Get inspired!Tumblr (3.0; @spyhopmentorblog)http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/<a href="http://kotaku.com/5950767/you-have-to-see-this-incredible-lego-batcave-no-excuses">Lego Batcave</a>: <p><img height="360" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/181rvo5tvpb5tjpg/xlarge.jpg" width="640"/></p> <p>Somebody took the time to make the batcave out of legos… And it is awesome. </p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/33366833952http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/33366833952Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:41:39 -0400<a href="http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-10-03/salman-khan-one-world-schoolhouse-education-reimagined">Salman Khan: "The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined"</a>: <p>Salman Khan discusses his award winning video series, and the way that the classroom can be used for collaborative learning, participation and interaction rather than for lectures.  Really inspiring stuff!</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/33300290353http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/33300290353Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:18:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mba58c0qTs1qiakxoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The 10 Best Arrested Development Quotes Illustrated</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32748141172http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32748141172Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:09:48 -0400Arrested DevelopmentSteve Holt<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LNfPdaKYOPI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h2 class="title">Games and Education Scholar James Paul Gee on Video Games, Learning, and Literacy</h2></p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32747942032http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32747942032Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:06:13 -0400Video GamesJames Paul GeeEducationLearning<object id="flashObj" 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flashvars="videoId=1387069840001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfmoma.org%2Fexplore%2Fmultimedia%2Fvideos%2F122&playerID=1277164621001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAsKKH5Lk~,NLi44cDINh_bjjEkXE6_A0uM4mBjvuYA&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="225" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>This is a short video of Andy Warhol assisting with a giant screen print of Marlon Brando. </p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32667433989http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32667433989Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:59:07 -0400artfashionprintingWarhol<a href="http://laughingsquid.com/miniature-virgin-mary-statues-transformed-into-pop-culture-characters/">Religious Statues turned Pop-Culture Icons</a>: <p><img height="550" src="http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/header1.jpg" width="640"/></p> <p>French Artist Soasig Chamaillard takes mary statues and gives them a pop-culture twist.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32393278228http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32393278228Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:46:30 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/49556689" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Designer </span><a href="http://www.leandrosenna.com/">Leandro Senna</a><span> transcribed the lyrics of </span><a href="http://www.bobdylan.com/">Bob Dylan’s</a><span> “Subterranean Homesick Blues” into 66 hand-lettered cards, which he then synced to Dylan’s song in this </span><a href="http://www.leandrosenna.com/72810/766869/work/bob-dylans-hand-lettering-experience">video</a><span>. </span></p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32336808136http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/32336808136Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:41:32 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tRx9OpaESss?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Designer Don Chadwick talks about cameras.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/31734604465http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/31734604465Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:34:45 -0400Don ChadwickPhotographyDesign<a href="http://www.everythingableton.com/2011/02/free-audio-plugin-of-the-week-13/">Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra</a>: <p><img alt="Free Symphonic orchestra plug in" height="150" src="http://www.everythingableton.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/violin-175x150.png" width="175"/></p> <p>SSO (Sonita Symphonic Orchestra) is a very descent plug-in which comes free or charge thanks to the generosity of Mattias Westlund. It does not have all the bells and whistles available in the bigger and more expensive libraries, but it’s very good for a free plug-in.</p> <p><a href="http://sso.mattiaswestlund.net/" title="SSO homepage" target="_blank">Click Here to check it out</a>.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/31521884559http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/31521884559Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:58:03 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zdW7PvGZ0uM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Some animated optical illusions for your enjoyment.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/30997611864http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/30997611864Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:42:54 -0400illusionanimationvideo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m99w86NQ0a1qiakxoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>People who engage in the arts tend to be more altruistic and civically envolved says <a href="http://tigger.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/newsbureau/cgi-bin/index.cgi?from=Releases&amp;to=Release&amp;id=3530&amp;fromhome=1" target="_blank">study</a>.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/30114738150http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/30114738150Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:48:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KbpbsdVqnF4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A look at life on the road for a SLC based artist family.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/30044127234http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/30044127234Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:58:06 -0400<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/books/review/ira-glass-by-the-book.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all">Ira Glass: By the Book</a>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29964918694http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29964918694Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:49:49 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jAFwDZhxwYg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>George Duke Discusses his interaction with Frank Zappa.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29620672692http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29620672692Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:48:12 -0400<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/the-six-best-billboards-of-the-last-six-years">Interesting Billboards</a>: <p><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/8/13/12/enhanced-buzz-wide-24189-1344874860-6.jpg"/></p> <p>6 very interesting billboards from various places.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29555227131http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29555227131Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:55:32 -0400<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dAfaM_CBvP8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic london artist who can draw a whole city landscape from memory (after only a 45 minute helicopter flight)</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29055958258http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/29055958258Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:38:54 -0400artlandscapedrawingautism<a href="http://transom.org/?p=28787">The Terrors & Occasional Virtues of Not Knowing What You’re Doing By Jad Abumrad</a>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/28483525553http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/28483525553Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:56:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YLO7tCdBVrA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bob Ross remixed… enough said.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/28130060071http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/28130060071Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:48:21 -0400bob rosspaintingartpbsremix<a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/07/infographic-strange-sounds-odd-instruments-used-in.html">Strange Sounds, Odd Instruments</a>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/27492895594http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/27492895594Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:58:11 -0400<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57469801-76/higgs-boson-gets-set-to-music/">Higgs Boson Set to Music</a>: <p><img height="328" src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/07/10/higgsmusic.jpeg" width="615"/></p> <p>Scientist attached musical notes to each data point of “God” particle to make a merry tune.</p>http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/27068540068http://spyhopmentorblog.tumblr.com/post/27068540068Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:48:53 -0400musicsciencehiggs bosoncomposition