Glass Wings Blog

The Glass Wings mailing list and blog is for general idle chit-chat about things we find interesting, especially humor, animation or other subjects relevant to the Glass Wings web site.

Goro Miyazaki to Direct Studio Ghibli TV Series

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:37:38 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/goro-miyazaki-to-direct-studio-ghibli-tv-series/>

"Studio Ghibli and Japan’s Polygon Pictures are joining forces to
produce an animated TV series called Ronia, The Robber’s Daughter, based
on the novel by Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren."

Hands On: Vertiginous Golf

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:36:33 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/06/hands-on-vertiginous-golf/

"If regular mini golf is crazy, then Vertiginous Golf is stark-raving
deranged, running around in a straitjacket and screaming about the eels
in its mind. Floating platforms in the sky make up the most incredibly

One Ad to Rule Them All

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:34:58 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://oneadtorulethemall.tumblr.com/

'Hey there! My name is Valerio Amaro, and i am a student at Miami Ad
School Berlin. I have two passions in life: advertising and The Lord of
the Rings. I wanted to find a way to combine them, so i asked myself

Stunning Japanese Railway Posters

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:40:18 +1100

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

"As soon as we got them to the restorer, we started taking pictures,
which I sent all over the world, including to the Victoria and Albert
Museum <http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/p/posters/>, which has a fantastic
poster collection. Some people knew what they were, to the extent that
they knew Japan's national railway had distributed posters in the '30s,

Not All the Knights of the Round Table Were White

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:24:23 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/not-all-knights-round-table-were-white-180949361/?no-ist>

"Picture the knights of the round table. They’re probably tall and
strong, wearing armor and drinking out of chalices. And they’re probably
all white. And while most of that picture is relatively accurate, the

A Linguist Explains the Rules of Summoning Benedict Cumberbatch

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:22:42 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://the-toast.net/2013/12/02/a-linguist-explains-the-rules-of-summoning-benedict-cumberbatch/>

"Bandicoot Cabbagepatch, Bandersnatch Cumberbund, and even Wimbledon
Tennismatch: there seem to be endless variations on the name of Benedict
Cumberbatch."

FBI Checks Wrong Box, Places Student on No-Fly List

Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:19:20 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/02/no-fly-list-bungle/

"The government contested a former Stanford University student’s
assertion that she was wrongly placed on a no-fly list for seven years
in court despite knowing an FBI official put her on the list by mistake

What happens with digital rights management in the real world?

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:10:22 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/feb/05/digital-rights-management>

"DRM is one of the most salient, and least understood, facts about
technology in the contemporary world"

Animals from 60 different species are best pals at this Arkansas critter refuge (photos)

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:09:15 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://boingboing.net/2014/02/06/animals-from-60-different-spec.html

"Via Bored Panda, photographs from Rocky Ridge Refuge in Arkansas, a
facility that cares for abused and abandoned animals from some 60
domestic and wild species."

Dead End Thrills

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:08:09 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://deadendthrills.com/

Video game screenshots as fine art. Simply gorgeous.

"Dead End Thrills is a website celebrating the passion and talent behind