Category Archives: Entertaiment

Browse “The Art of Luca” Book Online [Shared]

I love these books from Pixar and Disney. but they can be very expensive, so it is great to be able to leaf through them online. – Douglas This vibrant volume is an exclusive look behind the scenes of Disney … Continue reading

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“On Patience, Consideration, and a Better Life…” from For the weekend…January 28, 2022 – Issue #8

Subscribe and Forward This To A Friend Today! Related Posts: NEW DESIGN: Vintage Book End Paper from Bibliothèques de Nancy Products From Douglas E. Welch Design and Photography [For Sale] Municipal Courthouse, Van Nuys, CA via Instagram Cranberry Pie aka … Continue reading

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“Revisit Your Creations and Give Them New Life!” from For the weekend…from Douglas E. Welch – Issue 7: January 21, 2022

Related Posts: Municipal Courthouse, Van Nuys, CA via Instagram Cranberry Pie aka Nantucket Pie via Souffle Bombay [Shared] Christmas at Aldik Home 36 via Instagram 🛍 Oak Leaves in Sicily Coasters and More by Douglas E. Welch Design and Photography … Continue reading

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“Down The Road A-spell” from For the weekend…from Douglas E. Welch – Issue 6: January 14, 2022

For the weekend…from Douglas E. Welch Issue 6: January 14, 2022 Subscribe to For The Weekend… Down The Road A-spell When you are embroiled in a crisis (or several of them) it can be so difficult to see the future … Continue reading

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Watch 194 Films by Georges Méliès, the Filmmaker Who “Invented Everything” (All in Chronological Order) via Open Culture [Shared]

Watch 194 Films by Georges Méliès, the Filmmaker Who “Invented Everything” (All in Chronological Order) via Open Culture Georges Méliès directed, produced, edited, and starred in over 500 films between 1896 and 1913, most of them brimming with special effects the … Continue reading

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30 Minutes of Relaxing Visuals from Studio Ghibli | HBO Max via YouTube [Video]

Watch 30 Minutes of Relaxing Visuals from Studio Ghibli | HBO Max via YouTube  Related Posts: Studio Ghibli releases 400 free-to-use images from eight of its classic films, with more to come via The Verge How a recording-studio mishap shaped … Continue reading

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The complete list of every free streaming service you can watch right now via Input

The good news: tons of media usually reserved for paid customers is free right now. Not even kind-of-sort-of free; we’re talking no strings attached free, the kind you don’t need to worry about cancelling months later. You’ve got more than enough … Continue reading

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Quarantine Entertainment: NBCUniversal Rolls Out a Free Sneak Peek of Its New Streaming Service, Peacock, to Comcast Users via Gizmodo

Right on cue, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex customers are getting early access to the premium tier NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock roughly three months before it’s set to officially launch. While these customers won’t see much of the service’s originals right … Continue reading

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Home School: The trick that made animation realistic via Vox [Video]

One breakthrough made animation look natural. And it involved a clown dancing on a roof. In this episode of Vox Almanac, I look into the beginning of rotoscoping, a technique animators can use to create realistic motion. Invented by Max … Continue reading

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Online Play! Six Sites for Playing Boardgames through the Web via Girls’ Game Shelf

  While we’ve had to hit the snooze button on conventions and game groups, that doesn’t mean you can’t play with friends and folks from around the world. Do it virtually! Here’s a few sites to help keep you entertained … Continue reading

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Home School: Hotel Room Opened With “Privacy” Card! from The Lockopicking Lawyer on YouTube

Watch Home School: Hotel Room Opened With “Privacy” Card! from The Lockopicking Lawyer on YouTube Subscribe to The Lockpicking Lawyer on YouTube An interesting link found among my daily reading Related Posts: Some of our favorite things to watch on … Continue reading

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Isolation Entertainment: London’s National Theatre Starts Streaming Its Most Famous Productions Across The World For Free via Forbes

On Thursday April 2 (7pm GMT/2pm EST), London, One Man, Two Guvnors, starring James Cordon, will be livestreamed on the National Theatre’s YouTube channel and will be available to watch for one more week. New productions will follow each week, along with behind … Continue reading

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Some of our favorite things to watch on Netflix and YouTube

We were doing one of our “virtual drinks and dinner” with friends from Denver last night and, as always, our conversation turned to what shows we were watching. I created this list for them and figured I would share it … Continue reading

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Huge trove of digitized 78rpm records via kottke.org

Another great free collection from the Internet Archive — this time an audio collection instead of images. Dig in and enjoy! — Douglas   Through the Great 78 Project, the Internet Archive has been digitizing the audio from 78rpm records produced … Continue reading

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Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) – World’s 1st Keyframe Animation Cartoon – Winsor McCay via Change Before Going Productions on YouTube

Watch this classic from the very beginning of film. — Douglas   Released on September 15th, 1914. Sometimes called the world’s oldest cartoon (erroneously), it is still the first to be created using keyframe animation. This movie required Winsor McCay … Continue reading

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