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Simpsons Video: Why We Should Google Ourselves

J.K. — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:39:10 +0000

MARGE SIMPSON DECIDES TO GOOGLE HERSELF and finds something shocking in the backyard of her house.

Another fun Simpson video:

After this video ends, choose the fourth video from the left: “World of Warcraft in the Simpsons”.

I am… Yoda!

J.K. — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:48:18 +0000

MY RESULTS:

You are Yoda

Wise and all knowing you are…yes.
Tall, dark, and handsome?
Not so much I’d say.

Which Star Wars character are you?

Click here to take the Star Wars Personality Test (Update: Link does not seem to be there anymore.)

Photo credit: CC license by Orange Beard (metrojp).

A Video Reply to Geek Goddess’ Lament

J.K. — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:25:09 +0000

HERE’S A FUNNY VIDEO REPLY to the excellent point that Estee (Geek Goddess) has been making while giving feedback on Nexus 2007 in her blog and later on the Nexus wiki: “Very disappointing at Nexus today. Lo and behold, as always at events of such nature, girls are totally under represented! I wish I could see more girls, afterall, technology is what really makes the world continue to spin on its axis (in my opinion)… Get rid of the stigma that geeky is synonymous to an unwanted nerdy old maid… Also noticed even as panelists, women very under-represented, save for Stomp and Cnet Asia.”

CLICK To PLAY

Video: Open Source Feminism | Music: Something Dark | Inspiration: Angela Byron’s “Women In Floss” presentation and Beth Kanter’s Penguin Day reference

Shutdown Day, 24th March!

J.K. — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:04:58 +0000

Tony Targonski has just highlighted a new worldwide social experiment on the Internet: An open appeal to all to shutdown their computers for 24 hours on 24th March (Sat), the day of Nexus 2007!! The online challenge: “Can you survive for 24 hours without your computer?”

Here’s a humorous video made in support of Shutdown Day 2007, to show that “You don’t have to turn your computer on to have fun with it”:

The rationale is great, but the day is a problem! So unfortunately, for all attendees and organizers of Nexus 2007 in Singapore, the answer would have to be a resounding “No!”

A time to Blaugh ;-)

J.K. — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:03:03 +0000

Understanding Comics

J.K. — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 05:09:36 +0000

“comics (kom’iks) n. plural in form, used with a singular verb. 1. Justaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.” — Scott McCloud

STARTED ON TWO interesting and complementary modules this semester (late July to end Oct): Training Methods & Strategies and Multimedia Development I. Thanks to a great idea by new project mate L., i’m now looking forward to working on an old subject dear to my heart with an unusual and fun perspective: a comic one!

Read a very interesting book by Scott McCloud over the last few days. As the overview on the author’s website put it, “A 215-page comic book about comics that explains the inner workings of the medium and examines many aspects of visual communication along the way. Understanding Comics was a Harvey and Eisner winner, was praised in The New York Times, Publishers Weekly and Wired, and is in over 13 languages. A favorite of interface, game and Web designers despite the fact that it doesn’t mention computers once!”

SOME CHOICE QUOTES from the book, Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud:

“…you might say that before it’s projected, film is just a very very very very SLOW comic!

“Why…are…we…so…involved? Why would anyone young or old, respond to a cartoon as much or or more than a realistic image? … cartooning as a form of amplification through simplication…. Simplifying characters and images toward a purpose can be an effective tool for storytelling in any medium. Cartooning isn’t just a way of drawing, it’s a way of seeing! …”

“But, most striking of all is the substanitial presence of the fifth type of transition, a type rarely seen in the west. Aspect-to-aspect transitions have been an integral part of Japanese mainstream comics almost from the very beginning. Most often used to establish a mood or a sense of place, time seems to stand still in these quiet contemplative combinations…. Rather acting as a bridge between separate moments, the reader here must assemble a single moment using scattered fragments…

“The art of comics is as subtractive an art as it is additive. And finding the balance between too much and too little is crucial to comics creators the world over.”