| GDC and OnLive |
[Mar. 31st, 2009|03:56 am] |
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http://revision3.com/coop/gdc2009
When I first heard of this service I was very skeptical, but when the CO-OP guys explained it in detail about where they can go with this, I'm really hoping they can get the back end of this service running. I can imagine never having to worry about or need to upgrade a PC or a console for gaming or even for the graphical demands of digital artistry |
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| WTF |
[Mar. 25th, 2009|02:44 am] |
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| too good not to share |
[Mar. 11th, 2009|06:44 am] |
original post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/and-a-comic-shall-lead-th_b_173734.html
James Moore
"And a Comic Shall Lead Them"
"It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously."
- Oscar Wilde
I am inclined to wonder if there is a line somewhere in the Book of Revelation that proclaims "and a comic shall lead them." Jon Stewart has set new standards for both comedy and journalism on television. Oddly, he was originally supposed to just make us laugh on Comedy Central. He's done that, quite proficiently, but Stewart has also figured out that some jokes are sad as well as too important not to tell.
But he's not supposed to be doing the job of reporters.
TV journalists used to almost guarantee successful careers if they could go into a tape file and find a public figure on camera with a quote that contradicted something they had just said into another camera. Tape archives had made it possible for hypocrisy to succeed irony as the fuel of insightful journalism. The most famous of these was probably George H. W. B**h's (not writing that name anymore, ever) order to "Read my lips, no new taxes." And then he raised them because he had no choice and his promise was held up in his face for trying to do what was right for the country while bad for him politically.
The practice of juxtaposing sound bites or quotes all but disappeared in journalism because few reporters had the time or inclination to search for context. They just wanted the here and the now and one side shouting at the other as if life were a cable program. (Yeah, I know, it almost is.) Reporters used to brag when they accomplished such coups as finding the historic contradictory quote, and their colleagues were justifiably jealous.
Jon Stewart has brought back context to journalism by making people in our drive-by culture responsible for their words and even actions. Stewart has helped Jim Cramer of CNBC make that awkward transition from silly and self-involved to just pathetic. Cramer, who famously recommended purchasing Bear-Stearns stock prior to the firm's total collapse, is reading Mein Karl and using the strategy of attacking the messenger when the message is so devastating. On the Today Show, he tried to dismiss Stewart as an "entertainer" who runs a "variety show."
Jon Stewart, of course, is both of those things but he is also a cultural icon. His program is free to deploy approaches that mainstream journalists cannot because he labors in the vineyards of comedy. If a writer for the Wall Street Journal or even the Boston Globe had put together a piece deconstructing the fallibilities of Jim Cramer's advice they would have had great problems with publication. Lawyers would have been engaged and editors would have furrowed their brows and worried about being counter-attacked or whether CNBC's advertisers would have stayed away from the paper. Sadly, no editor or reporter would have even thought up the idea of doing an analysis of Cramer's nonsensical babblings. Stewart has no such constraints. Everything must serve the laugh. Stewart has become a kind of Murrow for the new millennium.
Nonetheless, reporters at the big TV networks and the major publications have no excuse. Minute by minute people like Jim Cramer are feeding crap into our culture and public perceptions and it has nothing to do with reality and everything to do with their egos. How is it that a comedian is the first person to hold accountable these cheerleaders who are promoting a team that has no chance to win and, in some cases, isn't even in the damned game?
Analysts doing the autopsy on newspaper reporting and the corpse of mainstream journalism are constantly lamenting the fact that so many young people and an increasing number of others are getting their news from Jon Stewart and Comedy Central. Where else is there left to look for thoughtful, analytical, and insightful analysis of the issues of our day? The yuks are just a bonus. Cable news shows can proclaim "no bias, no bull" all they want but every story is framed for a purpose, which is drama and conflict. The viewers and the readers aren't there without the dramatic tension. You might as well be watching Law and Order: Special News Unit.
Unfortunately for traditional journalism, the audience increasingly realizes that much of the material presented is manufactured controversy that requires no resolution. Stewart, though, gives us the laconic and wiseass view of the day's news and nothing he says seems contrived. Strangely, his entire broadcast is a contrivance and yet it remains the most enlightening in the spectrum of TV "news." The only thing worrisome about Stewart's ascension in American culture is that his schtick and acerbic wit might be a canary in our red, white, and blue coal mine. We've got a funny guy in charge of how we think.
Can that be good? |
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| 1000 +Favs |
[Jan. 30th, 2009|05:59 am] |
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| | MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 01-29-2009-194046 | ] |
I just noticed today that Hedgehog Dilemma passed 1000 +favs recently
That's kinda surreal and humbling at the same time =P. Thanks everyone that helped me along over the years to become a better artist. I know I owe the greater part of the skills I've gained of the past few years to the online communities I've been in.
