Jason Nunes

or at least someone inspired by him…

Here’s an video of how he works:

Is it vandalism? Is it art? To me, the more important questions is, aren’t we sick of being constantly bombarded by advertising everywhere we turn?

This whole time I thought I’d accidentally created a Twideo:

only to find out that Tweetube launched 3 weeks ago…

*sniff*

More QuadAnimator…

I dig Thomas Keeley’s toothbrush mini-sculpture.

on LowBudgeGirl.com

Three minutes on what I’m doing to try to get to my 10,000 hours. (From Gladwell’s latest book Outliers)

There’s a longer interview that will be posted soon about writing for low/no budget films.

Fun stuff…

(oh yeah… did I mention that LowBudgeGirl is my wife? The fabulous Meghan Scibona?… cause she is. Nu huh. So cool.)

Bio-mimicry from Japan. From Pink Tentacle:

A University of Tokyo research team led by professor/computer graphic artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi is developing robots designed to imitate primitive life forms. Mockups have been put on display at a Confucian temple in Tokyo, and working versions of the robots are scheduled for completion in two years.

According to the researchers, these robots are being developed as a way to explore artificial life and gain insights into how living things survive in a world governed by the law of the jungle.

Kawaguchi and his team are developing a basic reflex system for the primitive artificial life forms, as well as a visual processing system equipped with eyes that recognize and instinctively track certain objects.

In addition, the researchers are working to create powerful biomimetic actuators for locomotion. As part of their research, Kawaguchi and his team have conducted computer simulations to investigate the use of neural oscillators in a locomotion system that imitates the way centipedes crawl. They are also working on simple, mechanical tentacles that extend and contract to move the robot in a specified direction. If all goes according to schedule, they will have a fully functional robot in two years.

With a more thorough understanding of how primitive life forms survive, the researchers believe they can provide robots with a better ability to move, hunt, sense danger, and escape. They suggest that strong survival and hunting skills can be put to use in applications ranging from security guard dog robots to swarm robots tasked with exploring the surface of an alien planet.

Kawaguchi, a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, has become known for creating artistic computer graphics programs that exhibit “lifelike” behavior such as self-organization and self-propagation. The robot mockups, which are three-dimensional models of his previous computer graphics work, will remain on display at Yushima Seidō temple until February 8.

[Source: Robot Watch]

UPDATE: More photos HERE.

One of my favorite blog post titles so far this year (from Ethan G Salwen)

To quote Ethan:

Okay, so according to a BBC article Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is actually only the world’s second richest man. And, um, actually he didn’t actually buy a dead tree. But he might as well have.

What Mr. Slim has done is to invest 250 million dollars into the New York Times—rounding out his stake in the financially struggling United States newspaper. What?! Is this guy a total fucking idiot?

I wonder this because from what I’m hearing, newspapers are totally, utterly on the way out, thanks in large part to people like you who are spending your time reading blogs for non-objective reporting instead of “dead tree” newspapers, which according to an article I recently read, nobody believes anymore anyway.

So, what do you guys think? Is printed news finally dead? Well, or going the way of the blacksmith at least?