Tetsuo!!! Kaneda!!! (The Abridged Akira)

Katushiro Otomo’s anime adaptation of his manga of the same name, Akira, is now 20 years old (and then some). While the film sadly lacks much of the subtlety and richness of the manga, it nonetheless remains one of the greatest animated stories of all time. One notable aspect of the adaptation is that it [...]

C’mon, 50K!

This post introduces a new category to my blog: shameless self-promotion. Self promotion because it just is. Shameless because I’ve already posted about this before. But the parody review of The Oozinator that Phil and I did almost 3 years ago has 49,689 views as of this posting, and I’m so proud! It was written, [...]

Yoga for Sarah Palin

Ah, the intersection of Yoga and Politics.

I’ve been checking out what yoga podcasts there are online. There were like 30 listed in the iTunes directory alone. One of them is titled “Tara Stiles Yoga.” I’m not ready to endorse it as the best yoga vodcast out there, I’m not really done checking out the scene. [...]

McCain’s YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare

I love the age of video — easy access to archival footage and editing software makes things like this possible.

Dinosaur Plant Rehydration

I was at the Nat Hist Museum for my nephew Kevin’s 8th birthday. I picked up a thing at the shop they were calling a “Dinosaur Plant”*, basically an ancient species of moss that can survive for decades without water and revives really quickly when watered.

I shot a time-lapse video of most of the hydration [...]

TLPT Presents – The Hazards of Helen

My buddy crow put together a hilarious video in the style of MST3K (yes, his handle is crow specifically because he loves SMT3K), basically adding voices to silent film. This is part 1 of 2.

My favorite parts are the sound effects.

Still going, how about that

I just checked up on a little video Phil and I made last year back when the Oozinator came out. Last year I was watching how many views on youtube it was getting every week, but I hadn’t checked in a while…

I’m pretty surprised that it’s still being viewed somewhat regularly, and now has 18k [...]