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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Evolution of Dance
Stand-up comedian does 6 minute demonstration of the evolution of dance. In addition to being pretty funny, it's also rather good. Definitely worth a look. How many of these have you done out on the dance floor?!
Wow! I'm not that much of a console gamer, but watching all the reports from E3 about the Nintendo Wii (pronounced: wee) makes me really want to play this system. Nowhere near as powerful as the XBox 360 or PS3, it appears that Nintendo is going to focus on gameplay. Watching the video above of Super Mario Galaxy, it looks like they're achieving their goal. This looks like a blast to play. The new Wii uses a totally unique control system that consists of two separate devices, one with directional controls and a trigger and another one dubbed "wiimote" which is spacially aware as well as motion and velocity sensitive. It can be used like a laser pointer for Duck Hunt or can mimic a conductor's baton, a baseball bat, tennis racket, golf club, fishing pole...they're really only just now scratching the surface of what they can do with these controllers.
You can checkout the Nintendo Wii e3 2006 Video Montage for some sneak peeks at the new games as well as demonstrations of the new controls. Looks very promising!
Getting tired of YouTube videos yet? Too bad! I'm not hearing anything but echoes in here anyway, so I'm posting another video. Speaking of which, kudos to YouTube for finally adding a volume control to their recently reskinned player. Add in their excellent rating and commenting system, and they have now far surpassed Google Video in my eyes. YouTube is now the Flickr of the video world. I'm sure they've got content providers like the television networks, AOL, and Yahoo! all looking over their shoulders these days.
Regarding the video above: I've been looking at photos of The Sultan's Elephant the past few days. I just noticed that the grande finale and other videos were up on YouTube. The Sultan's Elephant is a very strange performance art exhibit that has been in London for the past week. It's made up of a large troupe of people who control and guide these MASSIVE "puppets" down the streets. The largest is a wooden elephant with a house built into it and a very freaky marionette girl. The "space capsule" appeared in street overnight, later to open and have this girl come out. In the video, she's leaving the city. I can't imagine the amount of practice and coordination this type of performance would entail.
Their promo:
"The Sultan's Elephant is a spectacle you've only imagined... Created by theatrical magicians Royal de Luxe, it tells the story of a sultan from far-off lands and his magical, time-travelling mechanical elephant. Forty feet high and 42 tonnes in weight, this beautiful creature will capture the hearts and minds of everyone who sees it.
The Sultan's Elephant is played out over four days in the streets, squares and public spaces of central London. Whether you dip into it for three hours or follow its progress for three days, this breathtaking show will live in your memory forever."
This is a great time-lapse radar image of Fed-Ex airplanes coming into Memphis, TN during stormy weather. It's amazing to me how they smoothly route these guys around the weather and feed them in from multiple routes.
