too perfect

The every day world around us seems to have become flawless and all too keen to stop any pixel, beat, letter, or increment of measure from being off by even a fraction. (ok this is mainly a comment on media. obviously one can just look at the 405 to know that the world is not flawless)

Whether this is a great direction for humanity to be going is debatable on many levels. However, the challenge for the creative community is to not just 'add back humanity' or making something a bit flawed but to start asking questions about the tools we are using. Do you really need quantization all the time? Do the grid marker and rulers absolutely need to be on? Do you need to be sub frame accurate?

Perhaps just do something without any 'corrective' measures and experience the freedom and perhaps the freefall...

oscillations

I've been thinking a bit about the creative use of oscillators.

For sound, obviously one can use things like an LFO to change, control
or modify. Yet, what about using these oscillations for visuals applied
to key frames or to gradient patterns.

today's creative challenge: make something unexpected with of 3 types of oscillators.

tis is a new day for us...

As owner of this blog, I'm shifting into a more pragmatic direction albiet still a random one.

-Creative challenges and problems

-Interesting discoveries within programs

-Links to helpful places

-we hope you will enjoy-

This make up for the wait!

Now that you have seen THE greatest video ever made. return if you will to a simpler time.
ok this one is a bit old now but you cannot go wrong with metal and a puppet.

you could be doing this...

But Sunday's are a day for relaxing so enjoy the Simpson's instead.

But here is your link for today.

Living with Alligators

you are special and so is your number...

So you have a favorite number? Well perhaps you'd like to know what's special about it. Come on admit you'd really like to know how a number such as 3070 is special. Well my friend you are in luck!

go to the special number page and it will tell you is the number of paraffins with 9 carbon atoms along with 9999 (as it also includes 0!) other super factoids.

And you thought this would be another boring weekend.

dominos

no not syd. no not pizza. its the crazy world of setting up plastic objects
and then watching them fall down.

from the world of www.dominodomain.com

they say

"As domino experts we have gone far beyond toppling the famous black dominoes with white dots. Domino has grown almost into a science for us and so has the proces of making the domino. The dominoes that we use for our world record are made of polystyrene. A very common material which is used in a great variety of products like: plastic coffee cups, storage boxes, garbage bags, package materials, etc. For every world record attempt we order new stones. After the world record they are recycled into other products. That is the reason we do not sell any of the world record dominoes.

You would think that making a simple rectangular polystyrene stone should not be that hard. But the dominoes that we use for our world record have to meet certain specific demands. The colour of each domino has to be exactly right to make an image look good on television. The speed with which the domino topples has to be spot on, to be able to determine the timing of certain important moments and the total duration of the television show as a whole. These and other demands make a domino more than just an everyday plastic consumer product.

Like a painter has his palette with various colours of paint on it, we also have a palette. Our designers use the colours in this domino-palette to make their spectacular designs. There are 24 different colours in total that they can use. That doesn't sound like much but by combining different colours and placing them on a painted floor we have countless possibilities within our designs."

From our friends at http://kraut-team.blogspot.com/

I don't know what the music sounds like but this cover is 100% pure gold.

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Here are a few examples of the many exotic terms associated with the @ symbol:

• apestaart - Dutch for "monkey's tail"
• snabel - Danish for "elephant's trunk"
• kissanhnta - Finnish for "cat's tail"
• klammeraffe - German for "hanging monkey"
• kukac - Hungarian for "worm"
• dalphaengi - Korean for "snail"
• grisehale - Norwegian for "pig's tail"
• sobachka - Russian for "little dog"

Further help:
http://www.hopstudios.com/nep/theatsignpage/
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question507.htm
http://www.herodios.com/atsign.htm

Wtf?

http://www.wtf.org/

racoonmusic

Here's a play list of some random favorite songs of mine. ;) http://webjay.org/by/castingrunes/racoonmusic

I wish there were more buildings.

Happy 2007. Its getting closer...

Optical Illusions

Here's some fun things to look at--
Cool, Amazing Optical Illusions!

I have no idea.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

perhaps these people can help...

As I persist in attempting to fill the hard drives of unknown servers,
how about a few links to some nice folks. Enjoy balderdash

Authur Magazine.
http://www.arthurmag.com/arthur_is/

Dusted Magazine.
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/info/

Forces Exposure. lots and lots of music to purchase
http://www.forcedexposure.com/

Terrascope. Home of Terrastock music festival.
http://terrascope.co.uk/Index.htm

NME news.
http://www.nme.com/news/

Classy Film stuff
http://www.classicfilmguide.com/

Not so classy film stuff.
http://www.cathuria.com/bcd/bc_links.htm

Probably best film stuff?
http://www.foreignfilms.com/

Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Best place on Earth?
http://www.metmuseum.org/

Science News.
http://www.newscientist.com/news.ns

Obscure News.
http://obscurestore.typepad.com/

I felt lucky

Being as I started this blog, I thought I should post something
(anything) . I haven't utilized the 'I'm feeling lucky' option
of the google search engine as of late. SO...

http://www.underwater.com.au/
Australia and Asia Pacific's most popular dive site and comprehensive underwater directory

Hopefully my co-authors will start to help form some content
of real importance. As Asia once sang "only time will tell..."

balderdash

A Meditation Mass

A must have gem. Go and seek. You'll be happy.


From Progarchives.com:

YATHA SIDHRA
A Meditation Mass
(Studio Album, 1972)
Yatha SidhraA Meditation Mass CD (album) cover 4.30
Excellent addition to any
prog music collection

Track listing

1. Part 1
2. Part 2
3. Part 3
4. Part 4
Line-up

- Rolf Fichter / moog synth, Indian flute, vibes, electric piano, electric guitar, vocals
- Klaus Fichter / drums, percussion
- Matthias Nicolai / electric 12-string guitar, bass
- Peter Elbracht / flute

Enjoy
balderdash

Aquafina

There are several reasons why I like water.

1.

2.

3.

When I think of more I'll come back.

Good Morning World

Hello all

Soon there shall be writers, musicians, photographers, artists, and
other mysterious forces posting.

balderdash