A Cajun-Asian View

Looks like Josh Whedon wasn't just sitting on his thumbs during the writers' strike:

1) Why, Joss? Why? Why now, why free, why us?

Once upon a time, all the writers in the forest got very mad with the Forest Kings and declared a work-stoppage. The forest creatures were all sad; the mushrooms did not dance, the elderberries gave no juice for the festival wines, and the Teamsters were kinda pissed. (They were very polite about it, though.) During this work-stoppage, many writers tried to form partnerships for outside funding to create new work that circumvented the Forest King system.

Frustrated with the lack of movement on that front, I finally decided to do something very ambitious, very exciting, very mid-life-crisisy. Aided only by everyone I had worked with, was related to or had ever met, I single-handedly created this unique little epic. A supervillain musical, of which, as we all know, there are far too few.

Just a video of me emptying a magazine at the local range. My girlfriend was holding the camera.

By Taylor Mali

Checkout the Youtube video page for the transcript.

Interesting cartoon that does some explanation of how the money system works. It does, though, seem to imply that there's a grand conspiracy by banks and governments, and only time will tell if the theory that the expanding debt will eventually result in a collapse is true.

This article seems to try to address myths and unknowns of the banks and federal monetary system, some of which might be in the video. I'll have to read more on this before I really solidify my own thoughts on it all.

There's something a bit different about Mary Poppins in this short termed Scary Mary:

(Via The Daily Dish)

Description on Youtube:

Presentation by Jeff Han of a futuristic multi-touch interface during the Adobe sponsored TED2006. Jeff Han is a research scientist for NYU's Media Research Lab, and the inventor of an "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 09:32)

(Found this via a Slashdot comment)

I though I would not think that this could immediately replace a keyboard completely, especially in terms of speed (tactile feedback isn't something that can easily be replicated off of a screen, yet), this will definitely aid in replacing the mouse. And if it can also add in tablet-type functionality (like a physical pen, brush, and air-brush tool), it could be a boon for visual artists. Also, interactions by different users on the same screen would be possible with this.

This music video rocks!

(via Ambient Irony)