Monday, April 26, 2004

Taller Trees? The Limit Is Plumbing. To find an answer to the question, "How tall can a tree get?" a research team has performed an act of scientific derring-do. By Carol Kaesuk Yoon. [New York Times: Science] 8:08:46 PM    comment []

Star Wars Kid versus Kill Bill The inimitatable Cory Doctorow -- admit no substitutions -- sends news of the best internet video mashup evar: the Star Wars Kid (a net-icon famous for having captured his Darth Maul light-staff fights on video, thus becoming the subject of Internet mockery, which led to a really bogus lawsuit) matted extremely well into the Kill Bill trailer. I am in awe of the video effects wizardry here. 2.2MB WMV Link Alternate Link Alternate Link 2 Alternate Link 3 Alternate Link 4 (via Little Fucking Ray of Sunshine) permanent link to this entry at boingboing 8:07:44 PM    comment []

David Bowie invites fans to bootleg his songs to create mash-ups. David Bowie has today asked his fans (DJs...) to bootleg songs of his latest album "Reality" to create a new song (mash-up). "A number of entries will be broadcast via the Bowienet website, with listeners selecting finalists before Bowie chooses the winner." This is one of the first times a major international artist gives the right to do that and encourage people from all over the world to create a new art piece like this. Via The BBC. [Smart Mobs] 7:56:13 PM    comment []