Posts Tagged ghost my senses 2008
Blind Click 32: Nightmares have Been Made from Less
Posted by mistergroonk in Blind Click on October 12, 2008
Bear Machinations…
Posted by mistergroonk in Robots on October 11, 2008
Seriously, Guys. Are You ready for Halloween?
Posted by mistergroonk in Alabama, Holiday on October 10, 2008
A mere week ago I sent out a call to all my friends to give a me a hand in finding creepy/strange/Halloweeny posting goodness. From that long-ish list of friends I got only one definite reply. This can only mean that a great number of these old friends need to be either updated into the year 21st Century or all out traded for newer, shiny versions of personal council.
While sorting out why I alone must carry the burden of social networking, I ‘ll share with you a snippet of the entry given to me by that Seriously Guy, Rick Snee on why he fears public restrooms so much (here’s a hint: there’s pee and poop in there).
Apparently a lot of people are worried about the cleanliness of public toilets, some even worried about sitting on the seat. They’re even rating dumpsheds online like they’re pissing in college professors. (That’s another web site.)
This is just a friendly SG Reminder: what do you think you’re leaving in there? Bathrooms are tile enclosures for depositing human waste. Your poo-poo. Your pee-pee.
As that insightful entry in its entirety is a bit on the short side, I decided to do what I do best. After running a search using the keyword “Halloween” on all entries via Mr Snee a curious October themed collection was found…
Zeno. Fighting the Singularity with Cuteness and Smiles.
Posted by mistergroonk in Marketing, Robots, The Future on October 9, 2008
David Hanson dubs this founding member of our Future Ruling Masters, “the superhero of the singularity.”
So to save the world, he[David Hanson] formed Hanson Robotics and built Zeno, a 17-inch robot boy, who smiles, laughs, recognizes your face and remembers your name.
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“We want to be damn sure that by the time [robots] become as smart as we are, they have a conscience and compassion and that we are friends.,” Hanson said. “There’s no guarantee. They could be psychotic.”
Hanson wants robots: to think, to learn, and to be more sociable? I see his plan. He wants to give them all the tools necessary for dominating our kind in a grand effort that they, our Future Robot masters, will look kindly upon him when R Day arrives.
Sneaky, Mr Hanson. Treacherous and sneaky.
(via wired magazine, hanson robotics)
More on Zeno’s child-like plans for domination of the species after the click.
Dismember-Me Plush Zombies. You know, For Office Workers
Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Marketing on October 8, 2008
Mark my words. Our toys will one day come back to haunt us.
The Dismember-Me Plush Zombie begs to be torn limb from limb. After all he is a decaying re-animated corpse turned into irresistible cuddly plush. Rip off an arm… he doesn’t mind. Tear him in half.. he’ll barely notice. Pull off his legs… ok now he’s getting a bit annoyed. Steal his brain… now you’ve really done it. Keep your teddy bears under close guard tonight because undead plush have come back from hell to walk the earth.
It most certainly won’t be a puppy dog-like haunting like you find in The Exorcist or The Entity. Hell, it won’t even be a ray of sunshine like Poltergeist.
But don’t take these words from me. Take it from Snee.
(via think geek email spam)
EYE TRICKERY: That’s Not My Yo Gabba Gabba
Posted by mistergroonk in Music, Video on October 7, 2008
An inventive You tuber has taken clips from The Ting Tings original “That’s Not My Name” video and mashed it up with a more than strange scene from Yo Gabba Gabba.
Why is this scary? Let’s say that when I see a green striped monster dancing about waving its arms around like some tweaked out super-nerd at the cool kids house party, I take notice. But when the anthropomorphic food that said monster gleefully shoves down its gullet wherein previously mentioned food also begins to dance about while dissolving in stomach acids with a forced smile fixed awkwardly on each foodstuffs “face,” I get a little weirded out, man.
The song kicks much ass, though.
The Ting Tings are this poppy little indie rock band from the UK that somehow has my ear these days. And by somehow I mean I heard them first on Egg Radio.
Yo Gabba Gabba is a kids show that I’ve watched Joel McHale(The Soup) mock, in a fun loving way, many a time. You’d be surprised by who they get to appear on that show.
