Monthly Archives: May 2005

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The Virtual Stripper

by Brian David Phillips • May 14, 2005

This is really rather clever . . . The Virtual Stripper!. Type in a request and she follows directions . . . well, many of them, at least.

World’s Smallest 3D Video Camera

by Brian David Phillips • May 14, 2005

This is interesting . . . tiny camera probes deep ocean. Researchers are Perth’s Curtin University of Technology have developed the world’s smallest underwater 3D video camera for use in the depths of the ocean. These puppies are light. The mini-3D stereoscopic underwater video camera will help oil, gas and minerals explorers. Curtin’s marine science…

Rick McCallum Talks Episode III 3D

by Brian David Phillips • May 12, 2005

The Force Net has a bit about Rick McCallum Talks Episode III 3D and the coverage may give some folks the wrong impression. Their summary is that Star Wars Episode III is pretty much dead in the water but folks need to read between the lines as that’s not really what’s going on or they…

Film is Dead . . .
. . . the future of photography is digital

by Brian David Phillips • May 12, 2005

The future of photography is digital and very very soon the biggest film companies will no longer produce film based cameras or even film . . . digital is the future and the future is now . . . or at least within two years . . . Perez to Replace Carp As Kodak CEO:…

The Big Picture . . .
. . . Filmmakers Assess the State of the Giant Screen

by Brian David Phillips • May 12, 2005

Take a look at The Big Picture: Filmmakers Assess the State of the Giant Screen . . . it’s an piece from 1999 which looks into the future of IMAX and other large format venues and it is nice to see that some of the predictions about the nature of the audience are now being…

Sensio . . .

by Brian David Phillips • May 12, 2005

A blurb on the largest home technology trade fair opens Sunday in the Middle East. In addition, Dr. Jordan Samhuri from Sensio Middle East will be demonstrating their new 3D home cinema system – a breakthrough in technology that makes stereoscopic 3D viewing at home possible. Dr Samhuri will be explaining the concept of 3D…

Victims push to regulate hypnotists

by Brian David Phillips • May 11, 2005

It looks like the “professions” will be using this case to push for inappropriate control over hypnosis while the so-called hypnosis organizations will be at each other’s throats to assign blame . . . cictims push to regulate hypnotists . . . this is a single incident that is being made into a rallying cry…

Hypnosis and Child Birth . . . another positive study

by Brian David Phillips • May 11, 2005

Yet another study with positive conclusions regarding the use of hypnosis, suggestion, and focused trance for childbirth . . . hypnosis helpful for pregnancy and childbirth: Marion Andrew, a senior consultant anaesthetist at the Women and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide, says women having their first child who learn self-hypnosis in the lead-up to labour are…

A Realistic Assessment of How Many 12-Year-Olds One Could Beat Up Before They Overtook You

by Brian David Phillips • May 10, 2005

McSweeney’s Realistic Assessment of How Many 12-Year-Olds I Could Beat Up Before They Overtook Me . . . strange yet compelling reading. I’d have to go with ten to twelve . . . I’m old and out of shape but I’m also big and with that size comes a lot of muscle mass, no stamina,…

Taipei Hypnosis Workshop Meeting . . .
ENERGY HYPNOSIS
(Mesmerism, Magnetism, Chi, Chakra . . .
. . . The Force, Bastthought, Ishtar Meditation, and More)

by Brian David Phillips • May 9, 2005

On 29 May 2005, the Taipei Experimental Hypnosis Workshop will have a meeting. This month’s topic is ENERGY HYPNOSIS (Mesmerism, Magnetism, Chi, Chakra, The Force, Bastthought, Ishtar Meditation, and More). 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…

MSN . . . what the world sees

by Brian David Phillips • May 9, 2005

This is very cute . . . what the world sees when you turn on your webcam . . . it’s quite clever.

