bye

my friend is leaving.  I'm really sad. really good friend

dude

I have not been this drunk in long time.  Best friend moving plus not driving plus really good food plus drinks that run the whole gamut plus too much plus parents in town and need to visit plus plus= need to go home.  I really needed to go home.  Now I home. so good, but now I'm home and can't sleep. need to. 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

shit, anyone have a tuxedo laying around?

So I'm pretty much always wearing clothes that call for cufflinks, so often that I would potentially use that early '60s ferrari with more frequency than these; but these are cool and it would be fun to own a pair.

Damien Hirst cuff-links

hey Ms. P, this is satire.

I know people that fit the descriptions under these dogs, and some of them are total bitches:

hipster puppies

I stole this from someone else's facebook post.  I'm viral.

I watched this and I knew what valhalla must be like:

disney world for fans of Paul Blart Mall Cop

song of today

digestion

So I go and get lunch.  I got 13 big macs and ate them somewhat quickly. After that I took a nap.  When I woke up my stomach hurt and I was like "what the fuck? why you hurting me stomach?". Then I remembered I ate 13 big macs.

I'm lost as what to think

This is a South African techno-rap crew. I imagine this is what Steed Lord would sound like if they all had fetal alcohol syndrome and had watched "Cool as Ice" too many times.
 There are some wicked haircuts and multiple samurai swords.  We can all thank my friend John Alspach for exposing me to this.  Watch all of the videos to get a taste of their hardcore flava'.

Die Antwood website

for real

Here is the long awaited video for "Matter of Time" by Solid Gold.  I did the lighting design, it was directed by John Carlucci and filmed in Madison WI. this is the version that is on mtv2 webpage. If you look there you can see the full widescreen version. the walls of the post cut the sides off here
click here to go to the mtv2 page featuring the video

Solid Gold - New Music - More Music Videos

cool read cool dude

this is an article about my friend Ryan.  He produced the last couple Solid Gold recordings, he also does an alright job as a sound guy.  His band Mystery Palace is good:

Ryan's interview plus some new MP songs

woah

older lady 

dah na deh-na; da nah di-naahh!

Chani you look like a talented wormrider. When I think about it I start to show worm sign. I'm going to put on a still suit and place my thumper in your Seitch.  When you drown my worm, the water of life will be expelled.

Isn't it funny how terms from the book can be used so comically?

One last thing, does anyone understand the fascination with Sean Young at the time this and Bladerunner were made?

song of today

Frankie is a really good guy

An idea for a gift

One of the rarest and most desirable Ferraris in the world, the 1963 250 GTO, is currently up for grabs from the folks at RM Auctions. The 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO is one of only 39 in the world and is considered to be one of the most beautiful cars ever built by Ferrari, aside from being tremendously successful in competition, securing multiple World Championships for the Maranello based sports car builder.

According to Max Girardo, Managing Director of RM Europe, "The Ferrari GTO is unquestionably one of the most iconic and coveted cars in the world...This is truly a rare occasion for collectors to acquire such an important piece of automotive history and we are pleased to be chosen by [chassis number] 4675 GT’s current custodian to represent it on the open market." While the GTO originaly sold for $18,000 when new, an example of Ferrari’s first super has been valued at closer to $30 Million, however RM hasn’t given any leads as to what the asking price will be for this 250 GTO.

them mopey young'ins

XX (Photo:Terryfy)

at the end of the video there is a shot of the robot holding a laser pistol

Say Hello to Robonaut2, NASA's Android Space Explorer of the Future

By Stuart FoxPosted 02.04.2010 at 11:16 am4 Comments

Robonaut2:  NASA

With the news that the White House has canceled the Constellation Program, NASA seems to be moving out of the human space flight business. However, the unveiling of a next-generation robot astronaut shows the android space program to be alive and well.

See more photos of Robonaut2 here

Designed through a partnership with General Motors, the Robonaut2 is the cutting edge of android technology. Equipped with a wide array of sensors and dexterous five fingered hands, NASA plans for the Robotnaut2 to work along side humans in space operations, or by itself in missions too dangerous for people.

