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If you show up to my paranormal club…
…carrying this 3-in-1 Paranormal Research Instrument you’re going to get laughed at. EMF is fine, but a thermometer and a flashlight?
You want to be taken seriously, shell out for an IR thermal imaging camera,
and maybe throw in a bat detector while you’re at it. Continue reading
Interview with Walter Murch
This is a nice interview that talks a about scene transitions, which is something I’ve been thinking about.
http://filmsound.org/murch/interview-with-walter-murch.htm Continue reading
Presidential limo
http://www.life.com/image/ugc1023552/in-gallery/37872/inside-the-secret-service
In a series of photos in Life about the American secret service, they show a picture of the Presidential limo.
I’m sort of intrigued by this:
“Today, they [the Secret Service] expect a prolonged attack…”
I’m so used to presidents getting killed by lone gunmen, but now I’m imagining the president under siege within his limo. Continue reading
Web Comics where I like the art
http://www.octopuspie.com/
http://gunshowcomic.com/
http://www.scarygoround.com/
http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/
Look at them! Just look! Continue reading
New Weebl cartoon
Grandma’s Cheese
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Grandma%27s+Cheese/
I’m fascinated by the liquidy squeeze cheese. It moves in such a liquidy fashion and I have no idea how to pull that off, it’s remarkable. I must discern its secrets. Continue reading
Sticks to the Wall
I made an animated short called Sticks to the Wall. It played at the 90 second quickies:
http://vimeo.com/8019775
The Visual Story
I’m reading The Visual Story by Bruce Block.
One thing that’s really nice is he always uses diagrams and pictures to illustrate his points. In contrast, I’ve also been reading The Horse Who Drank the Sky lately, and that’s been a hard slog, since the author seems very much in love with words, which doesn’t appeal to me the same.
Basic mistake
http://adtech.panthercustomer.com/apps/32/Ad2587680St3Sz16Sq3321638V1Id1/iheartnsUS.swf
So I saw this “unscramble the secret code” on New Scientist. It has a simple mistake in it, whereby each letter can only go in one position. So, there’s three identically-seeming Is, two Ts, two Ns, etc. Despite looking exactly the same, they aren’t interchangeable.
Behind the Atom
This is pretty sweet. It’s behind the scenes when making The Mighty Atom (AKA Astro Boy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxZ5H-GqouM
It is pretty good about showing the entire process from start to finish. Plus a huge retro element, since it’s all painted cells, plus the smoking animators and the clear division between the men’s jobs and the women’s jobs. But it’s a testament to how factory-like their process is that the narrator says, “it usually takes days for them to produce an episode.”
Also, this is the best picture ever:
