Go get your fix this afternoon…
On March 21st, the first day of spring, Dunkin’ will “put winter on ice” with their first ever Free Iced Coffee Day. All day long, Dunkin’ Donuts locations all over the US will be giving away free 16-ounce iced coffees. Their iced coffees are “double brewed” for smoothness and come in nine different flavors, in addition to regular coffee.
“There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir
I finished Cat Soup. I have to admit it was quite a trip. Acid trip, perhaps. In a nutshell, the story is simple; Nyatta rescues part of his sister Nyaako’s soul from Death and must embark on a quest to restore her fully. The two set out on the quest, and encounter God along the way. It’s very, very difficult to really say more about this title because it’s so surrealistic in nature; I quickly found that the best way to approach it was to treat it like a work of art and not a narrative. (more…)
A solar-powered Wii? Wierder and wierder. Though this makes me wonder… what if you housed a Wii in a solar-powered go cart, and used the Wiimote API from Wiicade to interface to the steering, acceleration and brake? Then just slap in a copy of Excite Truck and go tooling around…
This is one of my favorite paintings of all time – Un dimanche après-midi à l’Ile de la Grande Jatte, or Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat.
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Via Nick, this anime title was brought to my attention. The description at ANN is compelling:
Plot Summary: Cat Soup is an extremely difficult film to describe, due to its awesome surrealism and almost nonexistent dialogue. It is more a work of art than an anime. There are many underlying themes, such as the transience of man’s existence, but it can be enjoyed without understanding any of them. The plot, though simple, isn’t necessarily understandable without being explained. The main character, a cat named Nyatto, embarks upon a journey to save his sister’s soul, which was ripped in two when Nyatto tried to save her from Death. She trails after him, brain-dead. They encounter many brilliant, mind-bending situations, beginning with a disturbing magic show.
Given that the show contains sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence, it’s not exactly kawaii-safe. Though you wouldn’t know that from some of the visuals: (more…)
To Sleep
O soft embalmer of the still midnight,
Shutting, with careful fingers and benign,
Our gloom-pleas’d eyes, embower’d from the light,
Enshaded in forgetfulness divine:
O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close
In midst of this thine hymn my willing eyes,
Or wait the “Amen,” ere thy poppy throws
Around my bed its lulling charities.
Then save me, or the passed day will shine
Upon my pillow, breeding many woes,–
Save me from curious Conscience, that still lords
Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a mole;
Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards,
And seal the hushed Casket of my Soul.
— John Keats, 1838
I took this video a couple of days ago using my phone. I love the circular effect, caused by the reflection of the streetlamp. I have seen the same thing during rain and snow while looking upwards trough tree branches, I’ll have to try and catch that sometime.
(the video quality is poor but I have my phone handy more often than my camera).