your blood.

This is my favorite bit...



...of this video...



...by Ray Kurzweil, the singularitarian guy.

I can't wait.

I was talking with my roommate the other day about Netflix's instant queue. When they have all their discs on this service, it will be amazing. You can grab any movie you want off of "the cloud" and never have to own a DVD/BluRay/Whatever ever again. That just freed up a whole wall in your house if you are a big movie buyer. Did you really need that wall of DVDs anyways? When was the last time you watched half of those? They are just there.

Books are being scanned and I see a lot of Kindles on the subway. Comics are dabbling in digital releases. Movies can be grabbed from your xbox or computer. The PSP software is all downloads in their upcoming PSPGO. If the future of physical objects is that they will all be digital and you can access them anytime you want, then I can't wait. It's not like we sit down and go through old floppy discs to find things we are keeping as mementos.

If you have 100% less books/movies/magazines/objects, you can live in a smaller house. Or at least one that doesn't have an attic and garage and shed and spare room filled with stuff. You can no longer need massive malls or super stores. Everything you ever liked is in your pocket on a device that can also contact others. Or in your blood. With you forever.

my room, from bed (odosketch)

heard about odopod/odosketch via sam rhodes' blog the other day and doodled a bit. this morning i noticed it would save a timelapse of your drawing. very cool. i saw this one by tom gauld which was really clever and awesome.

so, i drew my bed room as seen from bed. it's really only a small portion because i started with the fan and i guess i made it too big. i drew all of this with the built in touch pad thingie of my macbook pro. my thumb and pointer finger are a little tired/sore right now. no erasing, just me making mistakes and keeping them (a skill i am trying to learn).



i bet if you click that or something, it'll go full screen. i dunno.

view from my bedroom

bkview_092809, originally uploaded by wburkert.

view of brooklyn from my desk/windows. the clouds are slightly exaggerated. and i put in the date from tomorrow on accident.

Work, still going.

Took tomorrow off of work, so I may finally unpack all these boxes.

Here's the title track from my favorite Beatles album performed by my favorite 23-person band from Texas.

BuckyBalls

All I can really say is that these are really, really cool. And that I want a set.



Buy a set for yourself.

A Life Well Wasted

Been neglecting my blogging duties. I hate when people that keep blogs start a post like that, and then promise to be better. They never do. I won't promise you that. As time allows, I'll do stuff.

Been listening to this podcast about gaming while working. I like episode 2, about collecting/hording games (not for value, but personal obsessions) and pinball.

http://alifewellwasted.com/podcast/

Check it out. Great posters/ads for each episode as well.