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A History of Feeling Small

bradley — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:51:15 +0000

Let me please preface this by saying that my friend Summer has a job that I am exceptionally enviable of – she works at the Hayden Planetarium in the American Museum of Natural History. That very museum has released a video using 4D mapping technology to impart just how little we are when compared to the grandeur of the entire universe.

Don’t be thrown off by that explanation, 4D mapping is just a method used to equate space and time as measured by light. I can’t crunch the math on it, which is why Summer is safe from me taking her job, but the theory basically states that time and space are the same thing.

The video itself is stunning, and can easily impart a sense of interstellar loneliness on the observer. And it made me instantly flash back to a video that probably had a far greater impact on my childhood than anyone at Warner Brothers Animation intended. Of course, I speak of Yakko Warner’s Universe Song

That song does a fairly good job of driving home an existential crisis, doesn’t it? To think, this show was aimed at grade schoolers.

For those who prefer to feel insignificant with a more upbeat tempo, and loads more British thrown in to boot, there’s always Monty Python’s Universe song from the classic film “The Meaning of Life.”

And I suppose I should say something uplifting now like, even though you got a parking ticket today, you can take heart in knowing that at that very moment, a star, somewhere in the far off reaches of space, was born. But really, that’s not my style. Instead, I’m going to be logging of the Internet in a bit to get back to work on my book.

My current goal is to complete the first draft of Project Kingdom by February 14th. Valentine’s Day. How many stars will be born between now and then?

SMCRVA Presentation

bradley — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:37:28 +0000

Ah, the presentation that many of you missed – be it for geography, prior engagements, or because your Prof wouldn’t let you out of class.

No matter, the internet triumphs again. Here’s my presentation complete with non sequitor question and answer session.

Niche Communities and Social Networks – A Presentation from Bradley Robb on Vimeo.

Bradley’s Got Mail

bradley — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:12:18 +0000

Bradley’s Got Mail from Bradley Robb on Vimeo.

Let’s Talk Lost 5.05

bradley — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:41:40 +0000

So, I skipped the video for Episode 4, and you know what? I’m not going to apologize about it. But here’s last night’s rather middle-of-the-road episode “This Place is Death”

No real big suprised this week, except one teensy little one near the end which I’m not even totally sure of yet.

And sorry for the bouncing in the video, I need to stick with my tripod for these things.

Let’s Talk Lost – 5.05 – This Place is Death from Bradley Robb on Vimeo.