So it’s been almost a month since Kanzen has seen any real activity. But there is a reason for that. Things have been slowly coming together behind the scenes for a new, more expansive, more involved project; with a much wider scope than Kanzen has had.
The team that made up Kanzen has constantly shifted, but the core group only recently began to really dissolve. Because of that, I’ve joined up with some new compatriots to form a new web entertainment group. Greybox.
Greybox will comprise a much wider spectrum of tastes. At the moment we’ve just launched Grey Matter, our weekly audio podcast – which for me is the spiritual successor to Kanzen Radio. But with new hosts and a new focus, this will not sound or feel exactly the same as KR. That’s not really a bad thing, or a good thing. It’s just how it is building a new program with its focus slightly shifted. Still, at the core the idea is the same: Unfiltered opinions on what’s going on in the world, but with a touch more technology talk.
SubPixel will remain the same, and will continue to be mirrored and updated on Studio Kanzen. The next episode of SubPixel should be released soon, especially now that the Greybox website has launched and I can bring my focus back to finishing this newest episode.
Gureto! is a brand new series I have been toying around with for quite some time. This will be launching soon.
This is only the beginning, and only the programs I am currently directly related to. My partners are busily plotting their own shows which will be added as they are ironed out. The plan being to create as wide a range of programs we can, while maintaining a high level of quality.
Oh, and don’t get the impression Kanzen is dead. This site will continue to operate independently of Greybox.
At any rate, enough talk. I’m very excited to announce the debut of Greybox.tv – and the first episode of a new podcast series, Grey Matter.
First, the good news – if you haven’t noticed, a brand spanking new SubPixel episode has gone up and online – only a month after the last. AND, production is about to begin on the next segment. So if all continues to go according to plan, we’ll continue to be able to release a new segment about every month or so. This time, we decided to do something a little different and took a full immersion style approach to the subject of virtual worlds, specifically Second Life. Second Life appealed to us in the spirit of SubPixel because it not only is a good example of a community with a large online influence, but also has a very developed individualistic culture – and most importantly is driven by user generated content. It’s kind of the epitome of the things SubPixel documents.
Kanzen Radio is ending. Our good friend, who’s been part of our podcast programming since it started, Alex Finiak, is moving on to bigger and better things. Unfortunately those bigger and better things are not in or around Chicago. We all knew Finiak’s time with us was growing short, but things sort of moved very quickly over the last couple of weeks, which is why this news may seem kind of abrupt.
There was the choice to be made of whether to continue KR without him. The dynamic of the program has shifted, so original intentions no longer work. Moreover, in a very big way – to me – Finiak was the heart of the show. To do Kanzen Radio without Fin’s involvement didn’t feel right to me, and so it’s been decided that Kanzen Radio simply has come to the end of its run. Our next show will be recorded some time next week as Fin’s schedule allows and it will be the finale to the program and our send off for Finiak.
SubPixel will continue, and as far as any other, new, weekly podcasts? I’m working on that. Hopefully I’ll be able to announce something soon.
WEP Cracking, and you.
The limitations of WEP network security, and how l33t hax0rs circumvent it to get to all your delicious private data (and download Heroes on your broadband).
While perusing the most subscribed channels on YouTube I was struck by an odd similarity between all the people who are in the top 5 pages. Now, this isn’t really a complaint, per se. I actually like some of these channels and think the person(s) who are responsible for their creation have (gasp) talent and deserve to be as popular as they are. Then again, I think Fred is everything that is wrong with popular culture and is, in every sense, the oft pointed to lowest common denominator. Of course, that’s only the opinion of someone who’s greatest YouTube achievement is photographing his friend make a mold of his penor. So, fuck me.
Anyway, lets take a look at some of the most subscribed users on that bastion of interweb pop – YouTube.
Okay, what the fuck?
Are they not all the same person, but at different degrees of awkwardness and different ages?
In that light, it almost makes sense. YouTube is some sort of vortex of time, where some future celebrity, perhaps an acclaimed actor or musician, has somehow managed to gain fame with foreknowledge of YouTube’s popularity? It’s the only explanation why some of these guys actually produce good content, and the others produce utter useless, banal, and insipid shit. Yet they all are popular. AND ALL LOOK THE FUCKING SAME.
Or, individuality is dead and everyone teenage girls just want to watch a twat who talks fast.
