Monthly Archives: April 2006

3D/VR/AR/360°

Komamura’s two-headed Horseman 3D camera

by Brian David Phillips • April 30, 2006

Engadget has an image of Komamura’s two-headed Horseman 3D camera . . . like those folks I am disappointed that it’s not digital. Instead of getting a film camera at this point, I would suggest sticking to the digital alternatives. See the other posts in the 3D category here for more.

Stage Hypnosis Course . . .
. . . Early Bird Deadline . . .
. . . . . . sign up now!

by Brian David Phillips • April 29, 2006

If you are sitting on the fence, the time to act is now! Early Bird discount rates are about to expire! I want to remind folks that the "Early Bird Specials" for the Stage Hypnosis course in June will expire in just a few days! If you wish to take advantage of the pricing bonuses,…

David Copperfield robbery . . .

by Brian David Phillips • April 29, 2006

David Copperfield and two of his aides were robbed at gunpoint . . . the aides turned everything over but Copperfield took advantage of his trick pockets to conceal his valubles and memorized the license plate number and the descriptions of the teenage robbers which helped police apprehend them quickly . . . Gun-Toting Teens…

Boomer . . .
. . . Grace Park

by Brian David Phillips • April 29, 2006

Grace Park plays Sharon “Boomer” Valerii in the extremely excellent current version of Battlestar Galactica. Folks are always talking about how the “other” humanoid cylons are so sexy without mentioning the more wholesome Boomerbot in the sexy department. Boomer is more about story and character. However, Park’s recent stint for Maxim might change their minds…

long-shot dating made doable

by Brian David Phillips • April 29, 2006

Matt Schneiderman writes long-shot dating made doable for the MSN Dating and Personals folks. He looks into some very basic dynamics of mixed unlikely couples and how folks can date well beyond their expected range . . . much of his advice is familiar to folks familiar with “influence” studies, particularly the seduction community but…

Cold . . .

by Brian David Phillips • April 28, 2006

I’ve been fighting a cold all week and today it hit me hard . . . getting progressively worse with each hour in class (it’s my long day too). So, the weekend’s here and I have a full fledged nastiness to contend with. Suckful.

Taipei Hypnosis Workshop Meeting . . .
CREATIVE HYPNOSIS INDUCTIONS
(Improvisational Instant and Rapid Hypnosis Inductions)

by Brian David Phillips • April 27, 2006

On 14 May 2006, the Taipei Experimental Hypnosis Workshop will have a meeting. This month’s topic is CREATIVE HYPNOSIS INDUCTIONS (Improvisational Instant and Rapid Hypnosis Inductions). If you live in these parts and would like to join us, contact me. The Taipei Experimental Hypnosis and Trancework Workshop is the largest English-language hypnosis practice group in…

Konjiki No GashBell – Parco Folgore – Chichi Wo Moge

by Brian David Phillips • April 26, 2006

Also . . . see . . . here.

3-D can save Hollywood

by Brian David Phillips • April 26, 2006

James Cameron is out hitting the pavement with his message of hope, joy, and box office success . . . 3-D can save Hollywood, says director . . . James Cameron, director of Titanic, the most successful film of all time, has called on Hollywood to “fight for survival” with a return to 3-D movies.…

Hypnotherapy for Chest Pain

by Brian David Phillips • April 26, 2006

Good news for folks with chest pains. A few sources are reported on this . . . Hypnotherapy for Chest Pain . . . Hypnotherapy may be the latest way to treat non-cardiac chest pain, severe chest pain not caused by a heart condition. A new, small study divided 28 patients with non-cardiac chest pain…

Betelnut Beauties

by Brian David Phillips • April 24, 2006

The folks at Big Nose Productions (what a great name) have made a little piece exploring Taiwan’s betelnut beauty phenomenon . . . The video is interesting but in that short a time, one can’t really explore the entire phenomenon of the betelnut beauty. One also doesn’t see just how sexy some of the girls…

English Lesson . . .
. . . Japanese style

by Brian David Phillips • April 23, 2006

Uh, cockpit? Those girls may look the role but not so sure they’re native speakers of English. Heads up for this bit of oddness that is making the rounds comes from the good folks at fleshbot who snarfed it from fazed with some discussion at boing boing. I’ve seen a few phrase book style dictionaries…

Does Equality Produce a Better Sex Life?
. . . yup!

by Brian David Phillips • April 23, 2006

Folks in countries where women are considered equal tend to have more satisfied sex lives . . . no brainer and go figure . . . Does Equality Produce a Better Sex Life?. Sex is more satisfying in countries where women and men are considered equal, according to an international study of people between the…

sex cues affect men’s decision making

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

In the let’s state the obvious category, researchers have confirmed what most of us have pretty much known all along . . . sex cues affect how men make decisions so that when men are exposed to sexual cues they don’t always think as clearly or as rationally as otherwise . . . duh .…

Social Influence at Work . . .
. . . Man Posed As Doctor, Gave Free Breast Exams

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

A seventy-six-year-old man went door to door posing as a doctor offerring free breast exams . . . Man Posed As Doctor, Gave Free Breast Exams . . . students in my communication courses will recognize the use of the social influence Law of Power . . . A 76-year-old man has been arrested after…

Baylor Boots Babes Baring for Playboy . . .
. . . students warned about Playboy posing

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

Baylor University has made it clear that personal decisions by students will affect their academic standing, warning them that if they pose for Playbory, they may get booted out of university . . . Baylor students warned about Playboy posing . . . Officials at the world’s largest Baptist university have warned students that they…

The “Lost Chatper” of “The Game”

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

Neil Strauss has posted the so-called “lost chapter” of his book “The Game” on his webpages here. Obviously, it isn’t really lost so much that Strauss chose to cut the original profile of David Shade from his finished book as well as the references to Mark Cunningham. The characterization of David’s book is a bit…

Fancy Free

by Brian David Phillips • April 22, 2006

Japanese hentai manga artist Same’s work is featured at Fancy Free with a number of other interesting tidbits. NSFW . . . big time nsfw.

confusion . . .
. . . women, independence and polygamy

by Brian David Phillips • April 20, 2006

Handewi Soegiharto writes on women, independence and polygamy but it isn’t clear what her point is. She seems to be writing a piece that aims to poke holes in polygamy but the bulk of her examples are actually positive in respect to the experience of the women in polygamous relationships – the only real negative…

The Werewolf Solution

by Brian David Phillips • April 19, 2006

(S+C) x (B+F) / (T-V)

by Brian David Phillips • April 16, 2006

Coincidentally, my wife’s numbers come up perfect . . . hmmmm . . . I would agree . . . Academics Develop Formula for Perfect Butt . . . Think you’ve got a booty to rival Beyonce’s? Now you can find out — with scientific certainty. A team of British academics has developed a mathematical…

Three’s Company . . . or is it?

by Brian David Phillips • April 15, 2006

Liz Langley takes a thoughtful look at polyamory . . . AlterNet: Three’s Company . . . Polyamory is more than just an excellent drag name. It’s the state of being openly in love with more than one person, or having more than one love relationship simultaneously. Kind of like polygamy without the marriage part.…

Student Music Video Projects

by Brian David Phillips • April 15, 2006

Shut Up and Kiss Me (Pony Up) music video project by Genie Chang, Carole Chen, and Sarina Tseng. Students in the Literature and Film course I teach at the university were asked to create their own music videos from a song they selected. Multiple groups would choose the same songs so they could experiment with…