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Archive for June, 2005
Paris Has Nothing On (This Guy)
Posted in VIDEO DU JOUR on June 18, 2005 |
Rawkin’ Artificial Lung
Posted in LIFE SCIENCES on June 16, 2005 |
Sophisticated membrane technology using the heart as a pump enables oxygenation of blood. Such an artificial lung device has the potential to save lives due to the portability and elegant implementation. On May 23rd the device was used on a 22 year old Alhambra California man injured in a roadside blast when the tank he [...]
Roberto Salas Photos In Chelsea
Posted in PEEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY on June 14, 2005 |
The Cuban Art Space in Chelsea has a show up of Osvaldo and Roberto Salas’ B&W photos documenting Cuban times since the 1960s. Pics include Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and others. The NYT has a short piece which includes some of the photos. The Cuban Art Space is a smallish 2nd floor gallery on 23rd [...]
Can’t believe I’ve never seen Black Orpheus before. Completely brilliant, the Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luis Bonfa (bossa nova) music drives the film from the opening frame until the end. Yeah, the music’s amazing. I had to go back and check the dates, Black orpheus was just a few before the release of João and [...]
The IFC Center with 3 screens, a bar and restaurant is finally opening, it feels like the space has been vacant for quite some time since the Waverly closed. “Coming here for a movie should not feel like going anywhere else for a movie,” offered John Vanco, during Friday’s walking tour through the space. “We [...]
IP Connectivity On Planes
Posted in BANDWIDTH, PARTICIPATORY MEDIA on June 9, 2005 |
This is cool, Jason Calacanis vlogs from an SAS plane on his way to Reboot. In the vlog, is addition to introducing his audience to one of the flight attendants, mentions the speed feels like a T1 and also chats about his success using Skype and iChatting. For the 30 buck fee you gain a [...]
Helmut Newton: The Lost Photos
Posted in PEEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY on June 9, 2005 |
The photos and story over at Radar mag.
via: GreenCine The flash intro really gives the Cahiers du cinéma a nice retro feel BUT it really could go. And a link for English translations would be nice. That said, I’ve been browsing the site a bit now and keep coming back.
RU Sirius Launches Podcast
Posted in PARTICIPATORY MEDIA on June 8, 2005 |
I was just thumbing through issue #3 of Mondo 2000 the other night (the one with Debbie Harry on the cover), thinking about how it they would do it today with podcasting and vlogging. I’m looking forward to hearing RU Sirius‘s adventure, the first interview is with Fred Burks (former translator to Dubya).
Word has it that Justin Frankel (of winamp fame) is coding yet another (post jesusonic) music app, this time for musicians jamming from multiple remote locations. A sample here, give a listen and get a very good idea of the app’s potential.
Digital Video Recorders Improving
Posted in SHINY on June 7, 2005 |
via: unmediated Aeon Digital announces a new digital video recorder that can record programmes over the internet and burn to DVD, a few other bells and whistles too though no mention of HDMI or DVI connection.
World Gone Copyright Mad
Posted in PHOTOGRAPHY, WTF? on June 7, 2005 |
link via: waxy The world’s gone copyright mad, it’s official. A photo lab refused to hand over customer pics to the customer because they looked “professional” and the customer didn’t have a release form from the photographer, despite the fact that the customer was the photographer. Yes, you read that correctly, if the pics looked [...]









