Comments on: Fischli und Weiss: Der Lauf der Dinge – in DivX! http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/01/fischli-und-weiss-der-lauf-der-dinge-in-divx/ social learning, open education, and petty battles with rivals over power and money... Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/01/fischli-und-weiss-der-lauf-der-dinge-in-divx/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Jon Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:54:38 +0000 http://migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca/brian2/2008/01/25/fischli-und-weiss-der-lauf-der-dinge-in-divx/#comment-1802 Honda, Toyota... ya see, just goes to show that these ads don't actually work! Honda, Toyota… ya see, just goes to show that these ads don’t actually work!

]]> By: Brian http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/01/fischli-und-weiss-der-lauf-der-dinge-in-divx/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Brian Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:38:32 +0000 http://migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca/brian2/2008/01/25/fischli-und-weiss-der-lauf-der-dinge-in-divx/#comment-1803 Jon - I blogged a Honda ad back in the day. Too bad, the link I provided is now dead: http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/brian/archives/007762.php And great point about the chemical thing! I was watching this with my five year old, he was absolutely enraptured, and wanted to know how we could do the same thing. "Well," I replied, "first you gotta be a whacked-out artist. Who knows a lot of physics... and chemistry too. And I suppose you gotta be good with tools. Yeah, that's it, you gotta be an arty film geek who does well in the science and shop classes..." And Heath Robinson is new to me, thanks so much! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Robinson">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Robinson</a> Jon – I blogged a Honda ad back in the day. Too bad, the link I provided is now dead:

http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/brian/archives/007762.php

And great point about the chemical thing! I was watching this with my five year old, he was absolutely enraptured, and wanted to know how we could do the same thing. “Well,” I replied, “first you gotta be a whacked-out artist. Who knows a lot of physics… and chemistry too. And I suppose you gotta be good with tools. Yeah, that’s it, you gotta be an arty film geek who does well in the science and shop classes…”

And Heath Robinson is new to me, thanks so much! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Robinson

]]> By: Jon http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/01/fischli-und-weiss-der-lauf-der-dinge-in-divx/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 Jon Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:24:13 +0000 http://migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca/brian2/2008/01/25/fischli-und-weiss-der-lauf-der-dinge-in-divx/#comment-1804 What I like most about this is that unlike similar films (have you seen the Toyota advert, with what we Brits call a Heath Robinson machine constructed solely out of car parts?) is that the reactions are chemical as well as simply physical. [captcha: leaders never] What I like most about this is that unlike similar films (have you seen the Toyota advert, with what we Brits call a Heath Robinson machine constructed solely out of car parts?) is that the reactions are chemical as well as simply physical.

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