Impending Doob: 2009

Monday, August 3, 2009

Bobby again.

Part two here. The "tweet in the morning" part is awesome.

And THIS is great as well.

Bobby

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Truckload of Art by Terry Allen

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

070809

It is sequential number date day.

070809

Consider this the celebration.

The Pixel Art of enso

Saturn Devouring His Son

More of his work here:
http://enso.tumblr.com/

Rodrigo y Gabriela y Breaking Bad

Last night I started watching the DVDs of the TV series Breaking Bad.

Everything about it is well executed. The cinematography and color are beautiful, the acting is top notch, and the slow crank of anxiety and adrenaline kept me hooked.

The soundtrack is also great, but they don't give any of the artists credit in the end credits. The first episode contains one of my favorite instrumental songs, "Tamacun", by the guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela.

You can watch a live performance of the song here.

(AMC/Breaking Bad people, please email me for the address to send my check to)

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Coign of Vantage

I got sucked in and lost a bit of time playing this game.

It's called "Coign of Vantage" from Bobblebrook Games. (I had to look it up to see if it was English. It is, and it means "an advantageous position for observation or action")

To play, you rotate a 3D field of floating pixels until they line up and form a 2d image. In each level, you must make your pixel field match the target image in the upper right.

It's really easy to get into, and the presentation is great.

http://www.bobblebrook.com/games/coign-of-vantage

Water Drawing / Marbled Paper

Found this video today. It got me thinking about marbled paper and cloth.

Here is the wikipedia entry for marbled paper. It goes over the procedure and history, and contains some beautiful examples.

Here is another example that you can zoom in on.