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Entries from March 2008

Eight years of his life. Two minutes of yours.

March 31st, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock

Living My Life Faster – 8 years of JK’s Daily Photo Project from c71123 on Vimeo.
Considering how much time he put into this, I think we all owe it to him to watch it. I’ve learned that there are a bunch of films like this on YouTube but this is the first one I [...]

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Regenerating Human Fingers

March 31st, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock

It’s a little-known fact (outside of my personal circles) that, in addition to authoring this blog, I also sculpt all the toys for Jailbreak. What’s even less-known though, is that this sculptor lost a fingertip last summer at Burning Man. (It’s a long story involving art, bells, and helicopters but I’ll leave all [...]

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Hillary’s Inner Flick

March 31st, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock

Since we’re already wearing our hearts on our sleeve anyway with the Obama Action Figure, this video really says it all so brilliantly.
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Tesla’s Tower of Power

March 31st, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock

I came across this a while back and was amazed. Now we’re on the verge of releasing a Tesla Oddfellow, so I had to go back and read it again for some research. It’s about a project that Tesla began but never finished that essentially would have given us a wireless worldwide web [...]

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Norman Mailer vs. Rip Torn… ouch!

March 31st, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock

Yes, Norman Mailer had a rep as a “two fisted writer”. But still, nothing in that rep quite prepared you for seeing the man in action. There’s a whole back story behind this video. Watch carefully and you can see when Mailer bites a piece of Rip Torn’s ear.
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What’s Inside an Elephant’s Mind?

March 31st, 2008 · Comments
by J*Rock

I don’t want to spoil the video because I think most of the joy comes in watching him (her?) at work. Having said that, this video does really open up some questions about how brains work and what separates us from all the rest of the animal kingdom. (Answer: less than we think!) [...]

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