A very interesting TED talk with Irish magician Keith Barry discussing “brain magic”. Now this dates back to 2008, but it’s no less compelling today. Actually, it’s pretty brilliant — like Penn & Teller, only slightly more enlightening. “First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies…Then he involves the audience in […]

Props to N.A.S.A. who continue their Boing Boing-sponsored run of excellent animated videos (e.g. that Syd Garon directed “People Tree” video featuring David Byrne, Chali 2Na, Z-Trip and Gift of Gab, “Whachadoin?” with M.I.A., Santogold and Spank Rock, “Spacious Thoughts” with Tom Waits & Kool Keith, etc). This time it’s a vid for “Strange Enough”, […]

I just don’t know how N.A.S.A. does it. I mean I know Squeak E. Clean (aka Sam Spiegel) is Spike Jonze’ brother and all that, and the dude is obviously well connected, but the callobos he manages to link together and the artists he has work on his projects are otherworldly (like that Syd Garon […]