I thought this Lego Star Wars bit was particularly good, it really makes me want to buy some of their stuff, that’s for sure.
There’s some imaginative bits around the force and building things with blocks. An ad, for sure, but a very good and entertaining one.
I posted previously a video showing a very complex home light show. I think this ups the ante somewhat on that….
Man.
At the risk of rendering myself unattractive to Nikki (it’s a fragile thing already, like I need to rock the boat (aha! a pun within an aside, my powers grow…)) I give you this sure-fire hit: The Virtual Air Guitar. For those of you that know Nikki, my good wife is not a fan of the air guitar. You could say she hates it. Intensely. So I’m taking a big risk by even bringing it up here, I hope you all appreciate it.
Anyway, on to the blather. What you do is put on some faggy orange gloves that are absolutely certain to cement your un-attractiveness to the opposite sex and wail on your virtual ax to your heart’s content. The image recognition system will attempt to translate your pathetic wimpy motions into talent (now possible thanks to faster and more powerful computers) and a blazin’ solo will emerge from the speakers. Suck on that, Yngwe Malmsteen!
Surprisingly, I have covered the professional world of air guitar before, if you recall The World Air Guitar Championships. I wonder what the AGWC officials will make of this new technology? Will they sanction it’s use as a training tool? Maybe go so far as to have a new event, or separate the athletes into two streams; Technically Augmented, and All Natural? Really, there’s more to the Virtual instrument, since you are “making music” instead of just swinging your thin pasty noodles in time to someone else’s CD. It’s a subtle nuance that will take some time for it’s full effect to be felt on the world of air guitar.
Rest assured, dear readers, that I will be here to guide you through this wonderful journey as it unfolds before us. What a wonderful time to be alive.
No posts in days, what are ya gonna do?
Sorry folks.
Well, it seems that my “wasting time at work posting to the blog” days are over for the next while. It seems that the good firewall folks at my current gig have grown wise to my dirty little habit and have, well, blocked all access to the Vallentyne.com infrastructure. That’s a slight pain for any posting, but it’s a real problem for mail access.
All of this to say, today was one of the most productive days I have had at work in some time. My attention span grew back, against all odds.
But, the discovery of this blog is once again eating away at my time. Just try to stop reading through the archive, I dare you. This damn site (sigh) is a definite cut above the regular fare on the web. The latest post in particular is incredibly interesting and funny. I wish I could write stuff like that.
Anyway, that’s it for tonight, don’t expect much here until at least tomorrow night, cause the problem is access…. mine, not yours.
For whatever reason, the Internet is broken today. The whole thing. If you can even read this, you are in some weird bubble of an anomaly, because most of it seems busted to me.