Tonight’s class started off by demonstrating a camera obscura constructed by taping black tarp over the windows except for a penny-sized hole cut out of a flattened piece of soda can. When we killed the lights, the whole room was turned into a canvas for an upside-down projected image of the scene outside. [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Netflix Customer Service For the Win
Monday, June 30, 2008
Proving once again that its customer service department listens and acts, Netflix has decided to keep profiles after all. Less than two weeks after pissing off hordes of subscribers, Netflix sent out this glorious message:
Thanks for listening, guys. The goodwill you earn from this is worth more than any perceived technical hassle from [...]
Ansel Olson
Monday, June 30, 2008
As if you couldn’t tell, I’m hopped-up on photography these days. I’m also, as you may have noticed, a fan of my locality, Richmond, VA.
It’s truly a shame, then, that it’s taken me this long to highlight the photography of Ansel Olson. With a background in photography and interior design and a practice [...]
Wall-E End Credits
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Okay, there are enough gushing reviews of Pixar’s latest release, Wall-E, that I needn’t muddy the waters with my lesser writing skills. I loved it. Best movie of the year so far in my opinion.
This post, on the other hand, is about the brilliant end credit sequence. Not only do we catch [...]
Debts to Society
Friday, June 27, 2008
Today I was thinking about our national debt in the United States, as of this entry estimated at about $9.3 TRILLION, or nearly $31,000 per person. This got me wondering whether other industrialized nations suffered from similar financial problems. So I did what any nerd with an internet connection would do, and researched [...]
Land AND Sea Yacht
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Yes, it’s conspicuous consumption. Yes, it’s impractical. Yes, it’s so awesome my head asplode.
BEHOLD! The Terra Wind Amphibious RV:
(via Uncrate)
Outsourcing Human Memory
Thursday, June 26, 2008
There’s an article in The Atlantic making its rounds ’round the blogosphere about the affects on the human mind of the Internet and its immediate information availability. The general idea is that with the advance of the Internet the very mechanisms of human thought are changing, affecting our attention spans and memories. Slate [...]
The Ha-Ha-Happening
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Oh boy, where do I start?
The only reason I went to see Shyamalan’s waste of celluloid, The Happening, was because Val really wanted to see it, and wanted me along for the ride so she’d have an arm or knee to grab if it was frightening. I was glad to go out for the [...]
Park
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
This one is hilarious, but if you’re at work or are sensitive to profanity, beware some of the language…
Park from Amir on Vimeo.
(via Jakob Lodwick)
