pain without borders

The concept is direct and communicated in a creative way.
The animation speaks for itself very well.

Paris VFX and 3D animation studio Space Patrol handled the production of this 3D clip for French NGO Pain without Borders/ Douleurs sans frontières with the goal of increasing public awareness to pain in its various forms and drive enough [...]

shifting from one form to another

A goat is being held in jail at this time. Before getting into details, a quick look into the folklore’s definition may help to quantify other situations a bit more…

….Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), the fox spirits East Asia (including the Japanese [...]

delicious ketchup and mustard gun

If I was prone to having regular backyard barbecue I’d consider getting one of these things. They look fun to use.

Yeah, and it’s not a prank either, they have an official website and everything. The device is officially hailed as the “Condiment Gun”, as it is capable of dispensing various liquid [...]

two headed turtle

Never have I seen a creature like this in real life, so the experience was an interesting one. I remember back in grade school going to a museum in Canada near the Niagara Falls to be greeted by a whole floor full of mutated animals.  It wasn’t Ripley’s either, ironically.  The menagerie of creatures [...]

svalbard global seedvault

Food and water. Yeah it’s something we need.
I like to eat breakfast, and you probably do too.

What if something cataclysmic where to happen (nuclear winter, asteroid collision, pole shift) and most agriculture was wiped off the face of the map?  Not a pleasant thing to hypothetically brood over, but a tangible architectural [...]

daigo umehara (ryu) vs mago (sagat)

Street Fighter 4 is looking nice, and the ground swell of loyalists from decades ago and newcomers alike is an exciting thing to bear witness to. Ever since seeing the first teaser screen shots, the old memories of sho-ryu-kens, groups of onlookers, and endless quarters into the Capcom machines have flooded my memories from [...]

the most wanted / unwanted song

How would a song sound based on a list of likes and dislikes gathered from a group of several hundred people?

A poll written by Dave Soldier was conducted in Spring 1996 answering that question in logical fashion, but only in written form.

And so Nina Mankin and David Soldier, armed with their list of “do’s” and [...]

tony jaa in ong bak 2

When the movie is released in the country you’re reading this, I am not entirely sure.  I am avidly anticipating its arrival.  Tony Jaa is easily one of the most talented and incredible martial artists in the world today.

The action sequences in his previous Ong Bak film have no wirework, no stunt doubles, and no [...]

how things in nature synchronize

Traffic on the highway. Ants in the backyard. Masses of prey fleeing from a predator’s onslaught. We’ve all had the experience of being in crowds, or observed how a group can function as a coherent structure.

Mathematician Steven Strogatz posits these questions in more detail pertaining to the natural synchronization that exists all [...]

common and micro soft wear

Common and Microsoft have collaborated on some interesting retro designs. These remind of the days of only working in command prompts.  I think my favorites are the Bill Gates mug shots and the DOS logo. I might have to get one of these for my Dad. As an engineer from the [...]

happy new years from cyborg hotdog dog

Happy 2009 everyone. We went to visit family this year and had a great time. We’re off to see a parade here in a couple of hours, so for now I only have pictures of the hotdog dog, a highly interesting species of animal.  The creature was spotted by Jiovis and her camera [...]