Existence: 6848 days

For once in these past five years, Microsoft has impressed me. The above is a Popular Mechanics video for the most "Minority Reportest" thing thus far. Microsoft Surface is a new-fangled "surface computer" that one can use on a regular coffee table. Think of it as a giant iPhone, having has a touch-sensitive surface for interaction. The thing that took me away was the place-your-device-on-the-table auto-sync function. (clap. clap. clap). It's 5 years in the making, and will cost approximately ten-grand.

I've seen and fiddled around with something similar on my iFuture experience at the Science Centre. It also had a touch-sensitive interface, but the sensors and projection were propped overhead. I'm just happy that a Minority Report touchy-touchy future lies ahead.

(I'd like to say once again that I'm not impressed with the iPhone. I'm impressed with the iPod functions and photo viewing on the iPhone, but nothing else on it).

In other news, I caught my Mesprit, completing the Pre-Elite Four Legendary Trio. That @#$%! Pokémon has been evading capture, flying around and around. I trained my Gastly to Lv48 and used a Mean Look before putting to sleep. I threw Ultra Ball after Ultra Ball, before it woke the thrid time and wiped out my Gastly. Threw out Dialga and a last Ultra Ball, knowing it would flee after that. But the ball shook 3 times and after 4 weeks of tracking it down, I caught it. Now to face the Pokémon League.

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Hopeless Optimism: #80 Released.


I redesigned Gwen. She looked fatter before.
See this and More on the Hopeless Optimism Page.

Labels: hOP

Hopeless Optimism: #79 Released.


Delayed: Originally intended for 30th April.
See this and More on the Hopeless Optimism Page.

Labels: hOP

See-thru 6845 days
I've seen the See-through Powerbook illusions on the internet. Those are cool. But I don't have a flat screen monitor nor a laptop LCD, so I used the next best thing: My iPod.

(I just ran my flickr 200-photo limit. I'll be shifting my wares to Picasa.)

Labels: Tech

*burp* 6844 days

I saw this Music Video on MTV yesterday. It blew my mind.
I love songs and videos like these.

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Hopeless Optimism: #78 Released.


Delayed: Originally intended for 28th April.
See this and More on the Hopeless Optimism Page.

Labels: hOP

ESpace @ TP - 3DArFun T01 Final Assignment Exhibition.
Existence: 6843 days
This is "Serpent", my final piece for 3D Art Fundamentals. It's Pin Art and Frank Gehry's Cardboard furniture combined (You gotta know it to get it). It's layer upon layer of cardboard strips ±120cm long and ±8cm wide, with "indentations" cut along the way, forming a imprint when everything comes together. Just like what you see there. It used to be propped on its side and entitled "Reach for the Sky". Tilt your head and you should see an abstract man with a hand behind him reaching for the sun. But it really looks better propped vertically.

And so, everything that is 3DArFun and ComDI have been done away with. Time for 4 weeks of "vacation" time. Which means that I'll probably be getting back to hOP after a long hiatus.

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Living 6838 days
So Will Ferrell started funnyordie.com for everyone and anyone to post funny videos on there. But I believe he made the site specially for this video starring his daughter, Pearl. Just watch it.



Oh yeah, she screams a lot. You might wanna check out the outtakes as well as the David Blaine series on there. Warning though, this site has content that ain't safe for work (NSFW!!) and it's not intended for childrens. Wait, that makes this video NSFW too. Too late!

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Existence: 6836 days
2 Headers are now on the brim of the blog. The older "Hollywood magic sharpie" writing one and today's Tempura special. The magic happens on my desk. I love photomanipulation.
One last week. Yeah. Final projects are underway and then it'll be the end of 3DAr(t)Fun(damentals) class. I hope the class stays as it is and doesn't get mahjong-shuffled around. I got my project idea from my lecturer. It'll be simple, but crafty. Hope that turns out well.
As for Hopeless Optimism, you'll notice it has gone stagnant. I had 2 strips ready for publishment (no such word), one on 2nd May and the other on Xth May. But classes started and I became too busy/lazy to upload them. Give me this last week then my term break (vacation, actually) to begin, then I can upload whatever the heck I want. Bear with me.

Labels: Artwork, Update

Update
Not much of a re-skin, but I've changed a few things on this blog, namely the Header and the Background colour.
I love drawing on photos. This header is a fine example. The Sharpie magically floats! OoooOOoo....

Labels: Artwork, Update

Still Breathing. 6825 days
Haven't blogged in a few days now, because if I wasn't doing some strange project or typing a sum of 2000 words for some essay, I'll be down playing Pokémon.
I've been listening to Steriogram's "Walkie Talkie Man" over and over and over again. That's a defect in my mental being. I tend to listen to songs I love over and over again consecutively.
I also saw Spiderman 3 last Tuesday. It's nice. I like "Eric Forman's" role. Playing Eddie, but he's so That 70s Show. Powerful sense of emotion throughout the movie. Anger, Sadness, Blinded Happiness. Bravo. Went to Bon Gout at The Quayside after for dinner. This place was something. It had a strange Japanese feeling to it not because it's a Japanese restaurant, but there were bookshelves lined with Manga and has few seats for dining. It's like those small Ramen shops in Japan.

About the Title: I was rummaging through my Art material box when I chanced upon my ancient (stress "ancient") "sketchbooks". I know they were there, just that I haven't seen them for quite a while. Those hold my early comic strips. Judging from what I am today, those strips are now looking like crap. But we all gotta start somewhere, and I did. 7 years ago. That monstrosity was created. I'll be scanning them and uploading them once I'm ready to do so. I won't say where I'll be putting them though. (cackle-cackle)

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