Things We Saw Today: Google Pays Tribute to Dorothy Irene Height

Educator, activist, and champion of the economic, educational, voting rights of African-American women, Dorothy Irene Height has been honored with a Google Doodle on the occasion of the one hundred and fourth anniversary of her birth.

• Lost footage of Gandalf fighting the Balrog from Ralph Bakshi‘s The Lord of the Rings has been pieced back together. (Nerd Approved)
• Andy Serkis gets his first feature directing gig, and it’s The Jungle Book. (Variety)

Klingon beer. It’s a thing now. The press release we were sent doesn’t mention blood AT ALL, though, so I’m skeptical.

• But if that’s not your taste, how about zombie beer made with real brains? (Geekosystem.com)
• Is there a lot of overlap between League of Legends players and Game of Thrones watchers? (Polygon)

Winter Soldier gets an official (limited) retro-style post.