Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Awesome high-altitude phoitography - on a budget!

Posted by Brandon Alford at 1:42 PM

Any fans of high-altitude photography should check out this article on Make Magaizine's blog on the Meteotek high-altitude balloon project.


See some of the pictures below (clicking the image will take you to their Flickr page):


 

For all you fans of Legend of Zelda and Hip Hop...

Posted by Brandon Alford at 1:20 PM



Do you like Hip-Hop music? Zelda? I found a great mash-up online today on Crunch Gear and I want to share it with any fans of the Zelda series or hip hop music (or both). I wasn't expecting too much (I've heard some pretty crappy mashups), but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Enjoy it at 8Tracks.com.

 

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Doom-Diablo clone

Posted by Brandon Alford at 8:44 PM


I ran across a pretty exciting idea for a video game cross-over today; a game that combines the old Doom universe with the Diablo series. It's certainly not a top-of-the-line game in terms of graphics or flashy efects, but given that I loved both of these games when they were originally out, this serves as a nice piece of nostalgia. And hey- since I've got two kids, I rarely get to play games any more, so anything where I can combine my fun with two old classics at the same time, I'm all for it. Check out the game here (still in early development at this time).

 

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Tired of looking at depressing economic statistics?

Posted by Brandon Alford at 1:21 PM

Try these musical statistics on for size! I found a funny link today that breaks down some of those inherent truths found in popular songs into nice pie charts and other assorted graphs. If you have trouble visualizing what a song might be telling you, or you're more into the whole being hyper-analytical thing, you'll enjoy this link. If you have the slightest sense of humor, you'll also enjoy them. My favorite is posted below:



 

Video Game Art - Video Game Remakes

Posted by Brandon Alford at 9:49 AM


    I was looking on Digg last week, specifically at different categories of pictures while I taking a break from doing some things around the house, and came across a link to the wallpaper shown above. The link took me to the rest of the collection by Orioto over on the Deviant Art website. I've always run across other artists and pictures that I like on Deviant Art, but  this has to be one of my favorite collections by far. 
    This particular collection of pictures show some great depictions of classic video game characters and scenes. Head over to Orioto's page on Deviant Art to check out the rest of this collection. If you are a fan of video games, I  think you'll like this collection.


 

Monday, March 2, 2009

Arts & Crafts Day

Posted by Brandon Alford at 8:09 PM

My youngest son is sick, so while he and my wife were at the doctor's office, Elijah and I had to find things to occupy our free time. Amazingly, I was able to fire up the grill and cook hot dogs for lunch without any major mishaps. I credit the toy bus that was the first thing in view on the porch this morning, and I think that Elijah got so engrossed in the bus and his little 'peoples for the bus' that I was able to cook two hot dogs without either burning the food or my kid (just kidding on the kid part, although his desire to 'help' always brings him too close to the stove or grill, in my opinion).
 
At any rate, we had a great morning making our first pirate sword. My creation looks somewhat more like a knight's sword, but since he's two, I think I can get by without too much scrutiny. Of course, now that we have the sword, here come the inevitable sword fights. I realize now that he likes the thing so much, we have to be sure that hedoesn't hit his little brother with it, so it looks like a stress-free afternoon activity will only create more stress down the line. Boy, I love being a dad! :)

 

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