Bits and Pieces

Advent Calendar

If you are into Christmas, check out Jacquielawson.com. The British company produces an incredible Advent Calendar each year. I'm on my fourth year. Starting on Dec. 1, users get to click on the Christmas ornament whose number matches the day. You then get some animation celebrating the holiday. The ornaments are strewn about the outside of an English village. Clicking on one on the appropriate day, gives you an animation that brings something new to the village. The unlocked animations then continue throughout the life of the calendar, so they accumulate and the village becomes more and more busy as Christmas approaches. The calendars feature wonderful art, family appropriate subject matter, spectacular animations, and history lessons. This year's calendar is based on Victorian traditions. (Last year's was Edwardian.) Downloading the app will result in the best holiday money you will spend.

The icon that launches Advent Calendar will appear on your desktop after installation.

Psy Music

I still remember the exuberance the Psy's (the Korean entertainer) Gangnam Style so I was interested to see that Psy released a new piece today. (Plus I discovered a second relatively new one.)  Napal Baji (somebody claims that means Trumpet Pants) is flashy, exuberant, bizarre, catchy and you gotta see it at least once in your life. Daddy, on the other hand, the one released today, is strange indeed (but equally fascinating). The imagery this guy comes up with it truly original. Would love to hear why he included the vignettes he did,

Rockin & Rollin

Oklahoma experienced another earthquake today. 4.5 in magnitude. They just keep coming now that they frack in the state. Even with scientists proving that fracking poisons groundwater, can cause flammable drinking water, and seems to have cancer clusters in the vicinities of the wells, industry just keeps doing what it wants in the quest for profits.