One of my Goldentusk faves is the Indiana Jones rendition:

» http://youtube.com/watch?v=fTrK4VQG93Y

Especially the part where he dramatically intones, "Kill all the snaaaakes..."

It's not just the parodied music that's funny, it's the fitting visuals that add an extra dimension to the whole song-and-dance. :)

All homosexuals are gay, but not all Gays are homosexual. :p

When are Spore creature candies coming?

I'll merely add I'm thrilled with how 1-hit wonders were very common during the New Wave era, Devo's popularity continues to coast the waves of time. They've even spawned a next generation!

Speaking of, here's the obligatory connection between Devo and Disney (the topic of the last BB post):

» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo_2.0

At least it wasn't Fuddruckers, as featured with a somewhat-different name in Idiocracy!

Another contender would've been Mike Score's 80s hairstyle; but not as easy to geometrically model as the Devo hat.

No one should confuse "gookie" with a certain racial slur. But I didn't know "gook" could also mean "caked-on makeup", which comes close to the feature facialism on show here:

» http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gook

I'd like to see some done in Second Life! I continue to hold out hope that Wu-Tang Clan will perform inworld. Altho, we did get the genius of "The Little Newbie" from AlienHearts:

» http://youtube.com/watch?v=nXBM1HHr0vE

Whoa, I'm familiar with some of this music from my youth! I used to hear it a lot in eating places too, and largely recall it being very melodic and catchy.

Notice how the beat at the beginning with the rez zap sounds very Kraftwerkian.

Somewhat related but more commercial and sung in English, I'm sure just about anyone who visited Thailand in the early 90s will recognize this:

» http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOCKimkTEA8

I've wondered all these years if the production was influenced by Ace of Base.

Related, see Hayao Miyazaki's design philosophy behind the Ghibli Museum, aka "This is the kind of museum I want to make!"

» http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/

Those goats aren't cute in the traditional sense, but they definitely made me sit up and take note!

+1 for Second Life

I thought this Onion clip was brilliantly done and delicious in its recursiveness. Now I'd like to see one, taken to extremes, with Zlad-like video feedback effects.

I always thought it's cute when the members of your would-be simulacrum had their own little games to play with, whether it's Barbie with a Game Boy or another game-within-a-game diversion.

Related clip some of you may be interested in, LucasFilm's Habitat:

» http://youtube.com/watch?v=VVpulhO3jyc

@Clayton Hove: Goatees or goatses? ;0

And while not as happy, in our universe, there's this:

» http://www.happynews.com/

This is brilliant — reminds me of what Michio Kaku said about parallel universes.

There's too much negative news nowadays, and that often mean that good news is underreported and hidden.

Some say, "Give the people want to hear!" but I think it's a repetitive cycle which is hard to break: you share more positivity and hope to people about the world they exist in, and they seek that out more, moving upwards.

A lot of people who aren't particularly technical don't want to innovate, they don't want to create — they want to consume and have something that works easily for them, right out of the box. So at least in the beginning, the closed, proprietary nature of the iPhone makes sense for them.

Nor do I think the iPhone and other Apple excellence would've arose if they had opened up more to open source, focus groups, more "cooks", etc. — which is not to discount benefits of the latter, but they both have their places in this world in a diverse market & economy.

I feel it's important to enlighten people who might not otherwise care about philosophies/movements like open source, so they're aware of these choices and can take action if they're interested.

So in that, a book with a provocative title like Zittrain's is a welcome addition. I haven't read it yet, but it gets me curious. :)

Every time I see one of these cereal box rounds, I hope to gaze upon the cheery disposition of a "Porn Cops" box. Said spoonerismesque thing hasn't happened yet, but if *you* do it, let me know. I'd be delighted!

It's only a matter of time before hobopunk hits in full stride!

I thought the technical visuals here were amazing. Really well-animated, that's for sure. The characters were not really cute, tho (and perhaps that was the filmmakers' intention) — kinda felt like an anti-Pixar at points. :)

This is a testament to Blender, that's for sure. Hopefully it gets more people interested and aware of the goodness in open source; I wanted to use Blender awhile ago but found the UI quite frustrating and near-impregnable, alas.

Ack! Getting "I cannot connect to the ReviewPost database. [$php_errormsg]" messages right now. Hope it'll be open again soon.

Here's another intriguing phenomenon: fashions with these edgy flavors are being brought (in increasing amounts) into Second Life, both by actual Japanese and others worldwide who love the styles. One of the foremost shops is called Curious Kitties, and there are even a pair of default Second Life avatars titled "Harajuku".

