quote [ German astronomer Johannes Hevelius is often regarded as one of the last great astronomers to carry out major observational work without a telescope. With the aid of only a quadrant and an alidade, Hevelius compiled a catalog of more than fifteen hundred stars with unprecedented accuracy. ]

quote [ You can’t buy them unless you live in Dubai. Apparently inspired by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who wanted more efficient and longer-lasting bulbs. ]

quote [ ZZT found success from its inclusion of a built-in editor available even to those who only had the shareware version of ZZT. This editor allows players to create their own ZZT worlds utilizing numerous built in elements for items, creatures, terrain, and a scripting language that allows "object" elements to be programmed. The scripting language known as ZZT-OOP is notable for being incredibly simple to use, allowing people without programming backgrounds to create games. ]

quote [ Marbles is a serious game in Overton County, Tennessee. ]

quote [ Hello! Today I challenge myself to run across the entire Skyrim map from bottom to top.. entirely in VR with an Omnidirectional Treadmill. Total distance is very approximately calculated to 13 miles, give or take a few, all in one go. This was one of the harder VR challenges I have done, especially because of the nature of a Katwalk C. The real question is, what breaks first? Me or the Omnidirectional treadmill? ]

quote [ I was reading a book at a coffee shop once, years ago – maybe an old edition of John Krasner’s Motion Graphic Design and Fine Art Animation? – that compared attempting hand-rotoscoping a feature film to serving a prison sentence. Having now served seven years at just that (ten if you count the short films), doing hard time shackled to a Wacom tablet, I think that is a pretty fair assessment of the kind of man-hours involved ]

quote [ The statesman was embarrassed by the mishap—no doubt a murder most fowl ]

quote [ A Houston socialite was accused of plotting her husband's murder—and of having an affair with her nephew. But Candace Mossler was only getting started. ]

quote [ The BBC’s Joe Tidy goes to Russia in search of men on the FBI’s cyber most wanted list. ]

quote [ NordicTrack customers were watching Netflix—until the company blocked their access. ]