Life on the Cutting Edge

I feel like I ought to apologise for the lack of any content aside from blogging the adventures of dead white guys and the occasional radio link. The thing is ... it's not that my life is uninteresting, or that I'm not thinking about anything these days, it's that I can't talk about anything I'm doing or thinking because it's all unreleased and publicity-sensitive. I love what I'm doing at work and will shout it from the rooftops when it's out, but even mentioning what it is is giving the game away; in the few hours I am awake and not working I've been helping a friend with a project which is closer to release but similarly under-wraps. Life on the cutting edge looks so boring from the outside! Literally the only thing I might have blogged this week is a lame parody of the 'Exemplum' song from Mark Watson's show:

Lunchventure, lunchventure,
An adventure on your own time
But in this case it was at lunchtime
So it's a lunchventure!

For those who might like to know: there is no retail postal outlet at the CVS on Olive and Verdugo no matter how much the Post Office website might say there is.

Life on the cutting edge!

Anyway, I can't let this go without the obligatory radio links:
Day 6 on the Uncanny Valley - Probably the best five minute encapsulation of the phenomenon that makes motion-capture look so creepy; also discussion of what makes animation work when it does work, and how much of an emotional connection you can get out of even a very simple drawing. Props, Mr Weschler! And get well soon!
The People's Post - The history of the postal service! I'll admit I haven't listened to the whole thing yet on account of not spending much time at my desk this week, but it's been great so far!