Weekly Digest
- "People In Motion", Kickstarter funded freerunning / parkour documentary. : http://t.co/Udg0bKtFKk 2013-05-20
- Happy Monday. "This Is Water" will help move from Me to We. #speech [thx Lainer] : http://t.co/eIK1tpWqli 2013-05-20
Weekly Digest
- Detroit, your police department's new recruit is almost ready. #robocop : http://t.co/8A3Zgcop8c 2013-05-12
- I want the microscopic "water bear" printed onto a t-shirt. [thx Laura] http://t.co/6Fuwy8c7as 2013-05-12
Weekly Digest
- Hey VJs (and visual DJs), Beeple.VJ Loops keep releasing impressive work… free. Creative Commons baby. http://t.co/tgVtskyZNl 2013-05-08
- Why I don't ever go to the gym? Because I would be "that guy". http://t.co/r3OmG5TKr0 2013-05-07
- These maps of New York remind me of a dream I once had… or I did I? http://t.co/74EpnfMxB0 2013-05-07
- R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen 1920 – 2013. [via Steve Nichols]: http://t.co/1qYeGHC5l8 2013-05-07
- Grey hair is diet and stress related? No way. </sarcasm> [thx Ben] : http://t.co/mq9Q6yBxVc 2013-05-06
- Documentary on artist Wayne White, who does whatever the f#ck he wants. http://t.co/ThhcgMvxsT 2013-05-04
- Viewed episode one of "The Bloom: A Journey Through Transformational Festivals"… and I was home again. http://t.co/JgRbMqpPBX 2013-05-02
Weekly Digest
- Microsoft demos their projection system for immersive gaming. I'm sold. http://t.co/qErEsDdcVR 2013-04-30
- Syntheyes camera tracking software released on Linux!! My entire studio can now be free of Windows. http://t.co/ixzmNiLpSx 2013-04-30
- The fashion of cyberpunk. One of many bonuses to living with video surveillance. http://t.co/tNnwJUmsSx 2013-04-25
My Old Toronto Neighbourhood
Saw this post on a graffiti artist in Toronto. ANSER’s work in a few different spots on or around Sterling Rd. When I get a chance, I gotta find the photos of the other work he’s got hidden on Sterling.
Along with this, there’s a link to photos from inside the big abandoned building that was across the street for me. If I had known there was all this beaufitul art inside, I would have tried a little harder to get in. I think it’s an old GM building.
Dance Controlled Live PA
Oculus Rift + Kinect – Audio visual instrument a001 from Ethno Tekh on Vimeo.
Flailing to create music. What more can I say?
Weekly Digest
- "Need" breakfast? According to this, Frank is right when he says, "Work hungry." [via Gary G.]: http://t.co/mQMjJX4jbN 2013-04-24
- Nowhere: Imagine a video game where you are floating through a 3D fractal. Can't? Neither could I. [thx Lainer] http://t.co/shqKzsxdnj 2013-04-23
- Edison vs Tesla – I'm going to watch this rap battle for the third time in a row. [thx Lainer] http://t.co/3HaMnp70lM 2013-04-19
Controlling Reactions
Yesterday was a challenge. Witnessing the difficulty in controlling habitual reactions. I feel I did well… but only relatively. In the grand scheme of things I know I can do much better.
With yesterday’s events still in my mind, I entered a very passive open state of mind. In my mind, I recreated the events from last night but imagining a different reaction. It was difficult to find myself reacting differently and I knew I needed some sort of outside inspiration. Lucky for me, I’m in the presence of the most non-judgemental beings one could hope to be surrounded by… animals! More specifically, a 6 year old pit bull name Zoe.
Zoe likes to jump up on me when I walk into the room, sometimes, though I’ve finally taught her not to jump up on me. However, now I would like to teach her to jump up, but only when I ask. I told her “Up!” and patted my hips. She was, of course, confused. I gently seized her front legs and lifted her up. She would stay there for a moment, noticeably unsure of herself before slowly lower herself down. I did this three times in a row.
On the forth time I patted my hips and she hesitated for a few seconds, so I leaned down to pull her up, as I did the previous three times… but then she suddenly popped up and slammed the back of her head into my bottom lip.
I didn’t get angry, though I felt it inside. It didn’t take much effort to question that reaction within myself (before reacting) and found that it was a dream that I didn’t wish to create. I stood up slowly and looked down at her with a smile on my pained face. She was noticeably uncomfortable. I then relaxed more, smiled again and said, “Up!“. Without hesitation, she jumped up, putting her front paws on my hips with that big ol pit-bull smile on her face, waiting to accept the reward.
Success.
Lesson learned.
Brain remapped.
…
What started out as me trying to teach, ended up with me being the student. Thanks Zoe.
And now to nurse this bruised and bloody bottom lip.
Weekly Digest
- I've seen some slick business cards, but built in USB flash takes it to the next level. http://t.co/SwwvPk3bzL 2013-04-12
- Killer football. Now I'm itching to see a full film presented in this vertical aligned format. http://t.co/OW7rcT1UOo 2013-04-12
Weekly Digest
- Shaving, is it just another "brainless routine"? Almost a decade ago, this article changed my life. http://t.co/u3R892VEl3 2013-04-08
- Dogs are the bestest, especially when they $%@# their @#^*. [thx Matt T.] http://t.co/DhS9Exmw8J 2013-04-08
- X-COM & XCOM – Must see interview for fans of the video game franchise and other turn-based strategy games. http://t.co/zVTlmESTSZ 2013-04-06
