Old timey 3D photos

Apologies in advance if this post makes you nauseous. Via Burak’s twitter feed, these wonderful old animated photos offer a real sense of three dimensionality simply by flipping between two close perspectives:

Makes me wonder what we could do with two cheap digital cameras mounted a few inches apart. Also, I dare someone to create a 3-D interface using this technique. See more on ffffound and cursivebuildings.

Captain Kangaroo lives!

And if that isn’t enough to  whet your appetite, here is a snippet of dialogue:

“Black Dynamite, that was the best lovin’ I ever had.”

“Me, too.”

“That goes triple for me.”

“Shh — you’re going to wake up the rest of the bitches!”

(Work-friendly trailer link here.)

Can. Not. Wait.  Genius new film premieres at Sundance. I think we can safely assume it’ll get picked up for nationwide distribution.

Mr. Spikes

Most Unwanted

The “This American Life” podcast this week was a rerun of “Numbers”. I had missed the broadcast in 1998, and my entire decade has been the poorer for it.
I suggest you go straight to the link below and enjoy the gem they turned me on to :

The Most Unwanted Song

and then, if your curiosity is piqued, here is further info:

The Dia Center for the Arts

This American Life Episode #88