June 2009
18 posts
LOU ROMANO: ART of UP →
Fantastic viz work for Pixar’s UP. These are all great, but I’m really impressed with the ‘color script’ at the end here.
May 31, 2009: Turgenev on the cause of misfortune →
“For example, if any misfortune were mentioned, lightning starting a village fire, floods washing away a mill, or a peasant chopping off his hand, whatever it might be, with concentrated fury he…
May 2009
33 posts
May 30, 2009: Hodge quotes somebody else →
“There are but two places into the whole universe of God from which infants are excluded. The one is hell; the other is the Baptist Church.”
- quoted by Charles Hodge, ‘The Church Membership of…
May 29, 2009: Field on Donkeys →
“They are not silent like workhorses Who are happy or indifferent about the plow and the wagon; Donkeys don’t submit like that For they are sensitive And cry continually under their burdens … …
Daring Fireball: Excerpts From the Diary of an App... →
Never mind all the App Store stuff - read this for a trenchant exposition on what it feels like to deal with any large organization. Every big organization, or small organization that acts like a big…
The Price Center Bird's Greatest Hits →
That ‘aggressive bird warning’ I’ve been laughing at? Here’s video proof that he’s a menace. Mom, please don’t watch this video.
The Case for Working With Your Hands →
“Further, my boss seemed intent on retraining me according to a certain cognitive style … This style demanded that I project an image of rationality but not indulge too much in actual reasoning.”
The Lost Tribes of New York City on Vimeo →
Urban Anthropologists Andy and Carolyn London interview some of New York City’s more overlooked citizens.
in Bb 2.0 - a collaborative music/spoken word... →
Holy YouTube! It’s like DIY ThruYou, but awesomer than that sounds.
PROLOGUE →
I guess this happened a while ago, but Kyle Cooper’s new company is called Prologue. If you’ve ever said ‘wow’ at the title sequence to a recent movie, odds are good that Cooper did the titles.
Blepharospasm →
Yes, that’s an uncontrolled muscle contraction, tic, or twitch of the eyelid. Just bookmarking this page so I can remember the word next time it happens to me.
Look, Irene is famous! →
She’s featured in a Lawrence-paper article about home offices. And I’m not sure, but I think there are some boxer shorts hanging on the line outside her window. Awesome, Dave’s underwear is in the…
Ivory sculpture in Germany could be world's oldest →
The world’s oldest sculpture looks suspiciously like Jabba the Hutt when viewed from the side. Anybody else bothered by this?
Hey, I just landed! →
Video representation of plane travel as indicated by banal tweets saying “I just landed.” This one’s for Dad.
May 10, 2009: Three Drunkards on Democracy →
“Democracy! Democracy! Country A or B is merely a division made for the sake of convenience in naming various parts of the earth. These names were not meant to build walls among its inhabitants….
A movie about refugees, illegal aliens, and... →
YES PLEASE.
Sweet! John Hendrix shows off big photos from his... →
Looking forward to seeing this in real life. How about in July, eh John?
May 6, 2009: Coffeen on Monologues and... →
“What I enjoy is the monologue and the conversation. In the monologue, someone holds forth, generously bestowing the audience with his or her spin on things. The more monologues the better,…
Quimby The Mouse →
Yes! Chris Ware video, from This American Life.
May 6, 2009: Small on the loss of primative... →
“No one knows how many San still practice hunting and gathering, but clearly the traditional way of living is, for the most part, no more… Some might feel a sense of loss for the San way of…
Flickr: e s c h e r's Photostream →
Sweet! another nature-sculptor in the style of Goldsworthy. I haven’t looked at much in his photostream yet, but I like the little bit that I’ve seen.
The Fascinating World of the Dung Beetle : NPR →
Bookmarking on Dad’s recommendation. This is airing today, but audio will be available shortly.
May 4, 2009: Preemie sideshow! →
“In 1896, Martin Conoey designed the incubator, a device developed to aid premature babies… In a bizarre combination of medicine and sideshow, Cooney gathered hundreds of premature babies (they…
May 3, 2009: Donne on God's creation of the cure,... →
“I know thou hast made the matter, and the man, and the art; and I go not from thee when I go to the physician. Thou didst not make clothes before there was a shame of the nakedness of the body, but…
What is the Lord's supper? →
What is the Lord’s supper?
Coudal Partners' Layer Tennis, Week 11: Aaron... →
I really want to like this Layer Tennis thing, but it’s so often boring. Not this one, though! Glass & Draplin come through with a great match.
What are God's works of providence? →
What are God’s works of providence?
May 2, 2009: Mandeville on the proof of the True... →
“And that was the very cross assayed; for they found three crosses, one of our Lord, and two of the two thieves; and Saint Helen proved them by a dead body that arose from death to life, when that…