I'm a big fan of Jeremy Okai Davis, personally and artistically. Sure, he's a nice dude but he's also crazy talented. I'm happy to see this interview where he speaks a bit about his process, what he wants his art to mean, where he finds inspiration and some peeks at a few brand new pieces. He makes a point about his works relationship to pixels that I'd never considered before but, now that I have, I can see it and it adds another interesting dimension to the work.

After reading the interview go follow his Tumblr if you don't already. It's great stuff.

Unsurprisingly, the Japanese have taken the concept of 3D printing and made it into something better and a bit more adorable. Sure, we've got these Shapeway Meme Figures but Omote 3D in Japan has announced got 3-D Photo Booth Figures. The technology itself is still pretty expensive but it's not just proof of concept, it's an actual process. Be sure to check out the product gallery and then dream a little dream of having a little you sitting on your desk one day.

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Take a few minutes out of your day today (say, 20 minutes) to listen to this episode of Radiolab, Mel Blanc's 1961 car crash, the absolutely unbelievable recovery and all that happened afterwards. It's one of those little quips you can tell other people at parties and they'll stare at you in disbelief.

Bundle Dragon appears to be the open platform version of Humble Bundle - not that they're directly related but, conceptually, they have much in common. You can check out an example of what they're doing with The Game Music Bundle - highly affordable bundles of music with an even more rewarding tier of goods if you pay a little more. There's even a competitive aspect to it where if you are the top contributor at the end of the run, you receive even more rewards. I think I can get into this idea!

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The Retro Game Crunch is a very simple, yet very ambitious, undertaking. Two developers - Shaun Inman and Rusty Moyher - team up with musician Matt Grimm to create six 8-bit games in six months. The twist is that they plan to create rough versions of each game in a short 72-hour span and then circle back and polish it up for the remainder of the month. This tactic gets the game into the supporters hands right away and allows them to be involved in the improvement process the whole way. Pretty clever.

Long story short, if you want six new games over a six month period for an incredibly low price, go support these guys, I did.

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DKNG Studios has no shortage of great prints and work to admire. I'm particularly keen on their Moog series of prints - so many tiny details in the perfect color palette. I'm also into this perfectly executed Wes Anderson print but that's the beauty of DKNG - there's such a variety of topics you're bound to find something you like.

The Verge is running a great series all week on The War for TV. The first installation in the series, Over The Top, is a pretty good run down on the state of things - cable and satellite vs internet and how the forthcoming shift will actually have a huge impact on the way TV works. Much of the article is maybe a bit too optimistic in my opinion (this kind of change is going to take a whole lot longer than most suspect) but it's a great stake in the ground to take note that this is where things are headed, like it or not.

Thanks to the master of bad movies I was exposed to the 1986 TV movie pilot known as Condor. The show pitch, featuring Ray Wise, Wendy Kilbourne and James Avery, tells the tale of a cop with an attitude (Wise) forced to work with a new cybernetic android assistant (Kilbourne) and their coming together to fight a crime syndicate in LA. You can read a rather in-depth review of it here but, honestly, don't spoil the surprises for yourself - just watch it on Netflix or Amazon and enjoy the retro special effects, the corny dialogue and brazen innuendos. Then ponder how it was never made into a full fledged series. Damn shame.

I ran across Rolling Jubilee the other day and was intrigued by the concept of "The People's Bailout." The basic idea is banks often sell off risky debts for pennies on the dollar - seeking to make some profit rather than none. Typically, the new loanholder would then seek for the full payment of the debt and turn themselves a profit. However, in the Rolling Jubilee the debt is just absolved.

By no means do I have the banking insight to speak to the effectiveness of this campaign but it's certainly a worthwhile topic to think about and discuss. The official site isn't as explanatory as one would hope so please turn to other articles for a bit of education on that.

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Today marks the premiere of the music video "Dot" from Uncle Skeleton off of his latest album, All Too Human. The piece, directed by Ken Tsui, features a girl listlessly dancing around her apartment with an old school telephone cord. If you tried to sell me on the concept strictly on paper I'd likely scoff at such an artsy affair. However, having seen the final results I am convinced it's a top notch video that fits the tone of the song / album right on the nose. Please enjoy the video and grab the album.

I'm enamored with the work of Salao Coboi! It's playful, bizarre, surreal and occasionally a tiny bit terrifying. Some of it may be greatness. Don't worry tho, there's plenty of SFW funtime as well.

I may not be one for t-shirts much these days but the goods being offered at Draft Supply co are enough to make me rethink that gameplan. Three designs are available - one each from Jolby & Friends, Jez Burrows and Aaron Draplin - and they're all top notch work! The shirts are available to pre-order until Friday, November 30th so get your order in ASAP.

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