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Tips and Tricks, Rants, Need to Know, Common Problems. Paper Dolls. “Drawing is fun… drawing is scary!”

Paper Dolls

So opens Carla Sondheim’s Drawing Lab, a book brimming with assignments, projects, ideas and techniques to spark your imagination and playfully coach you to a new level of confidence with drawing and mark-making. Carla Sonheim is a Seattle-based illustrator and has been an Etsy seller since way back when. For this week’s How-Tuesday, she’ll show you how to make your own paper dolls. Feel free to customize them to suit your fancy. If you can’t get enough, check out her shop and blog! ~$30-$75 - Clara Tee by Elizabeth and James at Maluka. Laugh, Cry, Repeat Black Heart Tee. Rachel Roy: Designer Clothing, Shoes, Jewelry & Handbags. A HUGE & Newsy Doctor Who Post!!!

Some Series 6 casting news, set pics/videos and teasers!!!

A HUGE & Newsy Doctor Who Post!!!

Lily Cole to Guest Star in Doctor Who According to The Sun, the model – currently studying History of Art at Cambridge University – is set to make an appearance as a mysterious sea creature in the show’s pirate-themed episode. Cole, who has had roles in St. Trinian’s and Heath Ledger film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is excited about her forthcoming appearance. She told the newspaper: ‘It is a great script and a fun character and I am glad to be involved.’ Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online - Hulu.

C S03E04. 3-Ingredient Sweet and Sour Meatballs Recipe. Crispy Skillet Potatoes. Happy New Year loves.

Crispy Skillet Potatoes

May 2011 bring you all nothing but happiness! I'm in love. Hopelessly, undyingly, in love with these potatoes. Now now, I see you. YES YOU! You see, I'm a big fan of french fries. The key to this is recipe is a non-stick skillet. Source: Stephanie Cooks Original Ingredients: 2 medium red skin potatoes 2 tsp. olive oil 1/8 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. garlic powder 1/4 tsp. onion powder Pepper to taste Directions: 1- Scrub your potatoes clean. Angela carter for beauty and the beast and little red riding hood.

Homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. These hips are big hips they need space to move around in.

homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton : The Poetry Foundation [poem] : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry.

Oddee.com - A Blog on Oddities: the odd, bizarre and strange things of our world! Steampunk. "Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle, a 19th-century conception of life in the 20th century Steampunk also refers to any of the artistic styles, clothing fashions, or subcultures, that have developed from the aesthetics of steampunk fiction, Victorian-era fiction, art nouveau design, and films from the mid-20th century.[3] Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.

Steampunk

History[edit] Precursors[edit] Origin of the term[edit] Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man. 10 Human Evolutional Ancestors. Humans (Homo sapiens) have a highly developed brain, capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving.

10 Human Evolutional Ancestors

This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees the hands for manipulating objects, has allowed humans to make far greater use of tools than any other species. Human evolution encompasses the development of the genus Homo, but usually involves studying other hominids and hominines as well because evolution of humans started as far as 45 millions years ago and included hundreds of genera and divergence and convergences, here we shall look upon the 10 famous and more important human ancestors in chronological order. 10.

More than 7 million to 45 million years old Image Source Eosimias sinensis was first discovered in China. Then comes the Aegyptopithecus zeuxis in Egypt, 30 millions years ago with a small brain size of 14.63 cm3. 9. 8. Things You Didn’t Know About Sleep. 10 Unexplained Sounds. We have mysteries around us and they leave us head scratching everytime, just taking the sound’s category, we have these ten. 10. Slow Down 9. Electronic voice phenomenon Download and listen to the Phantom Words. Crayola Carvings. Google Acquires reCAPTCHA [groovyNews] Google announced this morning they will be acquiring reCAPTCHA.

Google Acquires reCAPTCHA [groovyNews]

It’s an interesting acquisition however it really makes a lot of sense. One of the original reasons (if not the original reason) CAPTCHA was developed was to ensure the person on your website or application was in fact human. This was because BOTS would crawl through the internet and create posts and forum topics etc.. in order to distribute SPAM and BOTS across websites. CAPTCHA would step in here by displaying an image which only a human could decipher (normally) and then ask them to type in a word or several words to ensure they were HUMAN. This is where the brilliance of this acquisition from Google comes in.

Teaching computers to read [via Google Blogs]