Friday, 27 May 2011
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Great Documentary. Great Soundtrack.
Monday saw the first in a series of documentaries about how computers have failed to liberate us and instead distort and simplify our view of the world around us. Watch it here.
The title was taken from a poem by American poet Richard Brautigan.
'All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace'
I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.
I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
'C'était un rendez-vous' short film
Avec le 'vroom vroom'...
Avec le Snow Patrol...
If you're bored (and if you're reading this you probably are) you can sync the two films by starting them at 2:46 and 0:10 respectively then race the two cars using the Pause and Play buttons. Trust me, the minutes will fly by...
Saturday, 21 May 2011
'Hint Fiction'
A story of 25 words or fewer that suggests a larger, more complex story...
Robert Swartwood coined the term and published a book with a hundred such stories by known and unknown authors. The result is quite random, here are a few of the more interesting ones...
'They buried him deep. Again.' Joe Lansdale
'Broke and desperate, I kidnapped myself. Ransom notes were sent to interested parties. Later, I sent hair and fingernails, too. They insisted on an ear.' Stuart Dybek
'The school bus picks us up first so we claim the back seats. Make the white kids sit up front.' Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz
I plan to have a go myself but the shorter the story, the harder it is to write...
Mark Twain once received this telegram from a publisher:
NEED 2 PAGE SHORT STORY TWO DAYS.
He responded:
NO CAN DO 2 PAGES TWO DAYS.
CAN DO 30 PAGES 2 DAYS.
NEED 30 DAYS TO DO 2 PAGES.
Talking of telegrams...
The novelist Victor Hugo, anxious to know about sales of his newly-published Les Misérables, sent one to his publisher.
It simply read: “?”
The reply was: “!”
It doesn't get more succinct than that.
Robert Swartwood coined the term and published a book with a hundred such stories by known and unknown authors. The result is quite random, here are a few of the more interesting ones...
'They buried him deep. Again.' Joe Lansdale
'Broke and desperate, I kidnapped myself. Ransom notes were sent to interested parties. Later, I sent hair and fingernails, too. They insisted on an ear.' Stuart Dybek
'The school bus picks us up first so we claim the back seats. Make the white kids sit up front.' Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz
I plan to have a go myself but the shorter the story, the harder it is to write...
Mark Twain once received this telegram from a publisher:
NEED 2 PAGE SHORT STORY TWO DAYS.
He responded:
NO CAN DO 2 PAGES TWO DAYS.
CAN DO 30 PAGES 2 DAYS.
NEED 30 DAYS TO DO 2 PAGES.
Talking of telegrams...
The novelist Victor Hugo, anxious to know about sales of his newly-published Les Misérables, sent one to his publisher.
It simply read: “?”
The reply was: “!”
It doesn't get more succinct than that.
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
In-flight entertainment
Space shuttle Endeavour captured by 33 year old Stefanie Gordon on board a Delta Airlines flight from New York to Florida.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Sunday, 15 May 2011
A Legend Reborn
This is our latest ad. The story of Chivas Reagal 25.
A story brought to life using hundreds of archive photographs and months of painstaking animation under the supervision of directors Alon and Shay at th1ng.
We owe those guys a drink methinks.
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