If you didn’t gather this from Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic, then Bill S. Preston Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan are back from the 1980s to tell us that the 16th President of the United States is most excellent, as is Socrates and Sigmund Freud. Ghengis Khan and Joan of Arc, on the other hand, are Bogus. Those are the verdicts rendered in this infographic, which revisits Bill and Ted’s journey through time and space, in commemoration of the Blu-Ray release of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure . This should whet Bill & Ted fans’ appetites for the new sequel that, back in August, Vulture reported is in the works — with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reprising their roles, and Galaxy Quest director, Dean Parisot , helming. Bill & Ted creators, Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson, have written the script. Keanu Reeves Talks ‘Bill & Ted 3’ Plot In August, Reeves talked to GQ about the weighty-sounding plot of Bill & Ted 3 — explaining that the main characters “have been crushed by the responsibility of having to write the greatest song ever written and to change the world. And they haven’t done it. So everybody is kind of like: ‘Where is the song?'” The Matrix actor added, “The guys have just drifted off into esoterica and lost their rock. And we go on this expedition, go into the future to find out if we wrote the song, and one future ‘us’ refuses to tell us, and another future ‘us’ blames us for their lives because we didn’t write the song, so they’re living this terrible life. In one version we’re in jail; in another we’re at some kind of highway motel and they hate us.” Heavy, dude. [ Vulture , GQ ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Some startling data on the need for higher ed reform in Texas and beyond : Check out Rock The Ivory Tower on Facebook and Twitter . Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : WILLisms.com Discovery Date : 11/07/2011 22:32 Number of articles : 2
All images via the Interactive Institute – www.tii.se “A regular torch shows what is hidden in the dark, the Watt-Lite shows the hidden use of electricity”, this is the essential purpose of a set of three lights created by designers at Stolkholm’s Interactive Institute . The Watt-Lite is a rather inventive form of smart meter that finds a straightforward way of demonstrating how much energy a building is using in the style of real … Read the full story on TreeHugger
A portion of the infographic built by The Big Wild Just how much wilderness is left on the North American continent? It doesn’t seem like much as you drive across the US and see almost all urban or suburban developments, or farmland, mining or other ways people have snapped up all the free space. Where has it all gone and is there any left? According to The Big Wild, a conservation movement that connects people with activist opportunities for the preservation of wilderness, “Nearly one quarter of the planet’s wild forests are inside our borders; 20% of the world’s fresh wat… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Kenichi Tanaka created this infographic about Japan and it's people from a foreigner's point of view in an effort to get his fellow citizens to take a look at their country. If you have 11 minutes, it's worth a look. ( via ) Watch
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