all things mau

Faceball sounds funner than those Nerf Bat therapy sessions. Here’s how you play.

An introduction to Faceball from Face Ball on Vimeo.

our ladies of perpetual indulgence, originally uploaded by maubrowncow.

…by @ bigepaz

“It works like this: if you use Flickr, go to the sixth page of your photostream and pick the sixth picture there, then post it to your blog.”

Mine ended up being “our ladies of perpetual indulgence”.

So now, I tap
@felicious, @mellemusic, @misterjt, @tylr, @marilee, @missmartini

(I gotta say, It was a tad bit difficult to find people who use flickr, twitter, and blog)

A star studded cast takes on Proposition 8, the California ban on gay marriage, on a new Funny or Die original short.

Merlin Mann photo by Graham Ballantyne

We should all take a page from Merlin Mann’s approach to creativity. Here’s a snippet from his post on 43folders I’ve <abstracted> for your morning mantra madlibbing.

<hobby>, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking

Merlin Mann | Dec 1 2008

As I’ve started <hobby> more often, I’ve picked up on some interesting patterns: habits, if you like. And, as I struggle to absorb the insane physics of <hobby’s goal> with <tools used to perform hobby>, I accept upfront that the improvements to <end result of hobby> will be slow, incremental, and, largely undetectable to anybody but me — a fact that’s never more painfully clear than when I swoon over the work of the more talented friends who inspire me (<insert names of people who inspire you in said hobby> each come to mind here).

But, being instantly great at this couldn’t be further from the point. Although I started <hobby> to become a better <name for a person skilled at said hobby>, I keep <the act of the hobby> because I’ve learned to love the process. And, luckily, at least as far as I can tell, dedication to the process can’t help but make you a better <name for a person skilled at said hobby> — or a better whatever, for that matter.

Read the rest of the <real> article at http://www.43folders.com/2008/12/01/courageous-sucking

Oh, if you still need some creative juice inspiration, try some Jay Smooth:

Fellow DJ and flickr code ninja Scott Schill (@schill) scratching “Toasted Marshmallow Feet Breaks” over Gershwin’s “S’Wonderful”.  Bonus points for the phone styled headset.

There are certain artists who remind you that everybody is beautiful. This is one of those cases. Check out more at fiftypeopleonequestion.com

Fifty People, One Question: New York from Crush & Lovely on Vimeo.

via @ronxo

I used to compete in these engineering competitions in high school for my engineering club. No wonder I ended up going to film school instead.

Egg Drop Failure: ““

(Via xkcd.com.)

Leah Culver announcing that Pownce will be shutting down on the Pownce.com blog.

We’ll be closing down the main Pownce website two weeks from today, December 15th. Since we’d like for you to have access to all your Pownce messages, we’ve added an export function. Visit pownce.com/settings/export/ to generate your export file. You can then import your posts to other blogging services such as Vox, TypePad, or WordPress.

The irony of me thinking just yesterday that It was a community I was missing out on. Did you use pownce? Best wishing to the Pownce crew.

(Via The Pownce Blog.)

A few photos from yesterday’s USC vs Notre Dame tailgating in the University of California’s Alumni Park.

Hellava concert.  Crappy live videos rarely do an experience justice.  Nonetheless, hopefully this will give you an idea of Little Dragon’s appeal.  They wrapped up the night with “Wink”, morphing the original track into a dance floor banger.