Day: November 20, 2013

Art

Monty Python will reunite for new live stage performances

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As reported on The Verge. By Carl Franzen The Knights of Ni will ride again: Monty Python, the seminal British sketch comedy group best known for its long-running TV series Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and movies Life of Brian and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is reuniting for a live stage show, according to The Sun. The five surviving members, now all in their 70s — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones — have reportedly signed on…

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Imagery

Turn any Tumblr into an interactive Fractal Fest

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris IBM has created a site that will turn any Tumblr into a series of fractal images. Why? 38 years ago, one of its mathematicians, Benoit Mandelbrot, discovered that nature’s repetitive, complex patterns are based on simple math. Mandlebrot called these hidden patterns “fractals,” and in 1978 he and others began to visualize the formulas behind them. Fractal imagery is typified by elaborate boundaries that are recursive; when magnified,…

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Games

Review: Microsoft Xbox One

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak The final contender in the next-gen console battle has entered the arena. The Xbox One will launch this Friday, 8 years to the day after the 2005 debut of the Xbox 360. As someone who has happily played three Xbox 360s to their red-ringed graves, I couldn’t have been more excited. I spent the past few days living with an Xbox One, watching on as Microsoft shipped its final few last-minute…

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Business Tech

Here Are The Hottest Companies In Tech Right Now, According To Goldman Sachs

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Colleen Taylor I think we’ve established by now that what happens in Vegas actually never stays in Vegas. And, as you can see by the agenda obtained by TechCrunch that’s embedded below this post, the Goldman Sachs Private Internet Company Conference scheduled to take place in Sin City over the next two days is no exception. The Goldman Sachs conference for private web firms is one of the most high-end and hush-hush events…

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Apple Business

The spaceship is cleared for landing, Cupertino approves new Apple HQ

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As reported on Engadget. BY NICOLE LEE A little over two years since Steve Jobs presented his case for it and after theoccasional setback, the Cupertino City Council has finally given Apple full approval to go ahead with its futuristic campus. In exchange, Apple has agreed to fork over more money to the city in the form of a reduced sales tax rebate — going forward, Cupertino will only give back 35 percent sales tax instead of the 50 percent it…

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