January 2009
52 posts
1981, Northern Ireland Disco Dance Finals →
Academic Earth →
pica:
unalone: This is incredible, and doesn’t cost $160,000. Free lectures from Harvard, Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, and Yale, covering a ton of subjects, for absolutely free.
More than lectures, AE offers entire courses. This Yale course on the American novel, for instance, spans 25 lessons.
Also of note: the @Google series of lengthy interviews, including a month-old one with Chris...
‘The Nest That Sailed The Sky”, a gorgeous new animation from my friend Glenn. Embedded on the advice of Wolf and Fox.
"The Nest That Sailed The Sky" - a new (and... →
My friends have been nominated for an Oscar for... →
Ecelectic Method remix on the Colbert Report last... →
Super-8 film
I found a box full of Super-8 film today abandoned on the side of the road in the snow. The reels are dated from the 1950s. There’s ‘Disneyland’, ‘Mexican Bullfight’, etc. About 10 reels of the stuff, all home movies by the looks of things but well packaged so at least it was an amateur who knew what he/she was doing. Can’t wait to dig out a projector and...
In honor of Dr King
I just got a spam message that totally cracked me up laughing:
Dear Hugh,
Today I am celebrating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King who said the following:
“Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.”
Isn’t that the truth?
If you’re still battling with your weight or are unhappy with your body, then you need to read this important message right now!
100 best blogs for film and theatre students →
In November 1995, The Wire published an article titled “Advice to Clever...
– Aphex Twin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via bandigital)
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