The tilt-shift harbor
Tilt–shift photography makes life-sized locations or subjects look like miniature-scale models. The ultra-short depth of field tricks the eye into thinking that the shot was taken with a macro lens, or close-up filters. Here is a video by Keith Loutit using tilt shift shot in time lapse that makes a busy harbor look like a […]
Internet for everyone
The USA ranks 15th in broadband adoption, which is key to getting more access for rural areas. Germany, where I live, has dropped from rank 10 to 14. The table is from a publication by InternetforEveryone.org called One Nation Online. Also see the OECD report, The Future of the Internet Economy. Of course, the US, […]
Billy Holiday: Fine and Mellow
Billy Holiday was reunited after many years with tenor saxophonist Lester Young for this recording session in 1957. Her silent response to his solo was so eloquent. This is probably the most famous “live jazz” performance in TV history.
rt 2 live
we talk only w/ppl who accept R rt 2 live David Saranga, Cons. Gen. of Israel in New York, on Hamas, using Twitter (SZ, 5/6 Jan 2008) Stop for a moment and look at Boston.com’s Big Picture series on Israel and Gaza. Goddamn it all. Healing gypsy music from Titi Robin, Dino Banjara and La […]
Your brain on Google
Gary Small, a neuroscientist at UCLA in California, has found through studies that Internet searching and text messaging has made the brains of “digital natives” more adept at filtering information and making decisions. The thinking part of the brain can be trained by surfing, which is scanning for the next bit of new information and […]
Enough, already, Obama!
This past month I have found message after message from the Obama team asking for donations and providing various objects bearing the message of Hope. Gail Collins’ fun “Year-End Quiz” at the New York Times (thanks Joan!) hits the nail on the head in question 8: Which of the following has Obama for America NOT […]
Cues from the internet
Chris Anderson’s “long tail” theory, the idea that the internet would transform our buying habits and give fringe products (and companies) a chance, providing diversity and giving capitalism a more human face, seems to be overly optimistic. Statistics show that blockbusters are getting almost all of the online business, at least in terms of percentage. Recommendation […]
