Friday, July 8th, 2011
Chinese farmer Wu Yulu has been in the news and blogosphere before – plenty of times. But I’m hoping some of y’all that read this rag haven’t heard of him before, or seen his wack-tastic inventions. They show that anything is possible – everything in the world can become a ‘bot!
[via The Creators Project]
Monday, January 31st, 2011
non-stop roboto action, as imagined by India’s bigger-than-hollywood film industry:
Friday, January 21st, 2011
with all the new snow outside I’m going to start with a sledding video, and also comment that this is WHY DOGS RULE! Cats simply don’t have the gusto to compete with this:
60 second Fight Club – not only does it summarize the movie adaptation, but the characters are also spot-on!
the BBC’s upcoming web-exclusive series. this … looks … AWESOME:
camera strapped – looking at the shooter – to a traditional Korean archer’s arrow:
then this white dude made a ‘wide angle’ video response – I like the Korean guy more!
I’d love to see this kid in a battle with the next video stars:
him versus them:
and yes, they are a “them” because, oh I’m not going to get into a critique about Palin Fatigue
meanwhile, in Capitalist Russia… I love how fearless these dudes are:
this one has been making the rounds – it’s long, but it’s really worth it, it’s LSD research conducted in the 1950s, and caught on film:
parrot dubstep dancing (if you’re reading, this one’s for you Shalin!):
Ketchup Race … GO!
FAIL!
most things about NYC tourism are pretty trite. but every now and then you stumble upon something, someone, a group or an act, that really is a gem. I haven’t seen these fellas but I can imagine it’s a good time:
and lastly, last year at the World Maker Faire I curated Dan Perrone’s Uokahd (tapelake) sculpture into the exhibition, and many kids and even young adults where completely baffled by the use of audio tape – if there wasn’t a screen attached they couldn’t comprehend it. They definitely couldn’t understand how the tape had audio on “both sides” or how magnetism was employed – now watch these kids in Montreal (sorry, it’s in French) get baffled by floppy disks, even gameboys (ARE WE THAT OLD?):
which is funny because a couple days ago I got a free ZIP DRIVE at a tech-swap – I still have 15 or so zip disks that I’m trying to get the data off them! Unfortunately the drive is malfunctioning, so I’ll have to wait another 11 years to find a working drive – at least I can try and turn this drive into a marionette!
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Adafruit Industries are awesome – and already you’re thinking to yourself, “Wait, I’ve heard that name before, haven’t I?” They’ve been mentioned with frequent disdain and praise over the past month, ever since they put up the $3k bounty for hacked drivers for the XBOX Kinect – which has since been turned into an invisibility cloak, interactive puppet, and hundreds if not nearly a thousand other ingenius creative uses. Anyhow check out this video with their founder Limor Fried discussing her Tweet-a-Watt, a home energy consumption tweeting hack – I helped produce this video, and shot some (but very little) b-roll:
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Not a versus or competition in the traditional sense, because that clearly wasn’t the intention of either band when they took stage. But these two ditties do stand out as the highlight of the entire weekend, and it’s hard to decide which one I like more. They’re each stellar songs and performances for their own reasons, explained below:
Because they went on stage first, here’s the What Cheer? Brigade song, Ya Helo. This song is so good for so many reasons. It’s an awesome balance of drum-heavy beats backed by some booming tuba and baritone sax notes, with the trombones, trumpets and even some sexy cymbals making their way to the front for an “in your face” onslaught of punk rock enthusiasm – an almost traditional package of instruments gone bad, in all the right ways:
What Cheer? gain points for the topless dancing man and the suspense! Over a minute before the beats really drop!
Providence-based bands seemed to dominate the power meter throughout the evening, with What Cheer? being followed up later by a brass version of Smooth Criminal by the Extraordinary Rendition Band.
And then RMO came on the scene! Like when 20 members in a band is just not enough, and 30 is only starting to get interesting. How about 40+? Try six dancers alone, and three tubas, and a snare drum line, and that’s already as many members as in What Cheer? Throw in more saxophones than I can identify, a handful of trombones, other drums, clarinets, flutes, even an accordionist – oh and don’t forget the trumpets! – and even the occasional flag-bearer, and who knows what else is going on in there which I can’t see because the stage is simply so packed! Seriously high energy!
Warning: this video is potentially NSFW – no joke – because the lyrics might get you fired! (depends on how friendly you are with your “boss”)
RMO gain points for their participatory number – and yes, the entire crowd sang along as you can hear without amplification!
(PS – I’ve had both of these songs stuck in my head – again – for days now!)
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