Monthly Archives: November 2006

bob ross lives on

in a video game.
now, what about a picture pages video game? that would be excellent.

remembering the quite one

5 years ago today i remember hearing the news, walking out onto the back porch of my apartment at the time, and feeling like the world had lost something huge. like a piece of the collective creative conscious had just fallen into darkness.
having grown up listening to the beatles, either from my parents’ lps, or [...]

the hobbit + new line - peter jackson = no deal

To Web Fans, Peter Jackson Is the One True Director
when i first heard there were plans to make a live action version of the lord of the rings, i was extremely skeptical. how would they do it? would they be faithful to the books? would they turn it into hollywood fodder like so many [...]

the fountain

as is mentioned in the comments about this film on imdb.com, there is no middle ground. you’ll either hate it, or not. personally, i thought it was stunning visually, and although it may be lacking in plot complexity it makes up for in possibility of interpretation. i think that’s what aronofsky was going for. his [...]

ghost in the machine

one year ago today, i learned that a dear friend had died. james pratt, a high school classmate and cohort in techno deviance passed away on november 18th, 2005 of a heroin overdose.
i was unable to attend the funeral service, but i have vowed to visit his grave this week. all i could find online [...]

just because you can’t do something

is no reason not to try…
youtube hyper-editing fiend lasse gjertsen wanted to play the drums. he didn’t know how, so he video taped himself hitting each piece in various combinations and then edited the footage to create a beat. he even added in some piano halfway through. bravo. i wish this would work for other [...]

this is for the math rockers

over the past several years i have engaged in writing and performing music which is based on less common rhythmic patterns. i actually chose this domain in self jest because i often get lost trying to put rhythms together. with time, a sense of pattern recognition begins to emerge when you are exposed to something [...]

how rich are you?

find out: http://www.globalrichlist.com/

homemade rollercoasters and fainting goats

some feel good videos for a friday afternoon
homemade rollercoaster
fainting goats

humans taste like bacon

according to a new electromechanical sommelier designed by researchers at nec. personally, i’ve always thought we tasted like chicken.