This short film combines nice vector esthetics with some truly wicked content. I’m not quite sure what David OReilly wants to tell me with this, but I seem like it. In any case – please support the artist and consider buying the HD-version for only 4 bucks!
The External World by David OReillyWikipedia has just turned 10 and it is still going strong… Enjoy this short and informative animation movie on the world’s largest encyclopedia and don’t forget to take a look at JASS3‘s other works!
The State of Wikipedia by JESS3This short film has been described as deserving of an Academy Award by none other than Roger Ebert. Check out some other material by Jamie Stuart and his Mutiny Company!
Idiot with a Tripod by Jamie StuartA nice animation movie by some really talented people… If you like “Meet Buck” you should check out “Salesman Pete” by the same creative team on their website.
Meet Buck by Axis StudiosInformative video explaining the recent financial woes in detail. Visit the official site and support creator Jonathan Jarvis with a donation or buy some of his merchandise!
The Crisis of Credit Visualized by Jonathan JarvisSmartphones have become quite prominent recently and I finally decided to get one for myself. The choice wasn’t too hard, as I don’t really like the iPhone, while the Android OS has made huge strides with its latest releases. Buying Samsung’s top-of-the-line i9000 Galaxy S, I was surprised to find that Skype doesn’t work out of the box. Unfortunately Samsung has delayed the release of Android 2.2 for a few months now, which only goes to show how our corporate overlords think about “customer service” and keeping their promises.
On the other hand the phone itself is a nice piece of technology and can easily hold its own against the iPhone 4. I really hope that once Froyo has been finally released the GPS and other issues are going to be resolved and Skype can be used properly (which was my main reason to get a smartphone in the first place)!
Finally some related resources… If you want to know more about specs and inner workings of the phone I can recommend this comprehensive review by GSMArena.
The AppBrain website makes digging through the jungle of Android apps a lot easier – actually it does a much better job than Google’s own marketplace.
This poem, “If—” by Rudyard Kipling, is speaking to me on a very personal level right now, so I decided to share…
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream–and not make dreams your master,
If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings–nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And–which is more–you’ll be a Man, my son!
–Rudyard Kipling
