A collection of digital wonders and some other stuff.
I downloaded the transcripts of all of Obama and McCain’s speeches from their respective official websites from March 25th, 2008 to the present and then put them each into Wordle.
Wordle gives greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
I used 51 speeches by McCain and 61 by Obama.
McCain’s site only had transcripts from March 25th to the present and I figured that was plenty of data for my purposes.
MyHope is an original song by sweetafton23. It’s lovely—I wonder what my future kids will think of this site.
[MyHope – YouTube]
My friend Jake has a sister Katy who says:
My band, Ladysugar, made it to the final round of voting for the star 98.7 radio contest! The competition is extremely tight so EVERY vote counts. Voting is quick and easy and would really help us. Just go to http://www.987fm.com/pages/rockstar3/videos.html and find the Ladysugar video. Even if you’ve already voted you can vote again because that was round 1 but now it’s round 2 so voting starts all over! Voting started last Friday at noon and ends this Friday at noon. You can vote once a day from the same email address.
Hit play or watch I Want What I Can’t Have at YouTube.
And here is the voting page.
Musician T.J. Hill hooked a saw up to his amp and now rocks out on the tool. Check out his rendition of Amazing Grace.
Hit play or watch T.J’s Electrical Music Saw at Youtube.
Last night was the 2nd annual Lethbridge Zombie Walk. Here are a few photos I captured of the event:
See my complete Lethbridge Zombie Walk 2008 set.
The Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, demonstrate the difference between serial and parallel processing with a little live art demonstration.
[Adam & Jamie draw a MONA LISA in 80 milliseconds! – YouTube]
As I post this, I should actually be working on remodelling my bathroom. How appropriate!
Procrastination, a short animation by Johnny Kelly of the Royal College of Art.
[Procrastination – Youtube]
Oktapodi, a short CG animation from the students at Gobelins.
If you’ve ever thought about getting some LED garden lights, check out the link for a simple and inexpensive tutorial on how to make your own.
It’s a civic holiday this Monday, so I’m away for the long weekend visiting family in Medicine Hat. My sister and her kids are going to be there—hopefully I’ll get some nice action shots of the boys jumping off the couch.
Speaking of my sister, check out her site jackiehutch.blogspot.com new site Jackie Hutchinson photography.
Posting has been sparse lately so it’s probably not particularly surprising when I say I may not be adding a whole lot while I’m gone.