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Digital Urban: A London Day: TimelapseFriday, July 31, 2009
Paper City: Urban Utopias
The new exhibition opening at the Royal Academy of Arts architecture space is Paper City: Urban Utopias. The exhibition showcases a selection of extraordinary drawings, collages and photomontages that have been produced for Blueprint magazine as part of their ‘Paper City’ commissions over the past three years.
The final pad of the exhibition will be blank. This is for the visitors to create their own Paper City, which they can then submit into a competition.
Seen at Dezeen
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Building Rome in a Day
This is truly amazing.
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The data set consists of 150,000 images from Flickr.com associated with the tags 'Rome' or 'Roma'. Matching and reconstruction took a total of 21 hours on a cluster with 496 compute cores. Upon matching, the images organized themselves into a number of groups corresponding to the major landmarks in the city of Rome. Amongst these clusters can be found the Colosseum, St. Peter's Cathedral, Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon. One of the advantages of using community photo collections is the rich variety of view points that these photographs are taken from. A striking example of this is the reconstruction of the interior of St. Peter's Cathedral shown below.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Faking the Rorschach
Has Wikipedia Created a Rorschach Cheat Sheet?
Wikipedia has been engulfed in a furious debate involving psychologists who are angry that the 10 original Rorschach plates are reproduced online, along with common responses for each. For them, the Wikipedia page is the equivalent of posting an answer sheet to next year’s SAT.
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Killers Kill, Dead Men Die
A Star Studded Film Noir Masterpiece Photoshoot by Annie Leibovitz and Michael Roberts:
Legendary photographers Annie Leibovitz and Michael Roberts created an exquisite star-studded 33 page portfolio film noir masterpiece for the March 2007 Vanity Fair Hollywood issue. Killers Kill, Dead Men Die is a mysterious film noir classic that probably was. Or could have been. Or never was. Or still is and but never will be...Thing is that nobody seems to know anything concrete about this film.
See lots more at Lunatica Desnuda
Animal Collective
Collective nouns are words used to define a group of objects, where 'objects' can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts or other things.
The images are screenprinted and hand-bound into a book which also contains an A-Z list of collective nouns, sorted by subject.
Sroop Sunar / Illustration
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Photograph of Jesus
Short and Sweet teamed up with Getty Images to launch a film challenge which would make use of images in Getty's Hulton Archive. The challenge's aim was to highlight the breadth and depth of content available at the Hulton Archive, which offers a unique resource to filmmakers and creatives alike.
Photograph of Jesus by Laurie Hill in association with the Getty Images Short & Sweet Film Challenge from Hulton Archive on Vimeo.
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S'MAC
I wish I'd known about this place when I was in NYC last month! Check out their menu! And they deliver!
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Short for Sarita's Mac & Cheese, the restaurant in New York City's East Village specializes in just one thing--but this is not your mother's macaroni. From the Cheeseburger (ground beef and macaroni smothered in cheddar and American cheese) to the Parisienne Mac (brie, figs, mushrooms, and a certain je ne sais quoi), Sarita and her husband, Caesar , take this favorite to new heights.Sarita's Macaroni & Cheese
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Ghosts
“Ghosts”New York City, November 2007Website : www.robertschneider.comPhotoblog: Light Under a Bushel
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Monday, July 27, 2009
The Sparky Book by Mary Lewis
In this live action/animated short, a talking goldfish recounts the story of Sparky the dog and his owner, a young girl named Brigitte who suffers from a serious illness. This moving film explores the bond between human and animal, and more importantly, the bond between friends.
Girls are not chicks. Girls are thinkers, creators, fighters, healers and superheroes.
We have had enough of books that make girls think that they are not any good.
We have had enough of books that make girls think that they are too young,too old, too fat, too ugly, too bold, too loud, too independent.
We like books that ask girls to take pride in ourselves.
girls are not chicks-coloring book
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Eric by Shaun Tan
Award-winning Australian illustrator Shaun Tan reflects on the quiet mysteries of everyday life in his collection of stories with pictures, Tales From Outer Suburbia. It is charming.
Some years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to live with us. We found it very difficult to pronounce his name correctly, but he didn’t mind. He told us just to call him 'Eric'.
Some years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to live with us. We found it very difficult to pronounce his name correctly, but he didn’t mind. He told us just to call him 'Eric'.
