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If buildings were ALIVE

An art muesuem in Germany has a unique way of attracting people. It looks like a projecting screen, but I believe its a set of screens on the building itself, about 555 of them. The heavy deep bass sounds, which I hope is coming from the building itself, does make the show more interactive.

Paco

The Japanese have constructed a 9 x 9 x 9  foot square box that has all the necessary equipment to well…live. it costs 6,300,000 yen… or 70,000 US dollars. I personally wouldn’t mind living in something compact and efficient, but I am a person of having people come over to hang. I dont think this would suffice.

 Paco Outside

The roof can be lifted and acts as a window… I think.

Hammock\

This isn’t the bed, but a place to rest since theirs nothing else to do..

Dining Room

Nice little compact dinning room/sitting area.

Sitting

Sitting in action. Cant tell how hard the surface is, but I hope its soft.

Bathroom

Nice little bathroom

Shower

Shower in action.

Sleeping

Sleeping area. Kinda claustrophobic to me, but what can you do.

Building Caught on Fire

I came home from work today and police tape was surrounding the area, cars couldn’t get into Stuart from Lemay. I was riding my bike and just waltzed right into my house with 2 firetrucks in front of my house. When I walked by my car, it was covered with ash. Then further down I see a building with a burnt hole on the top of the roof and a hole in a wall. Smoke plowing out f the building and I was like “hmm, I should take a pic of this and post this on my blog.”

More info HERE

Good stuff…

 Fire 1

I sense art in this picture

 

Car ash 1

Its better than bird poop

 

Car ash 2

More carnage

 

Building on Fire

Here is the best pic I could get, their was firemen and they were walking toward me and so I had to leave.

 

The next day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A daytime pic the next morning

Robot love

Robot love

I am going to ramble on a subject about artificial intelligence and love. This was on my previous blog and thought I’d re-tell the whole hypothesis once again…

If I were to create a robot and it fell in love… well then I must tell you… IT’S IMPOSSIBLE! It just CAN’T happen! NOT POSSIBLE! A robots automation’s with their anima are magically ensouled! MAGICALLY ENSOULED!

Love, the one emotion that defies all rational thought and explanation. Am I to become a philosopher, then? Am I to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of the human condition?

For an artificial intelligence to even experience such a thing, to fall into the realm of subjective, rather than objective, that can only lead to one, inevitable conclusion – that my robot has become self-aware! When one can monitor one’s internal thought patterns with an “inner eye”, that is self awareness! We’re talking META-conscious here! There’s no scientific rational for that! My robot was never intended to develop such a thing… but wait… when it comes to the emotions, who can say what is or isn’t rational?

To be human is to have emotions, and to have emotions is to have love, and, once there’s love then hell, why not throw in reproductive endocrinology into the whole mix! I mean why not right?? And reproduction, of course, means death which is all well and good- if we are talking  about replicants, but we’re not! We’re talking about robots! Robots can’t have emotion, they just can’t! Or could it be that maybe, just maybe…. THE GHOST of an emotion, generated by her auto learning program!! Still! Even so! From a strictly methodological standpoint, it’s all still too bloody subjective for a scientist to wrap his mind around, don’t you think? Science is absolute! It’s….OMG! What am I saying!? It sounds like I’ve given up! This isn’t good- it’s not good I tell you! Since when has the lack of of easy answer been an excuse to.. for what did I sell my soul to science if not to answer those very same hard questions?

Was it the magic based power system my robot gave me which caused an unforeseen side-effect on the systems!? NO, no I can’t accept that, it’s just another easy answer, that’s what that is!! Then again, there is that team that supposedly engineered an artificial intelligence capable of independent emotion so maybe.. It very well might be love.

I think I found a whole new direction for research!

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Black Rock Shooter

A wish on a star, in the darkness of the night.

Black Rock Shooter has been brought to life as a PVC figure! She’s holding a huge Rock Cannon, in a pose that says “don’t mess with me!” Her flowing hair and jacket, as well as her weapon and beautiful stand have all been carefully sculpted, all the details are magnificent.

