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Go Miniman, Go!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Apparently the Lego Miniman is turning 30 years old, and Lego has started a campaign celebrating the little guy’s existence.

They’ve started a blog called Go Miniman Go that has lots of videos and articles about the history of the Lego Miniman and what lies ahead in his future.

One of the coolest features of the site is their call for people to create videos celebrating this anniversary. People have been making videos using Legos and the Minimen for a long time now, but they’re asking some of the video making community to pull out all the stops.

Lego created a video as inspiration for others to follow suit. It details some of the historic highlights of the last 30 years as seen in a Lego world. It’s certainly a cool video, but it was made using 3D animation, so of course it’s going to be slick.

However, the video below was created by Nathan Wells and he has chronicled the history of the world using Lego. You tell me which video is more impressive.


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Stupid copy thieves…

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

I was just checking my referrers and noticed an entry that I hadn’t seen before. As always I clicked to see what new site was pointing to me. I was surprised to be greeted by a 404 error page (seen above). That didn’t make sense, especially since the referral happened only a minute ago.

But then I noticed that the copy looked familiar. Oh yeah… I WROTE THAT. That’s the copy from MY error page on MY server. That’s not my design or my site, but there it is — MY copy with MY links to MY site and email still intact (idiot).

So, I invite you to take a look at sellswim.com, which incidentally uses this warning:

Use of any graphics without permission is stictly prohibited.. Please email for permission before using..

Ahem, anyway… you might want to send ol’ Jay Schwartz a note letting him know it’s not cool to steal other’s work. I know I will.

UPDATE:// Jay took the error page down almost immediately after I sent my email. So, if you still find it necessary to send him a note, just know that he was quick and gracious to comply.

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Newwww Dayyyy For YOUUUUU!

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

I am in mental agony today, and I intend to spread it in the hope of feeling better myself.

I woke up this morning with the song “New Day For You” by Basia running through my head. It has not stopped running since approximately 6:45 this morning.

I had to think about why this song (arguably one of the worst of the 80s) got stuck in my mind. As I hear Godley and Creme’s “Cry” over the lobby sound system, I’ve found a likely culprit for the source. But, I’m pretty sure I heard this musical massacre while in the power tool aisle of Lowe’s on Sunday. That in itself is a mental exercise in subliminal emasculation that has wide-reaching ramifications I’m sure.

Regardless, there’s ol’ Basia with her smooth pseudo-Latin syncopated pop, sounding all smug right between my ears:

It’s a Newwww Dayyy for Youuuuu…
Newwwww Dayyyy f’ YOUUUUUUUUU!

Can rhythm be self-important? I’ve long held the belief that it can. Smug, self-important rhythm, as in:

That paradiddle apparently thinks it’s better than me.

I think you know what kind of rhythm I’m talking about. Those odd, out-of-place beats featured in songs that are trying too hard to be cool and artsy but end up sounding like a college marching band’s ode to wire-rimmed glasses and ennui.

I’ve suffered enough today. Watch the video (and enjoy the beauty of chambray shirts) so that you can be afflicted too.


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