Monday, April 28, 2008

Anime Music Video, an Internet Art Form

Anime Music Videos, or AMV's as theya re called, are just another example of how the Internet has created new forms of art. Groups of Anime fans take their favorite animations and put combine them with effects and their favorite music to create original forms of art, that are really a communication medium. Small bands of friends share AMV's to express emotions or send a message to each other or the group. Here is a link to my daughters YouTube site with some of the better, IMO, examples of the art form.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

April Fools, Geek Style

Every year on April 1 the IETF publishes a Joke RFC.

Here is a link to this years RFC 5241

Here's a classic from 2001 RFC 3092 The Etymology of Foo

Happy April Fools

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Confuse-A-Cat

I was cruising around one of my favorite sites fark.com, and found this gem in the video section. This video leaves no doubt in my mind that these guys are, in fact, completely insane.