Get the right colour scheme
I’m no designer so when I need to do some digital creation, I need serious help to assemble colours together and to get right colour scheme… and the associated RGB or Hex codes of course!
Well for that there is a very simple and useful website called no other than Colour Schemer . Originally the colour schemer is a professional software, but they provide a simpler free online version of the tool. I particularly like the darker/lighter scheme feature.
And for those who just not lack of design skills but also of inspiration, you can pick up any colour schemes you xant from thousands of sets created by other users on Colour Lovers.
Du retour des 60s et des petites anglaises…
Alors que les clips passent en boucle en fond sonore pendant que je pianote sur mon PC, seules quelques images restent imprégnées: du rock français en noir & blanc et des petits anglaises blondinettes sur des sons juste assez pop pour se trémousser.
Du retour des 60s
Impossible de passer à coté des clips hommage aux sixties de la relève du gentil rock français, d’un coté les BB Brunes & de l’autre le duo Julien Doré et Cœur de Pirate. D’ailleurs en voyant ces 2 là je ne peux m’empêcher de penser au duo 60s ultime Gainsbourg Bardot, bien que je ne me permettrais aucune comparaison ou parallèle artistique.
Voyez par vous mêmes:
BB Brunes – Lala love you
Coeur de Pirate & Julien Doré – Pour un infidèle
Du retour des petites anglaises
Alors que les 2 années précédentes ont vu Amy Winehouse et ses trashyssimes excès représenter les chanteuses anglaises, c’est avec un grand plaisir que 2009 a vu le retour des petites anglaises!!! Ces chanteuses aux chevelures blondes et aux grands yeux, qui délivrent avec plus ou moins de style des rythmes parfaits pour se déhancher, avec leur sens si personnel de la mode!!!
Tout a commencé en début d’année avec Duffy, of course, un petit coté 60s elle aussi, et certes plus soul que pop
(oooh duffy tous ces matins que tu m’as adouci dans la froideur londonienne de l’hiver dernier!)
Duffy – Mercy
Puis à l’été ce fut outre manche la déferlante Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott – Mama Do
Pixie Lott – Boys and Girls
Pendant ce temps Little Boots faisait son chemin à petit pas…
Little Boots – New in town
Alors que les blondes déchainent les charts pop, la rousse, euh pardon La Roux remporte les suffrages electropop
La Roux – Bulletproof
Et enfin Spécial Award de la petite anglaise à l’américaine Uffie produite par la French Touch!! oui oui oui… ou comme la décrit si bien Wikipedia “is an American-born, Hong Kong-raised, Paris-based rapper, vocalist, entertainer and lyricist currently signed by French music label Ed Banger Records.” Alors pourquoi cet award de petite anglaise? Pas juste arce que son nom ressemble a Duffy, ca c’est certain, mais parce que le clip de son “Pop the glock” sorti à l’automne est digne d’une scène tout droit sortie de Skins, la série tv à succes de E4, une sorte de 90210 anglais où l’on suit les affaires amoureuses d’ados trashy, +/-friqués, so british, et qui avat notamment révélé Dev Patel.
Uffie Pop The Glock from Uffie on Vimeo.
Pour preuve qu’elle est plus petite anglaise, qu’américaine… voici ce que ce qu’un clip de blondinette dansante trashy friquée aurait donné version New York et version Los Angeles…
A Geek Chick
1vs1: Starwars trilogy vs Lord of the rings trilogy
1vs1 : James Bond vs OSS 117
Show your spirit, record a Lipdub!
It all started with the Connected Venturesvideo… lipdubs! Not just lipsynch on webcam numa numa boy style… but a group of people staging a lipdub all together, that what I call SPIRIT LIPDUBS. And they exist in various forms…
Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger on Vimeo.
First, Office lipdub, whether they are one-take or not, a couple years ago it really felt like it was the team building activity of the holidays celebration, some were at the initiative of a few employees and some were definitely sponsored by the company management (and professionally set up), as if any company that wanted to be considered a cool company (to recruit or to sell more) had to upload company lipdub on youtube or on their press website… At first as most internet meme it was mostly Internet/Communication companies but it has quickly widened to any type of companies.
A few examples, sorry most of those are French, but I guess the meme is worldwide
- AOL : this one is the first famous French one/big one done Venture Connected style, and that has been massively shared among online French companies.
- Groupe Beumanoir : a multi-brand clothing company, so its basically a lipdubbed fashion show, its definitely sponsored by the management as a team building event, its perfectly staged, choregraphed, synched.
- Toys R’Us : I think this one particularly good as well : location all the rows of the shop give really good movement and the shop itself provide funny accessorizes, the genuine fun & average Joe style of the participants is heart warming, its prepared but its not staged like the Beaumanoir one, they are both great examples of the 2 different types of company lipdubs.
- zaOza : this one is interesting as its a multi location one, across Paris Berlin Marseille offices, but transition are flawless and you can barely noticed its 3 locations, you can identify Berlin by all the beers.
- Kia Motors : this one is not a One Take, but its very well edited and synched, and the choice of the song is great for this kind of editing.
- RTL radio group : one of the reason why this one was somewhat famous is because among the employees that participate several are radio host, of the various radios of the group, who are also famous TV show host in France, it would be like having a lipdub with Jay Leno, David Letterman Oprah and others at the same time, at the small French level of course.
