[Stairway to Heaven on Harp | YouTube]
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Pearl Jam
I’m off to see Pearl Jam and others at the 2008 Virginfest in Calgary. I’m having the busiest summer in memory so posting will continue to be light for the next while.
Update: Here’s a photo of the crowd at the Pearl Jam concert. I’m right up there, second from the front.
Ze at Webstock 09
Ze Frank recaps his experiences running zefrank.com during Webstock 09.
[Ze Frank at Webstock 09 – Vimeo]
Banjo Lessons “Advertisement”
Sasquatch! Music Festival Photos
A week ago I was up early at 4:30am to ride down to the States with some friends to enjoy the festivities at the Sasquatch! Music Festival. After nearly 12 hours on the road, we arrived at the festival grounds, set up camp and watched as thousands of others did the same.
The Festival takes place in the most beautiful venue I’ve ever seen. It’s a gigantic amphitheatre called The Gorge. There were so many interesting people and so many great artists—check out some of the photos and videos I captured from the event:
[Sasquatch! Music Festival Slideshow – Flickr]
Super Mario Cupcakes
Check out these super cute Super Mario cupcakes. They make my mouth water and my fingers itch for video games.
Carousel
Carousel is a short film by Adam Berg created around the idea of a frozen moment with cops and robbers engaged in an epic shootout that includes clowns, explosions, a decimated hospital, lots of broken glass, and plenty of bullet casings.
[Carousel – YouTube]
See how clever they were with the title? It’s designed to be played as a loop.
Princess and the Frog Trailer
Disney has released the trailer for its newest full length feature animation, The Princess and the Frog. It will be the animation studio’s 49th animated feature and the first traditional animation feature since Home on the Range — my least favorite Disney animation of all time. I’m hoping things have improved…
[Princess and the Frog Trailer – YouTube]
The new movie will add to Disney’s profitable princess franchise, and, more importantly, with directors John Musker and Ron Clements at the helm, I suspect it will have the kind craftsmanship and story that will make it worthy to become part of the Disney Classics canon.
Ron and John’s directing credits include: The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, and Treasure Planet. These guys have worked with the masters and, of course, are masters in their own right.
The Animation Podcast has a great interview with Ron and John in three parts.
Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat
Life is a stage. Sometimes we fail on stage—luckily keyboard cat is there to play us off.
http://playhimoffkeyboardcat.com/
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Time Traveller’s Cheat Sheet
Imagine you’ve gone back in time, but you’re hankering for a few of the amenities you’ve grown accustomed to living in the 21st century. Hopefully you remembered to bring your Time Traveler’s Cheat Sheet, a handy guide to inventing some of life’s essentials.
A moving electric field produces magnetism, and vice versa, wrap copper wire around an iron core and run electricity through it, and you’ve got an electromagnet. Don’t have any electricity? Put a magnet on a water wheel, and put your copper-wrapped iron beside the wheel, and hey presto, you’re converting mechanical energy into electricity.