i feel bad for laughing.....

..... but WOW!!! this girl.... you know what? just watch it.

hello again!

so i had all these wonderful big ideas about how my next post was going to go. i was going to give this blog a completely new look, and give you guys this awesome video that had interactive embedded controls and hyperlinks built right in to the movie. unfortunately, i couldn't find a video host that would allow that kind of interactivity, and then i just lost my enthusiasm!!! so the video that i have below has some junk in the bottom right corner that look like controls, but i have disabled them in this version, since i could not find a way to allow you to access them. and the blog still looks the same. i am a failure. but i finally figured out the math associated with the manipulation of photos in order to get the results you are about to see. please - let me know what you think in the comments section. i would like to hear from each and every one of you about this. i will even let you post anonymously!! edit : apparently youtube has screwed something up with this movie, and some of the transitions get "stuck" sorry about that...... by the way - i really appreciate your interest in my blog!

2 weeks later!!!

so i started this about two weeks ago, and never managed to fix the problems, but i thought i would share with you anyway, even though some of the material written here doesn't apply any more - like the comments about "stuff below" being messy, since there isn't any "stuff below" that i have included any more......... yes, i realise that this post is all crazy looking, but i am messing around with a bunch of stuff right now. new formats for video (such as interactive controls), new ways of publishing my stuff to this site, and other things. in fact, i have been losing sleep over the excitement i am feeling about the stuff i have been working on. friday night, i was really pumped about the graphics that i had been working on to such an extent, that i didn't go to this house party i was invited to, simply because i wanted to continue to play on my computer. when i finally did meet up with everyone later, (at a bar), i got told off by a few people for being, (in their eyes), "anti-social". apparently they just don't get it. or me. anyway, so the stuff below here is going to look messy until i can figure it all out, but give me some time to figure it all out, and i promise you, it will be worth it. (at least i think the end results will be pretty cool). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have been absolutely astounded by how many people actually care to see what kind of crap i am going to put on this blog thing. my inbox has been jammed with notes saying things like “you’re kidding, right?”. and there have been comments left on the blog as well. i even walked in to my local mac dealer the other day, and apparently both david and jen were “devastated” that i was no longer doing this. so i changed my mind.

.... from the depths of hell and you can smell the smoke

i am about to start posting again. i will do a proper one shortly, (i am trying to iron out some bugs with some new stuff i am messing around with). in the meantime, i created a little post, with voting ability. check it out.

the end........... ?

. i have decided to get off of the internet. i reached the end of it the other day, and now find that it is a black hole that causes me to waste time, when i could be out being creative. and seeing real life, not just the digitised samplings scattered around this series of tubes........ i am going to stop this blog. will i be back? who knows? i will still be doing the email thing, so if you care to stay in touch with me, or tell me how absolutely DEVASTATED you are that i quit this blog, i am reachable here : b.e.n.robertson@mac.com later! "˙uɐds ʇɐɥʇ ɹǝʌo pǝɔnpoɹd sı ʇɹɐ ɟo ʇɹos ʇɐɥʍ ǝǝs puɐ sɹɐǝʎ ǝʌıɟ ɹoɟ ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ǝloɥʍ ǝɥʇ uʍop ʇnɥs oʇ ʇuǝɯıɹǝdxǝ ǝlqıpǝɹɔuı uɐ ǝq plnoʍ ʇı ʞuıɥʇ op ı“ :sʎɐs uɥoɾ uoʇlǝ

keep still boy, no need for static

edit : apparently the image above here isn't showing up for some people. you may click here to see it...... i have been away. and have been enjoying life as much as i possibly can, with great success. i have also been away from the internet for quite some time, but apart from not being able to be in touch with clients, i have really not missed the internet. i spend so much time in front of my computer from day to day, creating or manipulating data or images or video, that it was nice to disconnect for a while. (even though i have still been using my computer to give birth). i have MANY things that i have been working on. some good, some bad and some ugly. i will post more soon. i hope. sort of......

more random-ness, and gooder grammar

this video here is fantastic. it shows a bunch of prisoners doing the dance from the michael jackson video. i especially love the "girl" in the video. this next video is from my childhood, and astounded me to see it. yes, it is a bit boring, but the music is cool, and i absolutely LOVED this video as a kid. hope you enjoy both.

just a little something

. i am currently on tour right now until the end of the month, so i haven't really had time to do anything for the blog. i have been working 17 hour days, which doesn't leave time for much else, not even enough time to sleep. so i give you this video i found the online last week. i like it a lot, and hope you get a kick out of it too..........

there are no stupid questions. only stupid people.

sometimes i get astounded by the absolute stupidity of people. the things that come out of people's mouths never ceases to amaze me. like the time that i had a client say something that made absolutely no sense at all. just to give you a bit of background, in my business, we commonly refer to wireless microphones that clip on to your shirt/suit/blouse/lapel/collar as "lavs". so the client says to me "yes we need lavs, because there's a lot of carpeting." and i don't know what one has to do with the other. i really have no idea what they could possibly be trying to say. i simply responded with "then we will get you lavs!". there was another time at work, when the two dumbest questions i have ever been asked, occurred within ten minutes of each other. (my apologies if you have heard me talk about this before). first question was : "does this elevator go up"? i have no idea why they decided to ask me. i was just casually sitting in the hotel lobby, and i don't think that i looked like an employee. the second question was : "can you tell me where the 'SECOND-FLOOR MEETING ROOMS' are?". seriously. there is no way to answer that question without sounding like a jerk. what are some of the dumbest things you have ever heard people say?

self explanatory

above is how my brain feels right now. and below is a tune that i have liked for quite a while. but it is currently in much higher rotation, because of how life is happening. enjoy!

OK Go! - It’s tough to Have a Crush




by the way, if you like this tune, then you can download it by "right-clicking" on the filename above. and if you REALLY like this tune, then you should go buy their album. .