Let's just say the video begins with a view of Lake Winona and ends with Hudson Bay showing up at the end.
Showing posts with label Film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film. Show all posts
6/12/10
All the World Cup you need to see ...
Great ad by Nike. I know. Still. Click on YouTube for the big version.
5/28/10
Why Chris will want an iPad someday ...
and me too. When you purchase a show/movie on iTunes, you can play it at home or take it with you on the iPad. Nice. And Rome is great: BBC on steroids. As usual, the leaders of the filmic Roman Empire have the accents of the British Empire.
5/21/10
Bloom watching ...
I threw the best of my flower shots into a slideshow for a quick overview. Check out the bigger version on the Vimeo hosting site.
3/2/10
Watching Tufte's "Geese Taking Flight"
Everyone one of these creatures would get top style points in a Geese Olympics.
Geese Taking Flight from Edward Tufte on Vimeo.
2/16/10
A good day for a Roger Ebert quote ...
“Almost the first day I started writing reviews, I found a sentence in a book by Robert Warshow that I pinned on the wall above my desk. I have quoted it so frequently that some readers must be weary of it, but it helps me stay grounded. It says:
“A man goes to the movies. A critic must be honest enough to admit he is that man.
“That doesn't make one person right and another wrong. All it means is that you know how they really felt, not how they thought they should feel.”
“The Best Films of the Decade“
“A man goes to the movies. A critic must be honest enough to admit he is that man.
“That doesn't make one person right and another wrong. All it means is that you know how they really felt, not how they thought they should feel.”
“The Best Films of the Decade“
1/1/10
My top ten love story films ...
Listing these moved my thinking from the typical to edgier films, from traditional guy/gal stories to father/son relationships, and on to Brokeback Mountain. And there are twelve films listed in no particular order. The listed names are the “active ingredients” of the films—the actors, writers, directors, and places that made a particular film work for me. May be updated and reposted.
Bread and Tulips (Bruno Ganz, Licia Maglietta, and Venice)
Notting Hill (Hugh Grant, Roger Michell, and Richard Curtis)
Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)
Ordinary People (Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore)
Educating Rita (Michael Caine and Julie Walters)
Moonstruck (Cher, Nick Cage, and Olympia Dukakis)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (more Hugh and more Richard Curtis)
Persuasion (Ciarán Hinds and more Roger Michell)
About a Boy (even more Hugh and Nick Hornby)
Stage Beauty (Billy Crudup and Claire Danes)
Casanova (Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, and more Venice)
Brokeback Mountain (more Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal)
Bread and Tulips (Bruno Ganz, Licia Maglietta, and Venice)
Notting Hill (Hugh Grant, Roger Michell, and Richard Curtis)
Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni)
Ordinary People (Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore)
Educating Rita (Michael Caine and Julie Walters)
Moonstruck (Cher, Nick Cage, and Olympia Dukakis)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (more Hugh and more Richard Curtis)
Persuasion (Ciarán Hinds and more Roger Michell)
About a Boy (even more Hugh and Nick Hornby)
Stage Beauty (Billy Crudup and Claire Danes)
Casanova (Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, and more Venice)
Brokeback Mountain (more Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal)
12/14/09
Finding what's beautiful as we approach the shortest days of the year ...
Gran Torino has that elegiac beauty consonant with the season. Over his career Clint has moved from representing the most naive heroes in American film to some wonderful attempts to see our heroes as fallen folk who enter heaven a dog’s breath before the gate closes.
12/5/09
A well-named entertainer ...
Cape Breton's Natalie MacMaster is, in fact, master of celtic tunes and dance, both. And she can do them together. These videos highlight her talents at each.
12/2/09
Let me see, what are we paying for cellphone use? ...
Today I received a video/audio feed from Chris in Germany on my iPod Touch. Free app. Free feed using wifi. My Touch does not have a camera, so Chris receives audio only. But it’s rumored that Apple will put a camera in the iPod Touch next year. I’m guessing the telcos are threatening/pleading with Apple not to do this. Eh?
11/4/09
Lead like the great conductors ...
Jim Campbell published this link to a Ted Talk on Facebook.
“An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders.”
“An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders.”
10/13/09
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls ...
The further along in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood the more the title begs the question whether saving Hollywood was a good idea. Here’s the pith from a review: “As the great '70s directors who dreamed they'd make the next ”Citizen Kane'' found themselves living it instead, Biskind reveals the human cost of such God-sized ambition.”
9/8/09
8/10/09
8/6/08
Easy freezy Apps 2
Sketchbox gives me all the remindering that I care to get: little snippets on my desktop and a countdown timer with an annoying alarm. I got the job done today; creds to the app. [Film at 10.]
8/4/08
Easy Freezy Apps 1
Easy Envelopes picks up an address from the copy board and imposes for printing an envelope or label. Click the stamp to print. Don't blick; it's done.
7/7/08
5/31/08
Location, location, location
We visited the new Book Shelf/Blue Heron today. Nice! Turn down the volume control before playing.
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