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Jul 14

Link → Filmmaker Plans Bomb The Music Industry! Documentary

For the (sadly) one follower who recognizes this as awesome news.

Link → Newspaper to Charge People to Comment

(via sasquatchmedia):

In the category of putting your money where your mouth is: I have no idea if people will be willing to pay to comment — if they’re reluctant to pay for online news why would they pay to comment on news? — but I’ll sure be watching this.

I love this idea. Has anybody ever read comments on news sites? They’re absolutely worthless. A paywall would mitigate this problem by either making it cost you money (and reputation) to leave your sniping, baseless accusations, or block you from doing it at all. The next best thing would be if they just removed commenting altogether. (via nostrich)

• Posted by: sasquatchmedia Journalism as a Conversation • Found via: nostrich nostrich
Jul 13
Black-Headed Gull, England by Christopher Hoyle I was taking pictures of the scenery near Lake Windermere in the U.K. This black-headed gull was flying straight at me. It was oblivious to the camera for a while but then put the brakes on and flared its wings before it hit me in the lens. That intense look must be the last thing many small creatures see. (via littletinyfish)

Black-Headed Gull, England by Christopher Hoyle

I was taking pictures of the scenery near Lake Windermere in the U.K. This black-headed gull was flying straight at me. It was oblivious to the camera for a while but then put the brakes on and flared its wings before it hit me in the lens. That intense look must be the last thing many small creatures see.

(via littletinyfish)

• Posted by: nationalgeographicdaily National Geographic Daily • Found via: littletinyfish Little Tiny Fish: Thought Bubbles
Look at this comic book mural. Comic book murals are not a new thing, but I’ve never seen one that has been put together so creatively. Usually they go from left-to-right, or make a 2×3 grid or something flush. Look at the hand: it’s not even upright. Here’s what they look like next to each other. You can barely tell they hook together. It makes this fact seem extra-secret. (via Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun)

Look at this comic book mural.

Comic book murals are not a new thing, but I’ve never seen one that has been put together so creatively. Usually they go from left-to-right, or make a 2×3 grid or something flush. Look at the hand: it’s not even upright.

Here’s what they look like next to each other. You can barely tell they hook together. It makes this fact seem extra-secret.

Ink Covers

(via Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun)

Link → American Cinematographer Magazine's List of the 50 Films with the Best Cinematography, 1998-2008

(via erotic-transference):

This is an exhaustive list. They’ve covered more-or-less every brilliantly shot film from the last decade that’s worth a damn.

(via spaceships):

Dubious order, and only 1 female cinematographer made it on. But all in all…

1. Amélie: Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC (2001)
2. Children of Men: Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (2006)
3. Saving Private Ryan: Janusz Kaminski (1998)
4. There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit, ASC (2007)
5. No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (2007)
6. Fight Club: Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (1999)
7. The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister, ASC (2008)
8. Road to Perdition: Conrad L. Hall, ASC (2002)
9. Cidade de Deus (City of God): César Charlone, ABC (2002)
10. American Beauty: Conrad L. Hall, ASC (1999)
11. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Deakins)
12. Tie: In the Mood for Love (Christopher Doyle, HKSC, and Mark Li Ping-bin) and Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo Navarro, ASC)
13. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Andrew Lesnie, ASC, ACS)
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Ellen Kuras, ASC)
15. Gladiator (John Mathieson, BSC)
16. The Matrix (Bill Pope, ASC)
17. The Thin Red Line (John Toll, ASC)
18. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (Kaminski)
19. Slumdog Millionaire (Anthony Dod Mantle, BSC, DFF)
20. Tie: Eyes Wide Shut (Larry Smith, BSC) and Requiem for a Dream (Matthew Libatique, ASC)
21. Kill Bill (Robert Richardson, ASC)
22. Moulin Rouge (Donald M. McAlpine, ASC, ACS)
23. The Pianist (Pawel Edelman, PSC)
24. Hero (Doyle)
25. Black Hawk Down (Slawomir Idziak, PSC)
26. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Deakins)
27. Babel (Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC)
28. Lost In Translation (Lance Acord, ASC)
29. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Peter Pau, HKSC)
30. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Claudio Miranda, ASC)
31. The Man Who Wasn’t There (Deakins)
32. The New World (Lubezki)
33. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez)
34. Atonement (Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC)
35. Munich (Kaminski)
36. The Prestige (Pfister)
37. Memoirs of a Geisha (Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS)
38. The Aviator (Richardson)
39. Zodiac (Harris Savides, ASC)
40. The Insider (Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC)
41. Gangs of New York (Michael Ballhaus, ASC)
42. Tie: Brokeback Mountain (Prieto) and The Fountain (Libatique)
43. The Fall (Colin Watkinson)
44. The Passion of the Christ (Caleb Deschanel, ASC)
45. Snow Falling on Cedars (Richardson)
46. House of Flying Daggers (Xiaoding Zhao)
47. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Eric Adkins)

