Atomic bombs, puppets, dogs and a great song. This video looks poorly done at first and is seemingly random, but if you watch the whole thing it’s amazing. I don’t want to say too much. Make sure you watch it all the way through. It’s worth the eleven minutes. Keep you eyes peeled for  small details. You may want to watch it more than once.

Meg sent me this video last night. I really enjoyed seeing people’s reactions to what was going on. I wish I were there. What’s great is that you can’t really tell who is a dancer. It could be the person next to you texting on their phone. If something like this happened it would be worth arriving a bit late to your destination to watch. I hope you enjoy it.

Addition/Subtraction from flight404 on Vimeo.

Older Magnetosphere/Turbulence/Nebula render from flight404 on Vimeo.

Robert Hodgin is a Coder/Artist living in San Francisco and a founding partner of the Barbarian Group where he worked until late 2009. Robert’s work goes from simple 2D data visualizations to 3D terrain simulations. His about page states that he has interstes in theoretical physics, particle engines and audio visualizations. Seems like a pretty intelligent guy to me.

The first video above is a field simulation Robert created as an exercise to learn more about C++ vectors and lists. I really don’t know what that means. Here’s an excerpt from his explanation: “It involves 20,000 particles which react to external forces and can be reborn locally if they should happen to stray too far. Into this mess of particles, you can place either an attractive force (gravity) or a repulsive force (orbital). The attractive forces pull every particle towards it based on the laws of gravitation. The repulsive forces spin either clockwise or counterclockwise and any particles nearby would be thrown away from the center of the rotating force.” All in all it makes for a really interesting abstract video. Make sure you watch it in HD even though it takes some time to load. The second video is an audio simulation called Turbulence he created that is simply mesmerizing. You can see more of his work on his site.

Star Wars Uncut – Scene 436 from J Elford on Vimeo.

Star Wars Uncut is letting people re-shoot 15 second intervals of  Star Wars: A New Hope. You can claim and shoot your own clip or just check out the site and watch away. When all the clips are uploaded they will be put together for viewing pleasure. I can’t wait to see it. Click here to go to the site. As of this post Star Wars Uncut is 93% complete.

I’ve been watching re-runs of Mike Judge’s King of the Hill on Cartoon Network. In fact I’m watching it now. It’s one of those shows I never really got to watch. Now that I’ve had the chance I really like it. Hank Hill is a voice of reason this world could use. My favorite Hank Hill line as of recent is “Nothing good has ever come from teenagers talking to each other about their problems”. He’s right. Bobby Hill, Hank’s son, is my favorite character. He’s optimistic, naive, and talks to adults as if they are his equals. It’s fun to discover something that’s been around for awhile. I never really like Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head, but King of Hill has a different every day humor that I find very funny.

Amazing design, movement and space in this short animation by Emmanuelle Walker from France. The music/sound is really good too. See more of her work including illustrations on her site. Make sure you click around and look at everything from her studies to her more finished projects.