Archive for July 2007

Woe, Cinema!

In General on 31 July 2007 tagged Art, cinema, culture, film, media

RIP Michelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman.

Nofi on Vimeo

In General on 30 July 2007

Spinner 3-6 from nofi and Vimeo.
I have posted a number of my motion graphics experiments from several years ago, including Backroads, Drone and Collage demo reels and the Spinning series (example above), for your consideration.

links for 2007-07-27

In Links on 27 July 2007

Newsflash: Time May Not Exist
in Discover magazine
(tags: science physics time mathematics philosophy space theory reality)

Recommended: Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd

In General on 27 July 2007 tagged ambient, electronic, guitar, instrumental, Music, piano, recommendation, songwriting

Robin Guthrie — multi-instrumentalist, prolific producer and co-founder of 1980s and ’90s seminal alternative/ambient group the Cocteau Twins — and Harold Budd — ambient/avant garde composer and collaborator with Brian Eno — have released several excellent albums in recent years.
In their first new work together since 1985’s The Moon and [...]

links for 2007-07-26

In Links on 26 July 2007

The Arcade Flyer Archive – News
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA) is a digital repository for promotional advertisement flyers that are used by the coin operated amusement industry to promote the sales of their games.
(tags: arcade games design retro art game mame Classic computer gallery gaming advertising posters vintage)

links for 2007-07-25

In Links on 25 July 2007

The Darjeeling Limited – Trailer B (Quicktime)
An emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds. The eldest, played by Wilson, hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across the vibrant and sensual landscape of India.
(tags: trailer movies film WesAnderson humor movie trailers)

User Experience Strategy
The T-Shaped Consulting Framework [...]

Word of the day

In General on 25 July 2007

Manichaeism
n.

The syncretic, dualistic religious philosophy taught by the Persian prophet Manes, combining elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought and opposed by the imperial Roman government, Neo-Platonist philosophers, and orthodox Christians.
A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles or regarding matter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good.

links for 2007-07-23

In Links on 23 July 2007

The secret life of cars (PDF)
by BMW
(tags: design research usability marketing business transportation cars)

Technophilia: Where to find public records online
by Lifehacker
(tags: records public reference free search research directory)

How to Sell an Endless War
by David Keen
(tags: war propoganda culture misinformation bush USA)

The French Connections
“…there’s little competition in U.S. broadband — if you’re lucky, you have a [...]

links for 2007-07-19

In Links on 19 July 2007

Edge 217: THE TECHNIUM AND THE 7TH KINGDOM OF LIFE
A Talk with Kevin Kelly
(tags: technology biology cool-tools kevin-kelly interview design life culture theory)

Abandoned
Future is waiting for us. With hollow skeletons or downsized ugly creatures with bulgy eyes – it’s not important. Important thing is that there will be a footprint left. Footprint of civilization. [...]

1993

In General on 19 July 2007

Listening to The Spinanes‘ Manos reminds me of the promise and melancholy of being 23 in the mid-1990s. In a good way. Also, Sub Pop was (and is) about more than just the grunge. Recommended track: ‘Epiphany’ (iTunes).

Word of the day

In General on 19 July 2007

Detectorist. Spotted here.