theremin chronicles

filmfatale pal, rusty, over at somafm has a wonderful station playing right now where he’s mixing music in with audio of the space shuttle’s current mission to the space station. mission control is an incredible way to enjoy nasa broadcasts at work. catch it now while it’s live.

i’m usually not super enthralled with all the different styles of motion capture technology that’s out there, but i have to admit, henson’s mocap methods do seem very clever. i love how their history in puppeteering helps them evolve the technology, giving them great ideas like using a second mocap artist to handle real-time facial [...]

kristin thompson (of the venerable bordwell/thompson film studies team) makes some good observations about the continuing struggle to get theaters to convert to 3d. btw, if you haven’t seen this downfall version of hitler being pissed at jim cameron’s avatar preview , you really should. it makes me laugh.

in the past, i’ve toyed with the idea of going on over to pixar (although i’m super happy working where i’m at now), but if terry gilliam (and steve) gets his wish, i might need to start updating my resume! (link via pixar-steve)

this is rad. dogs in moscow have figured out how to take public transportation so they can go to work. now if we can just convince more humans to take public transport, things’ll be looking up!

i’ve always been amused with the annual beloit college mindset lists, which documents the cultural headspace that freshmen at beloit college are in when they first start attending school. this year seems especially relevant only because i’m coming up on my 20 year anniversary of being a wide-eyed freshman in college. it startles me to [...]

during my wonderful stay in boston, ed introduced to me the terrific musical comedy of the uk’s bill bailey. now for your entertainment, here’s a great little clip of bill playing the theremin for his new proposal for england’s national anthem.

man, i don’t need to go anywhere for a vacation, i can just go to fabulous OAKLAND!

reading this article, i’ve come to the realization that i haven’t been thinking like a burglar correctly. looks like i’ll need to rewrite all those crime capers i’ve written. (note to self: continue to not hide stuff in the toilet)

broke-ass stuart’s general guidelines to dolores park is required reading if you’re planning to hang out at 18th & dolores. it’s also important to note that it’s funny because it’s true! (link via curbed sf)