Month: May 2004

  • Into the Oracle — Arol Zendik

    tunes

    I was approached this afternoon by a guy who said he was part of what basically amounted to a hippie enclave of folks who had decided to drop out of society. For a meager donation, I could receive a magazine, a bumper sticker (“STOP BITCHING – START A REVOLUTION…”) and a CD of the founder’s […]

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  • LEGO Escher

    linkage

    AAl just sent me this link to Escher’s "Relativity" in LEGO. A pretty amazing feat of LEGO engineering, with links to a few other Escher drawings that the author has built with LEGO blocks. The extended construction photos are quite amazing.

  • This Old Mac

    geek

    In recent days, two Flash-programmed replicas of old Macintosh computers have appeared on the radar. For your enjoyment:

    Web SE
    The better of the two, in English or German. A remarkably faithful rendition of System 7 with equally accurate software, right down to the After Dark control panel, and the MyEyes eyeballs that used to sit in the menubar and follow your cursor around. (Yes, this is the same one that Wired did a story about.)
    http://myoldmac.net/webse-e.htm

    P.dro Classic
    Warning: IN FRENCH. Looks like it’s running System 6 on a Mac Plus or so. Not quite as polished as the Web SE, but the startup beep and drive clacking really adds to the experience.
    http://www.erreur-404.com/classic-pedro.html

    Update
    There is also someone who has transformed a Mac SE into an ElectriClerk, just like from the Terry Gilliam movie Brazil:
    http://www.ahleman.com/Props/ElectriClerk.html

  • Random Dictionary Spam

    ramblings

    A new trend in email spam is to add a couple of random words from the dictionary to the end of the subject heading, which somehow appears to trick the spam filters into thinking it’s not spam. Obviously annoying, as I’m getting more spam, but it allows for oddly entertaining subject headings, such as:

    Big Natural Breasts… reappear akimbo, or
    MlLFs – MlLFs – MlLFs dehydrate carnivore, or
    Trans-x-uals, Girly Boys… !!!! northerner resins

    That is all.

  • Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

    ramblings

    After a marathon 26-hour session, this Animal Planet show is out the door. Another edit and 2-3 hours more to go. I guess I’m not going to be doing the 48 Hour Film Project this weekend after all.

    Addendum: It ended up being 30 hours… minus a couple on the office couch somewhere in the middle. But, I got double pay, so I’m not going to complain. Officially, at least.

Mark Boszko

Film & Video Editor, Voiceover Artist, macOS IT Engineer, and Maker

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