tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82107964953546830862024-03-13T18:04:32.434+01:00Part Gilt - Part GoldAvohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-69801317954990470322012-11-24T19:43:00.000+01:002012-11-24T19:43:11.140+01:00Photography - Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the YearThe results are in (have been for a while) for the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. So if you live in London, you can go to the museum (<a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/getting-here/index.html">Natural History Museum</a>) and check out the expo, but for the rest of us for whom London is entirely too far away, they've put a large number of awesome pictures online for our viewing pleasure. : D<br />
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Here are just some of the ones that caught my eye, for more check out the site by <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/categoryGroup.do?group=1" target="_blank">clicking here</a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Blast off"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Evening rays"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Heavenly view" doesn't this one just look like an awesome ink painting?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Relaxation"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Warning night light"</td></tr>
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<br />Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-28538613658762206272012-09-11T18:23:00.001+02:002012-09-11T18:24:54.764+02:00Multimedia - NY Times "One in 8 million"In the old news category, here's something I discovered that I had missed when it happened in 2009.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">NY Times</a> did this awesome photo+audio series about real people in NY talking about themselves and their lives. It's called <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html" target="_blank">"One in 8 million"</a>. You may have heard of it because it won an emmy in the "New approaches to documentary" category in 2010. <br />
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I'm not going to rip the audio from their site, but here are 4 people with their profile pictures to give you an idea...<br />
They're all interesting character studies, probably of interest to anyone studying people, or interested in representing people in fiction. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to start exploring this interesting project and begin meeting some of the 54 people depicted in it.<br />
Also, if you're into that kind of thing the way I am, you gotta dig all those awesome accents!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"To play for people is everything. When they come to you they are suddenly in this world you've created"</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"She asked me what kind of plant it was so I said it was an eggplant, and she said, "So that where we get our eggs from?" and that's when I noticed a lot of kids in NY don't know where their food comes from you know?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html#/eliza_smith" target="_blank">"Sometimes when I cook I don't taste... I just know."</a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html#/eliza_smith" target="_blank"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html#/joy_seligsohn" target="_blank">"And a woman said, "I know you, you're an actress...""</a></td></tr>
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Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-5719654646107640792012-08-19T11:57:00.001+02:002012-08-19T12:00:02.283+02:00Photography - Pop spots by Bob EganI discovered this via Katie Hosmer's post on <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/bob-egan-popspots/" target="_blank">my modern metropolis</a>.<br />
Bob Egan finds and shoots the locations used for iconic album covers and superimposes the two.<br />
In each instance you get a bit of info on how he found the spot, and the history behind the location. <br />
It's all quite neatly done! Check out <a href="http://www.popspotsnyc.com/" target="_blank">his website</a> for more.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(P.S. clicking on any of these pictures should send you directly to the corresponding post on Bob Egan's site)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Dylan... And who is that gentleman on the left?<br />
Visit Bob Egan's site to find out!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.popspotsnyc.com/billy_joel_an_innocent_man/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="292" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tV_OIyJD9yQ/UDC1jtuzYsI/AAAAAAAAAwM/3caX-lVDz8M/s400/142_Mercer_Steps_Opaque.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bily Joel, An Innocent Man.</td></tr>
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Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-36463485678320943512012-07-22T04:15:00.001+02:002012-07-22T04:17:09.196+02:00Photography - Katie HosmerA while back, doing my daily run through <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/" target="_blank">My Modern Met</a> (very nice website by the way), I came across a post by Katie Hosmer, I thought I'd share the contents of the post with y'all, but whilst digging around about the OP (original poster) I found out she was a professional photographer in her own right, and as I perused her galleries, I found out that I rather liked her pictures better than what I was originally going to post about! So check out Katie Hosmer's work like these:<br />
