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!
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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.
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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:
Friendly Fires ‘Skeleton Boy’ by Clemens Habicht from Nexus Productions on Vimeo.
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“Animal Superpowers” Educational Toys for Kids. I want.
Via GOOD
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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:
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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.
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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):
http://www.vimeo.com/1109226You can also catch it in full res and full screen at the source here.
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Introducing BUNKRE Presents!
I’m trying my hand at booking bands I love in the Albany, N.Y. area. Just something I’m toying with. More here.