Reely Cool Reel

Ventilate, a Canadian special effects house has a new reel on their site. It has some astounding images. It's a must see.








Watch Ventilate's full reel here.

Once Again the Media is Short-Sighted About Technology

How many uses can you think of for a 1 terabyte (1000 GB) CD?

tech.co.uk is reporting about a new technology ("TeraDisc") developed by Memphile (to whom they didn't bother to link). It uses 200 5MBGB layers to store the data.

That's astounding isn't it. Let you mind wander at the possibilites.

Or you can be short-sighted like they were:

It's hard to imagine that a disc format not invented by one of the world's big technology firms could become a future industry standard. But it's perfectly conceivable that these discs might one day be used in libraries to archive digital copies of books and so forth.

Yet another example of short-sighted people claiming technology won't be widely used.

Language Origins 1 : It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature

I remember saying this tagline over and over in the 70's.

It's an interesting study to see how much of American speech comes from television and movies. This is the first in a series of posts about this.

The Importance of Using Flash in your Photos

When I was Seven...

I found this video and I still remember every word of the jingle.

Ice Bird, Ice Bird, You're such a nice bird!
Let's make an Ice Bird Treat!
Scrape in the ice, to fill the cup,
Then add the flavor, eat it up!
Yum, yum, yum, yum!
How about another one?
Ice Bird you're a lot of fun!

I was truly laughing out loud! Wow, what a rush.

Looking for an old TV Spot

When I was a kid in the 70's, there was what I think was a hippie PSA (or maybe a commercial for something). The lyrics went something like this:

Hear the world's heart beating
Like a big bass drum
Can't you hear the people something
It's true
It's the tapping of a million shoes.

So, hey, take a look around!
You can see it in a different way.
Say, hey, take a look around
You'll have a different point of view...

Any ideas? Leave me a comment...

EDIT: Might even be the intro from a Saturday morning TV show.

Mr. Wick Plays "Windy"

This is one of my favorite sequences from The Drew Carey Show.

Accororing to Craig Ferguson's IMDb Bio he actually plays the harp. I thought it looked like he was.

Oh, How Language Changes

Modern Mechanix blog has a wonderful article from the Nov 1934 Popular Science on Playing with Matches and Lighting Gasoline on Fire.

Embeded in the article is this sidebar:

Popular Science reported a poll (circa 1934, I would assume) whereby they discovered that the word iodine is pronounced "i-o-DEEN", chloride is pronounced "KLOR-id" and oxide is pronounced "OX-id."

Funny how things change.

Did They Use Slingshots?

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This woman claimed these coalition bullets "hit her home."

PostSecret. If you haven't been, you should.

PostSecret

Johnson & Johnson Fights for Video Gamers?

So the Canadian Red Cross recently said they were going to sue video game producers for using the red cross emblem.

Recently, David Pratt of the Canadian Red Cross sent a letter to a Vancouver law firm representing several game developers, requesting that the games industry cease usage of the emblem of the Red Cross in games. The familiar icon is of course used in an enormous number of video games, most of them first person shooters, to represent health packs or similar items.

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Now, Johnson & Johnson (think "Band-Aids") is suing the Red Cross for use of the red cross emblem.

J&J, one of the largest drug makers in the world has sued the Red Cross over its use of one of the most famous symbols in the world - the red cross.

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While neither article mentions it, I can't help but think that J&J is trying to correct an indignity.

What do you think?

Cooler than Any Words

On eBay UK for the next 17 hours.

These are the coolest steampunk eyewear/goggles/monocles I've seen!
Apparently made by Alex CF. Check out his site!

Esoteric Humor -- Part 3

via jackszwergold

One Man. One Yellow Sign. One Who Has Cojones.

Rule #241 : Don't piss off feminists at rallies.

Esoteric Humor -- Part 2

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