Star-Wars style 3D projection
This is startlingly like the 3D projections in the original Star Wars trilogy. Early, sure, but I used monochrome monitors in high school, and I’m typing this on a 2×27″ dual monitor setup right now....
View ArticleDarkening the Dark Knight
I really enjoyed this fantastic secret history of how Batman became un-campy from The Atlantic magazine. Of course, I had long been aware of the transition, but I had always credited Frank Miller’s...
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Store your money in style
Why yes, this wallet design does appear to be right up my alley! Apparently it comes in both black (evil) and white (good), so you can choose sides while still sticking with Helvetica (maybe the white...
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“It’s Saturday, man, nine is early enough.” My yard sale ad
I disagree vehemently with garage sale early birds.
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Our yard sale was a success
In preparation for a big trip planned for this fall, Amy and I started clearing out our house. But instead of throwing things out, we decided to make people pay us for the privilege of carting our...
View ArticleThe History of the City of London
No, not London as we all know it; the City of London, a separate and unique city within London. Confused? Here, this video explains: What a fascinating piece of history! I had never heard about this...
View ArticleMusic makes the world go round, or something like that
What happens when you try to make music with musicians around the world? Magic, if you are anything like the folks behind Playing For Change. With a mobile recording studio, they travel the world...
View ArticleWhat would your 12 year old self tell you?
One man knows. He had a conversation with himself, 20 years in the past. Let me explain. In 1992, Jeremiah MacDonald videotaped a message to himself. That videotape sat dormant for 20 years....
View ArticleWhat it’s like to throw with your non-dominant hand
Huh. And it turns out that these boys end up throwing like a stereotypical girl. Which just goes to show it has more to do with practice than with gender, as I’ve always suspected.
View ArticleYour handsome-ass grandfather only had one blade … and polio
Okay, colour me intrigued.
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I know, let’s put a full cup of coffee’s equivalent of caffeine into a...
We got a box of these delivered to the office today. Awake Chocolate is new, but I can already tell they are going to be successful. I’m jealous that they thought of this before I did. You can follow...
View ArticleUpside-down, a Tic Tac dispenser makes WAY more sense
I can’t believe I’ve been doing it wrong forever.
View ArticleShort Film Friday: Cat Piano
A beautifully animated, more-than-slightly trippy short film narrated by Nick Cave. Does this herald the return of a weekly Short Film Friday? One cannot say.
View ArticleShort Film Friday: Foxy and the Weight of the World
In the past, Short Film Friday has been heavy on the whimsical and light on the emotional. This short film takes a small step to rectify that situation. Foxy and the Weight of the World is the story...
View ArticleShort Film Friday: Paperman
It’s Short Film Friday on a Saturday! Okay, okay…cut me some slack. I’ve been busy. Don’t worry, though. This week’s installment is a doozy! It’s probably been floating around for a while and you...
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I could watch the incredible precision of this watch being made forever
The intricacy of watchmaking is fascinating, and it’s a real treat to see the pieces being assembled in one of the world’s most intricate. It’s sort of a miracle of workmanship that chimes the hours,...
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Critiquing Charlie Brown’s record as a baseball manager
Good ol’ Charlie Brown. How I hate him. At least, that’s what you might think the fans of his baseball team would think. The notoriously terrible team somehow continues to soldier on, as is the way...
View ArticleSomething great to read every month
Although I don’t even have a Spotify account, and we’re “borrowing” a Netflix account, I’m starting to come around to subscription services. I first fell in love with Tonx coffee — great,...
View ArticleNew Movie Trailers To Get You All Jazzed Up
I love a good movie trailer. It really is an art form. There has to be just enough of the plot to get the viewer interested, but too much and there’s no sense in going to the actual film. Pacing is...
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