Archive for the 'Kids' Category

Saturday! Game Day in Glendora

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Sorry for the short notice, but if you’re in the Los Angeles area on Saturday July 12, then please come to the Game Day I’m having in cooperation with the Glendora Public Library. Drop in with your favorite game, puzzle or brain teaser, or play one of the many we will have here. Doors open […]

Schoolhouse Rock: Multiplication

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

My Hero Zero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPE_xB0HIbw

Three is a Magic Number

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11N-BD1aBo0

• Elementary, My Dear (2s)
• The Four-Legged Zoo
• Ready or Not, Here I Come (5s)
• I Got Six
• Lucky Seven Sampson
• Figure Eight
• Naughty Number Nine
• The Good Eleven
• Little Twelvetoes

Darth Vader is a Meanie

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

My kids are now thoroughly into Star Wars, and learning how a true villain behaves.
(These are all safe for kids to see.)
Aha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utGXF5orynk

Comscan Has Detected—

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5blbv4WFriM

I’ll Never Join You!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqnX8ANuPgI

Let Me Look On You With My Own Eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZBevXohCI

Ironwolf’s Mystery Spot: Gondry Redux

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

I just noticed that, not content to have been exposed only once, hoaxer Michel Gondry came back with another “remarkable feat”, (pun sort of intended) just asking for a good debunking. This time he claimed that he could solve a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute with only his nose! Let’s watch as he tries […]

Ironwolf’s Mystery Spot: Time Machine

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

The first video below inspired me to find some other interesting backwards-shot clips. I also showed my sons (7 and 3) how we could use iMovie to do our own fun backwards videos.
How Michel Gondry Faked His Rubik’s Cube Stunt
As revealed by Brian Flemming, creator of The God Who Wasn’t There.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaVsaWjzsds

The Swedish Bookstore Scene from […]

Game Day Six

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, June 30, you’re invited to an occasional event I hold called Game Day. Here is the text of the evite, where you will find full details.
In cooperation with the Glendora Public Library, I’d like to invite you to the long-awaited Game Day Six! […]

The Third Dimension is Real!

Monday, January 1st, 2007

May 2007 will see the release of Flatland: The Movie [trailer], based on Edwin A. Abbott’s imaginative 1884 work Flatland.

Download a PDF of the original work via Google Books.

Animusic— Starship Groove in HD

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Animusic is a project that sets real music to “virtual instruments.” Technically, it’s all a matter of custom software used to sync animated instruments to a pre-existing MIDI track. So essentially the music itself is controlling many aspects of the animation. The result is an amazing, imaginative, and wonderfully surreal experience for all ages. I […]