So this is rather geeky, but I thought I’d share it anyway. It’s a little remix with a message using bites from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. I realize they needed auto-tune to make this work, but it really seems offensive here, given the fact that Sagan had one of the greatest voices ever. If you haven’t seen Cosmos, you really should just go find some train tracks to lie on.
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Found this on Jason Kotte’s site. And I can not improve on his description… which does not improve on Mike Migurski’s description:
There is so much here. The “previously-unseen towel” part of the title, the slightly-femmy movements of the robot, the way the 50X speed-up makes it look like a Svankmajer film, the diligent care with which it smooths out each towel when it’s done, and the palpable shock when it returns to the towel table and there aren’t any left to fold.
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I remember the internet when it looked like ass. When it was a bunch of animated gifs and nasty repeating backgrounds. GeoCities was an interesting concept during the Web’s infancy, where users created their own web sites and connected them in different “neighborhoods”. Each neighborhood had a different theme to it. The problem was that no one knew what the hell they were doing. You got ugly, processor hungry websites with absolutely no grasp of user experience and flow. Design standards were still being ironed out and for some reason, animated gifs made everyone go bananas. The Geocitiesizer is exactly what you think it is. It makes any website look like it was created in 1997. Thank god for decent web design.
Here’s Miabifilms, Geocitiesized.
http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php
Read MoreSo I realize I haven’t posted any Miabi Movies lately. I’ve gotten quite busy at work and at play and have been neglecting all of this new stop motion stuff I’ve been promising. Here’s another video I created as a test. Again, there was absolutely no plan going into this. If you can detect a plot, you win my love. I was making it up as I went along. Which proves that I’m willing to post crap, just so you have some content to look at. It’s stupid and not even sure it show’s progress. But the music is nice!
A mad scientist tries to reanimate a copper coil and takes what he’s learned to reanimate Corey, his clay friend.
Dear Eyjafjallajökull,
Please do not destroy Iceland before I get to go. Just create.
Cheers Brother,
Greg
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I’ve gotten way more than my money’s worth out of this 2000 Flushes Blue. This thing keeps giving and giving. Think they may need to rename.
Read MoreThe pastel backgrounds in this video really make me happy. And by the time the theremin comes in, my face has already melted off. I owe you a beer Brett Domino.
Read MoreWell I’d been fearing Obama’s speech today for quite some time. Ever since word started to trickle out about the President’s plan for the US Space Program, I’d been a little skittish. It didn’t sound good. Today he was in Florida to give a speech outlining his plan for NASA in the coming decades.
I’m quite disappointed in what we got. Obama has canceled the program that would be the Space Shuttle’s replacement. Leaving the United States stranded on Earth without asking for help from Russia for the foreseeable future. That’s not what bothers me. Constellation was supposed to take us back to The Moon as well. And this was where we should have been going. We should be going back to The Moon. By stating that, “We’ve been there before” he’s completely missing the point. Going back to Luna meant setting up a permanent presence there. A presence that would produce incredible science and immeasurable resources for coming generations. All en route to Mars. Not just stopping by again to play in the sand.
Yes, he wants to send us to Mars. But first, he intends to send humans to an asteroid. A mission to an asteroid is worthless except for PR. Robots have worked extraordinarily well for this kind of exploration. We can have men on Mars in the same timeframe he is proposing, even while setting up shop on the Moon first. His plan is a misstep.
Doing a heavy lift rocket for 2015 is a good start, but that’s where it ends. The Constellation Program may have had issues, but I believe it’s aim was true. He should have gotten it back on track instead of killing it. Now we are left with not only starting from scratch, but headed off-course. Not good.
One thing that is encouraging is his support of privatization. If private companies are going to be building the launch vehicles for our space program, I hope those same companies have the wherewithal to sell these spaceships to other private business as well. If Barry is not going to take us to The Moon; then Virgin Galactic, Hilton, McDonald’s, and Starbucks will.
http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/
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This morning I threw on the same outfit I wore on Saturday night, because I figured, “No one from work was there, I’m fine.” It was on my floor and it accomplished the dual tasks of both straightening up the room and clothing me. I really appreciate efficiency.
Except I was just tagged in some pics on Facebook from Saturday night. I work in digital the space. So naturally I’m friends with every single one of my coworkers on Facebook. So now everyone knows I don’t wash my clothes. These are real issues we have to deal with now. Might be time to invest in one of these ventless combo washer/dryers.
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I admit it, I’m kind of obsessed with the iPad right now. Forget the fact that it’s a foxy little gadget. I’m obsessed with this paradigm shift to the touch interface. This reach out and touch the internet thing. Yes, Apple is more guilty of wild hyperbole than most, but it’s claims that this product is revolutionary are undeniable. We are now computing with our fingers, folks. They are not the first to do it, but they are the first to do it right. It is time to reevaluate how we use our computers. The Apple vs. Adobe row is bringing a lot of things to light. Some even related to design! Can we live in a world without mouseovers?
Flash design is a rich affair where the user accesses web content through beautiful menus and animated graphics. Among the many techniques employed is the use of mouseovers. A surfer puts their mouse… over buttons on a web site and other actions are triggered. Additional information is usually presented, such as a drop-down menu. Or maybe a new window is popped up. All without clicking. A truly novel way of doing things. And it’s been a ubiquitous part of the browser user experience (UX) for more than a decade.
But mouseover and hover actions don’t work with touch interface. You do not have a mouse pointer to hover over buttons, you have a dirty finger. There have been suggestions to replicate the behavior, like a “finger-aware” screen that can tell if you’re about to touch the screen. But for now, the functionality is simply not possible. Acceptance of touch UI means design principles like these will have to change or risk being left in the dust. Why would design be dictating what devices we buy or how we consume media? Shouldn’t designers be figuring out how to use this new method in beautiful and creative new ways?
The iPad is a really futuristic device. If you’re a professional/power user, a mouse and keyboard still work best. If you’re a media consumer/communicator, which I think most people are, the touch UI is way more fun, intuitive, and powerful. So why not embrace the future? If not with Apple, than with someone else. But embrace it no?
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