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Anatomy of a monster. Posters by Brian Ewing

As some of you might know, my husband and I live in Austin. One of the great things about living in Austin is that you can take advantage of all the fun stuff that surrounds SXSW every spring. Last year we designed a mobile site to help us get around all the free parties and unofficial events that were going on and it was so helpful we thought that this year we’d share it with everybody as a full-blown mobile app. We’re really proud to announce that Thinx Drinks is now available in the iTunes App Store and its totally free!

Some of the app features:

  • Nearby feature shows all the parties and events near your current location, plotted on a map for easy navigation.
  • Browse events by date or use the searchable database to find events by name, band, or venue.
  • The My Parties feature lets you mark your favorites for quick reference later.
  • RSVP from many events from within the app.
  • Other features include social media and iOS Calendar integration. The app syncs to information stored the cloud to give you up-to-date listings.

I hope you find it as helpful as we do and hopefully I’ll see some of you around town!

TimeScapes: Rapture is a trailer for a film by Tom Lowe, the 2010 Astronomy Photographer of the Year. There aren’t enough adjectives to describe how beautiful these time-lapse sequences are. I can’t wait for the full film’s release in May 2012.

I have no idea if the movie Contagion is any good, but its billboard is awesome!

Warner Bros. Pictures Canada teamed up with microbiologists and immunologists from around the world to create a one-of-a-kind bacteria message board located at 409 Queen Street West in an abandoned store-front window. On August 28th, two large Petri dishes were inoculated with live bacteria including penicillin, mold and pigmented bacteria and almost overnight have revealed the true Contagion — an artistic interpretation of the spread of a virus as depicted in the film.



Early planning is underway for a massive crowdsourced movie of the 2017 solar eclipse. And astronomers want your help.
The project, currently titled “The Eclipse Megamovie,” will compile stills submitted by amateur astronomers, allowing solar researchers an unprecedented look at the wavings and warpings of the corona, as the eclipse traverses the width of the United States for an hour and a half.



Find out more here.

Early planning is underway for a massive crowdsourced movie of the 2017 solar eclipse. And astronomers want your help.

The project, currently titled “The Eclipse Megamovie,” will compile stills submitted by amateur astronomers, allowing solar researchers an unprecedented look at the wavings and warpings of the corona, as the eclipse traverses the width of the United States for an hour and a half.

Find out more here.