Friday, August 15, 2014

NYPD tells Officers They’re Allowed to Be Photographed

(If this sounds familiar, it's because about two years ago, the same thing happened in in Washington DC.)

NYPD Sends Out Official Memo Telling Officers They’re Allowed to Be Photographed, article.

Here is part of what the police (!) wrote to their officers:

Members of the public are legally allowed to record police interactions. Intentional interference such as blocking or obstructing cameras or ordering the person to cease constitutes censorship and also violates the First Amendment.

Audrey Beautiful Slow Motion Hooping

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Bob's Burgers - Taffy Butt, sung by Cyndi Lauper

I was not attracted to Bob's Burgers for the longest time, but then I saw a bit which showed me that not only was it funny, it also had actual stories.

One episode, The Belchies, ends with a song which not only is good, but is sung by Cindy Lauper (I love her, she's game), and not only that, but is *about* the story and the ending, written specifically to it.

I post two versions, the second has the animation, but very poor sound, the first one has only sound, but sounds good.






The episode:




(By the way, does anybody know how they record something off the TV and get it to a computer?) (Without using a video camera, like some do.)

Incredible Editing Technique Lets You Turn 2D Objects in a Photo Into 3D Objects You Can Manipulate

[Thanks to Bert] 

 "Incredible Editing Technique Lets You Turn 2D Objects in a Photo Into 3D Objects You Can Manipulate" - article and video.