Wayang is an Indonesian word for theatre (literally “shadow”). Wayang Kulit is the indonesian shadow puppet theatre, in which finely carved and painted leather puppets move behind a screen making the audiance see their shadows only.

In Reverse Shadow Theatre (vimeo) the situation is reversed. The role of the elaborate puppets is emphasized, while the visitor is a mere shadow trying to control the puppets by her movements.

Reverse Shadow Theatre is created with the Animata real-time animation editor. Animata is developed by Peter Nemeth, Gabor Papp and Bence Samu whose peculiarity consists in giving movement to figures and backgrounds in real-time: Code Dreams are Made of This. If you want to try playing around with the software yourself, the Animata software can be downloaded for free.

This is a 2 years old video. I already looking around, find one post in Kaskus too, but can’t find out their history, why use wayang (EyesWeb got real-time puppet animation too), or maybe one of the team studied in Indonesia once. And I found their lab, Kitchen Budapest, is interesting, they have many great project.

Six month baby. He’s really there. Run over by a train. He isn’t hiding in attic‎.

This afternoon I use Google Wave for the first time. It’s neat. ‘Waving’ with kcim from warez-bb for awhile. Then we don’t know what else to do there, so I started playing sudoku alone. My total score now is 61. I already sent invitation to my friend. Looks like no one get it yet (Google still licking the stamp :D).

So, is Google Wave worse than email? Worse than twitter? I think it’s a nice digital office. Cool playback feature. But not everyday use social media.

[update 161009] It’s supposed to be something like this:

Pulp Wave Fiction (you must watch Pulp Fiction so you understand). Nice!

One more important thing: with:public

I got 3 cool video this morning. First one, The HRP-4C girlbot sings, which is way better than Britney Spears. And this is totally not a lip sync.

Second, PhotoSketch, an internet-based program that can take the rough, labeled sketch into great Photoshopped picture (see more gallery at Giz). The author of this program are from Singapore, a country slightly larger than Samosir Island.

Maybe something like robot from Transformers will come soon? Yes, look at this transforming robot:

Anyway, the action in Transformers is great, but poor story line and act (maybe we should ban overrated Megan Fox like Wal-Mart does) . You’ll find the same great action in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) eventhough the CGI is not so real.

One more thing, Japanese is a freak! But creative!

23 most memorable moments of the legendary career of Michael Jordan. Here’s number 4, Bulls vs. Lakers, 1991 finals game 2, Michael Jordan Famous Switch Between Hands Layup:

My fav athlete of all time. I remember I used to have number 23 jersey of Chicago Bulls.

[ESPN]

A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic instrument that is capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies, which can either imitate other instruments, such as flutes or guitars, or generate unusual new timbres.

So, humanthesizer is synthesizer made from human, in this case made of, er, pretty ladies! Take 15 bikini-clad lovelies, paint them in special ink and put them in a dance studio with special conductive pads on the floor and, hey presto, you have the Humanthesizer. (But this is not about the ladies.)

Basically, the ladies stand on conductive pads on the floor, and paint their (and Harris’s) hands with the conductive skin-safe ink called Bare Conductive. When Harris slaps his hands against those of the ladies, a small current travels through their bodies and onto the pads on the floor, which triggers a sound, all without the girls feeling a thing (Giz).

This is made to promote Calvin Harris’s single, Ready for the Weekend. And the album already out now! If you need a preview of this new album take a look at his MySpace, genre: Electro, Electroclash, Pop, Disco, Dance.

The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is a mythological creature and an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet.

Nice funny ads: If you need help, better to ask it from someone you can trust.

[Inspired by Best Ads on TV eps. 41]

They are students, not professional, but their work is professional. Nice ads!

Response to D&AD Student Awards (design and advertising) brief set by Hewlett Packard.
“Present an idea which promotes HP Workstations ability to bring to life anything the creative mind can conceive.”

One of the six winners of the inaugural Democracy Video Challenge. Winner from Africa region.

And just to remind you: 20 days to go, Indonesia president election

[DemocracyChallenge]

I’m not a gamer. But this make me wanna play games.

[Microsoft's E3 News Roundup]