Today the rhinoscripting workshop ended. T was kind enough to come to the review. It ended well, but with more questions than answers. At just six days, I feel like we ran out of time. But I’m very proud of the effort and product my students developed. I’ll post those to the website soon.
In the meantime, under the pressure of trying to find a job, I’ve finally launched a new version of my portfolio site. I haven’t tested it on all platform browser combinations, so if you see any bugs please tell me.
I’ve been teaching a rhinoscripting workshop since Thursday. There’s some interesting projects coming out of it. I wish I had more time to work with the students, but we only have a week. In the meantime, I’ve also been putting together my new website. (For the job search, which will now be abbreviated with FTjsW)
Anyway, I thought I would share RJD2’s new music video (courtesy of cliptip). It’s quite good. And reminds me of scenes from old Gene Kelly musicals, like dance number on rollerskates from It’s Always Fair Weather:
Gene Kelly had some sick moves. As Chomsky would say, “It is with good reason that he is so very famous and rich”. The musicologist has taught a class on the Kelly’s film, Singin’ in the Rain which he documents in a really informative blog post that covers the connection between musical dance numbers of the past and today’s underground dance innovations. In particular, he talks about Singin’ in the Rain remixes including an old VW commercial I remember from a few years ago. I really liked it then, and when I explored it more deeply years ago it led me to this video, which I was really obsessed over (wait until about 45 seconds in):
The guy kicking names is David Elsewhere, one of the four dancers who appeared in the VW “remix”. Check out some of the videos on his myspace page. Insanity!
I’ve been back from my vacation for a week or so. I’ve been buried under an unexpected job search: interviews, a resume and portfolio, etceter-atum. And a putting together the final book for my thesis.
Anyway, in the car today on the way to Staples on the radio, I heard an all a capella version of Bowie’s Under Pressure which somehow managed to be awesome. Then later today I heard this:
Which is based on this song by Mariah Carey:
Lovely. I remember being into Honey when I was in High School. With some irony, of course…. but not too much.
I also finally finished all 6 volumes of Akira over vacation. I was feeling so-so about the graphic novel since the movie (although ground-breaking) didn’t blow my circuits.
Buuuut the manga is unreal. It’s huuuge. 6 giant weighty tomes by Darkhorse that aren’t being published anymore until they re-release them … supposedly coming soon with a live action movie. Which had better be good, or else. The manga covers far more narrative in far more detail than the movie. And it does so with a deftness in storyline and graphic production that is hard to find anywhere else. The whole story feels like an apocalyptic Lord of the Flies. Only the story isn’t just apocalyptic, it’s post-apocalyptic, and then it goes post-post apocalyptic. Pick it up.
On the other hand, in totally different way, Adrian Tomine’s Sleepwalk and Other Stories was also an amazing read. Tomine does this sort of 90’s depression thing, but he does it well. Again and again. There’s about 15 or so short “stories” in the novel. They all carry the exact same emotional tone. But they’re all different. I hadn’t really thought of Summer Blonde as a controlled obsession, but in Sleepwalk it is overwhelming. I dig it.
Speaking of obsession, has anyone seen There Will be Blood? The critics seem to think it’s God’s gift to film. I have to admit, the trailer is intensely compelling.
Hello! I am recent graduate of the Masters of Architecture program at MIT, now a UX Designer at Microsoft. I write about design, architecture, technology and whatever else strikes my fancy.
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