Our Solar System is a vortex
Although I knew the solar system was flying around the super black hole at the middle of the galaxy (which is itself on the move), I never really envisage that movement.
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Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year from everyone here at the Word of Ward offices. I was born in Hong Kong and spent 21 years there so I will use the Cantonese version – Gung Hey Fat Choy!
Far Cry 4 review
Far Cry 4 is a colossal sandbox adventure in the fictional kingdom of Kyrat. It is a gorgeous but deadly little place.
Temple of Art
The Temple of Art is a documentary (and website) about what it is like to be an artist. Although not just an artist, just generally creative. There are lots of writers, musicians, directors and actors, etc, featured, and the end result is damned inspiring.
Cooperworld – a short story
Cooperworld is a 17,000 word short story that looks at the nature of intelligence and consciousness and how meaningless those terms might be.
Happy New Year!
Happy bloody New Year! I hope it is going well for you so far and that you haven’t already failed miserably at keeping your resolutions.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from all of us here at the Word of Ward! (i.e. me.)
Ford tells Trump: It was a movie
Harrison Ford tells Donald Trump: “It was a movie” when hearing Trump praising his Presidential role in Air Force One.
Adele’s Hello by the Movies
A man called Matthijs Vlot has taken Adele’s Hello and remade it with movies because… well no one else has. Enjoy.
Amazing image of the Earth and the Moon
When the Japanese satellite Hayabusa 2 took a photo on its way to some asteroid or other, it took a photo of Earth and the Moon from 3 million km / 1.9 million miles away.
Map of musicians from each London borough
A map of musicians showing where in London they came from. Mostly.
Meteors over Bangkok
Apparently we are in the midst of the Taurid meteor shower and this is a good ‘un. There are supposed to be more meteors and I’m now glued to the skies.
Create a hologram with your smartphone
This video shows how to create a hologram with just your smartphone and a couple of easy peripherals. Enjoy!
Far Cry Primal
Well this Far Cry Primal release trailer was something of a shock.
Salt of the Earth – Sebastiao Salgado
Salt of the Earth is a documentary movie about the life and photography of Sebastiao Selgado. It is astounding.
The Solar System to scale
I saw this video about recreating the solar system to scale and it’s really well done. My thoughts were provoked. So I thought I would share. To quote Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts to space.”
Apple phone controls ants!
This clip has been doing the rounds recently, so I thought share in case you got too excited or impressed. It is basically proof that Apple phones scramble your brains.
Best public transportation systems in the world
I currently live in Bangkok and transport is pretty dire/awesome depending on how you see it. When I first spent more than a couple of hours here in the early … Read More
Real life robots preparing for the singularity
No matter how often science fiction writers keep warning about this sort of thing, we are continuing research into both AI and real life robots.
China to build Mega City One, Jing-jin-ji
China’s Idea is to build a mega-city called Jing-jin-ji that encompasses the nine major conurbations that surround the Pearl River delta.