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Patton’s Speech to 3rd Army
If you haven’t seen the movie, you have at least seen the scene of General Patton standing in front of the huge American flag while pacing back and forth delivering his message to the troops. The following is a transcript of the speech General George S. Patton gave to troops of the U.S. Third Army on June 5, 1944,…
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Glengarry Glenross Speech
For anyone in a sales driven job, Glengarry Glen Ross is a must watch movie. One of the most motivational speeches you can find to fire up your sales force is given by Alec Baldwin. Here’s a transcript I found of it online done by a David Mamet. In this scene, Blake (Alec Baldwin) is…
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Dark Knight Rises Posters
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Digitech Ipad IPB-10
So this has to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. It uses your iPad as a brain for all the different effects, amps and pedals. Great idea by a great company. When the price drops a bit on these, I will definitely be picking one up.
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Herman Li Guitar Tricks
Here’s a youtube vid I found of Dragonforce’s guitarist Herman Li explaining how he makes all those wacked out noises using just his guitar, a Floyd Rose and some distortion. The guy really does have some chops for having such a computerized sound, they use a ton of overdubbing tho so at times there’s 8…
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So Close…..
This lucky S.O.B. jumps out of his two-truck moments before it takes a plunge down a long icy mountainside. The guy in the truck being pulled only had a few broken bones and some scratches, but the tow-truck driver escaped by the skin of his teeth.
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Pac-Man Patterns and Hiding Spot
The Patterns of Pac-Man When you play the classic game Pac-man, it might seem as if the four ghosts are actively chasing you. That’s not exactly true. Iwatani intentionally avoided programming them with that purpose, since that would have resulted in Pac-Man zipping around the screen with four ghosts always right behind him.
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The OmCopter Takes Filming to New Heights
So this whole video was shot using a helicopter-mounted camera by a German film production company called OMSTUDIO. They did a great job of piloting the helicopter steadily around the whole path of the shot. It’s so smooth and liquid that it’s very much like the 3D animated cameras in Pixar and other animated films.…