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Month: March, 2008

elephant paints self portrait !!!

30 March, 2008 (11:22) | animal kingdom |

I am completely amazed and speechless about this video. I’ve seen animals painting abstract objects, but this is a literal image, clear and recognizable. This shows real thinking, creative intelligence, and ability to express a narrative about a situation visually. Art is so awesome….this elephant is able to demonstrate to people [...]

man declared brain dead, alive and well today

29 March, 2008 (22:25) | paranormal |

You’ve got to wonder when things like this happen if there is a definitive threshold between the body’s ability to house a life force or not, or if re-animation technology is more than the myth of a George Romero film. This also raises interesting questions about what is lost or gained in every case [...]

sasuke / kunoichi / ninja warrior

28 March, 2008 (09:00) | television |

I like watching gameshows that test a person’s ability to NOT get owned. You would be right in assuming my levels of happiness to limit break after being introduced to the show Ninja Warrior and Women Ninja Warrior which is featured in the US and UK. Both shows are re-dubbed ports of the [...]

heavy hitterz manila: san fran launch party

27 March, 2008 (09:00) | creative projects |

Here’s an update for the show I’m in. It is going to be in Manila Philippines this year, with a launch party in San Francisco. Read below for more details
Royal Elastics and the newly formed creative team, HUSHXHUSH, in association with Pablo Gallery in Cubao, Quezon City (Metro Manila,) presents Heavy Hitterz: Manila, a [...]

metaphysical predictions for the year 2012

26 March, 2008 (11:20) | culture, religion / beliefs |

2012 is sometimes claimed to be a great year of spiritual transformation (or apocalypse). Many esoteric sources interpret the completion of the thirteenth B’ak’tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya calendar (which occurs on December 21 by the most widely held correlation) to mean there will be a major change in world order.
Accordingly, [...]

painting and animation do not mix with headaches

25 March, 2008 (22:16) | creative projects, personal |

Tonight I’m working on two things: animation development and painting. Here’s my first pass on the Mommas Boy painting I posted a sketch of earlier. Now it’s time to work on some animation stuff. On a side note, my eye was bothering me today and I got a headache. Ugh, you [...]

the wise little hen knows best

24 March, 2008 (19:24) | animation, personal |

A group of friends and I have been talking about the economy for years. One thing that we agree on is being prepared for long-term situations, especially those of us that are married, have families, or responsible for other family members. What is ironic is finding this piece of animation today after reading [...]

egg shaped chocolate chip cookie with icing

23 March, 2008 (15:50) | personal |

I don’t think I ever grew out of my delight for chocolate chip cookies.
There are conflicting stories about the origin of the chocolate chip cookie and the acquisition of the recipe by Nestlé. The commonality between the two stories is that the chocolate chip cookie was accidentally developed by Ruth Wakefield in 1933. Mrs. Wakefield [...]

verde the mystery bug-creature-thing

22 March, 2008 (22:21) | animal kingdom, humor, personal |

A couple days ago I spotted this weird green creature outside the front door on my way to throw out the garbage. At first I thought it was a grasshopper, but after a quick inspection knew that it was something else entirely. One of the most interesting features was the shape of its [...]

cyclops is awesome. face paint is awesome.

21 March, 2008 (09:02) | creative projects |

My friend Alex likes two things: cyclops and face paint….and animation too. Hahaha. Not at the same time, because that would be funny. It would be pretty cool to see cyclops with face paint. I don’t like they’ll ever write that into the comics though. Here he is in [...]

mysterious rock wall carving may be runic

20 March, 2008 (21:53) | paranormal |

This was an interesting photo…. Do you know the runic alphabet? Perhaps you can decipher what the writing says.
My mom took this photo about 20 years ago, deep in some woods, back by an old abandoned railroad track. When it was first taken, everyone who saw it spent all day trying to figure out [...]

tibetan protest impacting the election in taiwan

20 March, 2008 (20:39) | culture, politics / economics, religion / beliefs |

Tibetan monks, nuns and other Tibetan supporters stage a candlelight vigil by walking around the Swyambhunath Stupa in Katmandu. The march was another display of solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet, and occurred shortly after the protest on Monday.
The unrest has created shock waves in another volatile region on China’s periphery, shaking up the presidential election [...]

birds of paradise

19 March, 2008 (12:05) | animal kingdom |

Not many animals on the planet have a more bizarre style of dance and coloration than the Birds of Paradise.
They are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. They are found in eastern Indonesia, Torres Strait Islands, Papua New Guinea, and eastern Australia.

The members of this family are perhaps best known for the [...]

nokia morph concept uses nanotechnology

18 March, 2008 (11:35) | fashion, science, technology |

Morph is a concept demonstrating some of the possibilities nanotechnologies might enable in future communication devices. Morph can sense its environment, is energy harvesting and self cleaning .
Morph is a flexible two-piece device that can adapt its shape to different use modes. Nanotechnology enables to have adaptive materials yet rigid forms on demand.
It is also [...]

the ghost of bobby dunbar

17 March, 2008 (12:21) | personal, talkshows |

I was listening to a podcast today by Chicago Public Radio called This American Life. Every episode is filled with personal stories that happen to everyday people. They pick a theme and divide it up into three or four short stories that demonstrate the diversity of subject matter through different eyes. Todays [...]

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