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Hit up her <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profile/KatieHosmer" target="_blank">MyModernMet profile</a> and her photography <a href="http://www.katiehosmer.com/index.html" target="_blank">website</a> (specifically the galleries) to find out more about her!Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-83090713486965103062012-06-08T03:10:00.000+02:002012-06-08T03:10:14.014+02:00Science - Unfortunate sex lives of bananasI don't really have much to say about this asides from the fact that it's pretty damn interesting (<a href="http://www.damninteresting.com/" target="_blank">source</a>).<br />
So forget about the tawdry sex lives of fictional characters from your favorite TV shows for a moment and click on the link to get the inside scoop on bananas or, alternatively, you could split. At any rate, there's no need to go ban... Enough banana jokes. : j<br />
<a href="http://www.damninteresting.com/the-unfortunate-sex-life-of-the-banana/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to read a well written articles about bananas! It's a good read, hope you enjoy it as much as I did. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WTDvVOb3CM8/T9FQcn56OlI/AAAAAAAAArk/Z0cmyJVMVS8/s1600/banana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WTDvVOb3CM8/T9FQcn56OlI/AAAAAAAAArk/Z0cmyJVMVS8/s400/banana.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-27585154172969031362012-06-06T01:31:00.002+02:002012-06-06T01:40:13.561+02:00Infographic -Logical fallaciesI don't remember where I found this, but <a href="http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/home" target="_blank">this is where it is from</a>.<br />
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I find it interesting how clever or trained people know how to use these to manipulate conversations, whilst others fall into these unwittingly and actually weaken their position in a discussion because of them, but only if the people they addressing have critical and analytical minds.<br />
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I name no name and point no fingers, but amongst a human history of examples, a current example of a place rife with logical fallacy (and repeatedly, though ineffectively called out for it) would be a certain vulpine TV network. ; j<br />
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(for an easier to read version, <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/yourlogicalfallacyis/pdf/LogicalFallaciesInfographic_A1.pdf">click here</a>)<br />
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Her name is Mengyu "Jenny" Chen. Her website is <a href="http://cmycmyk.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I first saw her work over on <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/" target="_blank">laughingsquid</a>, and she's been cropping up all over the place for the following gifs:<br />
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Which are all neat, but there's a lot more cool stuff on her website.<br />
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She's apparently a part of <a href="http://cmycmyk.com/the-impossible-project" target="_blank">a project</a> to save the last Polaroid production plant to keep instant photography alive. So they made ads for magazines that are to be realized on card-stock imitating the look and feel of actual Polaroids, here's one below.<br />
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Or you could check out her illustrations:<br />
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Or her photography, or crafts etc.<br />
Basically, check out <a href="http://cmycmyk.com/" target="_blank">her website</a>, you might enjoy it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By the way. New mail link is on the top left.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Feel free to ignore or use it as you see fit. : j</span>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-71587249604372327552012-06-01T18:32:00.000+02:002012-06-01T18:35:40.304+02:00Photography - SimulatorI found this <a href="http://camerasim.com/camera-simulator/" target="_blank">neat little app</a> via IZ Reloaded <a href="http://izreloaded.blogspot.fr/2012/06/camerasim-simulates-digital-slr-camera.html">(source)</a>.<br />
It essentially lets one experiment with camera settings and see what happens.<br />
I would have loved to have had this back when I was first learning to take pictures, and when, of course, I had to buy film and have it developed to do so.<br />
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At any rate, it's fun to play with, and even more so if you aren't used to having control over your shots.<br />
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In other news, the format of this blog is going to be changing soon.<br />
Basically, I'm going to turn comments off and add a email link for those who absolutely want to get back to me.<br />
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Thanks for reading.<br />
