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Computex Starts Today

by Brian David Phillips • June 1, 2004

Computex starts today and organizers are expecting huge crowds. This is good since the SARS scare hurt trade shows last year. Actually, Computex Taiwan is the second largest computer trade show in the world. The German show is the largest. Yes, we’re bigger than the Las Vegas show all the porn stars go to (we…

3D Mind as Part of a Hypnotic/Trancework Process

by Brian David Phillips • May 31, 2004

3D Mind is a process taught by Tom Vizzini that operates rather quickly and elegantly for dealing with drivers that operate behind fears, compulsions, habits, whatever. It’s an simple procedure that works quickly in an eyes-open associated manner. It’s actually quite fun to run folks through it and notice how their bodies and attitudes immediately…

Lord of the Raised Sword

by Brian David Phillips • May 29, 2004

Okay . . . this is clever . . . Lord of the Raised Sword. Odd, but clever.

Build Your Own Hypnotic Seduction System

by Brian David Phillips • May 28, 2004

Since many folks interested in hypnosis, NLP, visualization, and other trancework systems are interested in how they can be applied to relationships between the sexes, particularly seduction (whoa, there, don’t get your hopes up as direct suggestion doesn’t work that way), recently on Mindlist, there’s been some discussion on truth and deception in seduction and…

Interactive Drama Photos Updates

by Brian David Phillips • May 27, 2004

I have added a slew of interactive drama freeform live action roleplaying game photos to the galleries at Interactive Drama Photos (http://public.fotki.com/briandavidphillips/interactive_drama/).

The Spiral . . . hypnotic experiments number two

by Brian David Phillips • May 25, 2004

I don’t know who Dr. J.H. Rabailkal is but he claims that this online experiment in hypnmosis will “clear your spirit of all fear” and allow you to “discover your inner self.” Further, he says that “at the end of this experiment in self-hypnosis you will have acquired valuable experience.” He got that last bit…

Hypnotic Hand . . . drug experience without the drugs

by Brian David Phillips • May 24, 2004

This is an old optical illusion. It is not really hypnotic, but it uses some of the old tropes associated with hypnosis. Give it a go . . . digital trance hypnotic drug experience without the drugs. It can be fun. If you listen to a hypnotic induction while looking at the pattern, you will…

Tony Lee

by Brian David Phillips • May 24, 2004

On one of the umpteen million hypnosis discussion email lists I belong to, someone posted a link to Tony Lee’s notoriously un-updted webpages. The site has been online for a looooonnnngggg time and as far as I can tell it has never been updated. This is really too bad as while Lee does very good…

Dziewczyny

by Brian David Phillips • May 24, 2004

This is a very clever method for building an online gallery. Classic images in book form . . . dziewczyny. Very well done.

See Lai

by Brian David Phillips • May 24, 2004

Ron at See Lai is in the hospital for tests, observation, and frustration and writing about the experience. Give him a kind word or two.

Connections . . . Taipei, Washington, Iraq

by Brian David Phillips • May 23, 2004

US Congressmen want Washington to ask Taiwan to Send Troops to Iraq . . . Two pro-Taiwan US House members introduced a resolution on Thursday calling for US President George W. Bush to ask Taiwan to deploy marines to Iraq. Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher, co-chairman of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, and Republican Representative Jim Ryun,…

Spirit Guides . . . “odd” jobs?

by Brian David Phillips • May 23, 2004

Did anyone else find the Taipei Times article by Max Woodworth on Spirit Guides in Taiwan to be just a tad too tongue-in-cheek and a bit on the disrespectful side of commenting on a traditional Taoist funeral practice and ceremony? To top it off, the article lead-in called this the first in a series on…

Industorious Clock

by Brian David Phillips • May 20, 2004

Now this is a really kool clock . . . it’s hi-tech lowtek-style. Found via de-generationx. Mucho nifty keen.

