Digital Playdough

One of the Saddest Things I've Ever Seen

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:26:13 GMT

I was walking around East London this evening and came across this flier on Evelyn Street. I snapped these photos with my phone.

:(

Star Wars as told by some girl who's never seen it...

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:46:49 GMT

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

Halfway to Halloween - Party @ The Snug (Sat. May 3rd)

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:32:51 GMT

Ghost in the Shell 2

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:50:50 GMT

I just watched Ghost in the Shell 2, finally. It sucked.

If they ever make Akira 2 I'm not watching it.

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:24:05 GMT

This was copied and pasted from craigslist:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ksc/395322346.html?

Originally Posted: Sun, 12 Aug 14:06 CDT

lvl 8 ogre mage seeks moon queen or druid

Date: 2007-08-12, 2:06PM CDT

I am a lvl 8 warrior seeking my adventuring companion for game play and fornication. I partake in only adventure/fantasy role play, no creepy goth stuff, it’s too weird. Only sanctioned spells allowed, costume dress optional but preferred. I have the body of a wandering Norwegian brawler and short brown hair. Please be quite buxom and imaginative for play and enjoy fantasy role play aesthetics. Please send pics, leves, preferred adventure type and spell list. We could go get dinner (under $20), and watch a movie. Also I’m allergic to cats.

Location: the lair (mission)
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 395322346

Planet Earth Party @ Ben's

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:53:38 GMT

Friday, November 9th

Watch BBC Planet Earth at Ben's House @ 8pm

See you all there! Questions? Call Ben.

MORE ICONS!!!

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:57:17 GMT

This one is for you, Matt.

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:01:54 GMT

Remember them days hella long ago...

2004:

Yes, I actually made these icons

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:04:45 GMT

Well, I decided to add a little more life to my favorite emulator and .nes ROMS. After buying a retrofitted USB NES gamepad (from Retro Zone) for Kara to use with her laptop, I've gotten kind of obsessed. But ya gotta admit... they look pretty inviting, don't they? ..... Guys?

The guy who invented Top Ramen

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:12:21 GMT

This New York Times article was sent to me by trip22. Thank you, Jeremy.

Appreciations
Mr. Noodle
Published: January 9, 2007

The news last Friday of the death of the ramen noodle guy surprised those of us who had never suspected that there was such an individual. It was easy to assume that instant noodle soup was a team invention, one of those depersonalized corporate miracles, like the Honda Civic, the Sony Walkman and Hello Kitty, that sprang from that ingenious consumer-product collective known as postwar Japan.

But no. Momofuku Ando, who died in Ikeda, near Osaka, at 96, was looking for cheap, decent food for the working class when he invented ramen noodles all by himself in 1958. His product — fried, dried and sold in little plastic-wrapped bricks or foam cups — turned the company he founded, Nissin Foods, into a global giant. According to the company’s Web site, instant ramen satisfies more than 100 million people a day. Aggregate servings of the company’s signature brand, Cup Noodles, reached 25 billion worldwide in 2006.

There are other versions of fast noodles. There is spaghetti in a can. It is sweetish and gloppy and a first cousin of dog food. Macaroni and cheese in a box is a convenience product requiring several inconvenient steps. You have to boil the macaroni, stir it to prevent sticking and determine through some previously obtained expertise when it is “done.” You must separate water from noodles using a specialized tool, a colander, and to complete the dish — such an insult — you have to measure and add the fatty deliciousness yourself, in the form of butter and milk that Kraft assumes you already have on hand. All that effort, plus the cleanup, is hardly worth it.

Ramen noodles, by contrast, are a dish of effortless purity. Like the egg, or tea, they attain a state of grace through a marriage with nothing but hot water. After three minutes in a yellow bath, the noodles soften. The pebbly peas and carrot chips turn practically lifelike. A near-weightless assemblage of plastic and foam is transformed into something any college student will recognize as food, for as little as 20 cents a serving.

There are some imperfections. The fragile cellophane around the ramen brick tends to open in a rush, spilling broken noodle bits around. The silver seasoning packet does not always tear open evenly, and bits of sodium essence can be trapped in the foil hollows, leaving you always to wonder whether the broth, rich and salty as it is, is as rich and salty as it could have been. The aggressively kinked noodles form an aesthetically pleasing nest in cup or bowl, but when slurped, their sharp bends spray droplets of broth that settle uncomfortably about the lips and leave dots on your computer screen.

But those are minor quibbles. Ramen noodles have earned Mr. Ando an eternal place in the pantheon of human progress. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Give him ramen noodles, and you don’t have to teach him anything.

