Surfwise ~ the story of one 11-member family who left behind their old world to become surf nomads

Doug Pray has a film coming out in May called "Surfwise."  It’s about Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz and the 10 other members of his family who set out on an off-the-grid odyssey in a 24-foot camper.  Here’s one [movie] trailer:

 
Here’s another trailer at Apple.  Part of the documentary’s description from that site reads: "Like many American [...]

South Park Imaginationland ~ the ideal of destructive creativity

People who create comedy from the worlds we live in are a good place to start when thinking about our ideas of ideal places.  Enter the "new feature length DVD movie" called "South Park Imaginationland":

There are no weird palm trees, just architectural evidence in which Bavaria meets the Netherlands meets Yemen set in a [...]

Lost Season Four Trailer

The TV show lost will be reappearing in February on ABC.  Here’s the trailer for the new season:

 
Is it going to be worth watching?

Is there enough of the good life to go around?

According to the Telegraph article "Beachfront property: All year in the sun, all day on the beach - all yours for £55,000," apparently "a villa by the sea, where you step out from your garden straight on to the sand, is how nearly half of us visualise our perfect holiday [vacation] home."  This information comes [...]

Disneycemetery ~ People scattering remains at the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’

There is a group of people who think that it’s okay to spread ashes at Disney’s theme parks according to this article. Apparently, the most recent incident happened on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride where a woman claimed she was putting baby powder into the water.

Australian beer "Brewtopia" ~ breaking up the beautiful people’s party

Reality busts through to Brewtopia in this Pure Blonde beer ad from Australia, brought to our attention by way of Duncan’s TV Ad Land:

This beer is apparently a full-alcohol beer with fewer carbs from Fosters.  The commercial is pretty entertaining.  There’s nothing like shaking up the ideal.  But it goes back to exactly the point [...]

Aqua-sprawl ~ will Federation Island also have 11 time zones?

Shame on Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat for proving, once again, that many architects aren’t afraid to stoop to doing jobs that (most) landscape architects and planners know better not to do. He’s designing an 865-acre (350-hectare) project for a major Russian development on the Black Sea. It’s a Russia-shaped infill island [...]

James Watson shreds Harvard’s “Soviet” science plans

NOTE: This post was written in September 2007, prior to Dr. Watson’s comments in mid-October on race and genetics.  We have been getting a lot of traffic on this post from that controversy.  We completely disagree with his point of view on that issue.  The post that follows deals with Harvard’s future direction in the [...]

Floatopia Cruise Control ~ You’re apparently safe with United Technologies

This morning I decided to get up early and sip some coffee while reading some of the zillion magazines I subscribe to.  The October 2007 The Atlantic arrived yesterday, which is currently tied with Business 2.0 as my favorite magazine.  And, no, I’m not paid to say that.
Every once in a while, I come across [...]

The Cult of Rapture ~ BioShock Splashdown

First-Person Shooter fans are readying themselves for the BioShock splashdown. The Cult of Rapture Forum says to “wait for the official demo download tonight at 7PM EDT” to make sure you have the latest version and drivers.
Rapture is the name of the underwater city in the game. David Kushner at IEEE Spectrum Sandbox has this [...]