Streaks
My hair is growing a white streak up the front a la Arlene Dickinson of CBC's Dragons' Den. Now if only my character would develop a ruthless streak like hers to help boost my retirement fund.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Smoking In The Peloton
Those were the days! I suppose today's Tour de France cyclists dismount before whipping out the Gauloises.
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SMELL THE GLOVE: An Art Show Dedicated to Spinal Tap
HANDIEDAN"SMELL THE GLOVE"
ARLENE REYES"WHAT SIZE DO YOU WEAR, SIR?"
ILLWORX"STONEHENGE WAS NEARLY
TRAMPLED BY A DWARF!"
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
How do you say swine flu in Spanish?
My son is in Buenos Aires and has been keeping me updated on the H1N1 outbreak there. This Urban Sketcher gives us another view of it. I hope it's over by the time we arrive there in September.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Alnwick Poison Gardens
Inspired by the legendary botanical gardens in Padua, Italy where the Medicis plotted the untimely, frothing ends of their enemies, an English duchess has created a garden dedicated entirely to flora deadly and/or narcotic.
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Little people for Coolidge
The first organized touring Coolidge Marching Club to work for the nomination of the president comes to Washington Sunday morning. It is composed of 25 European midgets, headed by I.S. Rose, New Englander and impresario. The midgets wear buttons and ribbons on which is inscribed 'Coolidge 1925'.
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The Avenging Unicorn Playset
I'd always imagined unicorns to be gentle creatures frolicking about under rainbows. I never thought about why they had a horn.
Why is he impailing a mime? What does he have against the business man or the hippy woman?
The Avenging Unicorn Playset
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Why is he impailing a mime? What does he have against the business man or the hippy woman?
The Avenging Unicorn Playset
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Man Not Superman
Every Sunday Mr. Nag and I sit down with a cup of tea after lunch and listen to Jonathan Goldstein's Wiretap on CBC Radio 1. Man and Superman is one of my favourite bits. Here it is in hilarious post it note form:
See the entire Post-it Note Story here
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I first met Lois at a charity penny arcade event. At one point in the evening, as I stood hunched over a pinball machine
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Diane Arbus
This is a short film made about Diane Arbus and features her daughter Doon, teacher Lisette Model, colleague Marvin Israel, and John Szarkowski, at that time the director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Jacquelyn Royal, Artist
Believe it or not, I used to do a lot of needlepoint. If I were still doing it this is the type of work I'd produce:
Jacquelyn Royal, Artist
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Jacquelyn Royal, Artist
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Monday, July 20, 2009
The words of God do not justify cruelty to women
I have never doubted that Jimmy Carter was a good man. This confirms my opinion:
My decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when th e convention's leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be 'subservient' to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military service. This was in conflict with my belief - confirmed in the holy scriptures - that we are all equal in the eyes of God.
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La Vitrine - Montreal
La Vitrine - Montreal Moment Factory (momentfactory.com) developed the interactive system and designed the interactive content.
PHOTONIC Dreams (photonicdreams.com) created the original LED video wall of La Vitrine, in Montreal.
The installation includes tracking devices and low-resolution LED displays and is capable of showing many different visualizations based on the presence and movement of people.
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I got 100% and finished with time to spare
Ultimate test:
In honor of the end of the semester, I present the following in-class exam:
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In honor of the end of the semester, I present the following in-class exam:
1. HISTORY
Describe the history of the papacy from its origin to the present day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on it social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America and Africa.
Be brief, concise and specific.
2. MEDICINE
You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix.
Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have 15 minutes.
3. PUBLIC SPEAKING
2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
4. BIOLOGY
Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 50 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Tantalus Dinner by Ioli Sifakaki
Designer Ioli Kalliopi Sifakaki invited a dozen of her male friends to feast from tableware cast from her own body parts.
In the beginning of the dinner the vessels were full and placed in random order on the table. Guests had to eat everything on the plates in order to turn them upside down and place each one in the right place to compete/reconstruct the body.(more images)
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In the beginning of the dinner the vessels were full and placed in random order on the table. Guests had to eat everything on the plates in order to turn them upside down and place each one in the right place to compete/reconstruct the body.(more images)
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Album Covers Map
Word Magazine readers have been busy building this map showing where iconic album cover photographs were taken.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Travels of Tintin, Boy Reporter
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Resting Places
I found this documentary in the comments on a New York Times article about roadside memorials.
