I know I’m late but I just saw this Justin Timberlake video and was floored by the sleek use of a simple visual device: The audio waveform in black space. This literally gives you an idea of what the song looks and feels like and it managed to keep my attention all the way up to that end part.

Anyone know who did this?

Around here, we have a deep and abiding love/respect/admiration for the TV show CSI:Miami, not because of the action, crime solving techniques or orangey-blue glow of every scene, but because of the sweet genius that is every word that falls from the lips of David Caruso’s character, Horatio Caine.

Horatio is a man, nay a legend, who can take an situation and sum it up in one sentence while putting on his sun-glasses and exiting stage right. He has also been know to strike some fantastic poses that I am embarrassed to admit, we’ve intentionally emulated around the office from time to time. We’ve considered collecting this man’s pearls of wisdom and editing them together ourselves, however we came across this video on YouTube posted by stewmurray47.

Behold “CSI Miami - Endless Caruso One Liners”

Oh…and in case you needed one more hit, there is also this jewel posted by jhohcable; “David Caruso parks his car”. I swear this happens to me every single morning…

Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid gave a fantastic lecture last night at SCAD, titled Rhythm Science after his book by the same name. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I was definitely not prepared to be THAT inspired and intellectually stimulated.

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Just found this gem of a pilot from the creators of Acceptable TV and Ben Stiller. It’s a star studded cast and a crazy premise.
Just not too keen on their interpretation of the origins of Paragon. Though we did get our super human powers from an electrical shock through a vintage radio, the rest of the details are a bit exaggerated.

For those of you who haven’t watched cable over the last few weeks, VH1 has launched a new type of TV show called Acceptable TV. Think SNL meets American Idol. The basic premise is that viewers vote for their favorite short skit (called pilots on the show) to be continued throughout the rest of the season.

I said it’s a new type of TV show but really it’s not completely unprecedented. Current TV has been around for since 2005 doing a similar thing, even opening the creation of their advertising to viewers.

For those of you who didn’t know, (like me 2 minutes ago before reading the mental floss blog) the origins of Acceptable TV came from Channel 101 a grass roots event still held in L.A. with the same format. Except the voting viewers are a live audience.

It’s a sign of the times, everything’s going 2.0. Web sites, Superbowl ads, TV programming, .. what’s the next activity that will fall prey to the user-generated revolution? My theory is that it started with those Choose your adventure books. Who knew they’d be so groundbreaking?

I just watched my very first episode of Top Design, the latest in the list of design-related reality shows on Bravo. Watching the usual inter-personal drama ensue made me think, Are these shows really about searching for the next best thing or is it only about entertainment? I used to like watching Project Runway, not just because it’s name didn’t involve the word ‘Top’ in it, but also because I found myself learning about Fashion design and as a result, gaining a new found respect for the people on the show and fashion designers in general. It also helped that my wife’s a fashion designer and she gave her stamp of approval on the skill level of the
participants. But that aside, I began to think that maybe these shows could serve an educational purpose and further the design IQ of the couch potato public, instead of furthering the impression that all designers are egotistical prima donnas. (Even if it’s true we don’t need the public thinking that).

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