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Snakesnakesnakesnakesnakesnakesnakesnake

doc — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:18:01 +0000

Vi Hart is a self described “mathemusician” that creates videos with a clever mix of math and humor. Though some of her videos, like “Pi Is (Still) Wrong“, are a bit over my head, I can totally relate to How To Snakes. She’s also posted some keen music and math videos on her blog, which focus on interesting remixes of music box compositions. Highly recommend subscribing to her feed.

Yo-Yo Video Round Up

doc — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:29:48 +0000

In the week leading up to the World Yo-Yo Contest in Orlando, I had this grand idea of posting a series of yo-yo videos from around the web, but I didn’t end up having enough time. I’m glad I waited, because some really dope videos have come out recently that I’d love to share.

The first is Boxthor’s clip video from the World Yo-Yo Contest. Though the lighting is a little low, the editing is great and Boxy focuses on a lot of players that don’t usually show up in American clip videos:

Next up is a new möbius video by Tane. Möbius is a sub-style of yo-yo play that I had a hand in developing (and naming) ten years ago. Instead of starting with the string on one finger, möbius players keep the string on two fingers to make it easy to open the slip knot up and do tricks in and around the loop. I have never seen Tane’s stuff before, but I totally dig it. It’s great to see different takes on a style you love:

I was asked to judge the Artistic Performance division at the World Yo-Yo Contest this year, which mean I had a fantastic front row seat to Rei Iwakura’s freestyle. I hadn’t seen his freestyles before, so I was blown away by all the weird shit he was doing with an extra piece of string (or two strings on one yo-yo). Instant classic:

Finally, I wanted to share this yo-yo video by fellow Mission-ite and KnifeTank collaborator Lilia Markham.

hi from liliakai on Vimeo.

SF Zinefest

doc — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:43:19 +0000

So the SF Zinefest was announced a couple months ago, but it wasn’t until a few minutes ago that I actually got excited about it. What happened in that time? I dug up my old comics and found a bunch of copies of my first zine, Moebius Strip Tease, and now I’m feeling all nostalgic. I guess I usually have new things to show at these fests, so I don’t bother going through my zine graveyard, but I’m glad I did. Not only did I find 12 copies of MST, but I also found some old copies of various Cartoonist Conspiracy books and whatnot.

Moebius Strip Tease was self published in 2002 with stories, drawings and interviews by me and my friends (Schalicto and Titifreak). I had previously posted my MST interview with Jim Stensland here, but I’m now adding another story from MST titled “Penis” as a downloadable pdf here.

I’m sharing a table with my buddy Mike Hales, from IgorLabs, who’ll be pushing copies of his two newest comics (and handing out tons of business cards). I’ll mainly be pushing copies of my 24 Hour Comics and trying to convince people they need to buy as many of my wallets as they can afford, but I’ll also be selling some of my old comics and zines as well.