In conclusion, here is a picture of a sleeping kitty:
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mljrvxDvp1Y/T8jtKhVjvfI/AAAAAAAAAqc/k7yeb7bEF70/s1600/P1010303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mljrvxDvp1Y/T8jtKhVjvfI/AAAAAAAAAqc/k7yeb7bEF70/s640/P1010303.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-20875552560801213152012-05-15T10:52:00.001+02:002012-05-15T10:52:07.405+02:00Video - When Jacob met Tyler Gregory's guitar<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gKXkbs55KXU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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Jacob is eight years old, seeing-impaired, autistic, and seems to dig the midnight special.<br />
I don't want to over-think it, I just want to enjoy the goodness of the moment...<br />
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The musician's name is Tyler Gregory, you can visit his website <a href="http://tylergregorymusic.com/fr_video.cfm" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(found on <a href="http://www.reddit.com/" target="_blank">reddit</a>)</span>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-78440935531464950322012-04-17T11:03:00.000+02:002012-04-17T11:03:28.192+02:00Video - Ads of awesomenessOne or two people have asked me where I come up with the stuff I post, which was why I was going to post a list of some of the places where I hang out online (ie check daily). But going through my daily ritual of combing through my list of sites, I found two neat ads that I figured I would share with y'all immediately. So I reckon the link post will occur some time in the future.<br />
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In a regular sleepy town somewhere in Belgium, Turner decided to do the following:<br />
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<a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/04/16/holy-crap-this-is-awesome-push-to-add-drama-video/">via geeks are sexy</a><br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat">Casey Neistat's(the creator) youtube channel</a>, he has some other neat vids!Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-88118586888553333812012-03-30T17:47:00.000+02:002012-03-30T17:47:19.040+02:00Video - Hip to PotterTrends have always piqued my curiosity. Why does one story that has all the elements of another become a mainstream hit whilst the another, potentially superior (at least in my mind), does not? <br />
Yes, marketing, circumstance, timing, etc.<br />
There is a different cocktail of reasons in each case.<br />
I have always been interested to observe how major trends come and go, perhaps because I exist on the fringe it's easier for me to do so... It's certainly easier to observe them as an outsider than to try and chase them and conform to them as an insider.<br />
Here's a look at the lighter side of that phenomenon. <br />
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Link to the youtube channel of its makers: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGetGoUCB" target="_blank">The Get Go UCB</a>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-22605954493137329392012-03-22T16:45:00.000+01:002012-03-22T16:45:28.931+01:00Science - NSF vizualization challengeI was originally going to make this a picture post, but then I found a neat video that encapsulates what this is about. So lets start with that. For best effect, full screen the video (click on the little icon that looks like a frame on the bottom right of the vid). <br />
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So what is this about? Straight for their website: <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Some of science's most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklin's X-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten.<br />
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How many people would have heard of fractal geometry or the double helix or solar flares if they had been described solely in words? In a world where science literacy is dismayingly rare, illustrations provide the most immediate and influential connection between scientists and other citizens, and the best hope for nurturing popular interest. Indeed, they are now a necessity for public understanding of research developments.<br />
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal <i>Science</i> created the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge to celebrate that grand tradition--and to encourage its continued growth. The spirit of the competition is to communicate science, engineering and technology for education and journalistic purposes."</span><br />
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Their homepage is <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/index.jsp" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Archive of winning entries dating back to 2003 is <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/winners.jsp" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Well worth having a look if you don't feel like watching the video or if you want more.<br />
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Of course, the concept itself is awesome, but one of the many things I really like about these, is the way they demonstrate that aesthetic beauty can be found beyond the scope of what is commonly accepted as such. Science is undoubtedly one of the many ways an observer can achieve a different appreciation of the world around us.<br />
