What you get when my brain crashes…

The World at Large (Kino’s Journey)

Sometimes I just get into these weird moods… sort of nostalgic, sort of melancholy… and when I do, I often watch this video or just listen to the song that goes with it.

It’s what’s known as an AMV - an “Anime Music Video,” a fan-made music video for a song made up of clips from Anime (sometimes one series, sometimes multiple series with a common theme). The song is by Modest Mouse and it’s called The World at Large, and the anime it draws from is called Kino’s Journey. This one was made by a person who goes by the name of Kwasek from a group called More Than Toast.

It’s a very well done video, and there’s something about it - about the music and the theme of Kino’s Journey, paired together, that always hits me in my “sentimental center.” It is a very moving piece of work.

Give it a watch, I think you’ll like it (and turn up your sound - the music is absolutely fantastic).

If you want to download the full video (rather than watch it on YouTube) you can get it from AnimeMusicVideos.org.

Desktop Madness Vol. 48

Nothing to see here… move along… move along…

OK, OK, I’ll join Twitter!

It seems like you can’t throw a stone these days without hitting some mention of Twitter. Everyone seems to be using it - and I admit, the idea seems sound. I hear a lot of people say that it’s replaced Instant Messaging for them.

So, after dragging my feet for this long… I finally joined Twitter.

We’ll see how this works out…

Desktop Madness Vol. 47

Pretty colors…

The DMCA In the Real World

I found this over at Miscellanea:

Sad, but true. Think about THAT the next time someone start spouting nonsense about “needing more protection for copyright holders.”