Scott Hansen, Retro Design...

• Movies I cannot wait to see:
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): Loved all the originals, and Harrison Ford is the man!
• The Dark Knight
• Harry Potter
• Iron Man (should either be really bad and well-publicized, or really good)
  
• Movie Update:
  
• Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay: A-: I could not stop laughing.
• The Mist: C-: One of those movies with horrible, low budget special effects, where I was thinking, "How the hell did I sit through two hours of crap?"
• Into the Wild: A This movie was incredible, and based on a TRUE story!
  
• Hi-tech bicycle storage tower in Japan - [wow tech]
• Miniature Models of Moscow, more - [urbanism]
• Awesome: Sand Tornado - [wow video]
• More incredible LEGO creations - [geek art]
• The Tasty Art of Chocolate & Candy- [cool pictures and wow videos]
• Graphic Designer: Raster Boy: His strongest work are in flyers, print, and web design.

• Graphic Designer/Musician: Scott Hansen: "I'm 30 years old and live in San Francisco. I split my time creating visual work as ISO50 and making music as Tycho." I love both his music and work. He also has his own blog.
  

Transforming Owls, Eric Skillman...

• Very strange "transforming" owls - [wow video]
• Siberian Aurora Borealis - [nature]
• World's Most Exotic Pets - [animals]
• Luminous Photos:"Visions of Earth"--Spectrum of Nature - [nature]
• Art On Tokyo’s Construction Fences- [cool art]
• Bionic eyes implanted in blind patients- [technnology, medicine]
• Designer/Art Director: Eric Skillman: "After graduating from NYU's Gallatin School for Indivdualized Study, I got my start in graphic design working for Stewart Cauley at Pollen Design, and for the last 6 years I've served as Staff Designer/ Associate Art Director (and on occasion, interim Art Director) for the Criterion Collection, where I've had the opportunity to work with and learn from many award-winning designers and illustrators. I live in Brooklyn."

Office Interior, BUTT WORM...

• 10 Annoyingly Brilliant Office Interiors - [design]
• Pig-butt Worm - [nature]
• Gardner Dragon Illusion - [cool video]
• 5 Proven Strategies to Simplify Your Life- [positive tips]
• Japanese "Bento" lunches decorated as album covers- [design]
• How to fix the internet (according to South Park)- [funny video]
• Discovery Channel The world is just awesome commercial - [sweet video]
• An Exhibit People May Be Dying to Get Into? - [bizzare contemporary art]
• Super Sexy Bikini Pants Combine Low-cut Jeans with a String Bikini - [weird fashion]
• Beef iPod Cover - [weird product design]
• World's First Eyeball Tattoo - Ouch! - [wtf??!!?]

Great Wall, and more randomness

• Fantastic Panorama from the Great Wall of China - [travel]
• Cool Chair Cushions- [cool product design]
• X-Ray "Everyday Objects" Art, artist - [gallery]
• World Record Bike Jump Attempt - [wow video]
• John Kanzius : Cure Cancer Through Radiowaves!- [wow video]+++
• Fantastic Desert Getaway - [architecture]
• Incredible Starry Night Sky - [wow image]
• Polaroids/Photography- Elizabeth Esoule- I love polaroids, and I love the perspective, rich colors, and delicacy of her work.

Solar, with lyrics

Amazing video perfectly synchronized with the music..enjoy!

Murakami, Mueck, Indoctrine U

• Art/Manga/Contemporary: Takashi Murakami: Forgot to mention that I saw the new exhibit of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That was a fabulous sunny day and I got to see a beautiful part of Brooklyn. Definately a show worth seeing. And I was really upset when I missed the Ron Mueck exhibit. Ron Mueck is one of my favorite sculptors of all time.

• John Harwood, of The New York Times and CNBC, talks to presidential candidate Senator John McCain about the economy.
• Social Issues/Politics/Education: Indoctrinate U: Watched a free screening of Indoctrinate U at Director's Guild of America Theater: The film was funny, accurate, and very revealing about the way many universities are run today. Should be shown in major theatres nationwide.
  
• Here is a brief synopsis: "Speech codes. Censorship. Sensitivity training. Political conformity and rehabilitation. Intolerance. Hostility to religion. Violations of freedom of speech and conscience. Kangaroo courts. We usually associate such things with the repressive regimes of North Korea, China, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union. But instead, this assault on free thought is taking place all over America--right now--on our nation's campuses. Award-winning filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney's new documentary film, Indoctrinate U, reveals the ugly truths about academia that you won't see in their glossy admissions brochures."

