sick wave brah

this 1 minute clip provides a nice n' concise explanation how BBC used super slow motion cameras to capture this mesmerizing footage of a 12-foot monster barrel wave, the first of its kind to be captured with this newish image technology. check out surfer/documentarian Dylan Longbottom's perfect exit, not to overshadow the wiiiiild footage of the votices under the wave. as engineer charley explained to me in broken english via IM, the vortices result from a hydrodynamic force.

Posted by Madame Lamb on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 9:12 PM 0 comments

valentine's day ice breakers

if you're looking for a free e-card, check out at http://www.someecards.com/

the inappropriate cards are suitable for everyday use. card categories include "breakup", "confession", "apology", "workplace", and "flirting". simple cartoons with some good one-liners ("today is the anniversary of you being expelled from your mother's uterus", "it's been too long since we threw up on each other", "i hope you like my baggage", "let's switch from emailing to texting", "if you showed up on a free porn site i'd definitely click through", "get your socks off and a condom on", etc.)
there are some pretty funny ones. send one to your special someone...or make that not so special someone feel special with the simple click of the mouse. you can even print out cheap hard copies. perfect for the unsavvy internet user.

ALSO:

here are some some good karma-ed one liners, too. you can try this out or say them to yourself infront of the mirror (a la rodney dangerfield) if you woke up on the wrong side of the bed and need some positive energy to take on the day. a few of my favorites so far have been "you are such a ray of sunshine in this dark world", "of course it looks natural", "those shoes are so you", "lets make those special brownies and watch cartoons all day in our undies". keep hitting refresh for new ones.
Quick, say something nice!

happy valentine's day to you! and enjoy the good weather

Posted by Madame Lamb on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 11:55 AM 0 comments

"those pills are dangerous." "yeah well so is geometry"

click here to take a quiz from the tv show where we learned about prom, sex, and even caffeine pills; SAVED BY THE BELL. see how well you do. i got 11 out of 15.

and here's jesse spano's freak out.

Posted by Madame Lamb on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 3:06 PM 0 comments

notable dvd releases

Tell Me You Love Me 1st Season: HBO's hit drama dealing with intimacy and relationships. my english professor last semester even loved it.


We Own the Night: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes.


I could Never Be Your Woman: directed by the same woman who did "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Clueless"


Gone Baby Gone: directed by Ben Affleck


Becoming Jane: Anne Hathaway becomes Jane Austen


The Amateurs: Jeff Bridges is a man who has a mid-life crisis and decides to make an amateur porn film in the small town he lives in.

Posted by Madame Lamb at 2:45 PM 0 comments

perspectives and systems

Charles and Ray Eames 1977 film. hadn't seen this in a while and it came to my mind when i was sitting in a round circle late-night a few weeks ago. its an eerie sci-fi experience. for those of you who are unfamiliar with the Eames;

they were american designers who married in the 60s.. charles eames got kicked out of Wash-U for being having architectural views that were too progressive/modernist. he continually suggested that Frank Lloyd Wright be included in the curriculum. they couple lived in LA and designed furniture, houses, art, created films. they also designed this house that sits on a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean.

essentially, they were true upholders of the renaissance tradition.

of the "POWER OF TEN" film. their website says;

The ultimate Eamesian expression of systems and connections, Powers of Ten explores the relative size of things from the microscopic to the cosmic. The 1977 film travels from an aerial view of a man in a Chicago park to the outer limits of the universe directly above him and back down into the microscopic world contained in the man's hand. Powers of Ten illustrates the universe as an arena of both continuity and change, of everyday picnics and cosmic mystery. The film also demonstrates the Eameses' ability to make science both fascinating and accessible.

the music is quite other worldly, too.

full screen that shit.

Posted by Madame Lamb on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 3:57 PM 0 comments

this video makes me happy happy happy

Posted by Madame Lamb at 3:46 PM 0 comments