Oh, and I also dig how alien some of these shots seem.<br />
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Here are some of my favorites in no particular order (clicking on the captions brings up a popup telling you more about what the picture is):<br />
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Credit: Marna E. Ericson, University of Minnesota</a> </td></tr>
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Credit: Graham Johnson, Graham Johnson Medical Media</a> </td></tr>
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Credit: Mario De Stefano, Antonia Auletta and Carla Langella; Second University of Naples</a> </td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/images/zoom_blood_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/images/zoom_blood_lg.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/popup/zoom_blood.jsp" target="_blank">Zoom into the Human Bloodstream<br />
Credit: Linda Nye and the Exploratorium Visualization Laboratory, The Exploratorium</a></td></tr>
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I took some pictures- clichéed clichées perhaps.<br />
After a bit of encouragement from Khnoum, I figured I'd post some of them. They're in the order they were taken, so if anyone cared or knew Paris well enough, they could track my loop through Paris.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(click on any pic to enlarge)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side view of the Opera Garnier</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Seine looking like an impressionist painting thanks to the mist</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quai Conti, maybe...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bizarre storefront on the boulevard St Germain (no, I'm not saying what shop it is. ;))</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPfj0KMUyKo/T0meDX6aKaI/AAAAAAAAApg/hoftNzjkpOw/s1600/05+concorde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPfj0KMUyKo/T0meDX6aKaI/AAAAAAAAApg/hoftNzjkpOw/s640/05+concorde.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Place de la Concorde</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passerelle Solferino, thank you google maps.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AZYchGt3nXQ/T0meGCyVWiI/AAAAAAAAApw/EVE8O5rcCIA/s1600/07+palais+royal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AZYchGt3nXQ/T0meGCyVWiI/AAAAAAAAApw/EVE8O5rcCIA/s640/07+palais+royal.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside the Jardins des Tuileries</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lion in the night on mane street. ; p <br />
Mane street is just off of place Charles de Gaulle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lb0cLQmc5Lc/T0meJJ1eKkI/AAAAAAAAAqA/DAZCUTlbUsw/s1600/09+pereire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lb0cLQmc5Lc/T0meJJ1eKkI/AAAAAAAAAqA/DAZCUTlbUsw/s640/09+pereire.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Porte Maillot</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2h15mins and 16kms later it was time to hit the sack.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-39841158676441194632012-02-16T13:48:00.000+01:002012-02-16T13:48:00.726+01:00Video - Apocalypse later, surf nowI love the idea and the feeling in this video.<br />
The idea that things of global magnitude can occur and be almost irrelevant on a personal scale.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cnzOmXK21aI" width="560"></iframe><br />
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There is something grandly self absorbed in saying "Screw you" to the end of the world.<br />
"I was surfing yesterday, I'll surf today, and tomorrow I die with a smile".<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/keef70" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Keef70's youtube channel.</span></a>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-9813992755792861272012-01-18T01:02:00.001+01:002012-01-18T01:04:03.637+01:00Art - Two galleries from retronautsI wasn't quite sure how to categorize this post, and I eventually settled on calling it art.<br />
I recently stumbled onto a site called <a href="http://www.retronaut.co/" target="_blank">retronaut</a>, which features thematic retro photo galleries.<br />
Lots of interesting stuff there.<br />
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Here are some samples (click on the titles to get the whole enchilada) from two galleries I thought y'all might enjoy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.retronaut.co/2011/03/cartoons-vs-old-masters/" target="_blank">Cartoons Vs. Old masters</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Cartoon-Old-Master-5-520x424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Cartoon-Old-Master-5-520x424.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Cartoon-Old-Master-6-520x480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Cartoon-Old-Master-6-520x480.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Cartoon-Old-Master-8-520x389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Cartoon-Old-Master-8-520x389.