Finding the right kid for a back story scene must be some sort of art form. So I appreciate that this tumblog exists to appreciate those who put effort into that obscure art.
And two from my favourite TV show (at the moment, anyway)… I wish they’d hurry up and put season 3 on air in Australia, and also that the stupid network in the US would guarantee its future on account of people who have taste thinking it is better than Two and a Half Men.
Yeah. This is a real thing.
Also, while we’re on the subject of impressive Mario related feats – here’s a stop motion of level 1-1 created in 500 hours of painstaking Mine Craft Play.
Monty Python were, and are, funny. Terry Gilliam is, amongst other things, the man behind the animations in Monty Python movies… and possibly the inspiration for the animation style of South Park. I have no idea if that’s true – but the method he uses here is a bit like the method they use, only with slightly more detailed paper.
Here, an older, wizened, Terry Gilliam, takes a shot at Hollywood movie making, with Steven Spielberg in his sights.
He thinks happy endings are overrated, and stories should be real.
Here he talks about his approach to making movies.
Interesting stuff.
I was here once. In Athens that is. Not on the Internet. But only for a day. It’s a great city with a pretty amazing history (and a fairly depressing present).
I love tilt shift.
This pretty funny Tumblog seems to be a bit defunct now. Seems that’s what happens when you get a book deal.
But here’s what you’re missing out on…
And my favourite… a hipster puppy on a fixie.
I’ve never been to Vietnam. Or Ho Chi Min City/Saigon… but this timelapse video of the frenetic traffic in the city is pretty amazing. Imagine learning the road rules…
I may have featured this before. But if you’ve got me in some sort of Secret Santa thing, or just want to buy me a Christmas present that I’ll enjoy… you could do worse than this XKCD special.
And on the back…
I just saw the first Mormon ad to feature high profile league player, and grand final winner with the mighty Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Will Hopoate. Sharp. They’re a great ad for Manly. And, like all the ads in this campaign, are visually appealing and tightly produced.
There was a higher profile League star than Hopoate – Dizzy Izzy Folau. Israel has been out of the spotlight in the last year because he made a big money switch to AFL. To a team that doesn’t exist yet.
Luckily the Mormons didn’t feature Israel in their ads. Because he recently turned his back on the cult, publicly, during this campaign.
And here’s what he had to say… and that, friends, is how to harpoon a campaign.
“I had a personal experience with the holy spirit touching my heart,” Folau told AAP.
“I’ve never felt that before while I was involved in the Mormon church – until I came to the AOG church and accepted Christ.
“It’s been an amazing experience for me personally and I know a lot of people on the outside have been saying stuff about why we left.
“And some people (are) assuming that we left because of money, and all that sort of stuff.
“I know for myself that it wasn’t.
“But I guess at the moment, the people on the outside don’t really know the main reason why we left.”
The 22-year-old instigated the change himself after researching the history of Mormonism, and said the move was easy to make.
Folau’s friends have been understanding and supportive for the most part, but he admits it has been hard on a few of them.
God will play a large role in Folau’s life as he attempts to secure a berth in the Giants’ side for their season opener against Sydney.
Productivity is a modern idol. So too “getting things done”… Me. I just like “being effective.” That’s what I’ve decided…
Here’s a proposed manifesto for the getting things done movement. Illustrated.
What are your thoughts? Is prodigious production of products better than the production of polished products that do a job? I’m somewhere on that spectrum towards the polished product end. But I recognise that spending 80 hours on the last 20% of your product isn’t very efficient.
Ladies and gentlemen. I give you. Your future Dog President.
I laughed. Then I laughed some more. Beats the old stick your arms out from behind another person’s back trick…
This is such a bizarre Christian propaganda movie…
I know hundreds of good photographers (in the age of Instagram, everybody is “good”), and a handful of truly great photographers. Greatness is about more than having a nice camera and a good eye. There’s something ephemeral about the quality of thought and clarity of vision behind the photos in these entries to the 2011 National Geographic Photography competition.
Some samples…
It makes me a little bit sad at times knowing that while some of my photography might be “good,” it’ll probably never be great.
Love this…