So creative…
This happy new year message from mono is very cool. (hint, click on the facial features to see others)
Fujiya Miyagi
Um, holy cow. This music video is amazing. An animated value study built using colored dice to create a really nice pixelated effect.
“Lifted” by PIXAR
While I’m not exactly a fan of Steve Jobs, I can’t deny that he has been an influential part of two companies that put out some good products - Apple and PIXAR. Lifted is another “short” from PIXAR that has won some awards, I thought it was really cute.
* sidenote - never heard of this “jumpcut.com” site before, but it seems to be yahoo’s competitor to youtube. It is certainly prettier than YouTube (and less cluttered with ads) - but as history tells us, the best product is not necessarily going to win the battle (Virb > MySpace, BetaMax > VHS, OS X > Vista, etc…)
Bear, say it ain’t so
Sadly, Man vs. Wild (aka “one of the greatest shows on tv”) is hasn’t been entirely honest with us. Bear Grylls (the host) is still one awesome dude (while some of this may be overly dramatic, you can’t fake a lot of the stuff he did). Even knowing that his crew would leave him for the night and go to a motel isn’t a big deal… but hearing that on two occassions he may have enjoyed the luxury of a motel bed saddened me. Honestly, if you can’t trust tv, who can you trust?
Adding to my shame, my parents called shenanigans on this show well before I was willing to believe it.
SAJ ads
SAJ has a couple commercials on tv. For those of you who haven’t seen them, check them out:
Number 5 is Alive
The classic 80’s movie Short Circuit superstar robot “Johnny 5″ is going to be auctioned off for a mere 6 figures in August… Just don’t try to “disassemble.”
Uncle Rick = Brian Williams
We had a lot of family in town this weekend to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my aunt and uncle. While much of my family lives in the area, there is one uncle in particular (Rick) who lives in New Hampshire that we don’t get to see as often as we like.
For those of you who don’t know him, check out this clip I saw on the Daily show that reminds me of him. Who knew that Rick and Brian Williams of NBC news are twins separated at birth - personality, sense of humor, mannerisms, and even looks (Brian is probably a tad more attractive, but Rick can certainly hold his own…)
Two Sidenotes:
- I would watch the ‘Nightly News’ if Brian Williams would show an ounce of his real personality instead of his boring “anchor” personality
- Nice to see someone be able to take it and dish it back out with Jon Stewart. He obviously likes/respects Brian a lot more than the Crossfire guys (this clip was the death knell for the now cancelled Crossfire).
Soccer in the US
In case you haven’t heard, David Beckham had his debut with the LA Galaxy last night in an exhibition game against Chelsea of the EPL. For the first time in a long time, a US soccer story led Sportscenter … pretty cool.
Of more interest to me however was another EPL vs. MLS game last night played under a lot less fanfare - Everton vs. Real Salt Lake. Everton is my favorite EPL team, so I was very curious how they did.
Knowing that Sportscenter wouldn’t cover it, I went straight to ESPN.com. And I found a match report. Yeah, a match report of Real Salt Lake vs. “Chelsea”. Unreal… why report on a game if you can’t even get something as basic as the teams right.
On a side note, looks like Everton didn’t do too hot, so I am glad I didn’t see it.
Borat sighting
A guy dressed as Borat crashed the tour de france… High Five!
cnn.com redesign
Andy Rutledge has done a great job verbalizing many of my thoughts about CNN’s redesign. I can definitely get behind his term “Quiet Structure.”
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Hucka-who?
I hate politics. I am a conservative but NOT a republican. While I don’t think he stands a chance to get out of the primaries, Mike Huckabee has caught my attention. He isn’t the typical republican puppet - I am hearing “new” ideas from him vs the same old drivel from the rest. From the little I know (heard a few interviews and read through his site), I like the thought of our country in his hands…
iSmoke
This just about made me cry. Our friends over at “Will it blend” have taken on the latest pop culture icon, the iPhone.
INFJ
Introverted INtuitive Feeling Judging - yeah, I can see how I would be pegged as such:
- Rarest personality type; estimated 2% of population
- private
- sensitive
- quiet leaders
- great depth of personality - intricately and deeply woven, mysterious, and highly complex, sometimes puzzling even themselves
- introverted
- sometimes seen by others as cold and hard on the outside
- may find it easier to express their deepest feelings and sentiments non-verbally or in writing
- abhor evil or injustice, especially that directed towards the innocent or helpless
- are sometimes looked upon by others as naive, mostly due to our idealism
- aren’t terribly career-minded
- love quotes/quotations and are often “philosophers” or “theologists”
- give advice, though usually more subtly than most other Directors.
- “Mute withdrawal is a major INFJ defense.”
- abstract in communicating
- live in a world of hidden meanings and possibilities - part of an unusually rich inner life
- artistic (and natural affinity for art), creative, and easily inspired
- very independent
- orderly view towards the world but within themself arranged in a chaotic, complex way only they could understand
INFJs value their integrity a great deal. They have high expectations of themselves and need to live their lives in accordance with what they feel is right. They do this through total trust of their intuition.
INFJs are proud of their authenticity, respectful of their benevolence, confident of their empathy.
They are activists there for the cause, not for the power, fantasize about getting revenge on those who victimize the defenseless, and put a lot of energy into identifying the best system for getting things done.
An INFJ is often hard to get to know. They are selective about their friends, but such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that transcends mere words… They hunger for deep and meaningful relationships, provide spiritual intimacy for their mates, and can only be emotionally intimate and fulfilled with a chosen few from among their long-term friends, family, or obvious “soul mates.” In such relationships, they strive for mutuality, don’t believe in compromising their ideals, and can understand and deal with complex issues and people.
It can be difficult for an INFJ to articulate their deepest and most convoluted feelings to others. They tend to be secretive by holding back and protecting part of themselves, thus creating hidden sides to their personality. They are choosy of what and when to share things and tend to only truly do so with those they trust.
Strong empathic abilities, an unusually strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others while pointing out human potentials
They are often leaders who go unnoticed, quietly exerting their influence behind the scenes. When working with others, they are very sensitive to conflict and cannot tolerate it very well. They will prevent/avoid it at all costs.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
Thanks INFJ.org for the info…
So for those of you who know me, think it fits?
Interesting side note - other INFJs: Dostoevsky, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Oprah, Jimmy Carter and Billy Crystal.
extreme instability
One of the things I would like to do before I die is see a tornado (and hopefully even get a good shot or two of it). I have always loved weather, especially thunderstorms. The power and beauty are both so amazing in a good storm.
Mike, the guy behind extremeinstability.com (his flickr page) lives on the edge, but I think I would really enjoy that for a couple weeks …
some new photos
For those of you who are interested, I have thrown a plethora of new photos up on my flickr page…
so I ran into a bear the other day…
No kidding. A bear walked right up to our house in the mountains on July 4th while we ate breakfast on our deck. She was about 20-25 ft away from us I would imagine…