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The Glass Wings mailing list and blog is for general idle chit-chat about things we find interesting, especially humor, animation or other subjects relevant to the Glass Wings web site.

20-foot dinosaur made from balloons by airigami

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:07:56 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://www.designboom.com/art/20-foot-dinosaur-made-from-balloons-by-airigami/>

"airigami (headed by larry moss) has completed a 20-foot long
acrocanthosaurus--a dinosaur from the early cretaceous period.
this is not the first time the team has built one of the mammoth

Fascinating Look at the World's First Steampunk Restaurant

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:04:59 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/fascinating-look-at-the-world-s-first-steampunk-restaurant>

"The world's first steampunk restaurant, designed by Abhishek Majumder,
has opened in New Delhi, India, and it appears to be straight from a
Victorian-era movie / book / comic."

Star Trek: The Middle School Musical

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:58:12 +1000

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

This is so cute! Nicely done send up of both middle school musicals and Star
Trek.

http://youtu.be/OIkgcWtK_rQ

Deep...Very Deep

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:02:53 +1000

Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>

Illustrated version of a beautiful commencement speech by David Foster Wallace
before his death.

http://youtu.be/xmpYnxlEh0c

Police-speak: An appreciation

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:56 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22295624

"The police have always had their own language. But their often-mocked
manner of speaking to the public displays a streak of comic genius, says
Charles Nevin."

All Skulls On: Teaching Intersectionality through Halo

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:48:42 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://borderhouseblog.com/?p=10617&cpage=1

'My friend and fellow WGSS 100 instructor Lauran planted the seed of the
idea for this activity when she, citing my proclivity for video games,
recommended that I read John Scalzi’s blog post “Straight White Male:

Why I Let My Students Cheat On Their Exam

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:31:53 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/04/15/why-i-let-my-students-cheat-on-the-final/ideas/nexus/

"Who in their right mind would condone and encourage cheating among UCLA
juniors and seniors? Perhaps someone with the idea that concepts in animal
behavior can be taught by making their students /live/ those concepts."

The 10 Weirdest And Most Wonderful Libraries In The World

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:30:01 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://litreactor.com/columns/the-10-most-unusual-libraries-in-the-world

"...some communities have fanciful architectural wonders, animals who deliver
books to children, repurposed phone booths full of reading material on the
street, and other wonderfully unexpected ways of bringing reading to the

Neil Gaiman Speech London Book Fair Full Transcription

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:01:54 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Marvelous Neil Gaiman keynote about the future of art, media and publishing.

http://fallsintowriting.com/2013/04/23/neil-gaiman-speech-full-transcription/

little girls R better at designing heroes than you

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:58:45 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

http://bettersupes.tumblr.com/

"Kids are more impressionable than you, but kids can also be less restricted by
cultural gender norms than you. Kids are more creative than you, and they're
better at making superheroes than you."