January 2011
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“Acclaimed South Korean film director Park Chan-wook is wielding a new cinematic...”
– The Associated Press: South Korean film director makes movie on iPhone: Running time around 30 minutes.
Jan 31st
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“i know a guy who thought he saw him on a street corner but wasn’t sure if...”
– A Word From Todd Snider: What Would You Say If You Met Bob Dylan? - The best I could hope for is mustering up a confident “Hey Bob.” Thanks to Expecting Rain for the link to this gold.
Jan 29th
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Question from eBay member regarding the classic...
Q: “le cercle rouge is this movie good as they say in your opinion what makes this movie a classic as they say? answer this best way you can for me i watched trailer but sometimes trailers just dont do a movie justice” A: Indeed, trailers don’t do a movie justice. There is no way for me to accurately represent what makes this film, or any film, great. I hope it will be...
Jan 20th
Jan 20th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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2010: The Year in Pictures - The New York Times →
Unfortunately I can’t deep link to a particular photo (Flash), but it’s a good set and a solid retrospective. Thanks to John Nack for the link.
Jan 12th
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“But you may spend endless years of happy experiment in devising that crystalline...”
– TYPOGRAPHY online / Beatrice Warde / The Crystal Goblet: The crystalline goblet of which she speaks is typography. A beautiful metaphor.
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 8th
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“Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way...”
– Lifework - Herman Miller
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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“The truth is, we know so little about life, we don’t really know what the good...”
– Kurt Vonnegut at the Blackboard - Lapham’s Quarterly: Vonnegut analyzes several classic stories and finds that “Shakespeare was as poor a storyteller as any Arapaho.” Guy studied anthropology and said it was a “big mistake” because “I can’t stand primitive...
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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“I think the way to “solve” the problem of procrastination is to let...”
– Good and Bad Procrastination: A great essay to start the new year.
Jan 3rd