Hic Sunt Dracones.

from The Washington Post Oldest globe to depict the New World may have been discovered By Meeri Kim An Austrian collector has found what may be the oldest globe, dated 1504, to depict the New World, engraved with immaculate detail on two conjoined halves of ostrich...

News Corp. Peddling In VICE

from Deadline New York Fox Paid $70M For 5% Stake In Vice Media By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor The deal just came to light although it was made before the end of June when News Corp split into separate entertainment and publishing companies. But it gives 21st...

New Petzval

from Kickstarter A Legendary 19th Century Lens. Reinvented For Use With All Nikon F & Canon EF Mount Analog & Digital SLR Cameras. In the 19th Century, the vast majority of photos were shot with the extremely popular Petzval lens. The lens was invented by...

Too Much Johnson

from The Telegraph Unfinished Orson Welles film found in Italy A long-lost film directed by Orson Welles in 1938 has been found in a warehouse in a small town in north-eastern Italy where it will be shown for the first time in October. By Josephine McKenna, Rome...

I Am Number Five

from io9 10 Cinematographers Who Turned Science Fiction Movies into Great Art SEXPAND 5. Guillermo Navarro (All of Guillermo del Toro’s movies, I Am Number Four, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Night at the Museum) The Oscar-winning cinematographer told an...