Here is a time-lapsed video showing 20-hours worth of snow in about 40 seconds. (Thank to Sabeen for tweeting this).

December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse from Michael Black on Vimeo.

XtraNormal is a really cool website. This is a website where animated movies with speech are present, but the best part is – users like you made them.

Turns out, Xtranormal has this Text-to-Movie (TTM) movie making system that is super easy and simple to use, you can chose one or two actors and make either monologue or a dialogue. The  actors are actually animated avatars.

To start a movie project, you will obviously need a script. I think that’s the hard part. Once you have your script figured out, you and then drag and arrange various action icons to animate the whole scene. The action icons is essentially scripting for facial expressions, hand / body gestures, animation, and of course, the camera angle.  The text of your script is converted to a computerized voice

No, you won’t be churning out work of art in 5 minutes. It does take a little learning to do. Took me about 30 or so minutes to really figure everything out and then churning something worthy of showing.

There is also a downloadable version called STATE which is a Windows application where you can make the TTM movies on your desktop. As the STATE home page says:

Make a 3D movie with unprecedented ease. Tell a funny joke, Send a personalized message to a friend. Kickstart your Hollywood career.

Click here to watch Xtranormal videos. Profanity/Language Caution. Also see some of my favorite ones below:

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

NASA is giving you a chance to make history. NASA wants to put a picture of you on one of the two remaining space shuttle missions and launch it into orbit. The two remaining shuttle missions are:

• STS-133 (Estimated Launch Date: 30th November, 2010)
• STS-134 (Estimated Launch Date: 27th February, 2011)

Why? Beats me! But I think since ANYONE can apply for it. This is a really cool thing. You have NOTHING to lose. Simply go their Face In Space Website – and upload your picture and that’s it. You could be one of the lucky ones to have your picture floating around somewhere in space. How cool would that look on your resume.

The rules of entry are that you have to be 13 years or older.

Check it out – the two missions:

(Home Page, Estimated Launch Date: 30th November, 2010)

(Home Page, Estimated Launch Date: 30th November, 2010)

I can across this website, for presentations – its called Prezi – it provides a really cool way to do presentation online with all sorts of zooming and rotations, etc.

Check it out – Prezi.com – and do check out the demo called “Math is not linear – so why do we teach it that way?”

Now here is a really creative and imaginative person…. the invisible man. The man painstakingly paints himself so as to apeear invisible. Here is one example. More on this great creative effort can be seen at: http://stevebass.posterous.com/the-invisible-man-15

Do you have a problem in being a certified asshole? This is not for just any asshole, this is for people who can certify themselves to be assholes!

Check it you. Might be something you want to pursue:  Certified Asshole

Unnecessary Censorship is a hit back at FCC when they try to regulate. This is a Jimmy Kimmel live as on 27th of June, 2008. Check it out.

Ever feel down and feel no reason to smile? Have family members who are always in a bad mood? Or employees who just aren’t smiling.

Well fear no more! The Happiness Hat is here.

happiness hat from Lauren McCarthy on Vimeo.

Here is a website that has gone viral and making news all over the Internet. Its about pictures people send to this website about Wal-Mart shoppers. Really weird pics some of them. The comments with the pics is what makes the website worth visiting.

PeopleofWalmart.com

If you have kids, then this is a neat site. It allows you to create your own coloring book. Very easy to use and kids love it. Ever since my daughter discovered it – my printer has been working overtime! 

http://www.crayola.com/coloring-page-maker/

All sorts of stuff is being sold, here is a unique site I came across, well that honestly tells you why you need not buy that! Not your normal stuff, just have a look at it.

Maybe You Shouldn’t Buy That

Work safe / No nudity.