Okay, so it’s not a Search Engine.. it’s a Computational Knowledge Engine. Whatever, I type things and they appear. LIKE MAGIC! Despite an overly worded description Wolfram Alpha is pretty impressive.

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This is straight up cool, I love visual representations/art of statistics or life happening before our eyes.  Note that each ‘ripple’ is a download happening. ‘Over 3,000 iPhone Apps and their download frequency in real-time on a very cool, colorful interface?  There’s a hyper wall for that.’

Recently i was talking to a friend of mine in Japan on Skype. I was asking about her family and how everyone was and when we got to her grandmother on her mom’s side she told me, “oh, yes, she’s VERY genki.”

This made me laugh. Sometimes i forget that all countries have their own slang. Traditionally “genki” is used when you are asking someone how they are doing. 元気ですか？ or “Genki desu ka?” has a literal translation of “are you well?” So when using the term genki on it’s own it is still in the same context, but has also come to mean “fun” or “full of life”.

There is also a kind of Japanese girl referred to as a Genki Girl in anime who is usually very energetic and seems like she might be hopped up on something (caffeine, sugar, etc.). I have also heard friends in Japan use the term when they have been running around being social and not getting enough rest that they are being too “genki”.

So if you want to sound cool or channel your inner otaku you can use the term when talking about yourself or other people. A few examples as follows:

“I’ve had 8 hours of sleep in 3 days. i need to stop being so genki.”

“George is very genki, we must invite him to karaoke!”

“My grandmother? Ya, she’s really genki, like, REALLY genki.”

>^_^<

March 5th, 2010. Where will you be? I know I’ll be at the theater waiting in line to see Tim Burton’s: Alice in Wonderland. Entertainment Weekly has scooped the first images of the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), Alice White Queen (Anne Hathaway) and the Red Queen (Helena Bonham-Carter).

I think they look incredibly promising, just a little scary, and 100% worth the $10 it’s gonna cost to get in the door.

via [Entertainment Weekly]

Actor David Carradine, a born seeker and cult idol who broke through as the willing student called “grasshopper” in the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” and decades later as leader of an assassin squad in “Kill Bill,” was found dead Thursday in Thailand. Police said he appeared to have hanged himself.

You will be missed David, you brought a great presence to the Big Screen.

He is survived by a wife and four children; our deepest sympathies go out to them.

First Wii. Then Xbox 360. Now Sony! Why would you want to be left out of the ‘motion control’ buzz as Nintendo dominates? Well, you wouldn’t. So here is a (kinda long) video straight from the E3 conference as of today. My favorite part? 7:30 seconds in. Check it.

Tires & Art? Yessir. I stumbled upon this today, and there are some amazing works in this collection. I don’t know much about them, as the gallery seems to be a disconnected selection of crazy shit done with tires. All I know, is it’s bad-ass.

I guess you could say, ‘That’s how they roll.’

[Oddee.com]

Xbox went and announced Project Natal at E3 yesterday. Project Natal is essentially a video camera capable of full body motion tracking. The above video shows some of the possibilities.

We’ve all seen what a Wii remote can do to a television after a hefty swing, just imagine the kung fu madness errupting in your living room with this puppy.

All in all, the tech look fairly promising.

Sticks 'n Stones

Oh, the things I find on the web… as well as the fact that I get so much entertainment out of silly things is an entire post unto itself.

But I am not what this post is about. You are. What are you? Give it a spin and see what the flash application magic-destiny-machine tells you!

[You Are A...]

PS: Mute your speakers

Earlier this spring I was very honoured to be invited to take part in the Curvy art exhibition and book publication as 1 of 6 feature artists.

So far the art exhibition has been displayed in Sydney Australia, and (I believe) is off to Melbourne and Auckland NZ next! after that it will be going international with a stop in Toronto, Canada in mid July. Stay tuned to my blog for specific dates and location.

The Curvy 6 book is now also available for purchase online so get your paws on a copy of that and check out my featured art and interview!

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