Packaging Nirvana

For those of you who have strong opinions about creationism and evolution, put them aside for just a moment and think about this clip in the context of how far we still have to go in the application, design and production of planet-friendly packaging : = c

Powderhorn Empty Bowls

Our pal, Jennie the Potter, works with a group of other folks on Powderhorn Empty Bowls, a community-based, volunteer-driven organization who’s goal is to eliminate hunger from the neighborhood in and around Powderhorn Park in MPLS. They throw each and every bowl by hand. Then, for an in-kind donation they fill your bowl with homemade…

Needs vs. Desires

Edward Louis Bernays (November 22, 1891 – March 9, 1995) is considered one of the fathers of the field of public relations along with Ivy Lee. Combining the ideas of Gustave Le Bon and Wilfred Trotter on crowd psychology with the psychoanalytical ideas of his uncle, Sigmund Freud, Bernays was one of the first to…

Word to the Bird

This one comes to us via Fwwank – thanks for this one, man [and, yes, these fellas [der Fall Böse] ARE playing that song live in a van] : = c

Spain : games

As some of you may know, i’m nearing completion on a documentary about the game of Tag. Safe to say I have a rather compulsive interest in games of all kinds. My good friend Bergey made this vid earlier in the year about games they play in Espain : = c

survival

And here i thought eagles were just big rats with wings who only scavenged. Perhaps Alaskan eagles are more lazy? These golden eagles are rather ambitious – warning to some – this footage is rather graphic so watch at your own risk : = c

Machinima

Some of you may remember this rather unorthodox, though, significant event in online history : Machinima (pronounced /məˈʃiːnÉ™mÉ™/ or /məˈʃɪnÉ™mÉ™/), a portmanteau of machine cinema, is a collection of associated production techniques whereby computer-generated imagery (CGI) is rendered using real-time, interactive 3-D engines, such as those of games, instead of professional 3D animation software. Engines…

VTTBOTS

I don’t believe i ever saw this as a kid but it still holds up well : even as a kid pretending to be an adult : = c

MPLS

Click on the image below for a quick tour of Minitropolis : [qt:/video/mpls.mov /img/mpls.jpg /video/mpls.m4v 320 180] = c

Clip of the Week

hang in there at the beginning – the goods start a few seconds into it : = c

The De-Evolution of Culture

Larry Lessig says what no one else has the cojones to in this clip. Larry gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of three stories and an argument. The Net’s most adored lawyer brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the “ASCAP cartel” to build a case for creative…

MGMT : Electric Feel

My pal Alec turned me onto this vid the other day. Music videos were never like this growing up [note the mouse-clicking going on along the bottom of the frame as the user manipulates color palettes and such]: the lyrics of a great pop tune : all along the western front people line up to…

Yeasayer

Yeasayer is an experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York The band members are Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Luke Fasano. They describe their music as “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel” The band first came to national attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007 Their first single consisted of the tracks “Sunrise”…

Filmracing

The race is on again this year to make a film in 24 hours during the Minneapolis Film Race taking place in April. Teams have from 10pm on Friday, April 3rd to 10pm on Saturday, April 5th to complete their films. Looks like yours truly will be participating, too – weeeeeeeeee!!! For more info, check…