- Poulets de Loué : I selected this one for 2 reasons to show that lipdub trend has reached every industry, and to show that from just lip-singing more and more lipdub project try to promote messages as well, here traditional poultry farming (no battery/ only outdoor), the song says “no no nothing has changed, every thing keeps going the same”, the footage is compared current farming with a few old footage of the company, but most of the black & white videos have been shot for the lipdub “old style”.
2/And after company lipdub… University lipdub, if you can build team spirit in a company, just imagine how much you can do with student to show school spirit…
- UQAM – University of Quebec Montreal : A very big hit on youtube with more than 2.5 millions to date as it’s a very good lipdub : a lot of people (172 students), location is perfect for the one take movement, the song is great as it’s the current big hit from Black eyed peas I gotta feeling , staging is professional and creative… at the end of the lipdub you basically just want to go party with them. 1 month of planning for the organizers, 1 day preparation for the students, 2 rehearsals, 2 take, 2d take with no edit…
but the UQAM lipdub actually comes 3 years after the first HEC Montreal lipdub (though not one take) , and they have produced several since the latest one already quite big in views on youtube and quite well set up one take.
So its to wonder if there is going to be some kind of rivalry for the best university lipdub on Montreal streets? Well considering the list of business schools, universities and even now high schools producing lipdub during orientation week, student board election campaigns or just for the fun of it, the contest for the most viewed university lipdub is definitely on and its with no surprise there is now even websites dedicated to the phenomenon http://universitylipdub.com/
The UQAM lipdub has been so huge, that already a dozen of other I gotta feeling lipdub have been made in a few weeks. The song is particularly fit and fun for this. Would there be a sub² meme to this sub meme, called I gotta feeling lipdub?
3/ As lipdub are all about showing together our spirit and unity around something it’s not surprising that some took it to the next level: Demonstration Lipdub! Whether it is to claim for changes or show your support and opinions!
- Castres – Mazamet Highway : Hell we are French we love to have political or labour claims and demonstrate and here the lipdub has been very nicely used to show why and how much south of Tarn region needs a new highway to connect the people, help them grow business, develop their cities without leaving their region. The song Toi + Moi (You + Me, by an online discovered & produced artist Gregoire) has been rewritten to explain all the benefits expected by getting the highway like any usual demonstration hymn
- Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume : In Quebec city mayor election was held on 1st November and following the success of the UQAM lipdub, NRJ Quebec radio and a supporter group of the current mayor created a lipdub during the campaign before the election, also based on the Black eyed peas song but rewritten to list all his achievements and projects for next mandate
Lipdub of all Lipdub “Rock Collection”
It all started back in 1977 with the release of Rock Collection song by Laurent Voulzy, the song tells how everybody have great memories linked to great rock songs, and so the song itself is a medley of famous songs… So a big web 2.0 event has been set up on youtube where the singer invites any group of people to produce a lipdub on one of the rock extract of his original song, and then all those are put together to create a new music video for the Rock Collection song. Well the latest edit is now 19 minutes long and shows many different group of people lipdubbing from primary school classroom to fishmarket traditional companies rugby teams and hair salon…
I think it’s a clever and honest way that this singer found to surf on a meme …
Buffy Summers meets Edward Cullen: The Vampire Slayer vs Twilight
So with all the buzz going on with the release of the 2d twilight movie I thought it was a good time to share this really good video mix from Rebellious Pixel, creating the encounter (and its consequences) of Buffy, our favorite Slayer, and Edward Cullen, one of the most famous Vampire (yes I didn’t say favorite, on purpose). Beyond the obvious story interest of having the two of them meet, Rebellious Pixel uses the video for a more political purpose to display how creepy and macho Edward Cullen behavior is, and how pathetic this anti-feminist and supposedly romantic behavior is. I had not seen things like that during the movie but Buffy’s wit definitely helped getting the point in this video!
I’m from the Buffy generation, I’m a fan of the strong witted young woman characters like Buffy Summers and even more like Veronica Mars (if only I had their smart sassy wit!), and not quite a fan of damsel in distress type like Bella. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy watching twilight movie, as a chick movie / teen movie fan I was happy to go see it and found it entertaining, but my limit in cheesy was soon reached ending up in uncontrollable laugh during the lying in the grass scene… so of course when I found this video, whatever the ending would be I was on Buffy’ side.
So your turn to vote, are you more Buffy or Twilight? And enjoy the video!
A Geek Chick
Chuck Norris Facts
Here is a Geek website referred to me by Bynouze. But before there is the test to know if this website is for you :
Step 1 : read: Chuck Norris counted to infinity. Twice.
Step 2 : did you get it and laugh?
No? Then dont go away there’s probably other post on the blog you’ll prefer to this one
Yes ? If so you can read some more at http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/
A Gee Chick
Voici un site pour Geek dont m’a parlé Bynouze. Mais avant il y a un test pour savoir si ce site est pour vous.
1/ Lisez ce qui suit : Chuck Norris a conté jusqu’à l’infini. Deux fois.
2/ Vous avez saisi et ri?
Oui: alors vous pouvez en lire plus sur http://www.chucknorrisfacts.fr
A Geek Chick


So wich trilogy has swept you away: really in your untold dreams were you figthing an army of clone troopers or an army of orcs?
Yesterday afteroon I had the chance to meet Nao, the French humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics. A random discovery but quite impressive, I was at a meeting at a coworking (open)space where someone from Aldebaran team was preparing a Robot meeting for which Nao performed a few impressive moves.