August 2018 Archives

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WT: A New Way Up

Tuesday, August 21st, 2018

New rocket vehicles from Stratolaunch mean new efforts in aircraft-launched payloads. An inflatable protrusion in the night sky. Wanna buy a hat? No After Things this week–it will return next week! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Justin: The Making of the President 1960

Bryce: Afflicted

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AT: Wash That Dish!

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018

Listener James has a question about productivity tools. A listener has a question about being “branded” into a certain category. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Tesla Model 3

Justin: BlacKkKlansman

Bryce: Picross S2

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WT: West Bank On It

Tuesday, August 14th, 2018

Animal parks are dangerous–just listen to this! What we thought was a brown dwarf may actually be an exoplanet. Plus, an update on the Space Force and Andrew’s impressions on his new Tesla 3. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: The Meg

Justin: Action News

Bryce: The Office

Childish Gambino, “This is America” on SNL

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WT: Dog Zoo!!!

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

The second half of this episode talks about visual technologies, so consider watching along with this video archive once we start talking about Childish Gambino or follow along with the video links below.
Grainy footage from Canada has us asking “IS that really a moose?” Our striped friends in the animal kingdom give us the greatest idea ever. Discussion on camera trickery and the coming commoditization of video and live VR technology. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

No After Things this week. It shall return with a vengeance next week.

Videos mentioned:

Perfume, “Mugen Mirai” on Uchimura Olympic Declaration (laser shutter)

Perfume, “TOKYO GIRL” on Uchimura Olympic Declaration (live AR)

Perfume, “Reframe” performance (dynamic projection, false shadows, AR parallax)

Perfume, “Fusion” for FUTURE-EXPERIMENT (live video meshing of remote performances)

Picks:

Justin: The Escape Room Indianapolis

Brian: Cupcake & Dino: General Services

Bryce: Orange is the New Black