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.…
Monthly Archives: May 2004
3D/VR/AR/360°, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Language Barriers and Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
I am the owner and moderator of the Hypnosis Technique Exchange. Recently, the question of hypnosis and the language barrier has come up. There are a number of stage acts where hypnotists use English with an induction aimed at English as a second/foreign language speakers, usually through an interpreter. The correspondent doesn’t see how this…
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Susan Block on Bush’s POW Porn
by Brian David Phillips •
Dr. Susan Block gives a run down on what she calls Bush’s POW Porn, discussing the recently released photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse. One flaw in her essay is simply that she’s overstepping . . . way over the line . . . there is no evidence, none whatsoever, that Bush gets some sort of…
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Spiderman
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay . . . not the kind of bodypainting I usually post about here at Life of Brian, but this is really quite the interesting take on Spiderman. It’s both a good rendition of Spidey and a bit of a taste of reality. Makes me think twice about breaking out my old Kaptain Krimesquasher uniform…
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Ha ha ha . . . why you should NEVER post your picture on the internet.
by Brian David Phillips •
These are really well done . . . why you should never post your picture on the internet . . . very clever use of photoshop.
Hypnosis in the News
Google News Alerts
by Brian David Phillips •
Here’s a nice little doohickie . . . Google News Alerts . . . just set the topic you are interested in and the frequency of updates and wham bam thank you mam you’ll receive updates on news stories related to the topic in the form of a series of headlines and links. Handy dandy…
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FunnyAzHell
by Brian David Phillips •
A few of these FunnyAzHell short animations are a bit disturbing and for mature audiences but others are okay for work. Figure it out on your own. The Jesus Saves is a bit much in the pointless violence but the How to Pick Up is funny.
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Power Coinz
by Brian David Phillips •
You will note that I have added a new category to Life of Brian . . . the Games by Brian David Phillips section will be where I post one-off or flashtype games (as in flash fiction, not as in computerie things). I will on very rare occasions post the rules here and the game materials in…
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Experiments for Kids and Adults with an Innerchild
by Brian David Phillips •
Neil Gaiman and child have been playing around with Hunkin’s Experiments. Some entertaining bits worth the ol’ look-see.
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Grade Inflation
by Brian David Phillips •
Recently, grade inflation at American universities has been in the news . . . it’s been a bit of a conundrum on the local level as well . . . while we have the “best and the brightest” students, it seems awkward to grade them with the same standards as other schools. Unfortunately, the trend…
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How was your day, Dan? Being arrested for masturbating in a gay porn theatre.
by Brian David Phillips •
Dan Renzi, of Real World television series fame, was arrested for masturbating in a gay porn theatre in Kansas City. He was the only one of the folks arrested taken to the police station and that is only because one of the arresting officers recognized him from television. Evidently, celebrity is the kiss of death…
3D/VR/AR/360°
LANC Shepherd Device for 3D Digital Stereo Twin Rigs . . . hmm, my birthday’s coming up, hint hint
by Brian David Phillips •
The LANC Sheperd is a device that controls two digital cameras through the LANC or ACC port so that you have synchronized shutter and zoom. This allows you to shoot beautiful full frame digital stereo “3D” photographs. It seems that only Sony digital cameras work with the device right now but there are some beautiful…
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AIDS Spread in China
by Brian David Phillips •
The New York Times reports
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Whoa, There!
by Brian David Phillips •
This girl is playing with fire. Wow. Definately not the best idea and most certainly not safe for work. Don’t check this out unless strange sexual antics amuse you. Basically, she goes around Tokyo flashing and performing sexual acts in public to see how passersby will react . . . part of a new wave…
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The Taipei Kid: Hooters
by Brian David Phillips •
The Taipei Kid has been eating at Hooters: It has been a long time since I’ve been to Hooters. It was packed last night, packed with both foreigners and locals–tons of businessmen, couples, families, and, inexplicably, gay men. Unlike other Hooters, the draw in Taipei is actually the food, tasty, but very expensive food. As…
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Coaches Humiliate Student By Giving Him “Crybaby Award”
by Brian David Phillips •
This is just plain ridiculous. The middle school basektball coach calls this kid up and tells him to be certain to attend the awards banquet as he would be getting a special award. After all of his teammates recevied their standard awards, the coach calls this kid up and gives him the “Crybaby Award” for…
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Will Your Next Display Be 3D? I sure hope so!
by Brian David Phillips •
PC World has an article on true stereoscopic 3D displays for computers . . . PCWorld.com – Will Your Next Display Be 3D? . . . nothing new there but the trend seems to be for more companies to explore their options. Hopefully, this means prcing will also come down to the affordable level for…
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Perspectives . . . Iraq
by Brian David Phillips •
Not all of the images from Iraq are of atrocities. Not all of the soldiers there are doing evil. Most believe they are there to do a job. Whether Americans believe in the job they have been sent there to do, we still must respect the young people doing it honorably to the best of…
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Kaye Takes the Silver
by Brian David Phillips •
My daughter, Kaye, took second place in the Soccer Competition for her grade. The object of the competition was to make the most goals. She was happy with her performance but evidently the kids were a little upset about the way the finalists for the boys were determined as there was a tie and the…
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Bushisms . . . George F. Will on the Administration’s Iraq Agenda
by Brian David Phillips •
George F. Will has an interesting essay on Time for Bush to See The Realities of Iraq at the Washington Post. He notes that the Bush Administration needs to clearly define their role and reasons for being in Iraq. He suggests that the administration needs to re-examine what it means to be conservative and perhaps…
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Battle of Serenity
by Brian David Phillips •
Check out the Battle of Serenity flashgame at FireflyFans.Net. I can’t hit anything, but it is fun trying.
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Serenity
by Brian David Phillips •
Yaaaaayyyyyyy! Serenity begins filming in three weeks! I loved Joss Whedon’s Firefly television series and am thrilled it’s going to the big screen. The new film is set to big “big” according to Whedon: . . . bigger, faster, stronger . . . . The show plays on a very small, personal level. And while…
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Saddam’s Interrogation Logs
by Brian David Phillips •
Interesting reading . . . Saddam’s Interrogation Logs. It’s a joy to see how the government’s top interrogators are doing their job.
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FCC Swamped With Oprah Complaints
by Brian David Phillips •
The Smoking Gun has a smpling of letters sent to the FCC regarding the March 18 broadcast where Oprah and guest discussed sexuality . . . FCC Swamped With Oprah Indecency Complaints. While the letters themselves are entertaining . . . they may very well backfire. Fans of Jimmy Kimmel and Howard Stern wrote 1600…
** Special Student Series, Influence
When “Normal” People Become “Monsters”
by Brian David Phillips •
The New York Times has an excellent brief essay reviewing landmark studies that showed the Fine Line Between `Normal’ and `Monster’. In 1971, a Stanford University study by Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo involved a group of twenty-four students were randomly given the roles of prisoners and guards in a study that simulated prisons. The study…