September 2009
Shorts into Features
Posted by on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 1 comment
Two short films, available to watch online, that have recently become feature-length films: • Disctrict 9 by Neill Blomkamp • 9 by Shane Acker
A New Blender in the Family
Posted by on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 6 comments
My niece Jade and her friend Hannah made a silent movie for the Blendtec “So you think you can BLEND” contest and won a Blendtec blender! The laugh-track was a nice touch: • I’m going to be coming over to do all of my blending. Maybe we can try it out on my broken iPod.
If I Gave a Tweet
Posted by on Monday, September 14, 2009 - 2 comments
Criticizing Twitter and its users is one of the lowest forms of shallow condescension - right up there pointing out that the things in the Alanis Morissette song aren’t technically “ironic”. The “why do I care what you had for breakfast” routine is one best relegated to bad stand-up comedians and …
Introduction to New Urbanism
Posted by on Sunday, September 13, 2009 in
This 9-part lecture on New Urbanism (in 10-minute bite-sized chunks) is a pleasantly common-sense criticism of car-centered urban planning.