Narrated by Liam Neeson and told through the voices of people with strong opinions on this issue, Resting Places takes a deeper look at the debate surrounding this growing controversy in the United States and around the world. This clip features a debate around a large roadside memorial with 3 crosses in Missouri ranges from legal debate regarding the separation of Church & State to a comedian's website ridiculing memorials to the one of the mothers who maintain this memorial in honor of the lives of their sons.
Death penalty abolished in Canada
On This Day - July 14, 1976
Does the government have the right to take the life of one of its citizens? For the first time, the Canadian government says no. After a decade of fierce debate and an impassioned, last-minute speech by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the House of Commons narrowly passes Bill C-84, abolishing the death penalty in Canada.
Soviet Political Posters and Cartoons
It's been awhile since I posted any Soviet political art. This is a nice collection.
Views and Re-Views
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Views and Re-Views
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Monday, July 13, 2009
I'm predicting a ménage à trois
Male Magellan penguins Harry and Pepper have been together since 2003. The pair nested together and even incubated an egg laid by another penguin in 2008, but their relationship hit the rocks earlier this year when a female penguin, Linda, befriended Harry after her long-time companion died.
This did not go over well with Pepper, who became violent. The three penguins were separated for some time following the fight. more
Sunday, July 12, 2009
It's a jungle out there!
And I mean that literally!
I love my garden in the spring but all of a sudden in July it goes crazy and it scares me. Perhaps it was all those Tarzan movies I watched as a kid - you know the ones with poisonous snakes and quicksand and whatever lurked beneath that loincloth. Anyhow I garden at this time of year with trepidation. It is with a faint heart I wade into shoulder high phlox to trim the climbing rose.
I'm not sure what I fear - mosquitoes, rose thorns, snakes and sickly white borer beetles are all realistic possibilities. I am also afraid that I might step on Mr. Toad who sometimes has a beer with Mr. Nag on the patio. I once cut the leg off a toad when I was doing a bit of trimming. As you can imagine this resulted in hysteria and was perhaps the trigger for my acquired garden phobia. The worst and most delusional fear is that the body of one of the beloved spaniels we buried on the property will somehow rise to the surface and I'll be confronted with terrifying putrefaction.
Now you know.
I love my garden in the spring but all of a sudden in July it goes crazy and it scares me. Perhaps it was all those Tarzan movies I watched as a kid - you know the ones with poisonous snakes and quicksand and whatever lurked beneath that loincloth. Anyhow I garden at this time of year with trepidation. It is with a faint heart I wade into shoulder high phlox to trim the climbing rose.
I'm not sure what I fear - mosquitoes, rose thorns, snakes and sickly white borer beetles are all realistic possibilities. I am also afraid that I might step on Mr. Toad who sometimes has a beer with Mr. Nag on the patio. I once cut the leg off a toad when I was doing a bit of trimming. As you can imagine this resulted in hysteria and was perhaps the trigger for my acquired garden phobia. The worst and most delusional fear is that the body of one of the beloved spaniels we buried on the property will somehow rise to the surface and I'll be confronted with terrifying putrefaction.Now you know.
What the Hell Are Young People Thinking?
My curmudgeon friend Don Mills offers more pearls of wisdom, this time in pie chart form.
Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys
This unique and charming exhibition, the first of its kind at any U.S. arts institution, charts the achievements of the Japanese tin-toy industry in the two decades following World War II. See more of The Yoku Tanaka Collection
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Malia wears a t-shirt with a peace symbol on it. Right wing scum take offence.
J-Walk quotes from the comments on an article in Free Republic:
- If the kid starts making political statements then she is fair game. Wonder when she will have her first abortion.
- Daddy better keep an eye on that thug. I'd hate for Miss Obama to be punished with a child.
- They make me sick.... The whole family... mammy, pappy, the free loadin' mammy-in-law, the misguided chillin', and especially ‘lil cuz... This is not the America I want representin' my peeps.
Abominable.
Dirty
How to make a dirty martini.
The catalyst was my love of olives. The martini, for me, was primarily an olive delivery system. So naturally I gravitated towards what is termed the "Dirty Martini", or, as is aptly demonstrated in the comic above by the Mojo The Sock Monkey Eight-Panel Players, a martini with olive juice added. And maybe some trash. More at Bearskinrug
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Home Sweet Home
Brilliant new video from Sweden's finest exports. Those Dancing Days release their debut album in October.
