OK, yeah… I know it’s slightly sexist and overly obvious (and shilling ice cream), but have to admit I really like the visual style, direction and music on this thing. Anyone know how they do the film effects on this? (my guess is they just film at a super high frame rate).
Trying to think what it reminds me of as well…
OMG, I am so going to see these guys when I get to Vegas. Yet another reason I must go to RailsConf .
Palm, Ditch, Steal, Load, Simulation, Misdirection and Switch.
Probably equally appropriate to watching politicos…
When I was a kid, before i got into power gaming and being a master geek, I used to read the “Choose Your Own Adventure” stories which were the forerunners of so many computer games and text adventures that were to follow. Ah yes, the path to being a high school social outcast…
And just in time for Halloween, someone has put together The Outbreak , a little video interactive adventure that is a hell of a nod of the head and petite homage to Romero’s ‘78 classic Dawn of the Dead .
Back in the day, before graphics replaced playability (though let’s face it, the Wii has brought it back), some of the best games there were… in fact, the only ones, were text based interactive adventures.
Not to over-romaticize them but some of them were epic and such a critical part of hacker lore that they’ve entered the cultural lexicon.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Well, had a bit of a hard slog the last little while, so just reminding myself of a few important things. Great advice and a fantastic speech from The Steve.
Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life. And the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. And don’t settle.
Absolutely cool, Tarentino-esque short about… Tarantino. Even in Brazilian, totally reads like one of his scripts. An excellent little homage to the master… Tarantino’s Mind:
I don’t think there is anything Joss Whedon has ever done that I haven’t liked; Buffy, Angel, and the brilliant, yet sadly gone-before-its-time by Fox Firefly have given me an appreciation of this guy’s writing (hell, I even like the “Grr! Argh!” of the mutant enemy animation at the end of all his shows.).
He works the web like few others do, regularly hangs out in fan forums and plugs into his reader and viewership like few others.
If only it were socially acceptable for an adult of my age without children to watch Sesame Street more often. This is great. Subversive, even.
I can’t tell you how much I love this thing for how beautiful it’s for its simplicity, brilliance and sheer joy. Dancing Matt seriously makes me happy.
It’s even better to watch this in hidef actually. So great.
One of the things that made it very hard to leave my old office was just how many great and cool people worked there. Even people who weren’t working directly with you would just be amazing to work with.
Part of the TV production crew for the music label was doing a timelapse test of some of their equipment out my office window the day before I left and I asked them if they’d give it to me. Absolutely no problem. Thanks C!