LAWRENCE DOWNES

Halloween, 2006

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:29:56 GMT

It was fucking awesome. We went to 3 different parties.

It all reduces down to this...

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:12:13 GMT

I've recently rediscovered one of my favorite music videos. "Hell Bent" by Kenna creates an alternative soundtrack for the animated short, "More."

This little film is fucking inspirational--an improbable amount of meaning packed into 5 minutes.

Some of you have seen this before. You like those who haven't seen it will watch it now. Just press that little play button. Bitches.

Click here to see the original version with its original soundtrack.

da da dah.. da da DAH... dah....

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:21:39 GMT

Meet meatsnack ...

NOw for this...

This is some disturbing shit.

Mon, 01 May 2006 14:10:12 GMT

This is a 9/11 Conspiracy Theory but it raises some valid questions.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848&q=loose+change&pl=true

Originally posted by pruvy

Then have a look at this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3350164069515705274&q=loose+change+2nd+edition&pl=true

Just watch the first 6 minutes. AFter that, it's just a repeat of the end of the other video.

Band Name Idea # 7

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:02:41 GMT

Hairy and the Snatchgrabbers

This makes me want to fucking puke.

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:07:21 GMT

I knew it was only a matter of time. I honestly thought it would be at least 10 years though.

Pearl Harbor was one of the dumbest movies ever. It was even kind of insulting. And that was what, six decades after the fact?

I'm sure these assholes had something like this cooked up since September 12, 2001.

"From the acclaimed director of Bloody Sunday and The Bourne Supremacy!???" Fuck Hollywood. And fuck you if you pay to go see this movie.

Aaron

ALL OF YOU.... WATCH THIS NOW!!!

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:25:24 GMT

Apple's Multi-touch Screen Demo

This video was not made by apple but by researchers using Apple's recently pattented technology. Enjoy!

Kung Fu Hustle...

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:15:06 GMT

...is the weirdest fucking movie I've ever seen.

I depart in 5 hrs ... need to pack...

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:01:25 GMT

...and I need to do a whole reem of other shit, too. Jesus, I'm such a slacker. At least I managed to wake up from my 3 hr nap (plus 2 hrs of snoozing the alarm) after being up all night absolutely fucking around. When will I learn?

Coffee. Now.

Okay, people... don't forget about Sebastian's on Friday. See you all there!

KFC

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:06:53 GMT

So last night I was getting hungry around 9:30pm. I had been watching Sixteen Candles on some channel with commercials and on comes this ad for Kentucky Fried Chicken. Mmmmmm.... I thought to myself. I don't really like KFC all that much but that looks finger fuckin' good right now.

So I hop in my car and drive to KFC. Those motherfuckers had closed about 15 minutes before my arrival. I left the parking lot feeling utterly unsatisfied. Burger King was close by and they were open.

So then I come home, get shitfaced with a bottle of cheap red wine, some tequila, and a lone beer. I watch some movies and pass out.

In my dream I was some sort of secret agent or otherwise special person to society. At some point I remember doing a mission in Mexico or something. That part of the dream has faded, but what I remember clear as day was getting KFC. I got some KFC in my dream and I will never forget what I said: "Man, this shit is disgusting."

Sure enough when I woke up I had decided that KFC is in fact disgusting and that I was out of my fucking tree to think that I was hungry for it last night.

I'M COMIN' HOME!!! - Party on the 13th

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:49:12 GMT

That's right. I'm flying back to Seattle in 3 and a half days!

Then (and this is the important part, guys) there's a party at Sebastian's on Friday, Jan. 13th. Don't remember where it is? Call me.

I hope you all can be there. See you soon!

By the way, I'm moving back for good (until I wind up moving away again but you all know I always come back). Anyway, my first order of business when I return is to find an apt. and a job in the city. Cheers!

FUCK YEAH!!!!

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:58:30 GMT

SOMEONE IS A GENIUS

Don't be a shit, click that link. This is the best shit ever.

MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:07:50 GMT

I first saw this pic on adbusters.org a long time ago.

Walter Penrose and M.C. Escher were on to something.

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:27:42 GMT

Penrose Star of DAvid

Check out the quick page I made to go along with the creation of this image.

http://www.sarnat.net/files/penrose/

Epiphany

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:25:39 GMT

Most of my troubles these days stem from being highly disorganized. I'm able to stay organized at work so I know I'm capable. My bad habits at home must flourish in the absence of the ever-watchful eye. I must learn to motivate myself to stay organized at home. That would make it much easier for me to achieve my goals.

Oh yeah and I need an angel investor to funnel lots of money into my checking account.