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The True Founders of Pac-Man
This year the net has been abuzz about Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary. However, a painting in the Museum of Modern Art in Brussels, Belgium, proves that the concept of Pac-Man pre-dated Namco’s iconic video game by some 30-40 years.
Stupidly, I forgot to jot down the name of the painting or any information about it. I’ve zoomed in as far as computerly possible and managed to discern signatures of many artists:
Anne Bonnet
Gaston Bertrand
Jo Delahaut
René Barbaix
Charles Pry
Jean Milo
Serge Creuz
Émile Mahy
Odette CollonThey were all part of the Brussels-based Jeune Peinture Belge group in the 1940s - 50s…
…AND THEY ARE THE TRUE FOUNDERS OF PACMAN.
Help me, internet, what is this painting?
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Chipotle Is A Human Right
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that customers in wheelchairs are being denied the full “Chipotle experience” of watching their food being prepared because Chipotle’s 45-inch counters are too high.
(via tumbledore)
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Calling London cyclists
Here and the short- and medium-length rides you’ve always wanted to do. Any kind of bike will do: road, hybrid, commuter, city, folding, mountain, uni-cycle, etc. You probably already have all the equipment you need.
There are plenty of pubs and petrol stations along the way where we can refill water bottles and use the toilet. Along the way we’ll give each other mental and, if required, mechanical support.This is not a race. There will be times when you wish you were in bed. But you’ll love it. The adrenalin buzz, the experience, the achievement.
Epping Outing
What? 15 mile ride from Islington to Epping (30 mile round trip)
When? Saturday, September 4th, Meet 10am for a 10:30-11am start
Where? Meet at Highbury & Islington Station (Route map: http://bit.ly/dyQ5gE)Braintree Breeze
What? 45 mile ride from Islington to Braintree (90 miles if you’re brave and cycle home)
When? Sunday, September 19th, Meet 10am for a 10:30-11am start
Where? Meet at Highbury & Islington Station (Route map: http://bit.ly/cYBSfT) -
”Inception is such a big deal because it’s what great movies strive to do. You walk out of a great film changed, with new ideas planted in your head, with your neural networks subtly rewired by what you’ve just seen. On a meta level Inception itself does this, with audiences leaving the theater buzzing about the way it made them feel and perceive. New ideas, new thoughts, new points of view are more lasting a souvenir of a great movie than a ticket stub.
Dead-on quote. Saw this last night and can’t stop debating about it with friends.
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The carnage continues. Nearly 20,000 barrels of crude oil spewed from a failed pipeline near the Kalamazoo River, possibly affecting the water supply of Western Michigan:
2010: The year OIL FIGHTS BACK
Jiang He, ‘Workers attempt to rescue a firefighter from drowning in the oil slick during the oil spill clean-up operations at Dalian’s Port on July 20, 2010’ (more at Big Picture)
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