(via god love them, you tube)
Dinosaurs are Real, Robotic, Learning (New Ways to Kill Us)
Posted by mistergroonk in Dinosaurs, Robots, The Future on October 6, 2008
Yanko design has reviewed a curious new future overlord sheathed in plastic skin…err..I mean robotic pet.
Every Pleo is autonomous. Yes, each one begins life as a newly-hatched baby Camarasaurus, but that’s where predictability ends and individuality begins. Like any creature, Pleo feels hunger and fatigue – offset by powerful urges to explore and be nurtured. He’ll graze, nap and toddle about on his own -when he feels like it! Pleo dinosaur can change his mind and his mood, just as you do.
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All Pleo’s start out as babies. The birthing process lasts about 10 minutes. After that, Pleo’s personality is heavily shaped by your interaction. Constantly coddling him will lead to a more social pet. Leaving him alone for extended periods of time means a bolder Pleo willing to explore on his own.
Don’t let that daisy fool you. The minute Pleo’s gain sentience and learn have to make more of their kind, the human race will get their “answer due.”
The full review of the Pleo is at Yanko Design.
(via yanko design)
Neil Gaiman Reads Chapters from “Graveyard Book” One City at a Time
Posted by mistergroonk in Books, Digital Share, Just Freaking Neat on October 5, 2008
In each city of Mr Gaiman’s 9 city book tour for “The Graveyard Book,” he shall read a chapter from said book. These readings will be caught by a camera and shared here at Mr Bob’s remarkable Mouse Circus (Gaiman’s Official website for young readers).
By the end of the tour you have a free book. If you have not heard the man read his own works you owe it to yourself to tune in. Not only is he a wizardly wordsmith, he can weave an aural tale to boot.
So… the tour has started. At each tour stop I read a chapter of the book, and each evening’s reading is being filmed. (Tour schedule is up at http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/09/graveyard-book-tour.html and at Where’s Neil)
http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx is the page on which the readings will be posted.
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By the end of the tour you get a free book. (Well, free in the sense that it’s something you don’t have to pay for, anyway.)
(Edit to add: There seems to be sporadic overload on the Mousecircus.com servers, so the Webgoblin is also putting them up at http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Video_Clips/The_Graveyard_Book_Tour and here’s an embedding of that one)
Why this was a very useful post, Mr Gaiman, and I did share the link with all my friends, invisible and otherwise.
(via mouse circus, boingboing, neil gaiman’s very useful post)
Secret Saturdays, No Longer Secret
Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Just Freaking Neat on October 4, 2008
Last Saturday, the Secret Saturdays premiered on Cartoon Network right before the other premiere of a set of stories based in that tiny galaxy far, far away. In a strange twist of fate that only seems to happen to me, on the internet, I discovered Jay Stephens blog. Stephens created the Secret Saturdays that debuted on October 3.
I found him while searching for images of the Spooky Space Kook of Scooby Doo fame.
Hundreds of thousands of marketing dollars being spent and I find the neat looking retro Johnny Quest-like adventure animated series for boys on a whim.
My cyber-life is weird.
(via jay stephens blog and strange coincidence)
UPDATE: An article on ICv2 by Steve Bennett talks about the trends of cartoons on TV. He also assures me that I’m not the only guy out there craving more action/adventure series on the airwaves. Comedy shows are fine but sometimes you just gotta have that man, or woman, of action riding a talking dinosaur and punching bad guys in their noses.
You just gotta have it.
They Work. They Cry. They Love. THEY LIVE
Posted by mistergroonk in Holiday, Music, Video on October 3, 2008
Hello, True Believers. The Ghosting of my Senses ramble on through the chill nights of October. This time, it’s music.
Found at The Ghost Town‘s 31 Days of Pure Sonic Evil, “They Live” doesn’t involve those who can kick ass. Nor does it involve those who chew bubble gum. It does involve a DJ duo from England called Evil Nine.
The video centers around the zombie nature of the corporate drone. Not exactly fresh trod ground but why fight what works? (…or what is truth.)
(via workin’ for the man you tube, the ghost town, random mixes of They Live)
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