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[Oct. 5th, 2008|04:10 pm] |
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During Nuit Blanche last night, we came across a gigantic photograph that was not part of the festival. It's by Robert Burley, and is called Demolition of Buildings 65 & 69, Kodak Park, Rochester, and comes from a series about the end of film photography. The image itself is gigantic, and very high quality. It looks like it was painted on the side of the building, but appears to have been printed on giant sheets and glued on. The photos on the web don't do justice to how impressive it is.
My pictures from Nuit Blanche |
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[Oct. 4th, 2008|02:34 pm] |
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[Sep. 29th, 2008|07:45 pm] |
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| via QI |
[Sep. 26th, 2008|12:01 am] |
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| | QI, Series 3, Episode 3 | ] |
"Imagine how deep the ocean would be if there weren't any sponges." -Steven Wright. |
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| Some Canadian hip-hop (from London, Ont) |
[Sep. 25th, 2008|10:46 pm] |
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| Email analysis |
[Sep. 25th, 2008|10:02 pm] |
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In the last 14 days, I have gotten, on average, 67 valid emails per day, and 145 spam emails per day (about 143 of which were caught by my filter). |
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| Thank you, Jane! |
[Sep. 24th, 2008|10:21 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Daft Punk - Aerodynamic | ] |
On my walk to work today, I gave into temptation to get an espresso at my favorite coffeeshop. Even though I've been ordering the exact same brand for the espresso machine in our lab, the way the baristas make it is so much tastier. Also, I wanted to read some more of The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs, which talks about what makes cities function or fail. She talks a lot about diverse uses of cities and the liveliness of seeing lots of people around, and the different types of interactions one can have in a city. As I sat to drink and read, a gray-haired fellow asked if he could sit at the same table as me. I noticed that he was reading a book I was interested in, and we chatted for a bit; it turns out that he has to write a review of the book (I didn't ask what for). He said that he knew Jane Jacobs when he served on some planning committee at the university. I finished reading the chapter I was on and went to work, where I am now putting off preparing lecture notes. |
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| Anima Facta Est |
[Sep. 20th, 2008|11:00 pm] |
This is one of the opening films from Annecy 2007, which I didn't attend. This one also bears repeated viewing. |
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| Cocotte Minute |
[Sep. 20th, 2008|10:58 pm] |
This was the intro films for one of the days at Annecy 2006, meaning that I saw it like 6 times on that day (liking it more each time), and never since. |
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| Oktapodi |
[Sep. 20th, 2008|05:31 pm] |
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| | Gossip - Jealous Girls | ] |
This one won the audience award at SIGGRAPH this year. (Click on the X next to "vimeo" for full-screen). |
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[Sep. 4th, 2008|06:32 pm] |
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| Been awhile since I posted any book reviews |
[Sep. 2nd, 2008|09:36 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Marisa Monte - Chuva No Brejo | ] |
( Book reviews ) |
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| Lazy saturday so far |
[Aug. 30th, 2008|10:16 am] |
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| | Seattle, WA | ] |
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| | The Mighty Boosh - Pancake Song | ] |
PAX? Bumbershoot? Sitting around?
So far, had some pancakes on the deck with Steve and Sandhya and Max... now what... |
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| Oh, and: SIGGRAPH |
[Aug. 19th, 2008|10:19 am] |
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| | MIA and Timbaland - Come Around | ] |
I was talking with a developer at Digital Domain last week. He said that, in the upcoming "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" movie, they're completely replacing Brad Pitt's head in some shot, but they're not publicising it, they'll just see if anyone notices.
He said that they did an artificial Orville Redenbacher commercial a few years ago. Most people said "You've brought him back to life!" though computer animation professionals said "ugh he looks horrible!" |
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