Blur
Studio’s “Rockfish”
A regular day of “fishing” on another planet,
but a hard-nosed worker—and his alien pet
— manage to stir up a mess o’ trouble. Wordlessly,
this 3D-animation, at one time a contender for an Academy
Award nomination, delivers more lifelike action than live-action
films many times its size. Comments
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Jook Leung’s
“New Year's at Times Square”
Want that feeling of being in New York’s Times Square
on New Year’s Eve, without the cold and paranoia?
Then try this QuickTime VR 360-degree panorama with sound,
from 2005. Push in and move your cursor to get that stroke-of-midnight
feeling. Comments
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Ze
Frank’s “New Years”
Wide-eyed and chock-full of observations, Ze Frank, an
artist and monologist, humorously reflects on the New
Year’s holiday. Example: making New Year’s
resolutions, he says, is “like being the lawyer
for both the prosecution and the defense.” Comments
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After making each week’s
Net selections, we select some
related books, games, DVDs, etc.
This issue: “The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes,”
real rockfish & more in... The
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The
Falk Group’s “Plane Crazy”
Paper airplanes for a consulting group's Web site? The
Falk Group wanted to demonstrate their innovative playfulness.The
result: a fun exercise in skillful unproductiveness...with little electric fans to guide your choice of aircraft.
Click "Play Game" at screen bottom. Comments
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