Hopefully I'll find a way past work and WoW to get back to activity. I'd say more but it's really late and I need sleep. Thanks all again! |
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| Shenmue Project: Mass Mailing Sega...Capsule Toys |
[Nov. 7th, 2008|03:11 am] |
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I Approve, And plan to do take part.
Shenmue fans have decided to mass mail Sega of Japan with a simple request: Shenmue 3. Most of us here at Sega Nerds love this series, so we decided to post about their effort. What are they going to mail? Toy capsules of course. Hit the jump to see more detailed instructions.
http://www.seganerds.com/2008/11/04/shenmue-project-mass-mailing-sega/
Sending SEGA of Japan Capsule Toys in mass asking where's Shenmue 3? Brilliant. Planned Mailings start nov. 27th and end Dec 29th. |
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| Remember remember, the 5th of November |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|04:29 am] |
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November,
Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I see not reason, why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot. |
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| Damn kids, get off my lawn! |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|01:05 am] |
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lol watching NBC, 1200 people partying on Penn. Ave right in front of the White House |
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[Nov. 5th, 2008|12:15 am] |
BREAKING:
Sources from FOX News have confirmed...
It's the end of the world as we know it.....and I feel fiiiiine |
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| And of course, something has to go wrong when I finally wanna draw. |
[Nov. 2nd, 2008|03:29 am] |
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After about 2 month on Vista I finally have my hangup that I'm going to have to add XP back on a dual-boot. Epson in their profiteering wisdom have decided it's in my best interests NOT to release 64-bit drivers for my scanner....32-bit Vista drivers, but not 64-bit. I loved how their tech support directed me to their online store when I asked if they had any plans on releasing a driver in the future.
This wouldn't be such a problem if I had installed XP first, but already set up a partition table inside Vista for it, Windows XP and Linux (FYI - generallly if you install multiple OSs on one PC the last OS takes over the master boot record, so going newest to oldest is that much more of a pain.) So basically I have to wipe Vista again and delete the partitions, then start over beginning with XP then splitting it off to Vista, and save Linux for a rainy drunken whim.
....Damn it this stuff's getting old.... |
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| That's Helpful |
[Nov. 1st, 2008|09:55 pm] |
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just found an option that broadcasts my Friendfeed directly into Twitter. So I can post in LJ, Digg, Google Reader, etc. and it links in Twitter now. Sweet! |
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| I have no words... |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|07:59 pm] |
...for how cool this is...
total geek imbelishment achieved. |
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| micro-blogs |
[Oct. 27th, 2008|04:59 am] |
trying to get back into using Twitter and such again, switched to Twirl to hopefully manage it all better, but I really don't expect to get heavily into Twitter until I get a laptop or iPhone/Android/Blackberry.
Check out my Friendfeed to follow my different networks (Twitter, Pownce, Netflix, Digg)
It really makes me hope that the deviantART grows its social network side to share outside the site. I mean for a site with such a vibrant user community, they really close in on themselves. You can't like add your new submissions to a blog off the site, they force you to use their journal system, and even then it's a pain sharing that blog off the site with a RSS reader like Google Reader or Bloglines.
LiveJournal's kinda the same way too. What makes it hard is I'm not seeing these communities spreading much beyond these 2 platforms, so when I share like a video or something and want to have it show up to multiple communities I gotta post and repost to each site, which becomes pretty time consuming after awhile. |
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| wow... |
[Oct. 11th, 2008|04:08 pm] |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 11th, 2008|02:14 am] |
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heading to Syracuse, NY again for Elizah's wedding. Should be back Sunday. Give me a call if anyone needs anything. |
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[Sep. 4th, 2008|02:36 am] |
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holy shit Google Chrome is fast! |
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| maybe I over-did it just a bit.... |
[Jul. 24th, 2008|11:05 am] |
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| | Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe | ] |
My sleep schedule is so shot to shit.
It feels good getting back into Photoshop, and there's something both satisfying and amusing about having 9 piles of art concepts laid out around your bedroom floor after so long. But, I will say falling asleep at 2pm and waking up around 11pm at night is not exactly.....normal. Then again it feels odd to me walking into an IHOP and eating breakfast AT breakfast time. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 23rd, 2008|08:42 am] |
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| | Peter Schiling - Major tom | ] |
Now I know I'm having too much fun....=P
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| site redesign |
[Jul. 20th, 2008|07:44 am] |
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While I'm going to be on this binge this week, I hope I'll be able to get a chance to update my site, switching out the HTML for CSS. Also uploaded my AMVs to Vimeo to add a hi-quality flash option on the site. Anyone know a good gallery engine that I can fully customize the look and layout for so it's not such a pain in the ass doing all the raw code every time I need to add new pics? |
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