Tinies are definitely a happy rage too! For example:

» http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/sets/72157605375178906/

^ Lotsa colorful pictures.

Lovecraftastic!

It would be totally badass if the Arbiter walked in, then we'd have an intergalactic confrontation worth a few stares! >:D

WFMU has a good rep for doing this sort of cover song compilation — I remember when they rounded up almost 80 versions of the synth-classic "Popcorn"!

» http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/03/79_versions_of_.html

Also of interest, see how this video is faring on:

» http://www.viralvideochart.com/?items=100

I don't know if it's accurate, but kinda strange how China isn't a bigger part of the buzz pie.

Sweet vid! This is an amazingly catchy song and I like how a lot of the visuals worked in sync. Great editing — I wonder, was any time compression or expansion used?

I was highly entertained by the video in a sort of Barnum & Bailey humbug vibe — I wasn't so happy about the lame cover-up attempt; I saw this story posted in multiple other places but learned first @ Boing Boint that 'twas a fake. The ad company hurt themselves with an unkind reaction to the discovery.

But what the heck is up with the watermelon in this picture?

» http://gizmodo.com/391787/gigantic-million+piece-lego-boulder-actually-has-styrofoam-core

This is gorgeous — and one of my fave Mega Man 2 levels. One of the things I dreaded the most in this particular stage was the almost-constant line of spiked balls atop, because a single careless jump into them would mean... you die instantly with the signature "DOOOOM-DOOM-DOM!" sound. I also was afraid of the giant red fish that spewed out crustacean-things.

*has sudden flashback of throwing metal blades at Bubble Man himself, that fiend!*

Congrats on such a visual accomplishment, John! I need wonder, now: who's going to do the other 7 Robot Masters from that game? :)

There's something beautiful yet tragic about the bright colors contrasted with the decay. Looks like for all the cited futurism, there's a lot of wood and not enough (apparent) metal.

Do you think he's into Transformers too?

Whoa, in that video screengrab, Kaden looks like Don Knuth's brother!

One of my faves — not so spread, but creative use of a sun-flare:

» http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2422676576_bccf982963.jpg

What does this "inquiry" entail? I hope they've already tried the simplest path, which is asking the artist directly.

Every single place I've seen this brought up, I've seen a Second Life reference. :)

That's pretty nifty — I wonder if there's something like that for 3D virtual worlds.

Looks like that further validates http://www.userfriendly.org/community/ufiles/hellokitty_sk.jpg :) Fun crossover!

I love this sentence:

"Even lowly office computers, built to browse the web and munge a few spreadsheets, now have enough power to play 3D games — first-person shooters, racers, even flight simulators — that would have been state-of-the-art just a few years ago."

Incredible what power we have in our hands. And while we may still complain about some experiences being too slow today, imagine what all that will be like in a just a few years!

Ha, what a wacky expression! Rubber-face, reminds me of Jim Carrey that way — Mechfish, that's intriguing, have a link to that video? I like Wallace and Gromit a lot.

Part of this "reality overlay" reminds me of this impressive Zune Arts animation:

» http://youtube.com/watch?v=xLekitebRQE

It will only be a matter of time before someone commits a crime because a technologically-imposed hallucination showed someone something very different from what was really there, and they lashed out it.

But still, I'm optimistic about the data-usages of this, projecting useful info atop or near actual physical objects to learn more about them. Marketers will no doubt rush into the fray.

There's a wonderful music video which relates to this; surprisingly, it's melodic drum 'n' bass. I recommend you watch Sub Focus' "Airplane" for more nostalgic visuals:

>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=L5-9ynJlfI8

Delectably catchy!

That looks delicious. I wonder if these will get very popular. Sounds relatively effortless.

Next phase: make an animation out of a series of these. The "SPARTA" one, predictably, would do nicely.

I do agree the headline needs to be clarified: even if true and substantiated, there's a BIG difference between "60% of world's paintings" and "60% of world's *reproduction* paintings" — as prolific as these talented chaps may be!

Cory, thanks graciously for posting this!

Josh heads the Release Team at Linden Lab and out-from-behind-the-scenes, I just think it's darn cool to see his uberhobby shared. Mark Linden (also @ LL, every employee has the avatar last name "Linden") provided the hardware... speaking of...

thanks to the knowledgeable Appleologists in the comments for pointing that out — I now have more richness through hyperlinks to learn, follow, absorb, and smile about! :)

Link's not working at the moment but this looks beautiful, I'll come back to check it out later! :)