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OVERVIEW

13 Jul 2014 Leave a comment

by paulmcd in Current Affairs, Film, Ramblings Tags: 40th, Anniversary, Astronaut, Blue, Documentary, Earth, Earth taken from space, Film, fortieth anniversary, Marble, OVERVIEW, Photo, photograph, Planet, Space, Video, Vimeo

Another fascinating video documentary over on Vimeo.

This one marks the fortieth anniversary of the famous photo of Earth taken from space. The planet was likened to a ‘blue marble’ and became an iconic photo.

This documentary looks at astronauts experience of seeing the Earth for the first time from space.

Click the pic to go to Vimeo to watch it.

Gravity – Alternative Cut

22 Apr 2014 Leave a comment

by paulmcd in Film, Ramblings Tags: Alfonso, Alternative, Bullock, Christopher, Cuaron, Cut, Edit, Film, Gravity, Movie, Redefine, Reeve, Sandra, Space, Superman, YouTube

Felix Baumgartner

06 Feb 2014 Leave a comment

by paulmcd in Current Affairs, Film, Photography, Ramblings, Science, Travel Tags: Amazing, Astronaut, Atmosphere, Balloon, Baumgartner, Bull, Capsule, Dive, Earth, Fall, Felix, Felix Baumgartner, Jump, Planet, Red, Sky, Space, Stratosphere, Stunt

Check out this new footage of Felix Baumgartner’s amazing skydive from the upper reaches of our planet’s stratosphere. What an extraordinary feat and what a strong stomach Felix must have!

Google Zeitgeist 2013

27 Dec 2013 Leave a comment

by paulmcd in Animation, Arts & Crafts, Books, Current Affairs, Film, Music, Photography, Ramblings, Science, Tech, Travel, TV Tags: 2013, Achievements, Andy, Asteroid, Baby, Beginnings, Born, Computer, Courage, Culture, David Beckham, Djokovic, Doodle, Duchess, Equality, Exploration, Film, Francis, Frontiers, Gay, George, Google, Grand, Icon, Iconic, Internet, Kate, Katherine, King, Lou, Mandela, Margaret, Marriage, Meteorite, Most, Murray, Nelson, New, politics, Pop, Pope, Popular, Prince, Reed, remarkable moments, Respect, Review, Rights, Search, Searches, Silence, Slam, Space, Sport, Tennis, Thatcher, Tournament, TV, William, Wimbledon, Win, winner, World, Year, Yearly, Zeitgeist

Google sums up the year 2013 in a minute and a half. Bit short but there are some truly remarkable moments in this short clip. Be inspired!

10 words your graphic designer wishes you knew

09 Nov 2013 Leave a comment

by paulmcd in Arts & Crafts, Photography, Ramblings Tags: alignment, Arts, CMYK, color, colour, copyfitting, Design, Designer, file, Font, graphic, graphic designer, Hero, Image, Media, Negative, Photoshop, proof, raster, Rebecca, Rebecca Swift, resolution, RGB, Serif, sheet, Space, Swift, swipe, tear, vector, words

10 words your graphic designer...

My sister is a graphic designer, so this ones for her!

Credit: Rebecca Swift

Space Oddity

24 Jun 2013 1 Comment

by paulmcd in Film, Music, Ramblings, Science, Tech Tags: Astronaut, Chris, Floating, Guitar, Hadfield, International, Music, NASA, Oddity, Space, Station

Doomsday

17 Jan 2013 Leave a comment

by paulmcd in Ramblings, Tech Tags: Armageddom, Comet, Doom, Doomsday, Earth, End, Hit, Meteor, Meteorite, NASA, nature, Observatory, Science, Shower, Sky, Space, World

Watching The Skies

So the end of the world came and went without anything happening back on the 21st December 2012. But when is the next forecast of doom scheduled for? Such a positive posting this is, but quite an interesting read nonetheless.

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