Monthly Archives: July 2008

Feasting on Waves

Holy Crap!!! Alton Brown has a new show starting on September 7th called Feasting on Waves which follows his trip around the Caribbean investigating island foods. I know what I’ll be watching on Sunday nights (10pm!) for four weeks

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A Heart For Cooking

Michael Ruhlman recounts, in entertaining style, a day of cooking and eating with his former cooking instructor Michael Pardus. The dual sense of serendipity and devotion to a craft make me want to spend a day like theirs…perhaps with some … Continue reading

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For the Thrill of It

Smithsonian Magazine has a fascinating (if not slightly morbid) article about a 1924 kidnap and murder of a 14-year-old boy in Chicago by two young, wealthy, and deranged men. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb botched a scheme to kidnap and … Continue reading

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Do you believe the limits of reality are finite?

Who needs burritos when you have magic pants? (via waxy)

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Animation by Eran Hilleli

we used to call people late at night from eran hilleli on Vimeo. Eran Hilleli is a student at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, and each one of his shorts on Vimeo is a joy to watch, … Continue reading

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Down the Tubes

Looks like Ted “Bridge-to-Nowhere” or “The-Internet-is-a-series-of-tubes” Stevens won’t be in the Senate much longer. The NY Times reports that investigations have led to an indictment and corruption charges for the senior senator from Alaska. Even if he survives the legal … Continue reading

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Blogging the Class: Week 9

In tonight’s penultimate class we replayed, for the most part, the last several weeks. There were two major differences, however. First, I had the negatives from my medium format test roll, and as such, I could make prints of my … Continue reading

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Verizon FiOS Rollout Schedule

If you, like me, live in a part of the City of Richmond (or anywhere, really) that has yet to see fiber optic internet connectivity in your neighborhood, there’s a simple way to check if it’s coming soon: Verizon’s Virginia … Continue reading

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Don’t you forget about me.

When I hear Simple Minds‘ iconic 80′s anthem, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” I’m filled with a semi-false nostalgia that tricks me into reminiscing about my mostly crappy high school years… It was December of my senior year at Central … Continue reading

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Medium

I’ve uploaded my entire test roll of medium format film to my Flickr page. Being a test roll, the shots are, consequently, not that interesting. But I think the detail and clarity of the film format is evident.

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