Breaking Gravity – Gymnastics and Bullet Time

I’m very proud of my oldest son Alex, who was a gymnast in high school and State Champion on the still rings for several years.   Those years provided a crash course in technique and scoring which lead to my love of the sport, which still remains to this day. Breaking Gravity was produced by Marc Donahue, who also has a great video about his array of cameras.  (Note: There are several really great sequences here, specifically the fire around 1:30, his excellent mouthing of words while the array is firing and the desk shot at the end) This video combines gymnastics, cinematography and multiple video …

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FML Review: Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Logitech G710+ : The Review I would like to start off by thanking the Logitech Insiders group for allowing me to participate! It’s been great fun and I hope to continue reviewing their gear! A few weeks ago I received an amazingly heavy duty pelican hard case on my stoop.  Thankfully it had wheels, and a convenient extending handle so I was able to get it inside without too much difficulty. I quickly shed my coat, keys, and shoes and propped this large case onto the kitchen table to be opened.  This was quite the case!  It had quad clamping …

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Keloid = Robot Amazeballs

This is the best 3 minutes of your day, and it’s almost midnight so WATCH! Keloid from BLR_VFX on Vimeo. I’m a complete sucker for: Robots Dystopian landscapes Robots with guns Robots shooting guns Awesome looking CGI Goosestepping robots Cool sci-fi guns Regardless, even if you’re not a fan of most of those things this movie kicks ass.  But…that’s the sad part, it’s not a movie, or an upcoming movie.  It’s simply a demo reel meant to showcase (some pretty darn good) work. Check out Keloid, and the folks responsible over at Big Lazy Robot! Cheers!  

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Moonbase: Negative, Flying Car: Negative, Jetpack: AFFIRMATIVE!

When I was young my favorite book was the “Charlie Brown Book of Science Questions and Answers.”  This book was amazing, especially to an 8 year old with a curious mind and active imagination! My first understanding of what space was and what it was made up of were learned directly from the pages of this book, with some help from Snoopy and Woodstock. The seeds of my fanatical obsession with space and space exploration were sewn in the hours spent reading this book. The book also made statements about the possibilities of future technologies.  For instance, it was proposed …

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Tilt Shifted Postcards from Lowell for SGT. James Taylor

I made this from an afternoon’s worth of shooting from a municiple parking garage. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjdRNyfg_EE&w=853&h=480] Shot with a Canon 60D using an 18-135 kit lens. SFX Composited using Adobe After Effects Compiled and edited using Adobe Premiere Pro Produced by Eric Foster Cheers!

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The Force Is Strong With (UNNAMED FAMILY MEMBER)!

I’ve got a family member who works for Hasbro and he seems to enjoy his job, and it’s no wonder. I’d love to have input on some of these amazing properties! [vimeo 64399641 w=400 h=300] One of the benefits to having a relative working at Hasbro is that I get AWESOME gifts at special occasions.  The most recent being a belated Christmas present of a Star Wars Obi–Wan Kenobi Force FX Lightsaber Collectible!  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve installed to blade, turned it on 12 times, uninstalled the blade, pretended like I was holding an unlit lightsaber, take offense at something some …

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3 Years of our Suns Evolution in 3 Minutes

It’s hard to contemplate all the things that had to go right for life to evolve on earth.  It’s also difficult for the average joe to comprehend how old our Sun is, and how long it’s got left.  It’s fun to think of the enormous amount of energy expended by the sun in a human’s lifetime…and then compare that lifetime to that of our Sun. So much energy being expended.  I’m glad we’re harnessing it as much as we can. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piuKlpJmjfg&w=640&h=360] How much energy do you use and how much do you expend?  Are those two values proportional? According to NASA Astronomer …

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Cool Concepts in Video: Thanks YouTube!

There is no doubt the internet is rife with great videos.  Some are better than others and this post is to highlight a few of the better ones.  I can consume videos all day, the quality to quantity ratio is a bit off on YouTube.  I’ve found a few I think you’ll like. Check this one out. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ey3g6BmuTI] This content already existed, but I love that this dude thought it would be cool, compiled and editing INTO something cool.  Nice work Landstrider The Faking Hoaxer takes it up several notches.  This guy is amazing and you should spend the time …

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