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Blood Simple Directed by the Coen brothers 1984, USA, 99 minutes. The Coen brother’s first film is dark, mean, and ballsy. Before their films were perennial Oscar mainstays and highbrow blockbusters, they were unknown indie darlings, and Blood Simple established them. The phrase “blood simple” refers to the confused, primal behaviour of … Read More
We love our nostalgia goggles so much, we won’t even take ‘em off for modern games. These 8-Bit Cartridges ($15) from 72 pins re-imagine modern games like Bioshock, World of Warcraft, and Assassin’s Creed as NES games. It’s a shame that the games themselves can’t be 8-bit NES games—or is … Read More
In the 1930’s, colour photography was only just starting to take off, with Kodak’s Kodachrome introduced in 1935. Still, most colour footage from the era has been colourized after the fact. Not this film, though. Shot by a French tourist in the summer of 1939, this is what New York … Read More
Anatomy of a Hack – Ars Technica Just how easy is it for a cracker to solve a password? Ars interviewed three crackers who demolished a list of 16,000 passwords, one with a 90% success rate. How A War Hero Became a Serial Bank Robber – Buzzfeed One combat medic … Read More
Inside Rogers Centre, giant jellyfish spiral from the rafters as construction crews hastily set up the floor area for one of the biggest dance parties of the year. This is the day before Sensation, one of the largest touring dance parties in the world, hits Toronto like a tidal wave. I’m … Read More
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