Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Link Round-Up: March 10, 2015

Warjack Tinkering by Ben Lo

"Warjack Tinkering" by Canada-based Ben Lo


After repeated attempts to post the video here have failed, I'm just going to point the way to this absolutely hilarious George R.R. Martin / Taylor Swift Mash-up of Blank Page over at The Nerdist.  You can also download it on iTunes.  "Dragons, dwarves, castles, kings — I could pen you incredible scenes."

A History Of Gundam, The Anime That Defined The Giant Robot Revolution

It turns out that robots, like fairy tale witches, prefer to fatten their victims before the slaughter: The robot cookbook: can a supercomputer write recipes? Watson, IBM’s supercomputer, has (with help from the Institute of Culinary Education) written what IBM's Florian Pinel calls "the first specimen of a new generation of smarter cookbooks". Do the unusual ingredient combinations work, or is plum pancetta cider really as disgusting as it sounds? IBM sent a food truck to SXSW to road-test the recipes. Reports are, the Bengali butternut BBQ sauce is delicious. Of course, there's a TED talk. (Via Metafilter)

Modern Star Trek Scenes, Now With the Original Starship: Professional illustrator and concept artist Nick has used a Smithsonian photo of the original USS Enterprise model to composite the ship into stills from Star Trek.


A spoilerific (if it’s true) breakdown of the next Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.

"What's wrong with Buffy's HD?" This is the latest fan effort to raise awareness about the HD remastering done for Pivot.

What Harry Potter Would Be Like With The Internet


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