Real Racing 3 has finnaly arrived on the new Apple TV. The native tvOS app comes with all the best features Real Racing is known from, including split-screen Party Play mode, diverse control options and cross-device Cloud Saves. Are you ready for the biggest NASCAR race of the year? Real Racing 3 brings the action, thrills and […]
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These Star Wars GIFs Show That Kylo Ren and Han Solo Are Just Like Us
All sorts of theories surrounded Kylo Ren early on, with our own Remy Carreiro having his own say in the matter. Now we (at least who’ve seen the movie or the spoilers) know who he is, and either you love him or hate him. However you may feel, this is a must-read: “Why Kylo Ren […]
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These Star Wars GIFs Show That Kylo Ren and Han Solo Are Just Like Us
Create With a Sense of Urgency If You Really Want to Build Your Career
Most of the best artists and productive people you know have one thing in common: For them, “I’ll get to it later,” wasn’t acceptable. If you want to create, do it with a sense of urgency.
As business blog Entrepreneur points out, a sense of urgency does wonders for the creative process. Any working artist can tell you how much more motivated they get when there’s a deadline. However, it’s how you act when there isn’t a deadline that can mean the difference between success and lost projects:
Creators don’t wait to be asked to create something. They create because there’s nothing else to do but create. Creators don’t care if what they create doesn’t turn out beautifully. The true pleasure is in the process — even the frustrating aspects. Creators can’t keep it in. Their need to create literally spills out of them. Creation is URGENT.
If you’re waiting to start a project, stop waiting and do it. Tomorrow is too late. Even if you have no deadline, even if no one cares whether you do it or not, hell even if you don’t think you’re ready to start, don’t wait. Figure out what the first step you can reasonably take is today and start doing it. Then don’t stop until it’s done.
Urgency Is What Fuels Prolific Artists | Entrepreneur
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Cleverly composed photograph could get an Australian real estate agent $22K in fines
Real estate photography might seem straightforward, but the reality is it’s just as challenging as any other genre. After all, it’s about what you should keep in the image and what you should take out. How far is too far though? That’s what a few would-be home buyers are asking in regards to the photo […]
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Cleverly composed photograph could get an Australian real estate agent $22K in fines
One-year timelapse video of the sun shows its dancing corona
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory was only designed to fly for five years, but it has celebrated six years of 24/7 solar observation on February 11th. The ultraHD video below the fold is a timelapse that stitches together images the spacecraft captured during that sixth year, from January 1st, 2015 to January 28th, 2016. Since each frame represents two hours and the photos were taken in extreme ultraviolet range, you can clearly see the sun’s corona dancing and undulating throughout the video.
Extreme ultraviolet is commonly used in solar imaging. Photos taken in that wavelength shows parts of the corona — the aura of plasma that surrounds the sun — burning at around 1,079,540 degrees F. As Paris Hilton used to say: that’s hot. Besides the undulating plasma, you might also notice that the sun gets bigger and smaller ever so slightly in the video. That’s because SDO takes images from various distances as it orbits the Earth.
NASA sent out SDO to monitor the sun in order to better understand its electromagnetic system and solar phenomena like flares and coronal mass ejections. CMEs, in particular, can cause geomagnetic storms that can disable satellites and even power grids.
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One-year timelapse video of the sun shows its dancing corona
Glorious Ultra Clear Video Shows One Entire Year of the Sun
This is what the sun looks like over the course of a year. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the Sun and all of its fiery grace from January 1, 2015 to January 28, 2016. That beautiful burning orb looks unbelievable in this amount of detail.
SDO’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 kelvins (about 1,079,540 degrees F). In this wavelength it is easy to see the sun’s 25-day rotation.
During the course of the video, the sun subtly increases and decreases in apparent size. This is because the distance between the SDO spacecraft and the sun varies over time. The image is, however, remarkably consistent and stable despite the fact that SDO orbits Earth at 6,876 mph, and Earth orbits the sun at 67,062 mph.
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Smithsonian Uncovers Apollo 11 ‘Graffiti’ Not Seen in Decades
While building a 3D model of the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, archivists at the Smithsonian uncovered hand-written notes and markings in areas of the spacecraft not seen in more than 40 years. The remarkable etchings offer a new glimpse into what life was life on the way to the Moon.
