Archive for March, 2011

Red Hook Crit

Red Hook Crit

2011 edition, via my not-suited-to-high-speed-night-photography camera. in previous years the route has gone down Beard street, which has so many cobblestones it's unpleasant to walk on, let alone ride on, this year the race was moved to Imlay Street, which seemed smooth and was also closed to automobile traffic.

 

They wanted what is possible only once: the now.

 

340 Free Movies Online

Curated collection of out-of-copyright feature films, including early Hitchcock, Preminger, Leone, Ford, etc.
 

Teenage | A film by Matt Wolf and Jon Savage

Just-launched website for upcoming film Teenage, by Matt Wolf and based on input from and the book by Jon Savage of the same name. I did front-end development on top of a Wordpress back end and participated in the design with everyone involved.
 

Map of How Manhattan’s Grid Grew

Picked up Names on the Land again tonight, apposite.
 

Geopuzzle

 

The Long Goodbye

"The ease with which he cracks wise is natural to his line of work, but Marlowe’s wit is unique in that it isn’t a defense mechanism. His cynicism is nothing new among ’70s private eyes, but the fact that it isn’t there to mask a hidden vulnerability proves atypical."
 

The 2011 State of the Union Address: Enhanced Version

"President Obama speaks about moving forward to create jobs, out-compete in the global economy by investing in innovation and education, and win the future for our children and our country. This enhanced version features charts, graphs and other visual aids that accompany the President's speech. January 25, 2010."
 

Hilary Greenbaum

 

Radio Belbury

Jim Jupp presents the monthly companion programme to The Belbury Parish Magazine blog, The semi-official organ of Ghost Box Records.
 

Film tree

Film tree

We were sitting in front of this during the show, so while we could hear the projectors clicking away, I didn't really realize that they were actually running (a lot! of) loose film strips through the projectors.

 

Hopes

Hopes

Godspeed showed various film loops during the show. The first was the word "Hope" hand scratched onto individual frames of film. Because it was so dark, I had to use a long exposure time and so ended up with more than one Hope.

 

After hours

After hours

Candles lit at the base of a large crucified Christ. The lights in the church were almost all out during the show, so the candles left were especially striking.

 

Victorian delights

 

Etta, eating

ian.crowther posted a video:

Etta, eating

Etta finishes eating the banana slice, gets interested in the camera. Nina is in the background, trying to figure out how to escape the table.

 

Etta, eating

Etta, eating

We also put some banana slices on the table, but Nina was too scared about being on the table to eat anything, so Etta ate both slices. That is sort of Etta's deal.

 

Depth of field

Depth of field

An experiment in which we let the rats explore the kitchen table.

 

Search Results mississippi records tape series - Root Blog

nice find, kio.
 

siwild’s Photostream

Smithsonian Wild (siwild.si.edu) appears to have all their photos up on Flickr.
 

An Interview With Matthew Carter

Nice overview of recently released projects, and a pleasant side-interview on the Large Hebrew.