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.retronaut.co/2011/12/alternate-histories-by-matthew-buchholz/" target="_blank">Alternate history by Matthew Buchholz</a> (fullsize to read the caption, it makes the image)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1171.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/462.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/748.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>If you like Matthew Buchholz, check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/alternatehistories" target="_blank"></a>his <a href="http://www.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/748.jpg" target="_blank">etsy shop</a> in which you can see many more of his creations (he has a cute picture in his etsy profile).Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-74657128380221705372012-01-07T04:27:00.000+01:002012-01-07T04:27:12.604+01:00Video - Math humor<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q5cab4NMHsY?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br />
So I was watching this I said to myself "Hold on! That's Manny from Black books!"<br />
I checked, and indeed it was Bill Bailey playing a caveman. ; j<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/" target="_blank">From Ape Lad's photostream</a></td></tr>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5zVaFjSxAZs?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-58490296615153932892012-01-03T14:57:00.000+01:002012-01-03T14:57:14.610+01:00Video - Yakfilms youtube channel (Dance videos)<a href="http://boingboing.net/" target="_blank">Boing boing</a>er <a href="http://deanputney.com/" target="_blank">Dean Putney</a> posted a yakfilm video a few days ago, and that got me started...<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/YAKfilms" target="_blank">Yakfilms</a> is a youtube channel featuring urban dancing.<br />
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In their own words:<br />
"YAK FILMS is an international production team whose work with urban dance began with the legendary TURF FEINZ crew from Oakland, CA, innovators of the TURF dancing style. Today the name YAK is synonymous with a unique style of street-based documentation of the global dance movement."<br />
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I had a lot of fun watching these videos... I hope you will too!<br />
PS Their <a href="http://youtu.be/Vu35GzjIzSk" target="_blank">top5 dance vids for 2011</a> (just click on the next button on the bottom to skip the commentary vid and get to the dancing) is very much worth checking out, really tempted to gush about each one! : j<br />
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Stripey shirt's alternations from slow to fast are are thing of beauty!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5G2JV_1RQoE?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-30637309790239679562011-12-20T12:24:00.000+01:002011-12-20T12:24:37.880+01:00Art - Learning to love you moreI've recently come across this website called <a href="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/index.php" target="_blank">"Learning to love you more".</a><br />
To best describe it, I'll cut paste from their intro:<br />
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<i><span class="bodytext2">"Learning to Love You More is both a web site and series of non-web presentations comprised of work made by the general public in response to assignments given by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher. Yuri Ono designed and managed the web site."</span></i><br />
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<span class="bodytext2">The project took place from 2002 to 2009 so, unfortunately, it's too late for us to officially take part. It's still very interesting to see/hear/listen to what others did, and to observe how people from different backgrounds articulate a guiding directive in different or in similar ways... </span><br />
<span class="bodytext2">At any rate I hope you'll have as much fun exploring the website as I did.</span><br />
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<span class="bodytext2">Here are just some some of my favourites...</span><br />
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<u><span class="headerone2">Assignment #32</span> <span class="headerone2"> </span></u><br />
<u><span class="headerone2">Draw a scene from a movie that made you cry:</span></u><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/32/t_natalie/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="259" src="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/32/t_natalie/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bodytext2">"The final sequence in <i>Requiem for a Dream</i> that is entirely about devastation and degradation."<br />
Natalie T. <br />
Oakland, California USA</span><span class="headerone2"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/32/chiara/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/32/chiara/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bodytext2">"From <i>Fight Club</i>, You met me at a very strange time in my life."<br />
Chiara <br />
GERMANY </span></td></tr>
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</span><span class="bodytext2"> </span><br />
<u><span class="bodytext2"></span><span class="headerone2">Assignment #4</span></u><br />
