Absolutely beautiful, I don’t know where this competition was held, but hopefully this Japanese team made it into the finals at the very least. More like watching a ballet than a gymnastics exhibition, the athletes coordinated almost flawlessly.
Category: cool things!
These things are cool!
Boy’s love for Morning Glories lives on long after his passing…
This is a nice story about a boy’s love of Morning Glories, and his mother’s love for him, which she spreads to the tsunami survivors through seeds from the flowers he grew just before he died, and which he never lived to see bloom.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ2011092612223
Incredible amateur movie, “Cardboard Warfare 2″…
This is an amazing short film, done by a handful of extremely talented guys. It’s not quite a parody, the scenes are played straight like in all the WWII movies you’ve seen, but the weapons are all made of cardboard! Continue reading “Incredible amateur movie, “Cardboard Warfare 2″…”
Freshmen Congressmen who served honor the heroes of 9/11
A simple, stirring tribute from the newly elected Congressmen who served in our military. Just reciting “The Star Spangled Banner”, no fancy graphics, no political B.S., just humble words.
“Let this be our motto, ‘In God is our trust.'”
Cat Eastwood vs. Lee Van Woof
Classic showdown:
Background music from a game called “Touhou”: “Bad Apple!!”
I’ve never heard of this game, but then I’m not a gamer, but this is really neat traditional-style Japanese music, played with authentic instruments on a traditional stage.
Tilt-shift experiment number 2
Now that I found a good tutorial on it, this may work out better. Adjustment layer, clipping mask, gradient fill and gaussian blur for the win! I did this in 1/10th the time it took the previous version, and I think it works a little better.
Just a little Photoshop experiment on an Otakon 2011 picture…
Thought I’d try out my Photoshop “skills” (as if I had any!) to see if I could take a photo from my set of Otakon pics and try to simulate the “tilt-shift” effect. Â True tilt-shift involves a fancy $1000 lens, but since I’m not going to have one of those in the near (or even distant) future, this should be the next best (cheapest!) thing.
This should be a small image, clicking on it should bring up the full-sized one, if this works right.
