Category: Film
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Hitchcock cameo appearances in his movies
Alfred Hitchcock always made sure that he was appearing once in each of his movies. Probably first because it reduced slightly costs, then for the sheer fun of it.
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Cute baby pandas
Try and work in these conditions! And I thought that People’s Republic of China had unions to protect workers…
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Pinnipeds
Aren’t they cute these pinnipeds?
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Fast forward to 29,029 ft (Mount Everest)
Mount Everest is high. No. It’s the highest point on Earth and it is 29,029-feet high. Do you see what it really means? This is too high to easily recognize. So, Richard Johnson, Bonnie Berkowitz, and Lazaro Gamio provided a web page with a long graphical representation of this height. You can visit at Scaling…
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Happy Birthday HAL-9000!
It’s on January 12th, 1992 that, according to Arthur C. Clarke, was born HAL-9000, the computer from “2001, A space Odyssey” (the book from Arthur C. Clarke and the movie from Stanley Kubrick). Actually, the first time it was powered on. So, it is exactly 23-year old today. Happy birthday HAL-9000! HAL-9000 is an Artificial…
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Panda discovers Toronto’s snow