<u><span class="headerone2">Start a lecture series.</span></u><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_992025965" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/4/royer_ric/1.gif" width="231" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/reports/4/royer_ric.php" target="_blank"><span class="bodytext2"><b>In Touch a picnic lecture series on absorbing art through the skin</b></span></a></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bodytext2"><b> </b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bodytext2"></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="headerone2"> </span><span class="bodytext2">"In Touch"<br />
Ric Royer </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bodytext2"></span><u><span class="headerone2">Assignment #42</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span class="headerone2">List five events from 1984.</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="headerone2"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="bodytext2">-Being in Los Angeles for the Olympics but only seeing the torch.</span><br />
<span class="bodytext2">-Being upset that Reagan won again.</span><br />
<span class="bodytext2">-Hearing Punk Rock For the first time.</span><br />
<span class="bodytext2">-Checking out Doonesbury Anthologies from the Fletcher Branch Library in Little Rock and photocopying the books at my mother's receptionist job.</span><br />
<span class="bodytext2">-Cooking for my family the first time.</span><span class="bodytext2"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="bodytext2">McCloud Zicmuse <br />
Olympia, Washington USA</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span class="headerone2"></span><span class="headerone2"></span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span class="headerone2"></span><span class="headerone2">Assignment #63</span> <span class="headerone2">Make an encouraging banner.</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span class="headerone2"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/63/j_julia/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/63/j_julia/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bodytext2">Julia J. <br />
Charleston, South Carolina USA </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="headerone2">In large friendly letters?</span><span class="headerone2"> (THGTTG FTW) ; j</span><u><span class="headerone2"></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="headerone2"><br />
</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span class="headerone2">Assignment #16</span> <span class="headerone2">Make a paper replica of your bed</span></u></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/16/farrell_anne/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/assets/images/16/farrell_anne/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="bodytext2">Anne Farrell <br />
Perth, AUSTRALIA</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="headerone2">And on that note I bid you all goodnight. : j</span><u><span class="headerone2"><br />
</span></u></div>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-88921221384593728612011-11-16T13:24:00.004+01:002011-12-01T11:48:53.616+01:00Photography - Three way photo safari Vol. IIIFor this edition of the safari a newcomer joined <a href="http://khnoumdanslaboue.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Khnoum</a> (click here for Khnoum's blog) and me: meet Khnoum's friend Jürgen, who runs a <a href="http://www.inkandfeather.de/" target="_blank">photography business</a> in Germany. <br />
Our themes were Isolation, Magic, and Startling.<br />
If you'd like, you're welcome to guess who took which shots. We each took one shot for each theme.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Isolation:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sd1rcyYP5R4/TsOeDfwM6wI/AAAAAAAAAn4/2s7Csv-Efug/s1600/4_layers_of_isolation_2kpx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sd1rcyYP5R4/TsOeDfwM6wI/AAAAAAAAAn4/2s7Csv-Efug/s320/4_layers_of_isolation_2kpx.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 layers of isolation</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tNWbnNii6ns/TsOeEI_aEeI/AAAAAAAAAoA/0i0tcvrWy7k/s1600/isolation+-++...+In+the+Crowd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tNWbnNii6ns/TsOeEI_aEeI/AAAAAAAAAoA/0i0tcvrWy7k/s320/isolation+-++...+In+the+Crowd.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...In the crowd</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oxWZFcuzHO4/TsOeFXJ3bVI/AAAAAAAAAoI/XuVNsmpesN4/s1600/isolation+-+Downtown+Paris+6pm.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oxWZFcuzHO4/TsOeFXJ3bVI/AAAAAAAAAoI/XuVNsmpesN4/s320/isolation+-+Downtown+Paris+6pm.gif" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Paris 6pm</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Startling:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8dJ0nCGcI2I/TsOeL3AEFhI/AAAAAAAAAo4/BBuzJ1-R-PE/s1600/startling+-+Shhh%2521%2521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8dJ0nCGcI2I/TsOeL3AEFhI/AAAAAAAAAo4/BBuzJ1-R-PE/s320/startling+-+Shhh%2521%2521.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shh!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ceAkPYyngJY/TsOeKRKZCrI/AAAAAAAAAow/LpikK4Qndys/s1600/startling+-+Reach+out+and+touch.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ceAkPYyngJY/TsOeKRKZCrI/AAAAAAAAAow/LpikK4Qndys/s320/startling+-+Reach+out+and+touch.