Tinselman

Tetro – Francis Ford Coppola

I don't usually advertise films, but this trailer gives me shivers. Too bad it's opening only in select cities (today).

Tetro Official site

Teenage Engineering

It won't be out for awhile, but I'm already salivating for the OP-1, a small but surprisingly powerful controller-synth. At 4 x 11 inches, it's mega portable, sounds amazing, and is oh so styling.

Here's what Teenage Engineering, the designers of the synth, have to say about it...

OP-1 stands for Operator 1 and is a pocket size controller for your favorite software sequencer. Connect it to your laptop and it lets you control your sequencers transport with the common play, stop, rec, forward and rewind. Use it to control your software synthesizers with the 4 rotary encoders and 16 dedicated quick keys for fast selections.

There's also a built in motion sensor; you can shake the thing around to change the timbre of the sounds. Or sample beats directly from the built-in FM radio (how cool). You can even "memorize a tune by whistling it into the built-in microphone." All in all, it's pretty amazing what they fit into this thing. 

Interestingly enough... they're not mentioning a price.

• TE-10

• FM Synthesis

Link to OP-1 site

Announcing...

Just a quick note... after a long absence, the Myst and Riven soundtracks will soon be available again. Give it about 4 - 6 weeks and you'll be able to find them at most online stores, such as: Itunes (U.S. and Internationally), Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, IMVU, Lala, Shockhound, and Amie Street.

I'll let you know when they're out.

Nixon... Confused and Mourning

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How delightful! A confused Nixon... talking to Spiro Agnew. Or below, Nixon (rapidly) mourns the death of the Hulk.

For more presidential cameos from Marvel comics, check out photontorpedoes' Marvel Presidents set.

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A City in a Day

More procedurally generated cities. When will it end?

• earlier: City Engine

Thanks, Rangachari

Lost Myst

Just a bald head. And part of an ear. But, weirdly enough, you probably know exactly who and what you're looking at.

I've been enjoying LOST ever since the beginning. Maybe this quote in Time Magazine, is part of the reason.

High Tea

Chino City, Nagano Prefecture

A traditional Japanese teahouse by architect Terunobu Fujimori, which he calls, "the ultimate personal architecture." He says it feels like an extension of one's body, or "like a piece of clothing."

Somehow it reminds me of it Howl's Castle.

link (thanks Guy!)

Cabin-Kitsch Headstone

 

Flickr photo by sandrift.

Tweet

I finally started twittering. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I thought I'd try the waters. You can check me out here.

Mobile Tinsel-mysting

A lot of you probably know about my involvement in the original Myst. For the past couple months, I've been testing an iPhone version of the game. I found it to be a faithful port of the original.

It's finally released and, from what I've been told, Cyan is already working on updates. So myst away!