Tears of Steel is a short science-fiction film from the Blender Foundation, released in 2012. It mixes live-action footage, shot in Amsterdam, with computer-generated robots and effects, and it was made to push the free 3D software Blender into visual-effects…
Read MoreMost people alive today have never seen the Milky Way from where they live. City light washes it out, along with all but the brightest stars. To see it you have to go somewhere dark, and wait.The waiting matters. Your…
Read MoreLong before weather apps, people read the sky. It is still worth learning, and the basics fit on a postcard.High, thin wisps called cirrus are made of ice crystals. On their own they mean fair weather, but when they thicken…
Read MoreA 75% keyboard keeps the function row and the arrow keys but drops the number pad and squeezes everything else together. I used one as my only keyboard for a month to find out whether the space it saves is…
Read MoreEveryone agrees backups matter, and most people do not have one that works. The reason is usually not knowledge but effort: a backup that depends on remembering to do it will be forgotten.The classic rule is three, two, one: three…
Read MoreThis is the soup I make when the fridge is nearly empty and nobody wants to go shopping. It needs…
