My son Owen Clough was inspired today watching an online video at lego.com. It was about a stop motion animator who used his old bedroom at his parents house to create a studio where he could film Lego shorts. Soon after watching the clip Owen began cutting and coloring backdrops for his Space Police Lego’s film set. I was so touched by the 5 year old’s creativity and tenacity that I decided to pitch in and point out some of the basics. For instance I told him to try not to move the camera around and to start the scene from the beginning. I had to tape his little Fisher Price camera to the table for him. Once I did that he was off and running! Owen pulled this little video off in less than few hours and had the whole family involved and cracking up!

Owen Clough - Lego Space Police Animation Episode 1

I have had some fun playing with CushyCMS. Its a simple content manager tool for your site. Its free and very easy to use. I would recommend it for those simple down and dirty updates you need to make to a brochure oriented website. Sit down get comfortable and try it yourself here: http://www.cushycms.com/

This news has been out for a while and its a big topic for eve players. I just cant wait and it was supposed to come out this year! Click here to see teaser! See also the Incarna expansion info for more details. Looks like Ill need to wait.

I’m please to announce the voting of next years SXSW (South by Southwest) panel discussions. Its a music, film, and interactive conference based in Austin, Texas and I have the honor of being in the running for speaking there. You can help make sure I go by signing up and voting for me here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3479/.

You can once again join the most intense online player vs player space game for free! Im so hooked to this game. If you like to jump in and get out like I do this game is perfect for the long run as you can train your character even when you are playing. Look for Melkweg in space Ill try to set you up.

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Marc Dole has organized a team for entry into the 48 File Project and I am excited to be a part of it. I will be doing some art direction and post graphics. We will be working next weekend on the a film that we don’t know anything about. I love that! Take a look at the rules of the challenge here: http://www.48hourfilm.com/.

Art Snob Solutions build its own version of Photoshop. So clever. See images here: http://www.flickr.com/