January 12, 2010 at 1:00 PM · Filed under Cool, Games
The Cal marching band has obviously put in a great deal of practice into pulling off this really well choreographed tribute routine to some well known video games over the years. They start off with the very well known and obvious Pong, then Tetris and a few more including Super Mario. Of course, the music also matches the video games being portrayed. If you’ve ever played any video games and enjoy creativity in its various forms, this is worth a look.
October 30, 2009 at 8:56 PM · Filed under Cool, Music
This is simply amazing. I thought there were 2 remarkable things – stop reading and just watch if you don’t want me to give it away. First, they picked parts that could be played on different strings (at least it looked that way to me) and then their amazing timing when one was picking what the other one was fingering.
January 20, 2009 at 7:47 PM · Filed under Cool, Politics
Today’s presidential inauguration has been covered thousands, possibly even millions of times in various ways, my own entry is but a blip in the media coverage. This blog entry is mostly for my own benefit, for my future self, the one that will look back and remember how much of a historic day this was in my lifetime. Our lifetimes.
If you haven’t seen President Obama’s inauguration acceptance speech, then thanks to YouTube and citizen journalists, here is but one version.
The lines that resonated with me the most were:
Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.
We will restore science to its rightful place.
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth;
As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.
Ron Howard shares his view of the upcoming election by getting back into some very old TV characters and recruiting some of those shows’ stars. Nice mini-movie – take a look (4 mins).
Sometimes, technology begets technology. Hand a hacker/creative/smart person some cool technology and watch them take it apart and/or create something new out of it. In this case, researcher, CMU Ph.D. student, Johnny C. Lee, has taken a Wii remote (Wiimote) and used it to create a desktop virtual reality head tracking system. Words don’t describe this as well as the video, so watch the video already. Obviously, this is the future of video games and possibly a precursor to immersing entertainment.
