A Singularity

I was just having a discussion with some friends the other day about stale and derivative movies. This was well-timed.

Ever wonder what happens when you wring out a wet  wash cloth in space? Neither did I but the answer was still fun to watch!

Stranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect the precious cargo he carries: his infant daughter.

Directed by Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke
Produced by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke, Marcus Newman, Daniel Foeldes

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Once again the awesome people of Extra Credits has made a video that not only applies to video games but to writing in general. This time their topic is Word Choice.

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Other Extra Credits on writing:

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Thousand Pounds Action Company is a group of martial artists and film makers who specialize in videos like the one above. And all their videos look awesome. They’re currently working on a series as well.

Extra Credits is a video series that analyzes video games from a development perspective and, on occasion, the advice and analysis that comes up also touches upon or is great advice for writers as well.

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Prior Extra Credits episodes on writing:

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Guess what? Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search – Part 1 is headed to stores and available for purchase from comic shops right now!

For those of you who haven’t seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, today is your lucky day! Go watch all of it right now! For our non-US readers, the show is call Avatar: The Legend of Aang outside the US. After that you you’ll get to watch the sequel series Avatar: Legend of Korra and read the last graphic novel Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise (Parts 1,2, and 3)! So much to catch up on and it is so worth it, because one of everybody’s major questions from the first series is finally about to be answered, or at least starting to be answered, since The Search will have 3 parts just like The Promise.

The co-creator of the show, Mike DiMartino, has posted an article advertising the release of the comic. In it he shares his fears about releasing this story. It’s been four and a half years since the conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender with this major question hanging over our heads. People have been fantasizing what the answer might be. Will this comic answer it satisfactorily  or will things go the way of Lost? It’s a creator’s dilemma and if you know what question I’m talking about, I recommend reading the article here.

Source: You really want to know what happened to …? by Mike DiMartino [MikeDiMartinoStory.com]

I stumbled upon these videos thanks to CGP Grey who hosts wonderful and interesting videos about society in general. I highly suggest watching them.

The following two videos tackle the question of how trees “drink” water. We all know from grade school that trees drink water through their roots. What you might not know is that, thanks to physics, there is a limit to how far water can be sucked upwards through a tube, thanks to gravity and pressure, which is about 10 meters, or around 32 feet. If you’re curious about the science of this limitation, there is a video here by the same guy. The math is explained at the end.

However that is all just background. Over the following two videos, Veritasium is going to take you through the scientific process of discovering how trees drink water, and how trees over thirty two feet manage to get water all the way to their top most leaves. It is well worth watching:

I know I just posted one like this yesterday but this one can’t wait a week. Enjoy!