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In case you were looking for a good science news related podcast, you should check out the great «This Week in Science», a weekly hour-long show discussing the latest research.
The Google Art Project recently received a major expansion and now features over 32,000 artworks from 46 museums, some in thrilling resolutions that allow you to zoom in to the individual brush stroke.
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I’ve been reading so many great books lately, so I thought I’d share and made a recommended reading list.
Speaking of books, openculture.com features a great collection of free ebooks, audiobooks, movies and online courses from all over the web. I’m definitely going to check out one of those philosophy courses from Oxford University.
London by Phone
Last week I spent a few days in London visiting friends. Here are some handpicked iphoneographs.
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The working pixels of this website have decided to go on strike.
Today January 18th, 2012 we’re all blacked out and protesting against SOPA/PIPA.
(even if it’s happening on another continent entirely, it still concerns us. here’s to internet freedom!)
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Dear Readers,
I just changed the main url of this site to mariannemmichel.com. It can still be reached through all previous URL’s. You will however have to re-subscribe to the RSS feed, since its location has changed.
Thanks for stopping by :) m.
Wedding Impressions
A few months ago my dear friends Chery and Daniel exchanged rings and celebrated their past and future. Having known them for more than half [...]
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My inner geek is currently hyperventilating over the concept and implications of Quantum Levitation.
I can’t believe I haven’t come across this remarkable journey through some of Monet’s paintings earlier. The beautiful Flash site reminds me a little of the Nintendo DS adventure games I used to play, inviting the user to interact via microphone and gestures. Via Gurney Journey.
Saving .pdfs in Preview with Quartz filters
Ever saved a .pdf in Mac OS X Preview and got huge file sizes? This is a short post on how to customize file saving [...]
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There’s a great interview with Sam Nielson over at schoolism.com where he does a demo on advanced lighting techniques. Very interesting – and love the frog ;)
À propos lighting – James Gurney’s Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter is definitely a must read.
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whimsical ['wɪmzɪkəl] adj
1. spontaneously fanciful or playful
2. given to whims, capricious
3. quaint, unusual, or fantastic
pixel ['pɪksəl] n
The most basic unit of an image displayed on a screen, typically divided into three subpixels, one red, one blue, one green
Hey! I'm M.
I'm currently studying Biology in Zürich, working as a Developer/Designer and I allegedly Mastered Science in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. I hope to someday combine all of the above.
This site is my home on the web, a place to collect ideas, pictures, sketches and whatnot. I'm usually a little busy, so there won't always be frequent updates. Nevertheless, please feel free to browse and leave me a message if you like :)
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Made some updates to the website today, to make it prettier and even more responsive ( ! ) and got rid of the comment functionality.
I’m delighted about every single comment and you can still respond to articles and such or tweet me a message, by pressing the Comment via twitter button at the end of each journal or illustration entry. See you on twitter!
♥ Nov 27th 2011 N