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YouTube is streaming the first 19 James Bond movies for free
The first 19 James Bond movies are now available on YouTube for free, including those from the late Sean Connery.
ICYMI: Wave-generated power, British films and more
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-12096{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-12096, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-12096{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-12096").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: The British Film Institute is releasing thousands of mostly personal historical films online, but you'll need a VPN to watch them from the U.S. We particularly enjoy this Sean Connery-narrated film. Google's Artificial Neural Network is being used to make Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas even more fearful, and for that, we thank the creators for new dog anxieties. And the U.S. Navy teamed up to produce the first wave generated power machine that basically looks like a bulky buoy.
All the World's a Stage: And your life is a mine rich in gems
All the World's a Stage is a weekly column by David Bowers, now published on Sundays, investigating the explorative performance art of roleplaying in the World of Warcraft.For some, the whole process takes 5 minutes. They log in, click on "create new character," choose a race, a class, painstakingly compare each and every face and hairstyle, type in a name, click "accept," and they're done. Some take their time by paying a visit to the forums of each class, or asking their friends about which race is best -- but who sits down and makes up a story idea, a personality, and actual characteristics for characters these days?Roleplayers do, of course. But how? What if you'd like to try out roleplaying but you just don't know where to begin creating an actual character, rather than just an avatar for yourself in the game? Each roleplayer tends to have his or her own way, but there are are a number of things they have in common. One of the first things to remember about designing your character concept, is to make your character essentially human, relatable, based on real experiences that you know about.Mine your life. Think of what kinds of experiences you are familiar with, and which of them could be used as the foundation for another person's life, a new character with a story to tell, and a personality to engage other people's interest. Today, I'll give you a couple examples of how I tried to do this, and explain some of the pitfalls people often fall into when trying to make up an interesting character.
