Wed 25 Jun
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So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated.
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Bill Gates’ e-mail rant to the leading Windows developers.
I was never a supporter of Microsoft-bashing (which somehow I always related to ‘friend spam’ and bad Powerpoint attachments), but this piece is incredible because it’s legit. And I admire Gates’ patience (or is it rabid sarcasm?) in the face of true WTF moments.
Mon 23 Jun
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Dreams in Color
Words and Thoughts in RGB is my most successful piece of work to date. It won three Best Documentary awards and a Jury Prize in local festivals, and has been selected to a few important festivals…
Mon 23 Jun
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The Wrong House: The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock seems like an interesting book. Here’s a photo from the set of Rope. The set looks simpler than I thought.
Mon 23 Jun
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Instructables: Predicting the weather by looking at the clouds
This is a very handy skill for a videographer. I’ve always been wary of cumulonimbus, but I just called them ‘evil clouds’. But I could have never guessed the harmless-looking cirrostratus means rain is on the way.
Mon 16 Jun
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The New Republic's ‘The Happening’ Review
M. Night Shyamalan’s movie is so bad the critic decided to go on a hilarious spoiler rampage to prevent people from watching.
But honestly, are there people still expecting a good film from Shyamalan? Uwe Boll, indeed…
Thu 12 Jun
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Mike Sacks’ photos of TV. (via This is That)
This is probably one of the laziest ways of making good photography. But I like it and constantly forget about it. Here’s one of my last efforts (5 years old!).
Sun 08 Jun
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Phillip Toledano’s Bankrupt Offices. I too have seen quite a few - abandoned offices are the same everywhere in the world.
Fri 06 Jun
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I want my TV
After years of reading all the praise about The Wire on the internet, I finally caught a bit of an episode on TV yesterday (portuguese cable subscribers can watch the first season on MOV,…
Fri 06 Jun
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Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar’s I Want You To Want Me is an interactive art installation that mines data from dating sites. It was was installed at the New York’s MoMA on February 14, 2008, Valentine’s Day. (via BB:G)
Fri 06 Jun
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The aborted John Carter Of Mars animation project that could have changed the history of animation back in the 1930s…
Fri 06 Jun
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Directors’ Cameos in Films
Not very thorough a list, but includes some interesting videos.
Fri 30 May
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