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Cities are wonderful subjects for photography
More people across the world are living in cities than ever before. Cities are both places of historical significance and the engines of the world's economy. They're also home to some of the greatest treasures and buildings that mankind has created. Cities are wonderful subjects for photography.
From smashingmagazine
TED Talk: It's better to attribute our brilliance to an ethereal creative genius than to ourselves.
[Gilbert] relayed a story that musician Tom Waits told her years ago. One day he was driving on a Los Angeles freeway when a fragment of a melody popped into his head. He looked around for something to capture the tune -- a pencil or pen -- but had nothing to record it.
He started to panic that he'd lose the melody and be haunted by it forever and his talent would be gone. In the midst of this anxiety attack, he suddenly stopped, looked at the sky, and said to whatever force it was that was trying to create itself through the melody, "Excuse me. Can you not see I'm driving? Do I look like I can write down a song right now? If you really want to exist, come back at a more opportune moment ... otherwise go bother somebody else today. Go bother Leonard Cohen."
via blog.wired.com
LOL, go bother Leonard Cohen. I wish TED would someday just decide to open its doors and go full live screencast. I can't wait to see this talk.
Years ago when I was at Stanford running ASES, an entrepreneurship club, we made a decision to open up the talks to anyone on campus. We spent months preparing a one week conference for dozens of students from all over Asia who came to learn what made Silicon Valley tick. But why not make it free to all? Knowledge is power and is free to duplicate.
And these days, in the time of ustream.tv and justin.tv and seesmic, qik and all these great realtime video streaming services, there's no reason not to live stream. If only AV tech could catch up and save us from the snap crackle pop of bad audio/video. But I think that will come with time.
Cool elephant made out of old car tires
seen in a front yard in Berkeley. the tusk is an old car exhaust!
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The contrast of now and history in the same place
These photographs bring tears to my eyes. They really bring back traumatic memories. The contrast between then and now is very impressive. These pictures are something the general public needed to see.
From warrenellis
Illustration can be a trick art
Illustration can be a trick art. Some people might love a particular piece, some might hate it. Tim Dinter is an illustrator that, in my opinion, manages to move in both sides, coming up with pieces that anyone will enjoy.
The Era of HD Short Films is here... Canon 5D Mark II / Nikon D90 = new revolution in super high quality optics + high definition
These are real video frame captures from a short film created using the Canon 5D Mark II and top-of-the-line L-lenses. Luckily I already own a bunch of the L lenses already... so for the first time, we'll be able to do full HD footage using top-of-the-line still camera optics at a cost-quality level heretofore never seen before.
Imagine: Naturally lit wide aperture full motion HD video. Drop a 35mm f/1.4 on this camera, and be able to record what a candlelit dinner looks like and feels like -- using actual candle light.Laforet is a photographer; he has no professional film experience and had never used the 5D Mark II before, yet was able to storyboard, cast, shoot and edit the clip in just two days, with less than 12 hours notice. In particular he noted that dumping the MPEG-4 video takes way less time than it would with an actual HD camera. The only issue that would stop a person from shooting a TV pilot solely with this camera is sound matching, he says. If that's covered, you're gold.
via Gizmodo
Wow, I can't wait... as if I didn't have enough to do already. If I got a Red One, I would have gotten the Canon EOS lens adapter anyway... now I don't even need to shell out for a different camera system.
This is a quantum leap forward... so much so, that I can't wait to see the impact on online publishing sites, like ours right here. It's a very exciting time to be helping people post all their stuff online.
This is what my office should look like...
My inspiration: Combat Direction Center, USS John C. Stennis (aka, “90,000 tons of diplomacy”)
