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Reboot Machine
Many articles have been written regarding the opinion that Hollywood has run out of original ideas and has been stuck in the ‘reboot machine’ for awhile. The whimsical phrase, ‘banking on nostalgia’, was also the subject of a piece on Forbes.com and applies not only to blantant remakes, but also the prequels, sequels, and spinoffs
The Night We Met
The song “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron came up on my playlist today. I’ve heard the song before, a haunting composition included in the soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why, which, based on other lyrics depicts lost love and wanting, but either not knowing how or more likely not being able to, take that
Candy Converter
Halloween 2018 is over a week past, but in this lull before the looming holiday season that has already filled the store shelves, I’m continuing to slowly work on my stash of candy. Also, having grabbed some great after-season purchases at the pop-up Halloween store, I still have a bit of the ghouly spirit. This
A Little Housecleaning followed by Payback
In 1999, three grown men accomplished what so many yearn to do: they brought a frustratingly faulty printer to justice, and they did it in the most fulfilling way possible–taking it to a field and beating it mercilessly with a baseball bat. Countless memes, parodies, and GIFs have been created to exalt this iconic scene.
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Fancy Fruition
I get really excited when I come across projects that use unconventional mediums to create art forms. It’s inspiring to see ordinary transformed into beautiful or for an every-day element to be reinvented to cause pause and wonder. I have a collection of examples stowed away for the Unique Art Forms sub-page, but did not
Lumagination
Bravo to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens for curating an incredibly profitable and popular exhibit in the heart of winter–in a climate that is inhospitable to plant growth right now, let alone bloom. This organization cultivated the masses this weekend to a garden of essentially green vegetation and boring cacti by creating an indoor light show
Playoffs
Annnnnnd…… …it’s over Even though the Bills cannot take back the absolutely horrible game they played, at least they are no longer the reigning champs of the ‘longest playoff drought’ title. Now we get to start all over again. But here’s something I did learn this season (and,
Interactive Computer Graphics
I’m taking an online class, Interactive Computer Graphics, and most of the lecture videos have been pretty cognitive. They start off with an example of an issue that users experience in a normal computer interface during a relatively standard process and how graphics that are designed to engage more specifically with certain tasks can create a