Logorama, the Oscar winning short is available (who knows for  how long) here. I recommend watching it before it goes down. It is brilliant.

So here is the video.

Fun eh?

But then again, perhaps not so original if you have seen this Honda commercial -

And I kind of like the ending song better on this one.

But watching that of course leads me to the wonderful 1987 Art Film The Way Things Go by Peter Fischli and David Weiss (4 minute excerpt of the 29 min video which you should watch).

The Way Things Go

Which was based on the creative thinking of cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg whose cartoons depicted intricate machines to complete simple tasks. 

In essence, the Rube Goldberg Effect could be considered a long strain of creative executions based on the work of Rube Goldberg himself, with the simple task of entertaining an audience. Not the worst thing for us to keep in mind in the creative world. Sometimes it is not necessary to create something new and never been done, if you can expose a new audience to a proven idea.

How to spice up your burger without using garlic Grey Poupon. I have heard of bottle toppers, but bottle bottoms are a new twist!

I'm from a little town called Mars, PA. The prom king of my high school was a farmer, and my house is surrounded by trees. Needless to say,  NYC is the complete opposite side of the spectrum, but so far I love waking up in the city that doesn't sleep.

So this is where I'm interning, but in 1609 it looked like this. The Manahatta Project provides images and information for what the familiar NYC looked like before it was actually a city. If you click on specific locations you can learn what types of animals, plants and people inhabited the land. Doesn't look so familiar anymore does it?

611 Broadway as seen in 1609

 

 
I also have recently become obsessed with the site www.thisisindexed.com. It provides diagrams and  charts for unimportant things that no one would ever really need a diagram for, which makes it perfect. I could probably browse this site for the entire day..actually I guess I have been...shh don't tell Sam!  Here's one that pretty much sums up Times Square.

A new trailer for an interesting documentary about the influence that The Clash (if you don't know, one of my main icons of inspiration) had on the creative and artistic world. It may be hard to top The Future Is Unwritten, but this looks like a worthwhile spend of my time.

Let Fury Have the Hour Teaser Trailer from Let Fury Have the Hour on Vimeo.