June 2009
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Jun 28th
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Jun 26th
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Jun 24th
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The Pacific Yes.
Jun 24th
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“The hope! The guilt! The quest for shelving!”
– Sarah Vowell, “Shakespeare Wrote for Money: An Introduction” Found via the always awesome tiffehr. I distilled my book collection down when I moved. The introduction of the Kindle along with the established presence of the library has begun to regrow that collection. I haven’t...
Jun 23rd
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I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel (via daringfireball) Incredible. Go watch it @ Vimeo with HD on, please.
Jun 19th
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Jun 16th
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Jun 16th
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Unrelated. Possibly.
Happened upon both of these, today. ‘Mediocre’ Art Skills for Eight-Graders in U.S. (NYT, why do you have 2 different titles for articles? Title bar + the H1…it’s weird. Knock it off.)  This makes me sad. Studying the Finals via kottke. Even in high school I didn’t understand the point of skipping (part or all of) college to go pro. Sure, big bucks now (maybe later,...
Jun 15th
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More reasons to love A.O. Scott
From The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3: “Mr. Washington, perhaps the most effortlessly charismatic American film actor since Paul Newman, is, like Newman, best when his magnetism is dented by failure or tarnished by meanness or sleaze. In this case his quiet, stoical everyman heroism is deepened by the suggestion of a smudge on his character, a sense of moral compromise that both connects him...
Jun 12th
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Jun 11th
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“…I noticed that under the large title CRÈME BRÛLÉE the tagline read,...”
– Flame on Seriously.
Jun 10th
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“…could you please respect the preference of a vast majority of blacks,...”
– Herman, commenting on Hispanic? Latino? Or What? Being…hapa, I like to think I’m less a minority now than when I was born. That said, “minorities” is definitely a sticky word. “People of color” makes me twitchy and unreasonably (to some) grumpy. (Hahah. Tumblr!...
Jun 9th
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Bookish.
Despite my love of reading: I get sleepy and nod off 10-20 minutes in¹, regardless of  material. Until yesterday. All told, I spent 5-6 hours reading Physics of the Impossible and never once felt Morpheus’s tug. (I finished The Soloist² on Saturday, but I was also watching a soccer game, so I had no chance to nod off.) Got my fingers crossed this not nodding off continues. ¹ In case you...
Jun 9th
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Jun 5th
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The end is pie.
The final 3 episodes of “Pushing Daisies” are running on ABC, Saturday nights. Did you miss the first one last week, too? Sniff. Also: hey! the WB is useful? Full episodes from the first season of PD if you’re unfamiliar with it (which you shouldn’t be because it is fantastic, even if ABC’s programming department doesn’t. get. it.).
Jun 5th
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Jun 2nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-31) →
Journey (7)  Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony (4)  Berliner Philharmoniker, Joshua Bell & Michael Tilson Thomas (3)  Kaskade & Deadmau5 (2)  Beastie Boys (2)  …
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