Music and weirdness

The deeply-talented fennel, he of the fine ear for music mixes, has put up some torrents that those of you who like to be exposed to new things might want to try. (Came up in the giant anonymous post, so I assume it is fair game to point to.)


An interpretation of disturbing sex positions from Cosmo. (Probably borderline SFW.)

Max Headroom on DVD!

This is for mzrowan, of course, but others might also enjoy.

Shout Factory has struck a deal to bring all 14 episodes of Max Headroom to DVD..

On Images both still and moving

Some sensuous photography from Zhang Jingna (the site has some very nice things)

On the motion picture side of things, Chromakey is everywhere

I sort of knew they did a lot of CGI background work, but had no idea just how extensive it is even for seemingly mundane shots.

The shot lengths in movies are approaching the pink noise ratio of 1/f - a ratio found in many parts of nature and possibly the rhythm of the brain, according to a recent study. This may help make them more grippy, even if it doesn't make them better.

And as long as we are talking movies, an argument in favour of piracy.

Finally, a series of gender-swapped superheroes from the annual calendar at PortalComic, assessed by the people at Comics Alliance.

Some are fun, and the line about Rebel being "like if Shawn Michaels got super-powers in 1992" is very funny. But for me, the crowning glory of the piece is definitely Cross-gender Asterix and Obelix!!