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Flip Phillips

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Professor of Motion Picture Science at RIT. Ex Pixar. Visual Effects Society. Sensory neuroscientist. Snare drummer. Protanomalous trichromat. Appalachian. 1st Gen. flipphillips.com

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · Apr 5

While I was waiting for a call from the auto mechanic, unpacking records, I thought of something. #jazzsky.

Much-discussed Charles Schultz’ vinyl record collector and little kid I relate to - Charles Brown - examines my collection as I unpack it, expressing pride in -his- collection that I mistake and appropriate as my own.

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1h

Roddy Ho w/ that sword had me cracking up.

But in Chekhov's Gun tradition, I hoped that the intruder would have grabbed the other one.

#slowhorses

Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1h

A period piece of mine from the mid 2000s

Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1h

Need some modern big band? This thing drives like a 1964 Camaro.

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Prodigal Son Revisited by Wayne Horvitz, New York Composers Orchestra, Art Baron, Bobby Previte, Cleave Guyton, Dave Hofstra, Doug Wieselman, Herb Robertson, Jimmy Cozier, Lesli Dalaba, Lindsey Horner...

Listen to Prodigal Son Revisited song by Wayne Horvitz, New York Composers Orchestra, Art Baron, Bobby Previte, Cleave Guyton, Dave Hofstra, Doug Wieselman, Herb Robertson, Jimmy Cozier, Lesli Dalaba,...

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10h

You don't need to have read it to get the joke

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Cartoon. Venn diagram of two circles intersecting. The left circle contains the text 'Tristram Beer', the right circle contains the text 'Tristram lemonade'. There is no text in the intersection, leaving the reader to fill in the gap.

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1h

Whenever this comes on shuffle I get a huge dopamine hit...

I'm not 100% sure why. It's used under the intro credits to Portlandia, and there is a golden hour shot of a suburban street that triggers nice feelings. Must be connected to something...

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Feel It All Around by Washed Out

Listen to Feel It All Around song by Washed Out on you preferred music platform. Links generated and arranged by Lynkify.

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 2h

These are tough times for those of us without the resources of an in-house tailor. Or at least that's what I said to our in-house chef last night after I fired our in-house tailor.

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 2h

Amazing.

Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 7h

Twitter user snackbottledesu: Drinking water is unhealthy. It has no protein, no peptides, no aminoacids, no nutrients, and multiplies the effects of carbohhdrates. Your body naturally reuses the necessary amount of fluids necessary to keep you alive.

Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 2h

I was thinking about Steve Miller, the musician, not the demon.

His lyrical genius is probably best exemplified by rhyming 'alone' and 'poem' -

But lately you live in the jungle
I never see you alone
But we need some definite answers
So I thought I would write you a poem

#junglelove

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Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 1d

This is a terrific #mustread essay and Die Grotesk is an absolutely masterful design, like all from Klim Type Foundry.

Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 1d

'Graphic designers love Helvetica. Type designers hate it.' buff.ly/doWlmZQ

Klim Type Foundry · Die Grotesk design information

Die Grotesk was shaped in the long shadow of Helvetica, a typeface both revered and resented in equal measure. Graphic designers love it. Type designers hate it. Endlessly revived and resold,…

klim.co.nz

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in again?

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

The heppest.

Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

For us, it was/is bedtime, wherein our bed becomes 'the thunderdome'.

Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

Unsolicited advertising- rAudio, a pretty good, supported Raspberry Pi audio player.

github.com/rern/rAudio

GitHub - rern/rAudio: Raspberry Pi audio player: AirPlay, Audio CD, Bluetooth, DAB radio, DSP, Internet rafio, Multi-room, Spotify Connect, UPnP/DLNA

Raspberry Pi audio player: AirPlay, Audio CD, Bluetooth, DAB radio, DSP, Internet rafio, Multi-room, Spotify Connect, UPnP/DLNA - rern/rAudio

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

Speaking of being a nerd, I think I've found my Halloween costume.

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

a man with red hair is wearing a blue and yellow striped shirt .

ALT: a man with red hair is wearing a blue and yellow striped shirt .

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 1d

…and at night.

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 1d

Beer pairs well with neon.
(Also: how great is that ‘f’…)

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

Restaurant for me

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

I was a middle school kid when SNL happened.

I was that hyper-nerd who was curious about who wrote it - after I moved to CA there were friends who filled me in.

Names like Pell, Handy, and mostly Downey. Now this -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgF...

#snl #writing #nerdheaven

Downey Wrote That | Official Trailer | Peacock Original

YouTube video by Peacock

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 2d

A study in Nature Communications examines the relationship between musical rhythm skills and developmental speech-language disorders. The findings indicate that rhythm abilities may serve as a factor in the early identification of these disorders in children. go.nature.com/3WyI95Q 🧪

Fig. 1: All cohorts utilized in the present study are illustrated (left), with details about which rhythm traits were available within each cohort (center), spanning the following: self-reported rhythm abilities, rhythm perception (e.g., rhythm discrimination), rhythm production or synchronization (e.g., beat synchronization), and genetic predispositions for rhythm abilities (i.e., polygenic scores).

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

I have a great job, but right now I have that 'headache behind my eyeball' thing and I'm ready to quit / retire / pack up my things and move to Wisconsin.

Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

See - I thought it was Igneous People's Day... Sorry about that.

The Thing - Yes, I know he's not technically rock... but it's a joke.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 2d

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs
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Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs • Kentucky Lantern

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1.

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Flip Phillips @flipphillips.com · 1d

Mine have, luckily (?) turned into Box Storage Units... which is like a big, expensive box room, but somewhere else so I don't think about my boxes as much.

I miss some of my boxes.