And it’s still better than most of the movies on SyFy!
King-Kong as remade by kids in the 1970’s. Reminds me of the stuff I used to make on my old super-8mm video camera way back when. I...
The Evils of Intellectual Property
I highly recommend listening to this lecture. He makes some interesting points. I thought the point about Fashion was especially interesting, it’s a whole industry that exists...
Jane Austin’s Fight Club
And for comparison, the original Fight Club trailer-
Hayao Miyazaki lays down the law!
Japanese Animator Hayao Miyazaki delivered a verbal thumping to a recent interviewer (who was spending more time fiddling with his new iPad than doing this job from...
Yesterday’s Trains of the Future
Everyone has their idea of a romantic way to travel, and for me it’s always been the train. I guess it’s the feeling of both nostalgia and...
What happened while Americans slept.
As a global traveler myself, I’ve always found it somewhere between amusing and annoying how mired in the 1960’s the North American view of the rest of...
Econo-Apocalypse in Cartoon Form
Some fascinating stuff in this great lecture. One bit that I wasn’t aware of was the idea that the US drive for home ownership comes from the...
Welcome to the Future of Spin!
This is one of those stories that was obvious from the beginning- if one (since Yahoo barely counts anymore) company controls how people seek information, then they...
Why is Twilight Popular? A Short Animated Explanation
The Lego Brick effect he’s talking about is called “Masking“, and is extensively explained in Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, a book I highly recommend everyone read. I...