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reach out and touch</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zGHH5QuTEG0/TsOeJEUsUBI/AAAAAAAAAok/QtnZ-Z3iBBk/s1600/reaching4startling3kpx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zGHH5QuTEG0/TsOeJEUsUBI/AAAAAAAAAok/QtnZ-Z3iBBk/s320/reaching4startling3kpx.jpg" width="88" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reaching 4 startling</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"> Magic:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UG-Lzcxmb9k/TsOeH2mUjUI/AAAAAAAAAoY/AZooXPKTrOQ/s1600/magic+-+Music+Shop+Magic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UG-Lzcxmb9k/TsOeH2mUjUI/AAAAAAAAAoY/AZooXPKTrOQ/s320/magic+-+Music+Shop+Magic.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music shop magic</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nc9surrYSGY/TsOeIpuN_hI/AAAAAAAAAoc/dgaTEiEmr6k/s1600/praying_for_magic2kpx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nc9surrYSGY/TsOeIpuN_hI/AAAAAAAAAoc/dgaTEiEmr6k/s320/praying_for_magic2kpx.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Praying for magic</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c2uDm5xzU5E/TsOeHCS45bI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/kjprJJLRxrU/s1600/magic+-+Escher%2527s+haunted+cat.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="207" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c2uDm5xzU5E/TsOeHCS45bI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/kjprJJLRxrU/s320/magic+-+Escher%2527s+haunted+cat.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Escher's haunted cat<br />
(if you stare long enough, the ghost appears.. So try not to stare!)<br />
PS it turns out the specter only appears if you enlarge the image and then stare at it. So you should all be safe! : j </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-54344925693927093902011-11-09T14:56:00.002+01:002011-11-10T04:03:31.666+01:00Video - The adventures of Todd BieberI was reading through <a href="http://www.blogger.com/boinboing.net">Boing Boing</a> this morning when I happened upon a heartening video posted by Mark Frauenfelder (a boingboing regular)... It was about a seditious NYC criminal named Todd Bieber who defied the law and created beauty where naught but waste and refuse had lain.<br />
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Ok, perhaps that's over-dramatising a bit, he is a filmmaker and humanity adventurer who planted flowers and vegetables...<br />
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Here's the skinny on that tale (which happens to tangentially tie-into my next post):<br />
Part 1<br />
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Part 2<br />
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This story made me smile and set out to do my research (aka poke around the net) before posting about it... And discovered that it wasn't Todd's first adventure of this sort! <br />
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If you're like me and you missed the tale of the lost film that came to an end in March, watch the saga unfold through these 3 videos:<br />
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Part 1<br />
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Part 2<br />
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Part 3<br />
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Good stuff! Right up there with <a href="http://www.xkcd.com/325/">shipping bobcats instead of chairs on ebay</a>. : j<br />
To find out more about Todd bieber here are the the usual links:<br />
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<a href="http://toddbieber.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Todd's Tumblr</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/toddbieber" target="_blank">Todd's Twitter</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/toddbieber#p/a" target="_blank">Youtube channel</a> <br />
<a href="http://toddbieber.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bieber's blog (defunct) </a>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-67401129835241915172011-10-26T03:34:00.000+02:002011-10-26T03:34:08.185+02:00Music video - Double bill: Coco Rosie / Florence + The MachineBeen going through some changes lately. Today I've stumbled onto two bands that I find quite interesting... and that spark some ambivalent feelings in me.<br />
I can say for sure that I like these two tracks... Or perhaps it's the way they reflect how I'm feeling at the moment... It would seem I'm not so sure after all. : j<br />
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At any rate perhaps you might like them, so here they are!<br />
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Florence+The Machine: What the water gave me <br />
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CocoRosie: Fairy paradise (music starts 1m50s in)<br />
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Florence+The Machine<br />
<a href="http://www.florenceandthemachine.net/index">Their website</a> (with news, a music player, shop) <br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/florenceandthemachine">Facebook</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/florenceandthemachine">Myspace</a> (with music)<br />
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CocoRosie<br />
