In his first language video in four years, the linguistically educated Tom Scott explains how the rise of digital communication has changed grammatical standards and norms, particularly in the case of punctuation and capitalization. Scott notes how audible inflections and intentions are largely absent, so capital letters and specific punctuation marks denote different meanings in…
An Amusingly Surreal Music Video Using Remixed Vintage Footage of a Man Eating Breakfast In the Road
Animator Cyriak Harris (previously) has remixed vintage footage of a man who was eating his breakfast out in the middle of the roadway, turning it into an amusingly surreal but slightly disturbing music video. I became obsessed with this old piece of film footage and it evolved into a music video.
Dutiful Son Remembers His Father While Packing a Suitcase in the Stop-Motion Animation ‘Negative Space’
“Negative Space” is a wonderful stop-motion cloth animation that features a son reminiscing about his relationship with his now-departed father through the act of packing a suitcase. The narration of the film comes directly from a Ron Koertge poem of the same name, while the characters and scenes were created by filmmakers Ru Kuwahata and…
WordPress Hosting at Laughing Squid
Some readers may not realize this, but Laughing Squid is also a web hosting company that focuses on WordPress hosting. The revenue from our hosting services helps support this blog. In addition to our standard Cloud Sites hosting, we offer Managed WordPress, a hosting service that is highly optimized for WordPress featuring increased performance, scalability…