Sarah Jessica Parker in the Blu Ray version of Sex & the City

The Museo del Prado in Madrid, home to Hieronymous Bosch’s opaque masterpiece The Garden of Earthly Delights among other things has produced super high resolution scans of some of their major artworks and made them available to us all using the google maps API.

Meanwhile, the cracks are starting to show in less desirable places with the onset of Blu Ray technology and high definition televisions. Not only can we now see the celluloid grain on our favourite films, we can also see the blemishes and make-up lines
of our favourite actors and actresses. As we speak, HD ready make-up is being created and marketed to a horrified Hollywood. For example, Airbase are suggesting that you airbrush your face before stepping in front of those unforgiving HD cameras.

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