Category Archives: Interesting

Stuff that is interesting but doesn’t really fit in any of the other categories

Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 on accordion

I can’t say as I have ever really been impressed by the accordion before, but wow… Russian accordionist Vitaly Dmitriev playing the accordion. And Fuga in d-moll BWV565

Popping

Popping, a R&B/hip hop based dance style from the 70’s has become popular of late in Japan, and whereas I’m not generally a huge R&B or dance fan some of this stuff is neat to watch. One of the biggest things in the media over here was an 11 year old girl, whose father is […]

Dolphin Olympics

[inspic=224,leftclear,fullscreen,thumb] Here’s a neat little web-based flash game where you play a dolphin and have to control it to swim and jump and do tricks. A little hard to get used to the controls at first, but after a few tries it’s a lot of fun. http://www.rawkins.com/games/do/index.html

Helm’s Deep in Candy

[inspic=223,leftclear,fullscreen,thumb] This has been making the rounds in the “blogosphere” lately. This past Christmas Vacation my brothers, sister, myself and my girlfriend built a scale replica of the battle of Helms Deep, from the second book of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Two Towers penned by the late, great, J.R.R. Tolkien. Pictures and […]

French CG Animations

A couple of neat CG animation videos from a French animation school (you can find more on their website under “GALERIE” -> “FILMS” links, just pick a year). Little Red Riding Hood or Chaperon rouge A bit of a twist on Little Red Riding hood, very beautifully animated. Bus Stop A funny little short about […]

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