They don't seem to have home pages at the moment (down I'm guessing)<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/CocoRosie/6762792489">Facebook</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/cocorosie">Myspace</a> (with music)<br />
<a href="http://www.hairnet-paradise.com/">Very good fansite</a> (with info, music,the works)Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-15822505802934101552011-09-24T06:54:00.000+02:002011-09-24T06:54:47.558+02:00Music video - Axis of Awesome performing on red nose dayThis made me smirk quietly to myself at six in the morning after waking up from weird dreams about bloggers who have exited the stage. <br />
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<a href="http://www.axisofawesome.net/">Their website.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/axisofawesomemusic">Their myspace with their tour dates and some of their music.</a>Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-60745265620204452052011-08-30T23:48:00.000+02:002011-08-30T23:48:38.649+02:00Text - We are become pals (Joey Comeau and Jess Fink)There are a number things I enjoy on internet and sharing those is what this blog is all about. <br />
Curiously, one of the one's I indulge in on a daily basis (webcomics!) hasn't gotten much coverage here.<br />
Well this post isn't about webcomics either...<br />
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Today I'd like to share a series of short fiction written by Joey Comeau and illustrated by Jess Fink.<br />
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Ok, so why the windup about webcomics? Well, I first discovered Joey Comeau through <a href="http://www.asofterworld.com/">"a softer world"</a>, a series he is creating in conjunction with Emily Horne. A softer world uses captions and pictures to create single standing episodes, three frames and a handful of lines to tell a story, stories that pack a punch. They are at times tragic, bitter, sweet, funny, random, and everything in between or any combination of the previous and many other things.<br />
Well, recently, I found out that Joey Comeau was working with Jess Fink (who does just the right illustrations for these texts) on a series of short stories aptly named <a href="http://wearebecomepals.tumblr.com/">"We are become pals"</a> featuring the (mis?)adventures of two teenage girls called Helen and Jane (pictured below). I feel as if I should put up an excerpt, but the chapter/stories are so short there wouldn't be much point. Lets just say I strongly recommend these stories to anyone who likes reading and Calvin & Hobbes.<br />
The first part of <a href="http://wearebecomepals.tumblr.com/">"We are become pals"</a> can be found <a href="http://wearebecomepals.tumblr.com/post/7503447037/chapter-1">here</a>.<br />
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! : j<br />
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<a href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp9e71uMeA1qkgdns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp9e71uMeA1qkgdns.jpg" width="320" /></a>Joey Comeau:<br />
<a href="http://untoward.livejournal.com/">Livejournal</a><br />
<a href="http://cargocollective.com/joeycomeau/#">His books</a> (some available for reading online)<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/joeycomeau">Twitter</a><br />
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Jess Fink:<br />
<a href="http://jessfink.com/">Her website with links to her blog, comics, art gallery, and more.</a><br />
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Avohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210796495354683086.post-42836697626728354222011-07-27T16:38:00.001+02:002011-07-27T16:40:41.972+02:00Music - Free beats (NYC)I've been to New York city twice... I can't claim to know it to any extent at all, and yet, through media and through stories, I have come to develop an idea of what I think NYC <i>should</i> be like.<br />
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My fantasy NYC is neither goon squadded and heavily policed, nor is it the post apocalyptic madhouse of drugs, sex, and punk of the seventies...<br />
It's mixture of details from stories taking place in New York combined with details about their past that the New Yorkers I've met have shared with me.<br />
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As a result I'm only likely to ever see my fantasy NYC in fiction, but every now and then I hear things that make me wonder if it isn't actually out there, somewhere, under the grime and hustle-bustle of the Big Apple.<br />
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At any rate, this made me grin...<br />
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As the first youtube vid states, for those interested in what makes this effect possible, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/in2rc/guitar_string_oscillations_captured_on_video/">a conversation on reddit</a> is ongoing.<br />
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In case you were thinking that the second video sounded nice (I certainly did), here's a full version of that song and another from the person.<br />
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And here's the other song of his I found scraping the net:<br />
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