Monday, March 22, 2010

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Carly Waito's beautifully rendered oil paintings of minerals totally inspire me to pick up a brush and start painting.

Waito showed her series at Toronto's Narwhal Art Projects:

"A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design with a degree in Industrial Design, Waito's small oil paintings indulge a lifelong fascination with the natural world, especially the little parts we feel compelled to ...more

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Do-It-Yourself: High Speed Photography Tips & Tricks

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT

High speed photography is awesome. Who doesn't love looking at bullets smash through glass or annihilate a tomato? Or see a babe in a swimsuit do a strikingly slo-mo wet hair flip?

Hongkiat's collection of high speed photographs completely inspire the HowTo behind the process. Luckily, DIY Photography has posted a very helpful HowTo on setting up your own high speed photography studio at home.

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HowTo: Ace a Free Throw

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Larry Silverberg and Chau Tran of North Carolina State University tested more than 100,000 3-D simulations of free throws to come up with this HowTo for you. The two engineers have determined the perfect trajectory. Check out their strategy below, via Wired's How-To Wiki.