My Road to a Better Smile

Watch the Video Taking the boombox swimming. This is a post against nihilism.

Watch the Video Quick review of Pure Digita's Flip camera & a color key exercise with "Black Samurai" from the Archive.org's open source movies. Type was exported from Illustrator into After Effects. Editing & additional sound was done in iMovie 4.

Watch the Video This is a continous rasterization & sound effects exercise using the Public Domain film, Black Samurai from the Archive.org. Type was exported from Illustrator into After Effects. Editing & additional sound was done in iMovie 4. This episode's links are Blaxploitation, Black Samurai, Crooked Gremlins

Watch the Video This is some 50's exercise thing I put together for AE class. Playing around with Adobe AE, PS & iMovie 4. I haven't worked in the camera that can be positioned and the typography yet. This is a digital compositing exercise. Today America has to go overseas for its oil and there's more nuclear warheads on the entire planet. This episode's links are Wikipedia's 1950's, Creative Cow, The Last Hope

Watch the Video Playing around with Adobe AE, PS & iMovie 4. I haven't tied in the neon dragon movement to audio attributes in AE yet. The 15 song clip is CVB's "We Workers Do Not Understand Modern Art". The other sound effects are from school. This is a digital compositing exercise. This episode's links are Camper Van Beethoven, Creative Cow, The Last Hope

Watch the Video Short outtake clip from ROFLCon 2008. ROFLCon was April 25-26, 2008 in Cambridge, MA. Their organization site is ROFLCon.org. This episode's links are LOLSecretz, LOLTrek, LOLCode, I Can Has Cheezburger?, The Bubble Project, ROFLCon 2008

Watch the VideoThis is a video of B&W Infra Red photographs that I'm hosting at Blip.TV & cross posted at Archive.org for Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Non Derivs 3.0 US use. I used sound effects. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Current Move On Campaigns

Watch the VideoThis is a video of heritage parade photographs that I'm hosting at Blip.TV & cross posted at Archive.org for Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Non Derivs 3.0 US use. I used sound effects. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Current Move On Campaigns

Watch the VideoThis is a video of B&W photographs that I'm hosting at Blip.TV & cross posted at Archive.org for Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Non Derivs 3.0 US use. I used various sound effects. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Current Move On Campaigns

Watch the VideoThis is a video of color photographs that I'm hosting at Blip.TV & cross posted at Archive.org for Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Non Derivs 3.0 US use. I used sound effects. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Current Move On Campaigns

Watch the Video April 25-26, 2008 ROFLCon Cambridge, MA. I had serious sound problems but I managed to save a few minutes of the interviews. I figured I'd use fog to allude to a previous Anonymous web video featuring clouds. Most Scientologists annoy me and I was excited to interview Anonymous members. I didn't get the sound settings right. This episode's links are Why We Protest, ROFLCon 2008

Watch the Video 72 MB 7 min ROFLCon panel clips from "I Can Haz Case Study?" & "Pwning for the Good of Mankind". Featuring Ryan Iverson, Arija Weddle, Cheez, Alexis Ohanian, Ji Lee, Leslie Hall, Justine Ezarik, & Lana Swartz. ROFLCon was April 25-26, 2008 in Cambridge, MA. Their organization site is ROFLCon.org. This episode's links are LOLSecretz, LOLTrek, LOLCode, I Can Has Cheezburger? LOLCat Bible, Leslie Hall, The Bubble Project ROFLCon 2008

Watch the Video I asked Leslie Hall if she could publicly send out a greeting to the American actress, Martha Plimpton. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Leslie Hall, ROFLCon 2008

Watch the Video Jay Maynard at ROFLCon April 25-26 2008. I ask what he works on, what open source OS he would recommend, and what he has to say to the young. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, The Tron Guy, ROFLCon 2008

Watch the Video Pres. Bush speech quotes from March 13, 2003 April 10, 2003 May 1, 2003 March 20, 2006 This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Current Move On Campaigns

Watch the Video March 25, 2008 Vigil for 4000th US military death. Union Square, Manhattan. 6:30-8:30 PM. No sound. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Current Move On Campaigns

Watch the Video For today's vigil, Tuesday March 25, 2008 in Manhattan organized by Codepink : http://tinyurl.com/2kty2p Grandmothers Against The War, Veterans for Peace, and participants hold a vigil at Rockefeller Square on March 24, 2008. They gathered for peace, the 4000 military deaths and over 1 million war casualties. The photographs can be found at http://tinyurl.com/3b6ky6 This episode's links are Codepink NYC, Veterans for Peace, Grandmothers Against the War