Who is Black Rock Shooter? Ryo, who is a song writer and composer created a song and music video called Black Rock Shooter and was sang by Hatsune Miku using Vocaloid… did that answer your question? Vocaloid is a singing synthesizer application software developed by the Yamaha Corporation that enables users to synthesize singing by just typing in lyrics and melody. It all makes sense now right? :)

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Blakc Rock Shooter 2

I feel as though the back is missing something…

Black Rock Shooter base

I haven’t seen a PVC figure with a base that is as good as this. Some of the figurines I’ve seen with bases felt unneeded or “in the way” but this is a whole different story.

Images provided by Dannychoo.

The physical body

 

Tiv Nat

What is a physical body? The body is merely an object. It is a form of existence far too impure to store the gods within us called souls. Now you will remember… Bloodstained history! Material greed. Hunger. Sexual desire. Desire to dominate. Desire for fame. Humanity. From the physical body, all the desires are born. From the human ego will never disappear as long as desire remains present. Humans will continue to fight to fulfill their bodies’ desires and it will never end. There is no future! You must awaken. Awaken your soul. Watch television!

Blocks of life

Pictures can be beautiful and profound. This isn’t a picture, but a video of the same aspect. Absolute beauty. It feels as though its speaking to me…

Milkman vs Mailman

Ever wondered what would it be like if the milkman and mailman got into a fight? Well now is the time to stop wondering and start watching.

Serious Sam HD: The First Supermercial!

With Serious Sam HD coming around the corner, advertisements are the first to come out. MAKE MY SERIOUS SAM HD!!

Cosplay

Halloween is around the corner and it’s about time to start thinking about what be for the special occasion. For the past 3 years I’ve been dressed up as a woman. Wore a pink waitress outfit with a blonde wig and it’s about time to move on.

For this year I’ve come to 3 different choices.

 anti-sora

Anti Sora from Kingdom Hearts

 

Cloud 

Cloud from FFVII Advent Children

 

Leon Kennedy

Leon Kennedy

As far as I know, Im leaning towards Cloud, but I have time to decide. Can’t wait!

The Terror of Toyland

Artist: Dan Deacon

Song: “Paddington Ghost

Rating: C

I suppose this video provides its viewer a visual response to a question indie fans have long struggled with: “What the fuck is a Paddington Ghost?”

It answers this question with Tootsie Pop ghosts, cheap hand-crafted backdrops and Beanie Babies. There’s something to be respected about putting so much effort into simplicity but the Dan Deacon puppet at 2:12 (whoops, did I ruin it?) is an unwelcome surprise.

Aquatic Language

I watched BLAME!today and it was….. alright? The 37 minute movie had animation that was wonderful, amazing, and fluid. The problem was that it made no sense. Kind of liked it for that reason, but at the same time I really couldn’t get into it as much as I hoped for. In the process, I encountered a different anime.

This “less than 10 minute” movie leaves your mind full and compelled. It doesn’t need to be longer, though some would agree longer would be nice, but that’s just being greedy.

EOTO

Went to an awesome concert last night. It’s sad to say that it was my first concert I’ve ever attended.

Featuring EOTO and guests Vibesquad and Big Gigantic, I had no idea what was in store for me. As a lover for music I wasn’t too worried, as long as it has no relation to country music (sorry!). EOTO (pronounced like Kyoto without the “K”) is an electronic jam band consisting of Jason Hann and Michael Travis and they perform only in live venues. All of their performances are completely improvised. EOTO means beautiful sound in Japanese. Their CD Elephants Only Talk on Occasion, confused people and was thought as the meaning behind EOTO, but Travis confirmed their actual name is End Of Time Observatory.

Jason Hann is a percussionist for The String Cheese Incident, an American jamband from Boulder, Colorado.

The venue itself, Mishawaka Amphitheatre, has the most unique and “bomb” setup. It’s located in the middle of the mountains so all you see is nature all around you, plus theirs a river right next to it so you can… use the bathroom or just chill while jamming to the music. I didn’t get the chance to take any pictures, which is something I’m regretting at the moment, but their will be another day. I do wish I went to more live concerts after going to EOTO. I’ve been missing out way too much. It’s not too late! Better late than never I always say!

 

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