Insert Sophomoric Testicle Joke Here...

We don't usually like to feature commercials here at WWW even though a few are paragons of creativity. This is one, primarily because who would have thought to send 250,000 superballs bouncing down the streets of San Francisco. The "Making Of..." mini-doc, while being a little corporate, is still a real trip.




And here's the actually ad (long version)...

Darwinian Inspiration and Perspective

I set out to pen a WWW post this week that was focused on food, hoping to create a sequel to my post from last August. After all, it is the holiday season and we Americans never met a holiday we didn't celebrate with a overflowing plate. So I started by seeing what was out there featuring Michael Pollan, whose books-on-cd are on the playlist for my annual cross-country holiday drive. And while I did find a great talk that Pollan gave about food, it was really more about a Darwinian view of the world.

And that reminded me of a similar, two-person talk I had seen featuring artist/musician Brian Eno, discussing his Darwinian perspective on creating art, along with videogame designer, Will Wright, the mind behind SimCity, The Sims and, most recently, Spore. So enjoy all three perspectives over a big plate of food at your favorite internet cafe.

Some Like It Hot...

Figured I'd stick with the arts for another week, but this week the artistic motif is fire. Check out these films from a couple different years of the Burning Man festival (remember how it was before the money flowed in). There's not much else to mention about these, they sort of speak for themselves. Oh, but I will add the first one has a little pixelated nudity...but should be SFW.

The Shiva Vista Project


Flaming Lotus Girls: Mutopia


Then, to cool things down a bit, check out this performance from Pilobolus. (If you're body conscious, don't watch this one after eating.)

Pilobolus: A Performance Merging Dance and Biology


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A Different Colbert Report...

Haven't done much artistic on Web Worth Watching but I recently ran across these languid pieces from still photographer/filmmaker Gregory Colbert. Embedded here are a couple of excerpts of his work. Can't decide how I feel about these. Either they are hauntingly beautiful or horribly pretentious. I think it all depends on how jaded you are when you watch them.

Ashes and Snow: Feather to Fire


Flying Elephants Presents (Parts 1 & 2)


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