There is a company in Japan that has written a fantastic piece of software that allows even non-musicians to write music and songs for a “virtual singer” to perform. Continue reading “Hatsune Miku, computer-generated singer (from Japan, of course)”
Category: neat things!
These things are neat!
Blast from the past! (Tetris theme on acoustic guitar)
Ewan Dobson (why have I never heard of him before???) does his version of Korobeinki, the original Tetris game theme. If you’re of a certain age you probably have this music memorized! Continue reading “Blast from the past! (Tetris theme on acoustic guitar)”
Acoustic guitar trance? Whoa…
Guitarist Ewan Dobson, playing an amplified acoustic guitar, making incredible trance music! Not sure if he’s using any other augmentation, possibly reverb, but still, this is an impressive guitarist!
Beautifully choreographed synchronized gymnastics
Absolutely beautiful, I don’t know where this competition was held, but hopefully this Japanese team made it into the finals at the very least. More like watching a ballet than a gymnastics exhibition, the athletes coordinated almost flawlessly.
Generic News Story (you’ve seen all of these)
This video is a perfect example of all of the TV “news” articles you’ve ever seen. It makes you wonder just how creative these so-called “creative types” are, since they all seem to do the same things, over and over.
Boy’s love for Morning Glories lives on long after his passing…
This is a nice story about a boy’s love of Morning Glories, and his mother’s love for him, which she spreads to the tsunami survivors through seeds from the flowers he grew just before he died, and which he never lived to see bloom.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ2011092612223
Incredible amateur movie, “Cardboard Warfare 2″…
This is an amazing short film, done by a handful of extremely talented guys. It’s not quite a parody, the scenes are played straight like in all the WWII movies you’ve seen, but the weapons are all made of cardboard! Continue reading “Incredible amateur movie, “Cardboard Warfare 2″…”
Queso the cat and wet food…
So, Queso the cat really likes wet cat food. Â Fair enough, but when his owners try to foist the dry stuff on him, he uses feline ingenuity to solve the problem:
Of course, some people will insist that dogs are smarter than cats. Â Bah.