PSYOP, Justin Maller

• Time-Lapse Video of San Francisco Fog - [cool video]
• Extreme Off-Road: Vertical Hill Climb - [car video]
• Insane Ballooning Stunt - [wow video]
• Digital Artist/Graphic Design/Illustration: Justin Maller: "is a freelance graphic artist based in Melbourne." Saw his stuff in the recent issue of Computer Arts|UK- completely floored me.
  

• Animation/Motion Graphics/Advertising: PSYOP: one of my favorite animation houses. Their work is spectacular and beautiful.

• Adidas Spot
• Guinness Dot Spots

Random Videos and Links

• Super-crowded Trains in Japan - [wow video]
• Bizarre History of Common Sayings - [fascinating]
• Incredible Buildings Made of Ice - [weird]
• The World's Highest Bungee Jump - [wow video]
• Personal Robots Group - [wow video]
• What Leonardo Da Vinco Really Looked Like- [wow video]
• Virtual face follows your cursor.- [creepy site]
• www.ffffound.com - [cool eye candy]
• Cool Wine Label -[packaging]
• Regenerative Medicine Cellular Matrix Dust grows back FINGER - [amazing video]
• Bjork in 3-D: The 'Wanderlust' Video - [interesting video]
• The new video from Bjork, "Wanderlust." - [wow video]

Lanima, Basejumping, Southpark, Small House

• Music/Promotion/PR: Lanima: Got a small promoting gig with Pacha, a club that usually holds some of my favorite DJs like Armin and Above and Beyond. I wanted to be as creative as I could with it and still be as clean, concise, simple, and as user friendly as the medium could be. I designed the logo/avatar= I wanted the logo to represent my state of mind when listening to progressive house and trance= pretty much in my own little world! L'anima is Italian for the soul, heart. I want to come out with Lanima keychains, cell phone graphics, and wristbands!

• Video/Extreme Sports: Base Jumping: WOw I really want to do this! (If I ever get the guts to..)
• Video/Viral/Social Commentary: Southpark Kills 10 Youtube memes for Good. Hilarious.
• Video/Architecture: Small House Seems Large. Leave it to the Japanese to maximize living space. :) So efficient.
  

Etsy Rock Soaps, Dieline, Pii, Pettit

• Nature/Animals/Photography: Creepy shot of a transparent frog.
• Package Design/Blog: The DieLine: Just found the best blog on package design! Cute name. Now that I'm learning all about production, I hear "die" all the time.
• Installation/Technology: Rob Pettit: This artist uses old cell phones to make pieces of art. Interesting.
• Product Design/Bizzare: Super Pii Pii Brothers: Is this a joke??!?
  
• Package Design: British Mint: "Royal Mint Reveals New Coin Designs."
  
• Product Design, Cosmetics: Etsy Rock Soaps: I love beautiful rocks and stones, and now Etsy sells them as soaps. Pretty amazing. I personally wouldn't use them because I would want to keep them as is.
  

Dennis Prager, Michael Medved

• Radio Host/Philosophy/Politics/Society/Morality: Dennis Prager: (Recommeded by my dear friend Alex) I just started listening to the Dennis Prager Show- and all I can say is that I love his show, his views and opinions, and the topics he covers. It is my new source of moral, political, historical, and cultural enrichment. You can listen to him streaming or by downloading 190+ podcasts from Townhall. I highly recommend! And after him I will start listening to Michael Medved. Here are some highlights of Prager's views (taken from Wiki) - all of which I completely agree with.
  
• "Prager often presents his political views in moral terms. He advocates what he sees as the uniquely American combination of "Judeo-Christian values." He places great emphasis on "moral clarity," that is, the ability to identify and combat evil."
• "Prager has declared that the U.S. is engaged in a "second civil war," a "culture war" over the fundamental moral values on which American society was built."
• "Prager claims that many influential American institutions (universities, trial lawyers, labor unions, the ACLU, civil rights groups, and most large newspapers and television networks) are dominated by secular leftists."
  
• "Prager is a proponent of his version of "American exceptionalism," the view that the moral superiority of American values sometimes justifies unilateral action on the world stage, and that the U.S. should not always be constrained by international law or the United Nations in pursuit of its goals."
  
• "Prager has difficulty believing in the Christian, or even Jewish concept of Hell, namely that only those who are Christians, or Jews will enter heaven, and all others (Muslims, Buddhists, etc.) will be eternally damned."