Procrastinators vs. incubators. Yes! I am an incubator! It describes me perfectly. I’ve never been very good at motivating myself unless I have a concrete deadline staring me in the face. I don’t operate well with open-ended projects that just meander along. And when I pull the inevitable all-nighter to get stuff done, it’s always really good. Phew. I’m not the only one. (Link found via this related and fascinating discussion about I.T. industry productivity.)

Okay, everybody in the world has linked to the “Rube Goldberg Machine” version of OK Go’s new video “This Too Shall Pass.” And you should watch it, because it’s awesome. But what I didn’t realise is that there’s also a marching band version featuring the Notre Dame Marching Band! The band play along with them in a field with camouflaged musicians popping up and kids running around with ribbons. It’s very cool. (I wonder what the ND association is. The ND band famously played “Here It Goes Again” at a halftime show a couple years ago. Maybe that was the genesis?)

Edited to add: Okay, I just found another version of Notre Dame’s “Here It Goes Again” routine and the YouTube description clearly states that this led to the collaboration on “This Too Shall Pass.” Man, could I love the ND Band more? I could not.

Ebert’s new voice. I was tearing up.

Some amazing photos from today’s naked photoshoot. (Warning! You probably don’t want to open that link at work.) And no, I still haven’t been able to spot me and the Snook in any of them, so you don’t have to feel ooky about possibly spotting our bums.

“Sydney stripped bare for Opera House shoot.” And we were there! I’ll do a full write-up later today.

Photoshop Rain Tutorial. In case you need to, you know, make a sockmonkey werewolf look like he’s in a downpour.