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The Blade
I gave a small presentation at Yale Art School yesterday and after the event I had the pleasure to meet Njoki Gitahi. She introduced herself and handed me a gift, the above necklace. I was a bit...
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Vitali on 237
"I was falling about laughing most of the time... there are ideas espoused in the movie that I know to be total balderdash." Leon Vitali, an assistant to Stanley Kubrick, on Room 237.
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The American Motel
"...a landscape of lovely neon, local charm, and individuality." The American Motel, a collection from James Lileks. Fab.
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Charting Chicago
Michael Williams collects some fantastic historical maps in his post, Charting Chicago.
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Gangster Map
Related to the last, this Gangster Map, "Sing a song of gangsters | Pockets full of dough | Four-and-twenty bottles | Makes a case you know"
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SXSW, Part of the Process for Getting Enlightened and Energized
What I find lovely, both times I've been to SXSW Interactive, about a conference so large and diverse is seeing the connections between wildly different sessions. This year one of the overwhelming...
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Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement
Given that Edie Windsor has been so prevalent in the news this week, recommending the great documentary about her and her partner's lives together, Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, seems like a...
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One of Two Elevators
Sometimes you run across a plaque and just don't know what emotion you're supposed to feel about it.
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The History of Rotoscoping in After Effects
A nice look back at the last twenty years of The History of Rotoscoping in After Effects. Lots and lots of hours spent with a big bunch of those iterations.
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Wee You-Things Blocks
If there was an award for cutest kids building blocks, Wee Society would take it home! The Wee You-Things Blocks are a thing of beauty. I can’t wait to show them to my kids tonight and then, when they...
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One Second Every Day
For the past two years Cesar Kuriyama has been recording 1 Second Every Day so he’ll never forget a day ever again. Cesar says that The One Second Project has had such profoundly positive impact on...
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Touch of Evil
Discussed at lunch today, long tracking shots in films which allows me to repost the fantastic opening shot from Orson Welles' Touch of Evil..
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Historic Vice Maps Of Chicago
Related to an earlier post, let's take a peek at two Historic Vice Maps Of Chicago and then maybe stop for a pop at the "Bucket of Blood."
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Trailer for Bert Stern: Original Mad Man
Trailer for the documentary Bert Stern: Original Mad Man.
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Peeps Show Diorama Contest
A look at the winners from this year's Washington PostPeeps Show Diorama Contest.
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