Wow, I’ve only not seen 15 out of 50. I must be a cinematography freak. There are some kinda weird ones like The Prestige and Zodiac, which were both fine movies, but I didn’t particularly think they had superior cinematography, but what is a list except fodder for controversy? It’s really interesting to see Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow get a nod.

• Posted by: erotic-transference Erotic Transference • Found via: spaceships the pandas are moshing
Jul 12
(via traficanteria): This is a drawing of Obama on a hoverboard jumping over a shark.  it needs some labels and things to make it a true political cartoon. How about this? “Obama, you can keep it. I’ve got a Pit Bull.”

(via traficanteria):

This is a drawing of Obama on a hoverboard jumping over a shark.  it needs some labels and things to make it a true political cartoon.

How about this?

“Obama, you can keep it. I’ve got a Pit Bull.”

• Posted by: traficanteria The Huffington Beast Times • Found via: traficanteria The Huffington Beast Times

(( Secret World )) 4k Footage—This is one of YouTube’s feature demos for their new 4k resolution support. That means you can now upload videos that are 4× the resolution of HD. To paraphrose Roy Scheider, you’re gonna need a bigger display. You’re also gonna need a faster processor and connection speed.

What does this mean for the little people? Not much. Flash’s scaling algorithm makes the higher resolutions look over-sharp when they’re scaled down, and even reasonably fast processors choke on the frame rate. But it’s a step forward for technology, and eventually consumer demand will catch up to the supply.

I’ll have to try it on my 27” iMac, which still doesn’t have the resolution to display a 4k film at its native size, and I haven’t tried it in HTML5 yet, either, which is presumably less processor-intensive and might even render on the video card. (via littlemonsterfilms)

Dan Telfer: “The Best Dinosaur” 5-4-10 at Chicago Underground Comedy—This guy is amazingly sharp-witted.

(via adactio & BastionBella)

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(via harharhar): A book entirely about Spacesuits. This must be how love feels. I gotta get this book.

(via harharhar):

A book entirely about Spacesuits. This must be how love feels.

I gotta get this book.

• Posted by: harharhar har har har • Found via: harharhar har har har
Jul 10
Portrait of a Country by Liu Heung Shing  (via spaceships & reblololo)

Portrait of a Country by Liu Heung Shing  (via spaceships & reblololo)

• Posted by: reblololo reblololo • Found via: spaceships the pandas are moshing
Jul 09

EpicWin is a GTD app. Er, no, it’s an RPG. Er, maybe it’s an RPTD? Well, it’s an app that mixes crossing off list items with getting experience and loot, combined with a dash of vibrant illustration work.

Whatever it is, it looks remarkably fun. (via rexboxproductions)

Men Without Hats—“Safety Dance (Literal Version)” (via HystericTV)

That poor midget’s ass. (via adactio)

• Posted by: adactio adactumblr • Found via: adactio adactumblr
Jul 07

Link → Has The Oil Stopped Leaking?

For all the current talk about BP’s clean-up efforts, it’s concealing the fact that oil is still spewing into the ocean.

Jul 06
This just appeared on my dashboard.

This just appeared on my dashboard.