Past Lives, Past Loves . . .
. . . a waking dream . . .

by Brian David Phillips • May 6, 2005

This is a script for a focused trance guided imagery. If you are unfamiliar with what a focused trance guided imagery is or if you have not first read the introduction to the series which has important information on how to proceed, then stop now and go to the introduction and how-to proceed post. Once…

Mind-Body Medicine

by Brian David Phillips • May 6, 2005

Sandra Donaoldson has a nice overview on Mind Body Medicine . . . a general introduction to some of the forms (missing a number that are becoming more known at the moment), albeit some of the generalizations miss the major divisions in approach . . . for instance, hypnosis is NOT just about suggestive therapy…

Paul McKenna . . . nerd, cold, dysfunctional intimacy . . .
. . . . but a great hypnotist

by Brian David Phillips • May 6, 2005

Elizabeth Day has some wonderful things to say about Paul McKenna but she peppers all the praise with some odd bits how I healed my inner nerd. He has yet to produce a manual on how to get a personality, which might be because he doesn’t really have one. . . . . . .…

3D titbits . . . er . . . tidbits . . .

by Brian David Phillips • May 4, 2005

I LOVE stereoscopic 3D photography and film. Really, I do. Well, here are some bits that I wasn’t expecting to find surfing the great webspace . . . 3D Living Dolls . . . 3D photos and the like of ultra-realistic sex dolls. The Stewardesses . . . a classic pornographic film comes to you…

All the Way . . . not Gay . . .

by Brian David Phillips • May 4, 2005

Karl is a real man macho type of guy who in no way shape or form resembles anything that could ever be misconstrued of as gay . . . Karl is the Alpha Male of Taichung . . . and don’t you forget it! This post is rather more than amusing. – Brian, who may…

Ivy League Colleges Lead in Student-Run Porn Magazines

by Brian David Phillips • May 3, 2005

In contrast with the previous entry . . . in a bit . . . Jaclyn Trop writes that Ivy League colleges lead boom in student-run porn magazines and in most cases, the editors are university women: Porn magazines produced by and for students are proliferating on American campuses, shattering the common perception that universities…

I like my Penis . . . I like your Vagina . . .
. . . .why do you hate my penis so?

by Brian David Phillips • May 3, 2005

Christina Hoff Sommers has some very worthwhile observations regarding pot calling the kettle black at The Penis Monologues. Over 500 universities and colleges have replaced Valentine’s Day with V-Day or Vagina Day with activities and performances to The Vagina Monologues in what is less an empowering activity for women than it is an out and…

Self-Hypnosis Effective On Hay Fever Symptoms

by Brian David Phillips • May 2, 2005

Good news for those who suffer from hay fever or similar allergic responses . . . Self-Hypnosis Effective On Hay Fever Symptoms: group of researchers of the University of Basel, Switzerland, has performed a randomized controlled trial on the use of self-hypnosis (which was likely to induce relaxation) on a hay fever symptoms. Many people…

Into the Garden of Delights . . .
. . . a waking dream . . .

by Brian David Phillips • May 2, 2005

Vacations with Hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • May 2, 2005

More from Vacations with Hypnosis: Very cool. Will you go into more detail about what you do (i.e. hyperacuity and/or hyperemperic intensity) – they sound very sexy! But what the hell are they? Thanks, Steph Stephanie, I am always talking about this. There are resources and quite a bit of discussion on this subject at…

Multimodal Hyperempiria

by Brian David Phillips • May 2, 2005

More on hyperempiria . . . a process that works well for a wide variety of trancework contexts . . . therapeutic imagery and changework, simple recreational relaxation and imaginary freedom, entertainment, and more. Recently, on the Hypnosis Technique Exchange, Dr. Don Gibbons posted about some very interesting therapeutic and recreational adaptations or processes for…

The Secret Hypnosis Trance Inductions of Ormond McGill

by Brian David Phillips • May 2, 2005

I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD of The Secret Hypnosis Trance Inductions of Ormond McGill with plenty of never before seen techniques . . . well, the cover blurb says never before seen but that’s not completely accurate . . . while quite a number of them have not been publicly demonstrated before, a few of…

Beltane . . .

by Brian David Phillips • May 1, 2005

Merry Meet and Happy Beltane, everyone for whom such greetings are appropriate. Blessed be.

Hypnotized Flies

by Brian David Phillips • May 1, 2005

In my hypnosis workshop, we have recently been talking about the claims by some folks that they can hypnotize animals . . . my contention is that the techniques demonstrated are mostly autonomic responses that should not be equated to hypnosis in humans . . . well . . . in response, one of the…