Michael VanPutten

My wife had knee surgery today. As she was resting in the recovery room, I sat next to her, hunched over a laptop in my lap. I was ‘catching up’ on my RSS feeds which I have not read avidly for four to eight weeks now. As I tapped my way through categories and posts […]

I’ve been chatting with some associates about the relation of time, media, and location. In browsing the Web, I came across an interesting tool from AOL that came out into beta over this past summer. Somehow, it never hit my radar: circaVie enables users to post photos, notes and details and then display information in […]

In 2005 I attended a WebCT software conference in San Francisco California. The last night of the conference some friends and I had dinner at a restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf. At this restaurant I enjoyed on of the best dishes I have ever eaten. The dish was kind of a seafood gumbo: there were huge […]

(source link via digg.com) Ysabella Brave sings blues, jazz, and the occasional pop song to karaoke audio CDs. Thus far, Ysabella has covered nearly 50 songs. Some may think that Ysabella’s singing skills would not land her any recording contracts. However, she is a very likable web talent. Ysabella does not take herself too seriously […]

Another ‘winter break re-discovery’ from my archived bookmarks: back in 2003 I came across Nina Paley’s “Sitayana Sings the Blues“. Nina did a wonderful job of animating gorgeous characters from the Indian epic of Ramayana to songs sung by Annette Harshaw. It does not look like Nina ever finished publishing this animated feature (or it […]

Noginsox.com sells a variety of fun bike helmet covers. Their products include bike helmet covers that look like a cute lady bug, t-rex, spike helmet, and frog. Imagine the fun and comments you will enjoy while riding your bicycle around with one of these neat-o covers. I think I would have to choose the frog.

I decided to join another site. This one is called Twitter.com. Using Twitter you can login to their site, or submit updates via IM about what you are doing at that very second. A time line is generated about what is going on. Should be a fun experiment.
You can grab my Twitter feed here.

A new Transformers Trailer was released this week. This trailer features the first samples we have seen thus far of the CG robots. There has been concern expressed online that the new movie will not play well because Michael Bay, director of the film, decided not to utilize the established style/characters of the classic 1980(s) […]

Mark over at Weblog Tools Collection wrote a cute little post titled “Things You Should Avoid Blogging About“. In summary,

Don’t write about your pet
Don’t gripe about how busy you are
Don’t whine about comments (specifically lack of)
Don’t lament the future in-laws
Don’t write ‘dear diary, i never dreamed this would happen to me…’

So, in summary, blog authors […]

Thomasz Baginski wrote and directed a short animated piece titled ‘Fallen Art‘. The piece was created by Platige Image, a Polish visual effects company.
Fallen Art is a story about generals, soldiers, and a very special project (watch the video — I will not ruin the surprise for you!). Baginski uses sound to weave this tale. […]