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Archive for July, 2005

Jabberwocky

I’m sure I’m not the only one feeling this way but wouldn’t it be great if there were more hours in the day? I would love to be able to do more and blog and vlog more but there’s always something that needs attention. Anyway, we decided to take a one-day weekday breather from our [...]

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Farhad Manjoo asks good questions re CurrentTV in a Salon Article. It’s worth a read, the bottom line is why do we need television for this type of reportage when we have the web? Methinks the broadcast model is trying to be something it isn’t in this case which will leave the good vloggers solidly [...]

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130 Lumière Films

The Anthology Film Archives last night provided a showing of 130 Lumière Films; it was an amazing show. The show opened with the famous Lumière Factory scene of workers pouring out of the gates at quitting time, obviously instructed not to look at the camera, followed by an assortment of train, steamship, swimming, petanque and [...]

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KTM 950 Supermoto

Hmmm, I think I’m in lust with 420 lbs of Austrian machinery. More pics on Gizmag.

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Buena Vista Fight Club

This short by Evan Mather from 2000 is more than latino musicians kicking butt against the landscape of a designy home-furnishing catalogue.

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Vlog Wild

AlterNet reported today on the increasing popularity and social benefits of vlogging: Last fall, approximately 2.5 million Americans watched Jon Stewart call Tucker Carlson a “dick”; not because CNN’s Crossfire had such a large viewing audience (only a half million tuned into the show itself), but because they could access Stewart’s uproarious appearance on a [...]

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Jupitermedia adds California-based PictureArts to their Jupitermedia biz in a $63.2 million deal. PictureArts was founded in 1984, the deal includes the Botanica Collection, the Nonstock brand, Brand X Pictures and FoodPix. Jupiterimages has built their online business via their earlier acquisition of Comstock Images and ArtToday.

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Tropical Malady (Sud Pralad)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul get’s it. His use of image and sound design proffer no choice, you are his, captive for almost two hours of existential yearnings. Amazing lighting and camera work seize control of your attention, his actors and use of humour keep it real. There’s lots of daring in the making this film and the [...]

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Behind The MGM Lion

Every wonder where the MGM lion came from? The Times Online (UK) posts a piece describing the history of and stories behind the logos of film companies.

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