Hypnotist . . . multiple markets, multiple identities

by Brian David Phillips • May 20, 2004

There is a hypnotist who has been around doing stage hypnosis since 1984. He does anything from general audience shows to more mature college or private party gigs. It is also interesting to note that he sidelines, creating hypnosis videos for a particular market but his webpages don’t say a thing about them. However, if…

Post-Election Stress Syndrome

by Brian David Phillips • May 20, 2004

The Taipei Times reports that election stress is being researched. The number of depression and anxiety patients in Taiwan jumped by ten percent around the time of the election. Taiwanese stressed out by the aftermath of the presidential election are becoming the subject of academic study, with professors and analysts using psychological and evolutionary theory…

Leonard Nimoy Photography

by Brian David Phillips • May 20, 2004

Leonard Nimoy, best known as Mr. Spock from the original Star Trek television series and films, has released his beautiful collection of erotic photography. He has some nice self-portraits in the collection as well. See more here, here, and here. You can buy the new photography collection and his other books from Amazon: Shekina, A…

Certification or Not . . . Hypnosis Training

by Brian David Phillips • May 19, 2004

Recently, at the Hypnosis in Taiwan mailing list, we’ve been discussing a bit about training and certification for hypnotists. I am reminded of a fellow who for years would decry that certifications are not worth the paper they are printed on and that the only thing they’re for is ego and bilking the public and…

How do Stage Hypnotists Zap Subjects so Fast?

by Brian David Phillips • May 19, 2004

Recently at Ultimate Seduction a question was asked about stage hypnosis by a young man who recently saw a Paul McKenna show on television. The question was basicall how do stage hypnotists zap their subjects so fast? Another correspondent wrote in his answer that stage hypnotists work the audience before the show and find the…

WHO Declare End to SARS Outbreak in China

by Brian David Phillips • May 19, 2004

White House Is Taking Credit for Programs It Tried to Cut

by Brian David Phillips • May 19, 2004

As Campaign 2004 continues to heat up, the Bush administration follows a tradition of awarding monies to key areas in an effort to gain votes. However, the interesting thing about this year’s porkbarrel vote buy in is that the Bush White House is now taking credit for awarding money through programs that Bush specifically tried…

Media Fools

by Brian David Phillips • May 18, 2004

Jerome F. Keating summarizes recent media coverage of politics in Taiwan with the slant that politicians seeking to use the media to their advantage will often be shown as fools by the media than as heroes. Some humorous images.

A Whole Lot of Suck

by Brian David Phillips • May 18, 2004

Stodgy White Guy is back in Utah with his kids while his wife is stuck in Taiwan waiting for the immigration people to approve her re-entry permit. The waiting period is something over four hundred days. That is just plain suckful to the maximum. Excuse me, could I bend over while you insert that baseball…

Glenn Honiball

by Brian David Phillips • May 18, 2004

These are some very striking photo retouches by Glenn Honiball.

Forget the Panorama, who’s the girl in the lower left?

by Brian David Phillips • May 16, 2004

Mindcrime posts a panorama from two years ago . . . Hong Kong. My wife is from Hong Kong and I love the city. It’s been awhile since we visited . . . but will definately be there for the Disney’s opening . . . not so far away in the future.

Proper Use of a Tripod

by Brian David Phillips • May 16, 2004

Poagao has a rather intriguing photograph of TC Lin using a tripod with a video camera that is well worth a looksee. Poagao’s Journal . . . who would have thunk it? Been there, done that, have the lousy photos to prove it.

Animated Hypnosis Images Gallery

by Brian David Phillips • May 16, 2004

The Animated Hypnosis Images Gallery is now open! This is a collection of hypnosis animated graphic images. Most of the files come from a variety of spots on the web and are screen captures of various stage hypnosis television programs. Enjoy.

Autostereoscopic 3D Wobble Animated GIF Image Gallery

by Brian David Phillips • May 15, 2004

As most folks who read Life of Brian know, I love 3D Photography. You may be interested in knowing that I have moved my Autostereoscopic 3D Wobble Animated GIF collection to my Fotki Galleries. See the background essay from an earlier post for more information on what these images are and how they simulate depth.…