Hreha Jr, John - State Farm Insurance Agent

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2 weeks ago from bookmarklet
A radical pessimist's guide to the next 10 years - The Globe and Mail

Really fascinating article, full of pessimistic futurism, with only shades of the grim meathook future. The future’s not scary so much as depressing and histrionic.
Note: I only agree with some of this. I think as it goes on, it gets a bit more sensationalist.

3 weeks ago from bookmarklet
NBC remaking The Munsters with Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller

This is…kind of exciting I guess? I love Del Toro and Fuller, but…The Munsters? Really?

This is a demo of what can be done with Blender, an open-source animation suite. Meaning Free. (Also, you will cry, or you have no soul.)
The incredibly sad tale of a woman and her dragon

Very…intriguing film on hidden weapons. Stick around ‘til 2:42, the sound effect at the end of that sequence is amazing.
Police training film about concealed weapons: hidden danger everywhere. - Boing Boing

This was made with 2 sub-$1000 cameras, 2 hours of shooting, and a month of editing.
(Also, for some reason, with shirtless Russian guys.)
Transformers (by repey815)

Interesting concept video, but it doesn’t just apply to books. The third concept, Alice, brings transmedia/ARG aspects to reading, and is definitely worth a look for anyone trying to put together a new media experience for your audience.
Specifically: Parallel chapters, character communication, nonlinear narrative.
The other two sections are cool, too, but Alice starts at 3:02 if that’s all you want.
The Future of the Book. (by IDEO)

Notes: 3160 / 1 month ago from agrammar (originally from 52hearts)
a grammar: offended by rank OBJECTIFICATION of writers

There is this thing currently going around tumblr about why dating a writer is good. I think its nice that this thing is going around, because I like writers, and lots of us could use more dates. As a writer who has dated people, though including other writers I would like to offer some…

Phantom Time Hypothesis (by Michl Paukner)
Really interesting reading, make sure you click the links…

Video of a fire tornadooooooWAIT THOSE EXIST? HOLY F***!
(From Disinfo Bloghttp://www.disinfo.com/2010/09/fire-tornado-strikes-in-brazil/)

John Reha is a writer and actor living in Los Angeles.

He is one of the creators and ghost hunters in the web series "Bumps in the Night." You should subscribe to their Twitter feed, it may very well save your life one day!