Never had an Indian mom? You poor, deprived wretch! Meet
Manjula.
She'll be happy to teach you to make
Naan,
Rotis,
Pani Puri,
Vegetable Pakoras,
Paneer,
Raita,
Navattran Korma,
Palak Paneer,
Pulav,
Malai Kofta,
Aloo Gobi,
Chana Masala,
Hari Chutney,
Ras Malai,
Gajar ka Halwa and
much more! I can... almost... smell her kitchen. *sigh*
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:18 PM Dec 7 2008 - 50 comments [385 favorites]
While
Adult Swim is generally regarded as the pioneer of
irreverent short-form animation -- especially for
'toons that
reimagine past
hits -- it wasn't always the king. In fact, the late-night programming block arguably found its birth in a
series of
short toons and
interstitials that ran in the heyday of its daytime alter ego, the venerable Cartoon Network. The brainchild of C.N. Creative Director Michael Ouweleen and Hanna-Barbera chief Fred Seibert, these cartoons reinterpreted the network's properties through stock footage, indie music, and original animation in a wide variety of styles, as well as introducing prototypes of characters that would become some of the most famous in the history of American animation.
(warning: monster post inside)
posted by Rhaomi at 9:50 AM Dec 30 2008 - 80 comments [376 favorites]
"You're really smart!" Psychologist
Carol Dweck says that praising a child for being smart only teaches the kid to avoid any effort that might fail. "When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don't risk making mistakes." Malcolm Gladwell chimes in with
his thoughts on the importance of being a smart kid, "What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement."
posted by revgeorge at 7:15 AM Feb 13 2007 - 218 comments [334 favorites]
Got some free time over the New Year's long weekend? Well, here's every episode (or damn near it) of
Aqua Teen Hunger Force,
Boondocks,
Clone High,
Metalocalypse,
Moral Orel,
Robot Chicken,
South Park (
alt),
Venture Brothers,
Futurama. Or over
here, there's
all those and more.
But
wait my friends, there's more, yes,
even more: for the same low price, I'll include the Ultimate Motherlode of Music Video
(11,500 of them, or your money back!), alphabetized for your viewing pleasure. Just free up some bandwidth, and step inside ...
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:30 AM Dec 29 2006 - 156 comments [325 favorites]
During its run, Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffed on over 50 short films. Almost all of them are now on YouTube or Google Video. See the list (shamelessly cribbed from
here) inside for links.
posted by cog_nate at 12:38 PM Oct 24 2007 - 148 comments [296 favorites]
Kutiman, the masterful Israeli funk musician and producer, outdoes himself by creating
Thru-You: Multiple YouTube clips (mostly instructional and performance videos) edited into slick mega-mashups. They're not just patchwork assemblages, they're sample-based original creations that coud hold their own on anyone's album... Plus they're 100% audiovisual! It's a work of next-level genius.
(
sorry for the hyperbole, but my mind has just been blown)
More Kutiman
here. Music video
here. And for you Pitchfork aficionados,
here.
posted by Silky Slim at 12:58 AM Mar 4 2009 - 171 comments [281 favorites]
Not all of us need, or want, $10,000 worth of Adobe and Microsoft software to be creative. So, here's some alternatives, each available on every major platform:
GIMP, for all your drawing and photo-editing needs. (
Windows and
OSX.)
Inkscape, for vector graphics creation.
Scribus, for incredibly powerful document creation.
FontForge, if you want to make your own fonts.
OpenOffice, the old standby for word processing, spreadsheets, and all those other office needs.
posted by cthuljew at 10:03 AM Feb 20 2009 - 189 comments [255 favorites]
Do you enjoy classic 2D platformers? Then boy, are you in luck! The
indie game community is thriving, and a good majority of its games are exactly that. I've spent many hours playing these unique, beautiful, and often exceptional projects, and there's quite a few - more than I can count on my fingers! - that could stand toe-to-toe with the finest contemporary games. Inside is a list of some of the greatest indie platformers, based on community recommendations and my own experience. Enjoy!
posted by archagon at 3:28 AM Jun 24 2008 - 48 comments [250 favorites]
Star Trek TNG goes horribly wrong in a series of short, surreal and very zen mashups: Episode
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13
posted by loquacious at 4:54 AM Jan 31 2009 - 102 comments [214 favorites]
Can't get enough
Whose Line is it Anyway? 71 Scenes From a Hat,
16 Party Quirks,
52 Props,
5 Film Dubs,
84 Hoedowns,
37 Sound Effects,
45 Questions Only,
11 Hats/Dating Service Videos,
52 World's Worst,
13 News Flashes,
35 Let's Make a Date,
9 Press Conferences,
60 Superheroes,
6 Foreign Film Dubs,
29 Irish Drinking Songs,
4 Animals,
9 If You Know What I Mean,
2 Backwards Scene,
54 Greatest Hits,
58 Song Styles,
2 All in One Voice,
21 Scenes to Rap,
3 90-Second Alphabets,
11 Questionable Impressions,
4 Two-Line Vocabulary,
3 Number of Words,
17 Weird Newscasters and (probably the most telling of how much they had to hold back due to censorship standards)
6 Blooper Reels. Prefer the UK version? Every episode of Seasons
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10.
posted by Christ, what an asshole at 10:56 AM Jun 3 2009 - 70 comments [207 favorites]
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