xkcd: Scheduling

I love that game!

OCD: Obsessive Corgi Disorder

Holy crap, how am I just discovering this Corgi tumblr?

Tuned Pale Ale is a product that explores the musical affordances in everyday objects and promotes social spontaneity. While drinking beer, people become musically encouraged and often start making start making music with objects around them. This product aims to promote more of this type of social interaction. This product aims to inform users about the musical qualities of existing bottles and to make the bottle a better instrument.

The label indicates what notes can be played when the beer reaches certain levels by blowing across the top of the bottle. Cool!

Not pictured, but click through to see:

• The box/holder as an instrument
• Ridges added to the side of the bottle that can be played with the cap

On the heels of my Anime reblog the other day, I learned that the director of three of the films listed (Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika), Satoshi Kon, passed away that same day at the age of 46.

A rough translation of a message he wrote before his passing reads:

With feelings of gratitude for all that is good in this world, I put down my pen.

Well, I’ll be leaving now.

Satoshi Kon