These Photos Are Actually Pencil Perfect Drawings At just 22 years old, Italian artist Diego Fazo has developed the skill to create photo-realistic drawings using a simple charcoal pencil. His latest creation, pictured below, has drawn hundreds of positive comments on his Deviant Art profile. Don’t tell me you can tell the image below is a drawing and not a high-definition photograph, because I don’t buy it. Like other talented artists who started their careers on Deviant Art, Diego is a self-taught pencil master whose technique matured with the passing of the years. Scroll down for more of his awesome drawings, and check out his Deviant Art profile, as well. Reddit Stumble
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Computer Security in the Real World Computer Security in the Real World Butler W. Lampson Microsoft Note: This web page was converted automatically from a Word original. Abstract After thirty years of work on computer security, why are almost all the systems in service today extremely vulnerable to attack? In a distributed system with no central management like the Internet, security requires a clear story about who is trusted for each step in establishing it, and why. People have been working on computer system security for at least 30 years. The Internet has made computer security much more difficult than it used to be. Today half a billion people all over the world are on the Internet, including you. · Attack from anywhere: Any one on the Internet can take a poke at your system. · Sharing with anyone: On the other hand, you may want to communicate or share information with any other Internet user. · Automated infection: Your system, if compromised, can spread the harm to many others in a few seconds. Money talks, though.
100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online No matter how much you know, there is always something new to learn about science. While your college courses may cover the basics, you can get a more in-depth look at a wide variety of topics from Internet resources such as these great documentaries. These selections will help you explore everything from the inner reaches of the human mind to the outer areas of our universe and just about everything else in between. Better yet, they’re all free to watch online so you can learn more without spending a dime. Health and Medicine These documentaries cover topics like health care, diseases, nutrition, nursing, and more so you can get great insights into health and medicine. Super Size Me: In this movie, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock attempts to subsist on only a diet of McDonald’s for a full month. Drugs Learn how drugs impact the brain and the variety of legal restrictions imposed upon them from these documentaries. Genetics Evolution and Biological History Physics The Quantum Revolution: Dr. Geology
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Shattered Glass Animals by Marta Klonowska Using carefully broken shards of colored glass, Polish artist Marta Klonowska assembles translucent animals in life-like proportion and size. Almost all of her sculptures are based on animals found in baroque and romantic paintings by such artists as Peter Paul Rubens or Francisco de Goya next to which they are often displayed. Her work appeared most recently at European Glass Context 2012, and you can see many more images over on lorch + seidel contemporary. (via lustik) social media tools By B.L. OchmanI love technology and tools, even though I totally lack the technical gene. So I’m always experimenting with new ways to find and interact with information. While there are myriad expensive subscription search services (which will be the subject of another post) I depend on some elegant and effective tools for searching social media that are free or very inexpensive. Here are some I currently love: Flowtown is the missing link in social media marketing.