The Robonaut2 began life as, surprise surprise, a DARPA project almost ten years ago. The original Robonaut debuted in 2004, and sported a very Bobba Fett-like head. For the new model, NASA appears to have turned to the Power Rangers for design inspiration, with future models presumably looking more and more like Ian Holm or Lance Hendrickson.

No word yet on when NASA plans on deploying the Robonaut on an actual mission, or if its first job will be programing binary load lifters and moisture vaporators.

To see the Robonaut2 in action, check out this video:

[NASA]

this is informative and interesting. click the words below, they're the link

a cool george lucas interview/story from wired magazine in 2005

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The myth of Luke Skywalker hinges on courageous acts of liberation. In our conversation at the ranch, Lucas sums up the central theme of his films from THX 1138 to Revenge of the Sith: "How do you personally get to the point where you wake up out of your stupor and take charge of your life and do dangerous and scary things?"

Larry Tee tried real hard

Larry, we all know your whole electro-clash thing failed and that any of the artists from that scene who are still making music will either grimace at the mention or deny their part in it.  There were a few things that are actually pretty rad and if they came out now you probably would have been much more successful.  Here is a video and song from these girls who went by W.I.T., I saw them on the second electroclash tour with Peaches, Chicks on Speed and another one I don't remember.  All these girls had at the merch booth were these poorly packaged copies of their demo; I bought it then and occasionally will play it now.  Bear in mind that much better music has come out since I got it, but this is back in 2002 before the term "electro" had become a popular music style adjective and before Kanye had adopted the sound like he created it.  I like the song, it works in different types of mixes and the video looks like something a grandpa would be watching in a funny movie.  Enjoy

song of today

wait a little bit for the track to start

skol?

I was just watching this amazing program called Madventures. I'd never seen this show before but it now one of my favorites.  It's these two dudes from finland traveling around the world with a camera doing a bunch crazy shit.  At one point one of the dudes says, "do we have time to get kentucky fried", meaning is there time to get really drunk.  That is my new favorite foreign slang.  It's on the same level as cool ranch doritos being called cool american.

 As far as foreign travel goes, I could go for a magnum bar right now.

another scientifically over looked movie

My last entry in this series was about Ghostbusters; this time I am going to talk about Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.  This is very informal; it should have citations and references, but I'm going to skip that stuff and keep this pretty short.  This could be a really good dissertation for either a film, history, or theoretical physics class.  It's too bad I used the space in the papers on traditional and well respected sources.  I am scienetificizing pop culture.

  The movie is a wonderful study in time travel, and more importantly the idea of temporal paradox.  Throughout the movie Bill and Ted survive by messages and reminders from future versions of themselves.   Their survival leads to the reality in which Rufus and that radical Black Dude sitting on a crystal throne with sunglasses on and everyone dresses like lady gaga at the grammys.  One thing couldn't have happened without the other happening. The definition of a temporal paradox.
  One thing that is commonly missed in stories that incorporate time travel miss is that while the person is time traveling they are living, therefore aging.  If they leave san demas 1988 at 12:30 and come back a few hours later their friends had only lived for those few hours.  Bill and Ted on the other side could have spent as long as they wanted going around time collecting historical figures.  In this instance Bill and Ted would have aged one day.  If they made a habit of traveling time then going back to the moment they left those hours would add up.  In the words of Matthew McCaughnihy (sic), I keep getting older, but they stay the same age. Someone should tell Hiro Nakamura.
   I'm not going to go any deeper into this right now, this could turn into a long one; I'll think instead of writing this now I will just bother my friends as I share these ideas.

this is a good one to play on the stereo

Stereo MC's - Connected @ Yahoo! Video

I keep saying I'm dumb, but this was really fucking stupid

Yesterday I went out to eat a burger.  I was fucking hungry and in good company, this distracted me.  So we go by the bar to kill time while we were waiting for our table; I decided to put my hand in the pocket I usually put my car keys. The keys weren't in there so I checked the other pockets and they weren't there either.  I say I can't find my keys so I am going to retrace the steps we took to get to the door. No keys.  I kept walking to the car and I remembered something I have done in the past.  That thing of the past was getting out of the car and heading to my destination without taking the key out of the ignition.  That's what I did.  I left my keys in the fucking ignition.  Between conversation and food the meal was a success; but it would have been ruined if my car had been stolen.  I'm glad it didn't get ruined.