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58 postsPodcasts 2020
Updated podcast list for March 2020 with picks like Clarkesworld, Stack Overflow Podcast, Hello Internet, Reply All, and 99% Invisible.
Read postPodcasts 2019
My February 2019 podcast rotation, with a starter episode picked for each show from Reply All to 99 Percent Invisible.
Read postRescueTime March - May 2014
RescueTime charts for March, April, and May 2014, including a stretch on vacation in Shenzhen, China.
Read postGetting started with Raspberry PI - Wednesday Sep 11th, 2013 @VHS
Intro to Raspberry Pi night at VHS: install the OS, SSH in, blink an LED from Python using the GPIO pins.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Time Lapes
Time-lapse video of the Giant Claw Game being assembled at VHS.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - It Moves !
Video clip of the Giant Claw Game cart finally driving across the XY table under power.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Claw Research, Version 1
First cardboard and laser-cut attempts at a three-prong claw for the Giant Claw Game, plus links to designs that inspired the next pass.
Read postTender Threads -- Bloodshots Canada 2012
Team Failure's puppet horror short Tender Threads, made in 48 hours for the Bloodshots Canada 2012 competition.
Read postI like the weird
Two Burning Man videos I keep coming back to, Hula Cam 2012 and Home from 2011.
Read postMaking puppets
A first attempt at sock puppets made with friends at Vancouver Hackspace as a warm-up for Muppet-style builds.
Read postDriving from Vancouver to Burningman 2011
A Canon S90 timelapse of the drive from Vancouver to Burning Man 2011, one frame every 60 seconds.
Read postOffice Parkour and ZombinLaden
Three short videos worth watching: Biting Elbows office parkour, ZombinLaden, and the Daffy Duck Wizard short.
Read postMore burning man 2011 videos
A roundup of Burning Man 2011 videos from around the playa.
Read postBurning Man 2011 - Rites of Passage
Recap of Burning Man 2011 with favourite installations Charon's rowing skeletons and El Pulpo Mechanico.
Read postDog and Helium Voice - Terrifying
A short video post of a dog with a helium voice, which sounds terrifying.
Read postBurning man 2011 placement confirmed - DIVORCE & 7:30, Rites Of Passage
Burning Man 2011 camp placement at Divorce and 7:30 with Retrofrolic, plus the year's street name list.
Read postDrawing with water and ink
Idea for a short story narrated over footage of ink swirling through water.
Read postSpin Art - Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011
Rebuilt the giant spin art box with a belt drive and splash guard three days before Maker Faire, then ran out of paper by noon day two.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - LED test 3
A second RGB LED test with 2-pin screw terminals between each OctoBrite CYANEA board, much more reliable.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - LED test
Video of five OctoBrite CYANEA boards wire-wrapped in series and driven by an Arduino off a PC power supply.
Read postUnpossible
Sharing Robin King's short film Unpossible, where a paranoid inventor guards a time machine and has to use it when things go wrong.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - Parts shopping
Parts haul for the RGB LED POV globe: 100 Piranha LEDs, sample TLC5947 drivers from TI, an OctoBrite board, and a junkyard AC motor.
Read postSuper Happy Hacker House 0E
An invite to Super Happy Hacker House 0E at Vancouver Hack Space on March 19, with lightning talks and project bring-alongs.
Read postOne Minute Puberty
Sharing the short animated film One Minute Puberty by bitteschoen.tv on Vimeo.
Read postWhat I have been up to in January 2011
January 2011 status: a PhoneGap happiness survey, a Peak radio commercial cut from scraped song lyrics, and launching Ray Gun Revival.
Read postMeouloaf -- Bloodshots 2010
Meouloaf, a short horror film shot in 48 hours with friends for the Bloodshots 2010 competition.
Read postWeird Al Yankovic - Our Friend Dirt
Weird Al Yankovic's Our Friend Dirt, because dirt is dirty.
Read postMear One Light Graffiti - Emily Wells
Frame-by-frame light graffiti video with Mear One shot at 30 seconds per image, scored by Emily Wells.
Read postBill C-61 AKA Canadian DMCA - Crisis Fatigue
Bill C-61, Canada's DMCA, is back in parliament and people are tired of fighting it.
