MAKE:Video - A Date with Peggy

After a frustrating day at the office, it feels good to go make something that simply works.
(playing with a bunch of ultra-bright LEDs doesn't hurt either)

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Peggy v1.0 kit


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Posted by: Phillip Torrone on July 25, 2008 at 9:58 AM

great video collin!


Posted by: Marc de Vinck on July 25, 2008 at 10:16 AM

Awesome....again!


Posted by: Limor on July 25, 2008 at 11:05 AM

this is the coolest thing ive seen in weeks, colin you rox!


Posted by: KipKay on July 25, 2008 at 11:08 AM

I love it...

especially when you nodded off for a sec...I thought at the end there would be a shapely "Peggy" formed by the LED's.


Posted by: Collin Cunningham on July 25, 2008 at 1:41 PM

Thanks peoples!

@Kip - ha good idea! (sounds like you should make one next)


Posted by: Volkemon on July 25, 2008 at 7:15 PM

Hate to intrude on the meeting of the Mutual Admiration Society...

Nice advert, marginal post. Looks like an in house crowd of cheerleaders.

@Limor......best in weeks?!? I thought the life of an appliance tech was slow.

I'm gonna watch it again before posting this to see what I missed...Done.

OK...well done ad. The music- it has 'grown' on me- who is that?

(once again..."text entered wrong"..WHAT *** TEXT?!? Try again...)


Posted by: Collin Cunningham on July 25, 2008 at 10:35 PM

@Volkemon - I did the music as well


Posted by: Constant Reader on July 26, 2008 at 1:22 AM

I'm with Volkemon regarding the mutual admiration bit. And I'm not a big fan of the creeping advertising here either.

Though I have to say, Collin's videos are really quite excellent on the whole. Stylistically, they remind me of Bre's videos, but I got the sense from other videos that Collin's alignment is more chaotic-evil (where Bre would have been chaotic-good). It's a welcome sign that he is himself --- I like Colin because he comes across as genuine, weird, and interesting.

Kip, I'm sure you're a hell of a nice guy, but the square disco-floor twinkly music intro at the beginning of your weekend project clips is at least 5 seconds too long and is not quite cheesy enough to be appreciated for camp value. It is not in the spirit of what makes this site great. Find a shorter, more interesting music clip. Make a shorter, more creative intro that takes some risks!

I think you have responded to forum feedback and your videos have gotten better since you started. But from where I sit, it seems that Collin's already got you pretty much beat in the on-camera department. And it's not because he's better looking.

Peace.


Posted by: volkemon on July 26, 2008 at 3:59 PM

@Collin- Impressive. I'm sure that a music major would find fault, but it strikes a chord (sorry!) with me. The fact that you MAKE the music youself... nice touch.

Don't really know about that Bre-good you Evil thing however....

Anyhoo...maybe it's the 'dark mystery look' in your avatar...didn't you have a different one before?

Now...if I can get this posted without entering text wrong..What text? Who knows...

(#2)nope. "Text entered was wrong. Try again." At least I know to use the 'back' arrow, not return to the post link. Don't have to type it all again...


Posted by: Phillip Torrone on July 26, 2008 at 9:09 PM

@Constant Reader - which video of bre's do you think is "stylistically" like this one?


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