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Ode to the Indie

This Ode to the Indie [Cliché'] is a bit on the cheesy side but, sadly, entirely accurate. Though, in indie movies defense, this little diddy really only seems to cover about 10 movies (tops) to establish the cliché's.

via Big Screen, Little Screen.

Child Trader

Child Trader Child Exchange Network isn’t about not loving your children. Its about finding a family that can love them more.

Spend some time on this site and enjoy all the details that make it such a perfectly executed gag. The kid descriptions are the best but just about every page has some gems worth reading.

Alumninum Baseball Bat

I was fortunate enough to catch Howlies again last week and was reminded of just how much I enjoy their song "Aluminum Baseball Bat" - a slow jam extolling the pains of being left for another man but finding retribution. The official video, shown above, is an amusing one shot take on the lyrics. They actually did a version of this some time ago before Trippin' With Howlies was released but it's nice to see the new official redux.

Swim - Oh No Ono

Adam Hashemi sent in the video he directed for "Swim" by Oh No Ono. The video is pretty compelling, looks fantastic and contains a bizarre vibe of inappropriately sexy. You'll know what I mean when you see it.

Transforminators

Late start today and much work to do - that being said.. not a ton of time for posting. Enjoy the Black20 trailer for Transforminators - a pretty perfect mashup of Transformers and Terminators.

Prettify*

The self-prescribed description of prettify* pretty much says it all:

Nice icons and wallpapers for the discerning individual, collected and curated.

And they're right, there are a ton of great icons, wallpapers and other various design-y things to keep you browsing for awhile.

Via Holland.

Caleb Charland

The work of Caleb Charland is part photography and part science experiment. Textual description of what is going on would do it little justice, so go hit up the portfolio and browse through all the images - the works involving brilliant use of magnets / magnetic fields are my favorite.

Kate MccGwire

There isn't a ton of work displayed in the portfolio of Kate MccGwire but it's a matter of quality over quantity. Every year in the archive may only have six or so projects displayed but they're all worth looking into. The latest entry, found here, showcases her creations made with found pigeon feathers. Text description does it no justice, you need to go look at it. It's impressive to say the very least.

Via Chad.

Paper Heart

Have you seen the trailer for Paper Heart? It appears to be a mixture of scripted love story and documentary style road movie - starring Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera and a bunch of the Judd Apatow cast of regulars. The documentary aspect of it seems to be negated by the scripted part and vice versa.. so I'm not sure where I sit on this one. Time will tell.

Via Big Screen Little Screen.

Tech Goods

IE6 Update is the most tasteful way I've seen to let web visitors know that they need to upgrade their browser. With IE8 on the horizon I see no reason not to implement this sort of thing. I understand that some business users have no control over what software is used on their PC's but if you're still using IE6 at your job you need to have a chat with your superior about keeping with the times. Within 15 seconds of visiting the site for Sound Manager 2 my jaw was dropped and I was bookmarking it for use in all future projects. Implementing streaming audio as a javascript / Flash hybrid is not for the novice coder but it's nice to see that someone has made a really robust, elegant solution to the problem. Bringing it to the masses. Via Madrid.

Terminus

A friend of mine caught a screening of the short film Terminus and sent it over, assuming it would be up my alley. He was not incorrect. The piece tells a strange tale of businessman being trailed by a strange stone entity; something apparently not altogether questionable in this particular world. The special effects are well done and it's an engaging watch, even if it does make little to no sense.