Wonderful video I found while cruising around. Certainley brews up some possible ideas…
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April 29, 2009
Song Around The World “Stand By Me
Posted by Robin under brain matter, Film, Music | Tags: charity, intercontinental |Leave a Comment
April 24, 2009
A Look Back On Two Awesome Games
Posted by Robin under brain matter, Games, Personal | Tags: day of the tentacle, DOS, dott, lucasarts, Sam & Max Hit The Road |Leave a Comment
I remember being a little kid and at some point, I got this three-pack of LucasArts DOS games for my IBM Aptiva. Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis, Sam & Max Hit The Road and Day Of The Tentacle.
I never played the Indiana Jones game much, but Sam & Max Hit The Road and Day Of The Tentacle dominated about an hour or two of my times after school for a little while. They were fun, made you think, and at the time, anyways, there were no walkthroughs easily found. So a young me had to figure things out and piece it all together. Sometimes when I was stuck I would leave the game for a week and go back to it with fresh eyes.
But anyways, it just ocurred to me today how much those games shaped me as a youngster. The dark and twisted art, the sick humor and the weird mysteries that demand for you to think. Also the Sam & Max game made me want to search for more stuff featuring them, which led me to find the WONDERFUL comics by Steve Purcell and my life was made when I later discovered that a cartoon on Fox Kids was going to be made. Damn…What a great couple of games.
Anyways, here’s the intro to Day Of The Tentacle. Just cuz.
March 30, 2009
Hey True Believers! While I’m still waiting for some first payments to come in before I can begin editing some things, I’ve been writing a lot more. Either stories, reviews, cover letters (hint hint to employers) or anything that takes my fancy. Now, when I write I usually have a movie on in the background or play some music to keep me inspired. And of course when I’m NOT writing I like listening to stuff.
So here’s what I’ve been listening to lately.
1. WMBR 88.9 FM
MIT’s radio station. Brilliant. That’s all there is to it. I can listen to this station for hours on end, and have. It has the most eclectic mix I’ve ever heard on a radio station and is a welcome distraction from the crap radio that is produced here in Toronto (with the exception of CBC Radio 3 which I think might be getting shut down soon). There are many shows on there and all of them are good. At the time of writing this, the show Musical Dope is on (“I play what I like and tell you why it’s good.“), but I personally can’t stop listening to The Intercontinental hosted by Jesse Kaminsky, a man who knows his International music. Listen to WMBR and you’ll discover types of music you didn’t even know existed.
2. “Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Each episode is an investigation – a patchwork of people, sounds, stories all centered around one big idea. Radiolab comes out in seasons of 5 shows, and today is heard around the country on over 150 stations. “
I’ve made a habit of trying to listen to this show every morning. It is just an incredibly smart show that helps answer the questions behind things like memory, laughter, space, sperm and race! The combination of the one hour regular show and the 15 minute podcasts make for some powerful doses of knowledge. Also it has the most amazing sound design I’ve heard on a show. Just wonderful. Listen, learn and love.
3. The Children’s Hour Of Knowledge
Knowledge is half the power!
This show was introduced to me through Erika Moen’s site (she was a guest on it) and pretty much guarantees a few minutes of laughter out of me. It stars Profoctor Davey and his Puppet Harvard graduate cohost Bongo McTweedlepant as they try (and fail) to answer questions sent in by children. Puppet guests include Wolfman Mozart, Count F*ckula, Matronly Margaret, Appy-pop The Peppy Pink Pill, Herman the Oral Hygiene Zombie and Homeless Vetren Ghost of Bob Dylan, it’s clear to show that this isn’t a kids program.
March 25, 2009
Tom Kuntz is my all-time favorite commercial maker. He has done so many wonderful advertisements that add just the right amount of weirdness to my life. Skittles, Fed Ex, Axe body spray, Netflix…all have been touched by Kuntz’s distorted fingers to create a world full of piñata men that strive to be treated equal, giant carrier pigeons destroying cities and pants-shittingly scary chocolate men getting laid. It is a world that would be both amusing and terrifying to live in.
Because WordPress is being stupid and horrible, I will only post one commercial on here and link to a playlist of some of my favorite commercials he has done (along with one music video). I strongly suggest you check them out. Enjoy!
Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9B49550242C69427
March 2, 2009
“Biology stands on the brink of a shift in the understanding of inheritance. The discovery of epigenetics – hidden influences upon the genes – could affect every aspect of our lives.
At the heart of this new field is a simple but contentious idea – that genes have a ‘memory’. That the lives of your grandparents – the air they breathed, the food they ate, even the things they saw – can directly affect you, decades later, despite your never experiencing these things yourself. And that what you do in your lifetime could in turn affect your grandchildren.”
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December 11, 2008
I’ve been fairly silent lately and that has to do with several things. Firstly I’ve been too busy looking for work to post anything of worth and lately, I’ve been sick as a dog.
So here are a couple of things.
- How to lift fingerprints from a bullet the high-voltage way.
- A very odd ad from Filigranes