Recently, every single nook and cranny of Columbia was scoured as curators, collectors, and conservationists from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Digitization Program Office built a detailed, high-resolution 3D model of the spacecraft. This project allowed them to view areas inside the capsule that hadn’t been seen for decades, and they found some pretty interesting things. The archivists observed and recorded hand-written notes, math figures, and a calendar. These items reveal the degree of improvisation that took place during the historic first mission to the Moon.
These notes (above), written by Michael Collins, shows how he tried to pinpoint the exact location of the Lunar Module (LM) Eagle on the lunar surface as he orbited the Moon alone in Columbia. At the time, Collins was using coordinates sent to him from Houston, and he referenced them to this map. He wasn’t successful in this task, but given this new information, historians may actually be able to figure out how and why NASA and Collins went wrong. And in fact, this effort is currently underway.
Storage spaces were made available to the astronauts, along with a detailed stowage list of where everything was supposed to go. During the mission, however, it appears the astronauts started improvising a bit on where certain things should go. Locker R5 was supposed to store auxiliary equipment related to the spacecraft’s waste management system. As this photo shows (above), however, the astronauts decided to use it for something else: a place to store their urine bags. According to the Smithsonian, they stored their urine in these lockers early in the flight before the normal waste disposal system went online. They must have written this note on the wall to remind themselves that this locker should probably be left alone for the duration of the mission.
A small hand-drawn calendar was also discovered, located just below one of the lockers. Each day of the mission can be seen, from July 16 to 24, and every day is crossed out except the final one. The capsule splashed down in the early hours of July 24, a date that remains untouched.
In this archive photo above, NASA’s John Hirasaki can bee seen inside the capsule during the quarantine period. If you look carefully behind him, you can see the calendar. Love the duct tape framing.
Really, incredible stuff. Analysis of these items is ongoing, so the Smithsonian may reveal more insights soon.
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OhioHealth’s Dave Blom awarded Columbus Chamber’s top honor
The Columbus Chamber of Commerce gave its top honor, the Columbus Award, this year to OhioHealth Corp. CEO Dave Blom.
"You embody everything this award is meant to be," John McEwan, outgoing chamber chairman, said in presenting the award at Thursday’s annual meeting.
McEwan, managing partner in Columbus for Deloitte LLP, cited Blom’s role in building the $3.3 billion health system to 10 hospitals and one of the region’s largest employers, and as being one of the leaders behind creation of the Columbus…
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Hasbro and Marvel Are Now Making Beautifully Detailed But Affordable Role Play Accessories
If you’re a stickler for details and accuracy, don’t assume that making your own cosplay props and costumes is cheaper than buying a replica. Often it can cost thousands of dollars to get it right, so Hasbro and Marvel are teaming up on a line of detailed role play accessories that will make accurate cosplay slightly more affordable.
The new Marvel Legends role play items won’t hit stores until sometime in the fall later this year. So they’ll arrive too late for Comic-Con, unfortunately, but should be just in time for your next Halloween costume.
For $100 there is a surprising amount of detail, especially on the inside, packed into this full-sized Iron Man helmet featuring a removable face plate—but there are some compromises that help keep it affordable. While the helmet does use three AAA batteries to power light-up features and sound effects, it isn’t animated in any way. So you’ll still need plenty of imagination to pretend you’re Iron Man, but isn’t that what cosplay is all about?
For those who feel they can pull off a Steve Rogers costume better than a Tony Stark, the Marvel Legends Captain America shield will also be available for just $100, and at 24-inches across it’s the exact same size as the shield used in the current crop of Marvel movies.
Its perfect faux-metal finish makes it seem like it could stop anything, but the shield’s not actually made from a vibranium-steel alloy, so you won’t want to try to shield yourself from a bullet or knife attack with it. It does, however, come with adjustable straps so you can wield it just like the Cap’ does. And while it’s just a recreation, it’s probably still not advisable to try throwing it like a giant frisbee.
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Terrorist Machete Attack in Columbus, OH Deli?
“Police said the man walked into the [Nazareth Restaurant and Deli], had a conversation with an employee and then left,” cbsnews.com reports. “He returned about a half hour later. That’s when police said he approached a man and … Read More
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