chased a hurricane but don't feel a massive desire to. I guess what I really want is a super close, ultrawide angle shot of a tornado. Like crazy close. Like this one. That could have been it. National Geographic used one of those on their cover in 2012. It was probably a half mile away though.

Chuck Norris of Unicyclists

This guy is full tilt. Like, WHAT?! A few of these moves I can accidentally do on a good day. But what? Like, take for example, his family jewels? Little known fact, it isn't the most comfortable of forms of transportation to engage in.

Starling Murmuration Epiphanies

I think the first time I learned that a flock of starlings wheeling in the sky was called a murmuration when learning about Upstream Color. There is something about about these flowing and undulating body of flowing birds that just induces awe.

The Shining Hedgerow Maze Competition at the Stanley

I've been saying for years, and years, that the scariest, and one of the best books of all time is definitely The Shining. And the movie, with Jack Nicholson is a serious cult classic. Just a phenomenal movie. Definitely two amazing heavyweights in the world of books and movies. Redrum, Redrum.