http://epilepticminotaur.com Epileptic Minotaur dot com Thu, 07 May 2009 20:07:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm still reeling from the news that scientists found Hobbit fossils in Indonesia. This has got me wondering: what other monsters are out there? If Hobbits, which most of us thought were imaginary creatures, at one time walked the Earth, then what else is there? Can I expect scientists to some ... http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/05/what-other-monsters-are-out-there/ Here's a clip of an independent film that you won't be seeing on IFC anytime soon. It's "Robot in the Family" and it's about a wacky inventor who builds a robot named "Gold Digger." Then some other stuff happens. http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/03/robot-in-the-family/ This Jean-Michel Jarre clip is doing the rounds of the blogosphere at the moment, thought it might be a good thing to share on here. The French ambient/synthpop/new age dude is not well known in the states but has had a lot of success elsewhere, and was the first Western ... http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/03/104/ This is a wonderful little video that explains the reasons for our economic problems. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/02/the-crisis-of-credit-visualized/ Here are two fancy computer animated ads for a French AIDS Awareness campaign. If Disney made a movie about boobs and dicks, it would look something like these. I'm pretty sure this stuff is not safe for work unless you live in France, in which case I think viewing is ... http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/02/french-aids-awareness-ads/ Thanks to Black Metal Nick for finding this. Watching it was the greatest minute and a half of my life. http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/02/kittens-inspired-by-kittens/ This is pure adorableness. Thanks to Kelly C. for bringing this to my attention. http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/02/music-video-dear-deer-by-kate-micucci/ This is one of those things we'd never ever have seen in the days before the internet. Are we as a society better off for it? That's not for me to say. This is a question for our children. And our children's children. And Screech's children if he has any. ... http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/02/mr-belding-and-brooke-hogan-karoke/ Today I was greeted while watching a web video by the smiling, talking visage of a very technologically adept razor. It's with great sadness that I cannot share said video with y'all, it was so ridiculous I did a double-take. However, just the product itself is enough for you to ... http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/01/microfins-and-micropulses/ From Demon Kogure to Hard Gay, Japan has been on the forefront of creating memorable characters. Now they've taken our rockin' new President and made a few ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. President Obama was elected to bring change to America but his message has gone far beyond our borders. Now the Japanese have their ... http://epilepticminotaur.com/2009/01/yes-we-kanji/