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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The Triumphant, Geeky Return of the Scrunchie

by Jamie Frevele | 4:57 pm, January 30th, 2012


This is just one use for a printed out 3D Hilbert curve. And what better than to resurrect hair accessories of the ’80s and ’90s by making them geek-friendly? (via Boing Boing)

When The Avengers opens on May 4, moviegoers choosing to see it in 3D will have their choice of Avenger-themed glasses. This is what they’ll look like, and they’ll cost about $5. (via Spinoff Online)

  • Did you love that upside-down kiss between Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man? The new Spidey, Andrew Garfield, is promising an even more amazing one in The Amazing Spider-Man. And he practiced on his hand. Yes. Andrew Garfield made out with his hand. (via Blastr)
  • Quite a few women took top directing honors at Sundance, and this is excellent, excellent news! Now, if they can just break into the mainstream, maybe we can improve on those dire numbers of female directors that we’re always hearing about. Congratulations, Lauren Greenfield (director of the documentary The Queen of Versailles), Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere), Alison Klayman (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry), Maria White (The Debutante Hunters), and all the other winners! (via Women in Hollywood)
  • Does NPR — NPR! — have a gender bias against female authors? Many female authors think so, and the numbers are pretty disheartening. (via The Boston Phoenix)

    • National Geographic is putting the spotlight on the women they cover, including primatologist Jane Goodall and medical researcher Hayat Sindi, pictured below.

    A new pic from The Hobbit shows Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) getting acquainted with the dwarves. (via Blastr)

  • A new study out of Israel says that periodic blogging about their social anxieties has proven to be therapeutic for teenagers. (via io9)

    • Um, these are Hunger Games cupcakes. And now I’ll bet you’re hungry. To find out how they were made, check out the recipe by Greasy Sae at Fictional Food. (via Between the Pages via That’s Nerdalicious)

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    • http://twitter.com/WhatKateDoes Kate Lorimer

      Scrunchies need resurrecting?  But… but… I never stopped using them! :O

    • Anonymous

      I know, same here, and I refuse to ever stop!

    • Allison Cole

      Ummm…Why are there no Black Widow themed glasses? WTF

    • Angel S.

      If scrunchies go out of style, I will be perpetually unfashionable …

      oh wait … I already am.  No worries then. 

    • http://www.thenerdybird.com/ Jill Pantozzi

      There’s no Hawkeye either, which is extra odd considering I think he actually has classes in the film. 

    • TKS

      It’s also extra odd considering Hawkeye is awesome.  Also, looking at the source material, he has been a more consistent Avenger than any of the rest of them.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R7GVNIKWG3S2UTHEQOMSZXT4M4 Anna B

      As an Asian with impossibly straight (and limp) hair, the only thing I can really do with a scrunchie is a ponytail. Any of the styles that the scrunchie purports to enhance (like the braided bun at the top) was never a possibility for me. So even if I think that new one is awesome, there’s nothing I can really do with it. :(

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R7GVNIKWG3S2UTHEQOMSZXT4M4 Anna B

      I have a feeling it’s because they believed that only guys will buy these glasses, and that dudes might think that buying the Black Widow themed one will label them girly men, which is so ridiculous. 

      On the other hand, if there were a Black Widow pair, I’d want to buy those for solidarity–you know, to support the ladies in the superhero trade. I’m at least pretty sure that they won’t make hers pink. (I’m SO digging the Thor ones, though)

    • Anonymous

      great article

    • Francesca M

      They’re also going with ones who have already had a franchise movie. The more familiar issue. I’m more thinking, “DAMMIT LETS GET A BLACK WIDOW MOVIE.”

    • Anonymous

      First off, the “Thor” glasses look like “Spidey” glasses to me, but what do I know?

      Second, I’ve lost count of the number of times Neil Conan or some other idiot host on NPR has patronized his female guests. Some of them come just short of avuncularly drawling, “Yes, dearie,” during their interviews; I expect to hear the sound of them patting the woman’s head in the studio. I spend a lot of time alone at home, and NPR helps me stay sane. But by the gods, some days I want to smack that radio silly! Grr.

    • http://twitter.com/hereticaneue Heretica Neue

      But that scrunchie looks like it should be nowhere near hair. Ever.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Spencer-Lobban/672692688 Spencer Lobban

      Today we launched our Thai fashion website called http://www.thailand-style.com.  Through this web site you will find Thai hair accessories, Thai hand bags, Thai children’s pants…etc.  You’ll also learn a little more about the country of Thailand.  Please post this even on your site.  Thanks!

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