July 22, 2008 • 6:02 pm 0
Gondry’s done a video for Becks Cellphone’s Dead off his new album. I haven’t heard the new album but I like the video.
Watched Dark Knight over the weekend. It was quite good, a little long. But not as mind-blowing as critics are saying. (Don’t buy the hype!) Heath Ledger is excellent and Maggie is hotter than Katie.
July 14, 2008 • 5:17 pm 0
Just got back from Sarah and Aaron’s wedding on Orcas Island. It was lovely!
Everyone has been posting about the Radiohead “data visualization” video on google. I thought the interactive part was kinda nice too.
Kinda makes me wish I had worked harder on my Dustbunnies project.
Anyway, it’s pretty cool that Radiohead is releasing the how-to and the data for the video. If art likes to ape science, we should publish like them too!
Filed under: art, music, projects, technology
July 9, 2008 • 5:53 pm 0
Koichiro Tsujikawa is a video artist from Japan who’s done a lot of Cornelius‘ (whose work I love) music videos. Here’s an experiment that I particularly like:
Cornelius, who took his stage name from the helpful primate in Planet of the Apes, uses very short samples. I think the term people who know what they’re talking about is “micro-sampling”. Obviously, I don’t know much about music at all. This style is a lot like those examples I showed in a previous post. Very thinly sliced time.
Anyway, I’ve finally gotten on the twitter wagon. Trying to package up my daily experiences into packets that small is a challenge for me, but it has a strange effect on how one interacts with world. I don’t yet have any real thoughts on this yet… so maybe I should be twittering it.
July 8, 2008 • 6:11 am 2
I saw this on the interwebs a while back, but never got the chance to share. Enjoy!
Filed under: art
July 3, 2008 • 11:10 pm 0
For work I’m supposed to visualize a recorded conversation. I’ve got no lorem ipsum for this, so I started chatting with javascript Eliza. Transcript follows:
ELIZA: Is something troubling you ?
YOU: I’m supposed to have finished this visualization of a conversation.
ELIZA: Is it because you are supposed to have finished this visualization of a conversation that you came to me ?
YOU: Yeah, I was hoping you could help me with it.
ELIZA: Perhaps I already know you were hoping I could help you with it.
YOU: Wow! That’s even better.
ELIZA: That is interesting. Please continue.
YOU: So I was thinking we could talk and maybe you’d have some insight into how to structure a conversation.
ELIZA: Were you really ?
YOU: Yes.
ELIZA: You seem to be quite positive.
YOU: Well, now I’m not so sure.
ELIZA: Do you enjoy being not so sure ?
YOU: Sometimes it’s fun.
ELIZA: What does that suggest to you ?
YOU: An unhappy childhood?
ELIZA: I’m not sure I understand you fully.
YOU: That makes two of us.
ELIZA: Does talking about this bother you ?
YOU: Nope. Am I making you uncomfortable?
ELIZA: Would you want to be making I uncomfortable ?
YOU: Are you Rastafarian?
ELIZA: Why are you interested in whether I am rastafarian or not ?
YOU: I’m not. Sorry, that was a bad joke.
ELIZA: Do you know anyone else who is not ?
YOU: A few. Present company excluded, of course.
ELIZA: Please go on.
YOU: No thanks. Let’s talk about my project.
ELIZA: You are being a bit negative.
YOU: I’m just changing the subject.
ELIZA: Is it because you are just changing the subject that you came to me ?
YOU: I came to you to talk.
ELIZA: Do you came to anyone else ?
YOU: That’s really personal.
ELIZA: I’m not sure I understand you fully.
YOU: That seems to be the major problem here.
ELIZA: Tell me more about that.
YOU: If your “chinese menu” had more items that were relevant to things I was actually interested in, then perhaps we might have a meaningful conversation.
ELIZA: What would you do if my “chinese menu” had more items that was relevant to things you was actually interested in ?
YOU: Spend more time drinking alone, probably.
ELIZA: What does that suggest to you ?
I remember a site long ago that had an Eliza screen play writing contest. If anyone knows where that is, I’d be grateful.
Filed under: projects, technology
July 2, 2008 • 4:56 pm 0
One of the perks of working here is the free gym membership. The gym has squash courts and I love to play. Yesterday I got demolished by a coworker and now I’m so sore I can’t even walk up stairs. It was pretty fun.
For those unfamiliar, squash is sort of like racquetball. It’s played in a four walled court. There are two important differences, though. First the ceiling and part of the walls are out of bounds. (You can see the redlines marked in the video.) Secondly, the ball is a “dead” rubber ball. This means that spin and power have less importance in this game than placement and position. The game, therefore, become a slower more and gradual strategic accummulation than a series of outright winners. Points can last for minutes. It’s this “slow” pace that I really enjoy.
The video features Jonathan Powers former #1 in the world and the son of the Dartmouth’s squash coach. Those guys make this sport look like walking. On the other hand, I have to haul ace to move around the court.
Filed under: hobbies
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