Fox's 'Alien' Prequel Dead, 'Prometheus' Rises

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/foxs-alien-prequel-morphs-prometheus-72052

“While Alien was indeed the jumping off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place,” said Scott in a statement. “The keen fan will recognize strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative. I couldn't be more pleased to have found the singular tale I'd been searching for, and finally return to this genre that's so close to my heart.”

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2125

Exploring Urban Exploring

Urban Explorers: Quests for Myth, Mystery and Meaning from Bradley L. Garrett on Vimeo.

This video is a 30-minute introduction to the practice of urban exploration. Constructed as a video article for the journal Geography Compass, the article uses footage from the author's own explorations in California, Las Vegas and London to visually depict a theoretical unpacking of the practice by 5 academic geographers. 

Good Code

http://xkcd.com/844/

Newfangled Microsoft Surface demo at CES 2011

http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/01/newfangled-microsoft-surface-demo-at-ces-2011/

"Wait a sec — “infrared sensor pixels”? Hey….

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BEING CONCISE: What could be more unfashionable than an epigram? The devil is a black glove we wear to hide our own fingerprints. I blame you.

Steve Aylett

Space Controller

Space Controller from Enrique Ramos on Vimeo.

This video was produced for the module "Digital Studio" at the Bartlett's Adaptive Architecture and Computation Msc.
An Android based phone sends OSC data to a Processing sketch, controlling a "manipulator" that interacts with a cloud of agents and modifies its configuration.
The result is finally exported and rendered. 

Undercity

UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo.

After dodging trains, security guards, climbing the Williamsburg Bridge, and making us all extremely nervous, Andrew Wonder and Steve Duncan have compiled a short of their NYC adventures. "Guerrila historian" Duncan does a pretty excellent job summing up each scenario.