Monthly Archives: December 2011

See you in 2012

DigitalFilm Tree’s Think Tank is closing down for the holidays. We appreciate all the visitors and supporters of our site and blog. We’ll see you again on Tuesday, Jan 4th, 2012.

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Trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus

I still remember, back in 1979 when I saw Alien for the very first time. It was by far one of the scariest and most disturbing film I had ever seen. Every other film just pretends to show aliens, this … Continue reading

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View of Comet Lovejoy from International Space Station

View of Comet Lovejoy from The International Space Statiion. NASA. On Dec 21st, floating 240 miles above the earth, International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured this view of the Comet Lovejoy. He described it as “the most amazing thing … Continue reading

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Two women kiss and it makes headlines around the world

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta of Placerville, Calif., kissed her partner, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell of Los Angeles. Photo by Associated Press. Two American women kissed and it made headlines around the world. I look forward to … Continue reading

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How Computers Work: A Ladybird book from 1979

Ladybird books is an old British outlet that specialized in illustraed books for kids explaining various topics in science and technology. I had many favorites in the series of “How it works…” when I was no more than knee-high to … Continue reading

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Top Blogs and Websites of 2011

The year 2011 is drawing to a close and I wanted to do a post on some of my favorite blogs and websites of 2011. If you visit this site often, you may have noticed that I tend to re-blog … Continue reading

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Did the Mayans predict the end of the world in 2012?

No.

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Twin babies talk in their own language

If you are one of the over 56 million people that have already viewed this video, I apologize for being behind the curve. But this two-minute video of twin babies carrying on a conversation with nothing more than dada-dada is … Continue reading

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Donating the leftovers on your Metrocard to charity

Image used under Flickr CCli. Photo by Flickr user paulmmay. If you have lived in New York City, or simply visited the place, you have probably used the Metrocard, which allows you to travel the subways and buses of the … Continue reading

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Calorie counts vs physical activity times

A 4-pack serving of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup contains 400 calories–which require over an hour of running to burn off. Image used under CCli. Photo credit: Flickr UserĀ AR McLin. As a longtime runner, one of the things that makes me … Continue reading

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