I call next.
Reactable vs. the Poly.Touch
I followed a few links from the comments on a post about the Poly.Touch found on NotCot today, and wound up looking at this instead: the Reactable. Watch it in action:
Apparently it’s not exactly new (posted October 25, 2006!), but it’s new to me!
Link to a YouTube Video with a Specific Start Time
I made this this week with some friends from work. Just paste in your YouTube URL, pick a start time, and it spits back a link that will start the video wherever you like. Stupid and simple.
Skeleton Boy Video Made Me Smile
I really really want to recreate this video at home, but I think I would be in a ton of trouble:
http://vimeo.com/2849494
“Animal Superpowers” Educational Toys for Kids. I want.
Via GOOD
Music Animation Machine
Watching this visualization of a piano piece has me just a mesmerized as watching the internal workings of an old music box. It’s a demonstration of a piece of software called Music Animation Machine. It’s the same concept, but with a longer piece and the addition of color:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvUepMa31o&feature=player_embedded
Hey look! It’s 65 Things that Look Like Pac-Man!
Here’s a fun post from Games Radar demonstrating that pretty much anything can look like Pac-Man. Sadly, none of the examples are sinks.
Fun 3D Animations Done on Turntables
Pretty self explanatory, but very neat stuff.
Found it here on Neatorama, where else?
Radiohead’s “Nude (Big Ideas)” on Old Computer Equipment
You’ve probably all heard about Radiohead’s little game of letting anyone remix their single, “Nude”, but this one takes it to a whole other level. James Houston played forced the tracks out of old and abused computer equipment (or at least sampled them).
He had this to say about the idea:
This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm… …I decided to take the piss a bit, as the contest seemed to be in that spirit.
See for yourself (skip in to 1:09 for the music to start):
You can also catch it in full res and full screen at the source here.
Time Lapse of Lunar Eclipse 02.20.2008
I shot this time lapse footage of last night’s lunar eclipse as a fun little experiment. Enjoy!
http://vimeo.com/714278



