August 2009
Is Videogame Creativity Dead? A greate piece by @leighalexander on the cyclicality in the videogame industry: http://bit.ly/WdJlm
WSJ on why AT&T might have gotten screwed over in the whole AT&T/Apple iPhone deal: http://bit.ly/2bcEGH
Tonight’s episode of the /Filmcast will feature the illustrious and erudite @akstanwyck. See you at http://slashfilm.com/live at 10 PM EST!
Day 241: We all need things to remind us of who we were, who we are, and what we’ve lost over the years. http://bit.ly/gwaWh
At the vegan wedding I shot yesterday there was a corpulent man sitting next to me who refused to eat. “I don’t like veggies.” he explained.
Wedding #2 went really well. Today I got to hold and use a Canon EOS 5d Mark II (21 MEGAPIXELS). My life will never be the same again.
Panorama: Reception http://flic.kr/p/6U9HxQ
Revenge Is Writing a Film About a Girl Who Dumped you: A look behind the inspiration of (500 Days of SUmmer) - http://bit.ly/29GEZ5
Day 240 http://flic.kr/p/6U27rB
Here’s a photo from the wedding I photographed (or, attempted to photograph) last week: http://bit.ly/qUYlL
Day 239 http://flic.kr/p/6TMMpS
Avatar trailer before Final Destination. My friend says: “interesting, very science fiction-y, but it looks really fake.”
AudioBoo: About to take the GRE http://boo.fm/b58998
Further proof that Facebook (and the men that use it) constitute a wretched hive of scum and villainy: http://bit.ly/c78TS
Day 236: One thing I have learned over the last two years can be summed up in one sentence: Do not give up until you are dead.
Park http://flic.kr/p/6TsEUX
French minister to meet Apple chief on ‘exploding iPhones’ on Friday http://bit.ly/hpZ3M via @madlid
Harvard is 80% beautiful women and 19% beautiful men. I feel as ugly as I did after watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
I don’t know why but this amazing photo of a guys iphone w/ completely re-done icons makes me laugh a little..then a lot http://bit.ly/XfqpN
The Onion asks: “Is Using a Minotaur to Gore Detainees a Form of Torture?” http://bit.ly/EvGVc I’m glad SOMEONE is asking these questions…
My GRE is tomorrow. I now know 500 more words than I did one week ago. My favorite new word: Equanimity - http://bit.ly/rnjaw (WANT)
Side note btw: For looking up word definitions quickly, BING is a superior service to Google. This realization saddened me for some reason.
Thanks for all the well-wishes about the GRE, everyone! I best not be inveigled or rendered agog by your salutary praise, lest I do poorly!
AudioBoo: Should Christians Avoid Rated R Movies? http://boo.fm/b58709
Amazing/Beautiful day in Boston today http://flic.kr/p/6ThAjn
Skateboard http://flic.kr/p/6TixT9
Another CS Lewis subway quote http://flic.kr/p/6Timhb
First day of class, standing/sitting room only http://flic.kr/p/6TiD7u
Day 234: http://bit.ly/hH5N1
According to a Japanese study, people who skip breakfast end up losing their virginity earlier in life: http://bit.ly/sklvU
Unattended bookselling table utilizing honor system, Harvard Square http://flic.kr/p/6TeB4H
“The Xbox 360 is tracking almost exactly in line with the PS2, while the PS3 is looking more like the Dreamcast.” http://bit.ly/106gYu
GRE vocabulary studying http://flic.kr/p/6T5S1F
Holy crap, it’s @ericdsnider’s birthday?! Everyone reply to @ericdsnider with a happy b-day message! He deserves homage.
Texas recently put to death an innocent man: http://bit.ly/1a8Xyo Could have implications for the “new abolitionist” movement.
Day 233: So much of my life is demanding I give up right now. Not quite ready for that yet, though.
Fortune writer @jonfortt on why Apple resembles Orwell’s Animal Farm: http://bit.ly/XSCAE
/Filmcast Vernacular Starts Seeping Into the...
/Filmcast listener Scotty from Wichita Falls, TX writes: I just started back to school teaching high school. It’s important for a teacher to build a rapport with the students and get to know about things they are into like books and movies. I had a class with a few minutes at the end and we were talking about books, one boy was talking about Harry Potter and I asked if he was satisfied...
Chatting with Jason Chen from Gizmodo about our...
davechensky: Are you a podcast kind of guy?
davechensky: do you listen to any podcasts regularly, and if so, which ones?
Jason Chen: Listener?
Jason Chen: I only listen to the adam carolla podcast
Jason Chen: no offense to you or anything
davechensky: lol
davechensky: none taken
Jason Chen: :P
davechensky: trust me, I talk with people all the time that don't listen to my podcast
davechensky: it's not a huge deal :)
davechensky: None of my family/freinds listen to my podcast
davechensky: but thousands of other people do
davechensky: it's ...sad?
Jason Chen: Yeah i don't think any of my family or friends read my crap either
davechensky: lol
Jason Chen: None of them bought my book either
davechensky: what bizarre, twisted, and sad lives we lead
Jason Chen: Yeah good times
Memorial Drive http://flic.kr/p/6SPLky
If you are a geek/nerd like me, you will really enjoy this analysis of book titles by “book title expert Gary Dexter” http://bit.ly/arUrU
Day 232: Soon my commitment to this idea will be tested. I will willingly rise to meet the challenge.
Here’s that piece I was reading yesterday by @agaricus: http://bit.ly/3rcbgM “Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess”
Broadcasting the /Filmcast live soon with at http://www.slashfilm.com/live with “Paper Heart” director Nicholas Jasenovec
Me & @devindra try to explain what the state of US film criticism is w/in 20 minutes for @thefilmtalk This’s the result http://bit.ly/3Tnjmt
Reading @agaricus’s take on why Craigslist is such a mess in this week’s issue of Wired. No link, cause it’s not online yet.
Random thought studying GRE vocab: What a strange/sad coincidence that baleful (Bale-ful) means “deadly; w/ malign influence; ominous.”
“A chance to spend eternity on top of Marilyn Monroe is up for bid on eBay.” http://bit.ly/9D0L8
Day 231: One day, hopefully: http://bit.ly/F76y5
HOLY S*IT not that I do, but I’ll NEVER EVER txt while driving after seeing this: http://bit.ly/HLfDP The Requiem for a Dream of txting PSAs