Watch the Video The museum patio was closed & no photography was allowed inside. Anyway it was quiet & nice to be in Staten Island. I have an accompanying photo album of this day. This episode's links are The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, Veterans for Peace, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Watch the Video Montage of baking gorp cookies, wearing fake facial hair, Pres. Bush dancing in Africa, Billy Idol going techno, & white cat in "Fists in Pocket". If you had time for this, it's much better to go to the current Move On campaigns page. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Current Move On Campaigns

I love how the official from the Moscow Psychiatric Institute describes violent hooligans. But I guess if you're a Scientologist you won't think it's an abnormal form of self expression, you would immediately know it's evil Xenu, filling up those strapping young lads with nasty violent body Thetans that need to be squeezed out by assessments and E-metering.

Watch the Video Even new wavers are your friends. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Watch the VideoThis is a vlog post for Friday, Jan 11, 2008 & Semanal 08. In this you will see a screen capture of a Garageband 1 project, favorite scenes from movies & concerts I've watched in 30 second tidbits. This is not for profit and meant as a variety/arts review sort of video post. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Watch the VideoPlaying with C 4/4 140 BPM looped music accompanied by layered noodling. I topped it off with some excellent sound bytes I took from the radio. Footage is from midtown Manhattan Dec. 2007. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Watch the VideoThese are 5 Precepts in Therevada Buddhism laypersons are supposed to follow. I interpreted them as New Year's Resolutions. Happy New Year to All. This episode's links are Logic Tutor, Veterans for Peace, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Watch the VideoObreahny O'Brien stopped in at the NYMIEG/For Your Imagination holiday party on Dec. 12, 2007. I think you'll find her passionate & funny. The interview was impromtu, with the help of Irina Slutsky from GETV. I used some of the same basic questions Nathan Miller of Bicycle-Sidewalk came up with for Vloggercon 2006. I emailed him and asked him what questions he would ask and he wrote me back with these: What got you into videoblogging? Why did you get into videoblogging? What is your inspiration? You can find Nathan Miller at bicycle-sidewalk.com, Obreahny O'Brien keeps her site at College Wit. Irina Slutsky operated my not so good in the dark camera and I used music from Bre Pettis' free music album. This episode's links are GETV, College Wit, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Watch the VideoIrina Slutsky introduced me to Jess McCabe & Mike Atherton at the NYMIEG/For Your Imagination holiday party on Dec. 12, 2007. Since I was interviewing her for my videoblog, she thought it was appropriate to interview them as well, which I did. I used the same basic questions Nathan Miller of Bicycle-Sidewalk came up with for Vloggercon 2006. I emailed him and asked him what questions he would ask and he wrote me back with these: What got you into videoblogging? Why did you get into videobloging? What is your inspiration? You can find Nathan Miller at bicycle-sidewalk.com, Irina Slutsky hosts Geek Entertainment TV, Jess McCabe at www.thefword.org.uk, & Mike Atherton at www.sizemore.co.uk. Irina Slutsky operated my not so good in the dark camera and I used music from Bre Pettis' free music album. This episode's links are GETV, The Sizemore McCabe Project, Physicians for Social Responsibility

Watch the VideoThis is an episode for Christmas. I'm going Yuletide for these couple days. Features 30 second clips of Bing Crosby, James Brown & Andrews Sisters. This episode's links are Charity Navigator, National Priorities Project, Veterans For Peace

Watch the Video Charity Navigator is an online research tool for people who like to give to charities. This episode's links are Physicians for Social Responsibility, National Priorities Project, Charity Navigator

Watch the Video This impromtu interview of Irina Slutsky was conducted at the For Your Imagination/NYMIEG Holiday Bash on Dec. 12, 2007. The camera was held by Jackson West, the questions were written by Nathan Miller of Bicyclesidewalk, and music is by Bre Pettis from his free for use album. This episode's links are GETV, Bicycle Sidewalk, Veterans For Peace

Watch the Video Featuring open source movie from the Archive.org and some footage I shot from food shopping and driving from the Midwest. This episode's links are Physicians for Social Responsibility, National Priorities Project, Veterans For Peace