A journal of how I am engineering my human condition

05 January 2009

History of the Internet, in motiongraphic form

It's a bit on the geeky side but still worth a watch.

"History of the Internet" by Melih Bilgil

On a side note, how many other people think that any thing narrated by someone with a British accident makes it seem just a bit more important?

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Tribute or just inspired by

Has anyone else noticed that Kanye West's "Heartless" video and Ralph Bakshi's 1981 movie, "American Pop," share similar animation styles. And it's more then just similar, It looks like "Heartless" uses Bakshi's signature rotoscoping style. If you haven't seen one or either yet, here are the links:

Kanye West's "Heartless"
Ralph Bakshi's 1981 movie, "American Pop"