February 2012
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
– Woodrow Wilson (posted on twitter by @WestWingReport on anniversary of Wilson’s death)
January 2012
FORESIGHT.: 4K+ Digital Intermediate →
Great blog by Michael Cioni at Light Iron about working with 4k.
michaelcioni:
If you really wanted to make a 4K end-to-end movie, what would that entail?
While myself and my team have been working with 4K material for close to 4 years, we recently got a chance to perform the mastering of our first 4K internationally delivered feature film; The Girl with the Dragon…
Letter from a Birmingham Jail →
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Sistine Chapel VR →
Visit the simple, understated Sistine Chapel without all the people and long walk thru priceless artwork.
WatchI posted this on facebook already but here is the direct embedded video. Fallon is great as “Tebowie”.
“I can’t imagine life without American Idol…”
– Ryan Seacrest. (Cancel it! Cancel it!)
Marching into a New Year with humor & rebellion
We start this year like we start most New Year’s days, watching the Rose Parade. Tradition. This year with the shadow of 2011 sulking away, listening to the insipid TV commentary amuses less and stands out as one more thing that really could use change.
“Here come the Wells Fargo stage coaches - part of a fleet of 19 specially designed replica stage coaches that travel the...
December 2011
WatchAn innocent day making cupcakes enhanced by the Action Movie app!
Scurry Away 2011
Yesterday at LAX we witnessed an event that I thought was a good summation of 2011.
A woman in a hurry with a fully loaded SmartCart ran over the foot of a woman sitting on the floor. As the injured cried out in pain the cart driver said loudly “this would never have happened if you weren’t sitting on the floor.”
The crowd loudly gasped and then sprang to the injured’s...
“Mommy, I want the ipad”
– Kid, about 2 at exit to security at LAX.
“I have one consistency, which is [being] against the totalitarian - on the left...”
– Christopher Hitchens
Steven Van Zandt: There Is Only One Issue In... →
I posted this link on Facebook over the weekend but wanted to post it here on the blog as well.
November 2011
“Walk right in it’s around the back. Just a half a mile from the railroad...”
– tradition, served yearly