Extra Future[Bruce Sterling’s keynote][link], given at the launch of [Layar’s Layer Reality Browser][layar], is fun, smart, and full of a genuine excitement from Bruce that I really enjoy.
[link]: http://www.vimeo.com/6189763?pg=embed&sec=6189763 “Video: Bruce Sterling’s Keynote – At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry on Vimeo”
[layar]: http://layar.com/ “Layar.com”
[An absolutely astonishing demonstration of a vector drawing application from 1962][link].
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg “YouTube – Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad”
[Incredible demo video][link] from one of the entrants in the [Super Mario AI][comp] competition. [mentioned previously][prev] on Extra Future. See also: [The project page][project], which explains the process behind the AI.
The developer says he’ll release the source code once the contest is over.
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkMs4ZHHr8 “YouTube – Infinite Mario AI – Long Level”
[project]: http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rb1006/projects:marioai “Project Page for Infinite Mario AI”
[comp]: http://julian.togelius.com/mariocompetition2009/index.php “Mario AI Competition homepage”
[prev]: http://extrafuture.com/2009/08/04/mario-ai-competition-2009/ “Previously on Extra Future”
[Thanks to the efforts of Andy Baio][link].
[link]: http://waxy.org/2009/07/code_rush_in_the_creative_commons/ “Code Rush in the Creative Commons – Waxy.org”
[A truly Shatnerian performance][link]. There is music and everything. Glorious. Thank you, Conan.
[link]: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/william-shatner-makes-pal_n_246034.html “William Shatner Makes Palin’s Speech Into Poetry (VIDEO)”
[If you haven’t been watching these, you’ve been missing out][link].
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Psfn6iOfS8 “YouTube – Auto-Tune the News #6: Michael Jackson. drugs. Palin.”
[Mozilla won’t support H.264, Apple won’t support Ogg, Google will support both, and Microsoft won’t say][link]. Doubt this will change anytime soon, which really makes me sad.
[link]: http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2009-June/020620.html “[whatwg] Codecs for audio and video”
[In what can only be described as a historical reenactment of a Street Fighter bonus stage][link].
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n_9Nd9bhco “YouTube – Real Street Fighter Wannabe”
[One of the most insane videos of the 1980s gets the Literal treatment][link]. Plenty of good moments, here. “What the effing crap?” indeed.
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA&feature=player_embedded “YouTube – Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version”
[This is how pretty much every major client I’ve ever had does things][link]. It is a lot less funny when you are waiting on thousands instead of dozens of dollars.
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY “YouTube – The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations”
[This is, apparently, not a joke][link]. What it is, is 4 minutes of some poor hired goon trying to pretend like this isn’t the biggest pain in the ass of thing to attempt. The video summary says:
>At the DMCA 1201 hearings at the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, representatives from the MPAA showed a video demonstrating how users can videorecord a TV set. They argue this is an acceptable analog alternative to breaking copy protection on a DVD.
The mind reels.
[link]: http://www.vimeo.com/4520463 “MPAA shows how to videorecord a TV set on Vimeo”
via [@siracusa][siracusa]
[siracusa]: http://twitter.com/siracusa/statuses/1728534353 “Source of this link on Twitter”
[Stick with this clip][link]. I think by friday it may still be high in the running for most batshit thing I’ve seen all week.
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOBCMoDGGZU “YouTube – Hausu (1977) Killer Lampshade”
[In short: Context is king][link]. His central theme seems to be that simply looking at the rulesets of old games is missing the point. The platform itself informs the game to a huge degree.
[link]: http://www.archive.org/details/20090417-scott-supermario “Internet Archive: Details: Super Jason Scott Presentation 64”
[This is fantastic][link]. PBS, in honor of it’s 40th anniversary, is putting up tons of content onto it’s site, viewable on-demand. Including: American Masters, Frontline, and the biggest draw to me right now: Nova.
The problem: Like most video sites, it’s region-locked. Can’t be viewed outside the US. Shame.
[link]: http://www.pbs.org/video “PBS Video”
by way of [the blue][blue]
[blue]: http://www.metafilter.com/81063/PBS-Video-on-demand “PBS Video on demand | MetaFilter”
An essay with video annotation in five parts: [Schulz, Welles, Truffaut][1], [Martin Scorsese, Richard Lester, and Mike Nichols][2], [Hal Ashby][3], [J.D. Salinger][4] and an [Annotated video of the opening][5] to The Royal Tenenbaums. See also: [The House Next Door][hnd].
(via [Kottke][kottke])
[1]: http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-1-20090330 “The Substance of Style, Pt 1 by Matt Zoller Seitz – Moving Image Source”
[2]: http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-2-20090403 “The Substance of Style, Pt 2 by Matt Zoller Seitz – Moving Image Source”
[3]: http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-3-20090406 “The Substance of Style, Pt 3 by Matt Zoller Seitz – Moving Image Source”
[4]: http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-4-20090409 “The Substance of Style, Pt 4 by Matt Zoller Seitz – Moving Image Source”
[5]: http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-5-20090413 “The Substance of Style, Pt 5 by Matt Zoller Seitz – Moving Image Source”
[hnd]: http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/ “The House Next Door”
[kottke]: http://kottke.org “Jason Kottke”
[General release on September 4th][link]. Starring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis and Ben Affleck. Let’s hope it doesn’t get stuck in Movie Hell like [Idiocracy][idio].
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5E7zDL9nOc “YouTube – Extract-Teaser Trailer”
[idio]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy “Idiocracy”
[One of my favorite clips][link] from Tommy Wiseau’s [The Room][room].
[link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYieIycu8Gs “YouTube – I Just Saw You, What Are You Talking About?”
[room]: http://theroommovie.com/ “The Room”