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Panda party
Giant panda Tai Shan checks out his birthday cake at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. The zoo held an event to celebrate the panda's fourth birthday with a frozen cake made from water, bamboo, shredded beets and beet juice. Seen at Jezebel.
Children In Care
Children's charity Action for Children turns 140 this year. These images show its early days, through the boys and girls it took off the streets, and the buildings it inhabited, right back to when Thomas Bowman Stephenson started it all in 1869.
Surviving Rio’s Favelas
This photo essay depicts the life of favelas, or shantytowns, in Rio, Brazil, as the communities are deteriorated by gang violence.
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
What exactly does he do in the loo?
Laughter was prompted by the fact leaders were, once again, waiting for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to show up and take his place for the official photo prior to today's crucial meetings on climate change.
His late arrival at the London G20 photo op in April had prompted jokes about his having been in the 'loo.' TheStar.com
Tardiness is one fault I have no patience for. It shows a lack of respect for the people one keeps waiting. All the other world leaders have no problem being on time. Another irksome personality flaw is the stubborn refusal to do anything about global warming.
My garden today
A dark corner
A rose I planted years ago with several others. Trees grew up around it and now it's all alone.
Lavender
Lovely liliesWednesday, July 08, 2009
Things I Have Written in Cover Letters.
My interests and inclinations, all of them natural
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'This position interests me so much because it's a natural extension of my inclinations; I am a museum-goer, a visitor of artists' studios, a reader of books on art, an admirer of artists.'
'I enjoy preparing meals, reading about food and cooking, and writing about it, so working in this capacity would be a natural extension of a personal interest.'
'As a teacher, when I saw a spark of interest in a student − whatever source it arose from − I felt a natural inclination to encourage that spark.'
Read more at McSweeney's Internet Tendency
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
James Dean — Driving PSA
Isn't this a wee bit like having Pete Doherty do an anti-drug PSA?
It's a good thing Jim started driving with extra caution. Goodness knows what might have happened otherwise!
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It's a good thing Jim started driving with extra caution. Goodness knows what might have happened otherwise!
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Nightly Falls Illumination
Because the Falls are just down the road a bit and I pass by them regularly I tend to take them for granted. This time lapse video reminds me just how spectacular they are, particularly at night.
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Monday, July 06, 2009
Sunday, July 05, 2009
The Lives They Left Behind
When Willard Psychiatric Center in New York's Finger Lakes closed in 1995, workers discovered hundreds of suitcases in the attic of an abandoned building. Many of them appeared untouched since their owners packed them decades earlier before entering the institution.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Evian water babies
Recently I (like half the blogosphere) posted the roller skating babies. Here is the original Evian Babies commercial where they show off their incredible aquatic skills.
Seen at Creative Review
Seen at Creative Review
Friday, July 03, 2009
MACHU PICCHU POST
MACHU PICCHU POST was made by three students at the 3D school Supinfocom Arles in France, in advanced computer graphics classes: Clement Crocq, Margaux Durand-Rival and Nicolas Novali.
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
10 Ways to Take a Bad Author Photo
If you absolutely have to use an author photo, it’s best to start with a passport photo. The ones you had done for Mexico City in 1983. The ones where you really do look like an iguana from that angle. Alternatively, choose the ones with the black shadow from the flash on the kitchen tiles. The ones where your eye hangs down like that. The ones where the low October sun is reflecting off your sweating forehead, enough to bleach out your remaining features and make you look like a polyp or giant gland.
See all 10 at Salt Office Life
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‘The Parade’
The streets of the city are a non-stop parade of humanity. It’s a kind of grand, unchoreographed ballet of human locomotion. One of the great pleasures and measures of being urban is losing yourself in the crowd, with your feet and mind wandering, alone in your head but elbow to elbow with an inexhaustible supply of strangers.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Canada Day 1927
On This Day - July 1, 1927
Canadians have never been united as they are on July 1, 1927 — Canada's Diamond Jubilee. Telegraph and telephone companies and 23 radio stations have forged a nationwide link to broadcast speeches, songs, poems and the peals of the carillon bells live from Ottawa. In this clip, taken from the earliest program in the CBC archives, the chairman of the Diamond Jubilee committee addresses the crowd on Parliament Hill and listeners across the Dominion.
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