Staying Fit, and Other Good

You know what stinks about apartment gyms?

This guy:

No really, he stinks. Like awful.

The good thing is that maybe it helps me to forgo the elliptical and venture a run around the "neighborhood".

In addition, Google did a good thing today with their "doodle" (HTML widget in the Google logo of their home page above the search field):

This screen capture does no justice to the widget (which can be played).
Bob Moog's birthday is today. He's up there with my favorite humans.
He died of a brain tumor the year I graduated from the ICAM department at UCSD. To most of us around Mandeville, it felt like we lost a friend.

Check out the Bob Moog Foundation.

If you have an iPad, you owe it to yourself to try the "Animoog" soft synth. Musical inclination not required to have fun and enjoy the app.
Also, check out "Moog", a documentary of Robert Moog and moog synthesizers (streaming on Netflix).
Lastly, it's "moog" -- like "rogue" -- not like "goog"le.

"I'll tell you where I think it comes from. I think it comes from out there, you know, and it comes through me, into the instrument and then the music goes through you guys and the instrument, and then back out there."

Darth Vader-Fish

Remember, 720p.


New life: Bengali Cardinal.
I liked 'Ben' but, having just seen the first three episodes of Star Wars (as in, ever), la muñeca likes 'Darth Vader' because it has black. She also claims to hear the storm trooper theme when she sees it...but I don't think it's that evil.
Maybe we can compromise on 'Darth Bender'?
Probably not. She tends to get her way.

I love quilts.

No really, I do.

I also love Sunday afternoon guitar sessions.
And this moogerfooger.

What the flux?

It's been awhile.

Here's an awesome thing explained by someone passionate about it:


It's weird how little I deal with buckets and how often I deal with buckets...
The moog cluster flux should be arriving on my doorstep this week. Fuck yeah.

Google, you run YouTube right? Forget about the Blogger (which you also run) post interface and retain the 'Play in HD' option when embedding a video...
Douche bags.

Portio

More Portal-related videos up in here. You love it.


Portal was a game changer.
Mario was a game changer first.

Pristine Marine

Here are some more artifacts of an expensive hobby, snapped by my life partner.

New coral:


Flash and Shrump:




Listening to
Crosses

Watching
The Hannibal Lector movies. Red Dragon & Silence of the Lambs are available to stream on Netflix. Hannibal, my favorite, you have to find elsewhere.

Playing
The Witcher 2
Portal 2 Co-op

Portal Short

I thought this was well done.


Inspired by one of my favorite video games, Portal.
You really have to play these games to understand how epic the story and game play mechanics are.
Good job on the score, Mike Zarin.