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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts from the past week:

Brooklyn artist to give birth a part of performance piece

NYPOST.com: This may be one of the most amazing debuts the art world has ever seen. A pregnant Brooklyn performance artist is planing to have her baby in an art gallery in front of an audience as part of a piece examining childbirth. Called “The Birth of Baby X,” the performance will feature artist Marni Kotak turning Bushwick’s Microscope Gallery into her “birthing room” where she will spend each day until the baby comes.
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Six Major Mistakes When Doing Powerpoint Presentations

Stepcase Lifehack: One of the editors here at Lifehack, Chris Smith, frequently writes about technology. As I was reading some of his recent articles, I was influenced to write a tech article of my own, so here it is.So, you are sitting in a company meeting and the presenter puts up the first slide. You are probably thinking to yourself,“Oh no, not another Powerpoint presentation – BORING!”
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Behind the Scenes: Larger-Than-Life Halloween Pumpkins at Disneyland Park


Disney Parks Blog: As you enter Disneyland park during Halloween Time, you’re greeted by oversized Halloween pumpkins in the shape of some of your favorite Disney characters. Since it’s not easy to find a Pluto-shaped pumpkin growing in the patch, it’s up to the Disneyland Resort Creative Development team to work a little magic.
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3DPF: Japanese Company Creates Super-Realistic 3D Face Replicas

TechCrunch: If you’ve ever dreamed of getting a super-realistic replica of your face for whatever reason, here’s your chance: a Japanese company called REAL-f [JP] is creating so-called 3DPFs (“3 Dimension Photo Forms”), copies of human faces “in 3D”.
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If You Want an Affordable Table Saw You Better Buy It Soon

ToolBoxBuzz: Apparently our Government has decided that table saws are too dangerous and therefore must be built with more safety features than a modern day car or passenger jet. Poor decisions by drivers of automobiles must be acceptable yet poor decisions by untrained people using table saws is not acceptable. Folks I fear our Government is about to put so many restrictions on table saw safety that many hobbyist will no longer be able to afford a table saw.
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