So, my daughter Kaye had practice today with her band . . . a group of kid she’s been friends with since she was kneehigh to a grasshopper’s younger brother . . . they’ve talked about starting a band for a while but today they had their first real practice . . . of a…
Family
3D/VR/AR/360°, Cosplay, Family
3D Cosplay photos for Father’s Day
by Brian David Phillips •
Here we go . . . Father’s Day this year was something special! I am talking about Chinese Father’s Day here in Taiwan for those who don’t know it falls on August 8 as the Chinese pronunciation of 8-8 is a homonym for Father. First, we went to Alibaba Indian Kitchen for lunch and then…
Family
Inception Fun
by Brian David Phillips •
Kaye, Lorraine, and I went to Inception tonight . . . very very good. Kaye was on the edge of her seat the whole time . . . well, as were we all. A number of the reviews I've seen noted that this film has been too confusing for many in the audience but we…
Family
Knight and Day Fun
by Brian David Phillips •
The Phillips Clan Taipei Branch took in a movie yesterday. We decided to take in Knight and Day . . . wow, that was a fun romp. It's amazing that the box office on it is so poor as it really is a fun ride. Honestly, I suspect the poor reviews and bad box office…
3D/VR/AR/360°, Family
Toy Story 3D well worth the watch
by Brian David Phillips •
Lorraine, Kaye, and I went to see Toy Story 3D today . . . well, Toy Story 3 in 3D . . . honestly, the ONLY reason I wanted to see this movie was because it was being shown in 3D . . . as regular readers know, I'm a bit more than a 3D…
Family, Kaye Phillips Music, Music
Memories of Camelot by Kaye Phillips
by Brian David Phillips •
In this video . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7k1yCm4CAM . . . my daughter Kaye Elizabeth Phillips performs "MEMORIES OF CAMELOT" . . . her own original piano composition. This performance took place on 4 June 2010 at Tamkang Senior High School in Tamshui, Taiwan, where Kaye is a student in the music specialty program, double majoring…
Family
Evidently I am the MOST UNIQUE TEACHER
by Brian David Phillips •
I was at a faculty meeting at the university yesterday and one of my colleagues asked me if I knew I had been voted "Most Unique Teacher" by the undergraduates in our department . . . I hadn't even known there was a vote. She told me that I received the most votes and that…
Family, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance, Music
It is DONE! 春天吶喊 Spring Scream Hypnosis Show!
by Brian David Phillips •
It is done! Our hypnosis show at Spring Scream 春天吶喊 (http://www.springscream.com) was scheduled for 12:10am (yes, just after midnight) but when we got there the band scheduled before us was just setting up to perform . . . things were running much later than usual. So, I apologized to Kaye who was dead on her feet…
Family
Happy Birthday, KAYE!
by Brian David Phillips •
Today is your birthday! Happy Birthday Kaye! Sweet Sixteen! I LOVE YOU! -Daddy
3D/VR/AR/360°, Family
Lorraine’s 3D Birthday Photos
by Brian David Phillips •
As most of the regular readers know, last Monday was Lorraine's birthday – see https://briandavidphillips.net/2010/03/happy-birthday-lorraine.html. Since it was a school day, we decided we'd have the "official" birthday dinner in the evening when Kaye was home. However, Lorraine and I had lunch at the Taipei Zoo and then spent some time walking around. We wanted…
Family
Kaye throws a Race
by Brian David Phillips •
Yesterday at school, my daughter Kaye took part in a relay swim meet. She was on the team representing her year and program (the music specialty program, first year students). The girls in her team were strong swimmers and knew they had a very good shot at winning, especially with Kaye on their team. If…
3D/VR/AR/360°, Cosplay, Family
3D Cosplay at NTU
by Brian David Phillips •
The Phillips Clan, Taiwan Branch, headed over to National Taiwan University this weekend. Kaye went early on both Saturday and Sunday so she could meet up with friends while Lorraine and I went later in the day. The Comic World Taiwan comic book convention was in full swing and in Taiwan that means Cosplayers, lots…
3D/VR/AR/360°, Family
Avatar Rocks Well Indeed
by Brian David Phillips •
As reported earlier, the Phillips Clan Taipei Branch went to AVATAR (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/) on Saturday after Kaye finished her music composition class. While Taiwan has seen a ton of new screens for the 3D showing, we went to the same theatre we often go to for digital 3D, the Real 3D system, not IMAX (Imax honestly has…
3D/VR/AR/360°, Cosplay, Family
A Bunch of Cosplay Photos from Comic World
by Brian David Phillips •
As regular readers of the Life of Brian blog know - https://briandavidphillips.net/ - my family is full of cosplay fannish goodness. My daughter Kaye has been cosplaying since she was four and I've been taking cosplay photos for a bit longer. This past weekend, Comic World was held in Taipei at National Taiwan University. We went on…
Family
Happy Thanksgiving to my friends and family and strangers who celebrate the holiday and to those who do not.
by Brian David Phillips •
Happy Thanksgiving to my friends and family and strangers who celebrate the holiday and to those who do not. I am still very much under the weather and since Kaye is not home from school dorm life until Friday night, our Thanksgiving dinner will be then. All the best,Brian (If you are reading this blog…
Family
Out of Commission for a Bit or H1N1 Blues
by Brian David Phillips •
My daughter Kaye came down with H1N1 and so she's been home for a week in self-exile in the home and away from school. Unfortunately, as she got better, I came down with a fever and went into the hospital and lo and behold I've got the blasted thing. Lorraine went in and tested positive…
Family, Kaye Phillips Music, Music
Kaye Elizabeth Phillips plays Schubert
by Brian David Phillips •
On 5 Sept. 2009, we took in the recital for students of Kaye's piano teacher . . . here is Kaye Elizabeth Phillips performing a piece by Schubert (Impromptus op.90 d.899 n.4) . . . If you can't see the video embed in your stream, then go to my main blog at https://briandavidphillips.net/ or you…
Family
Greetings from Hawaii . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
We're in beautifully Hawaii for a few days, decompressing on our way home to Taipei (breaking the long flight home a bit as well). Lorraine and I walked down to Waikiki Beach this morning . . . here's a photo of some new friends we made . . . Obviously, this photo has found itself…
3D/VR/AR/360°, Family
UP in 3D equals enjoyable stereographic entertainment
by Brian David Phillips •
Kaye, Lorraine, and I went to see UP today in digital 3D and it was a wonderful experience. There were no nasty through-the-window effects and the stereoscopic experience was very very low key and nicely done. I would have liked a bit more depth in a few scenes but all in all the 3D was…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Family, Fansigns, Hypnosis Videos
The Haircut
by Brian David Phillips •
Edit: Since originally posting this, I have since added the Haircut Redux video to this post as per special request-slash-suggestion-slash-command from Lorraine who feels the longer video will have fewer folks reading the end credits with the pointers to the music source page which she seems to think is more important than the actual video…