Read postEvery Night Erotica
Vancouver-based Every Night Erotica online magazine opens submissions ahead of its May 1, 2010 launch.
Read postThe Best of Every Day Fiction Two (Anthology)
Announcing The Best of Every Day Fiction Two, a 316-page paperback collecting a hundred flash stories from the site's second year.
Read postAnti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement = BAD
A 2008 rant against ACTA and what it would mean for Canadian travellers, ripped CDs, and border laptop searches.
Read postRule 34 - If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions.
A quick xkcd link to Rule 34: if it exists, there is porn of it, no exceptions.
Read postXKCD - Social-b 99.1
A link to xkcd 330 and its made-up Rule Social-b 99.1 about indecisive friends.
Read postBar Tricks
Pointers to a Wired wiki of bar bet tricks and a video of 1000 ways to open a beer bottle.
Read postHow to beat 9 grandmasters at once
A video on the trick for playing nine chess grandmasters simultaneously and not losing.
Read postWork Smarter, Not Harder
In 1968 a man in a police uniform stole 294 million yen from a Toshiba bank car in Tokyo and was never caught.
Read postThe Internet Stars Are Viral
A viral video about viral videos, cutting together the year's most-watched clips into one montage.
Read postThe zen of zombies
A short film of zombie hordes doing yoga in the park, made to promote Scott Kenemore's book The Zen of Zombie.
Read postAurgasm
Aurgasm.us is my favourite spot for full, free songs from musicians I have never heard of, with reviews and an mp3 player.
Read post5 Favorite Childhood Cartoons
My five favourite childhood cartoons: Tom & Jerry, Tiny Toon Adventures, DuckTales, Pinky and the Brain, Darkwing Duck.
Read postMah Na Mah Na
Original Muppets Mah Na Mah Na clip plus a few World of Warcraft remixes pulled from YouTube.
Read postTwo foot James bond
A short video clip of a two-foot-nine James Bond impersonator, found via thevancouverite.com.
Read postThou shall not
A pointer to the Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip track Thou Shalt Always Kill.
Read postProject: The $5 Cracker Box IPod Amplifier
Built the MAKE magazine cracker box iPod amp around an LM386 to drive a small 8 ohm speaker for a friend's metal sculpture.
Read postKyle Cooper - Single-handedly revitalizing the main-title sequence as an art form
Kyle Cooper has directed over 150 film title sequences, including Se7en, The Mummy, and Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.
Read postStop motion drum and piano
A YouTube video by lassegg who hits each drum and piano note separately, then edits the clips into a song.
Read postAudio Player Wordpress Plugin
The 1pixelout WordPress audio player plugin, a simple start/stop streaming player that also works outside WordPress.
Read postJulie Feeney
Irish musician Julie Feeney's album 13 Songs, where she plays eleven instruments including alto recorder, harmonium, and melodica.
Read postBirdy Nam Nam
Birdy Nam Nam, four French DJs working eight turntables as actual musical instruments.
Read postThe Prestige (2006) - A beautifully crafted film
A 10 out of 10 review of The Prestige, the 2006 film about two Victorian-era magicians locked in a deadly rivalry.
Read postSnOil - A Physical Display Based on Ferrofluid
Martin Frey's SnOil, a playable Snake game built on a 144-magnet grid pushing ferrofluid around a tray.
Read postPaprika trailer
The trailer for Paprika, the 2007 anime about a dream detective who enters patients' dreams to find the source of their anxiety.
Read postKitchen diaries
A YouTube clip mixing beatboxing with cooking.
Read postGet a signed DVD of The Last Unicorn
Lionsgate's 25th anniversary DVD of The Last Unicorn ships signed by author Peter S. Beagle on the disc, cover, and slipcase.
Read postBeatboxing flute inspector gadget remix
A YouTube clip of Greg Pattillo beatboxing the Inspector Gadget theme through a flute.
Read postDEEP COVE DAZE 2006
Deep Cove Daze on August 27 fills Panorama Park with local bands, a midway, martial arts demos, and a beer garden, free admission.
Read postBard On The Beach - Midsummer night’s dream
Bard on the Beach stages A Midsummer Night's Dream at Vanier Park from June 1 to September 24, 2006.
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