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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the last week:

Wear These Scary Backward High Heels If You Dare [Video]

fashionablygeek.com: Okay, clearly I am not artsy enough to get these shoes because they don’t look like anything other than a new and awkward from of torture.


Disney Research develops 3D printed optics

gizmag.com: Researchers at Disney Research Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are experimenting with 3D printed optics using clear resin. Printed optics can create a variety of effects within 3D-printed objects, from focusing light within printed prisms to channeling light through honeycomb-like "light pipes," which give the effect of individually lit pixels.
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Steampunk: Victoriana Remixed

Studio 360: Steampunk — a term that once referred to a few science-fiction authors — has become one of today’s most influential design styles. From a handful of hobbyists encasing their iPads in Victorian brass fittings or inventing mock Old West ray guns, steampunk has become a Simpsons punchline (“I just hope we put in enough steampunk,” worries Homer, “whatever that is”).
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How Actors Unknowingly Hurt Their Careers

backstage.com: I met Lucifer in a bar the other night, and he confessed that he likes to put bad ideas in the heads of smart actors. Curious, I asked why he did this. The author of all sin smiled. “Creative people annoy me. Just look at the so-called great works of art that claim to capture my image. You would be upset too.” Lucifer had a point. The man in front of me wasn’t a horned monster with a red tail. He actually looked a little like Jeremy Irons. We ordered another round. My new friend went on to explain that actors are especially open to suggestion because they’re such desperate beings. “Convincing them to get in their own way requires little more than a whisper in their ears.” I was stunned. Actors are always cutting their own throats for no apparent reason. Could the devil himself be the root of all that self-destructive behavior?>
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Smile, Broadway! You're on Instagram

huffingtonpost.com: Facebook is so over. At least, that's what a college-age coworker told me this summer while discussing arts marketing. The mega social network may be waning with a younger demographic, but a recent Facebook acquisition is growing exponentially. More than 80 million people are sharing photos on their iPhones and Android devices with Instagram.
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