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The Original

Anamaria — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:33:26 +0000

I loved the cover of Don’t Rain on my Parade on Glee. But, my favorite has to remain the incomparable original. Sing it, Barbra.

Mr Zeldman’s take on life

Anamaria — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:47:40 +0000

Kids can keep you up all night but it’s all worth it. Domestic animals give love freely to the least deserving, but their lives are short and their ends are often brutal. And it’s worth it. It is all worth it. Every day, even a sad day blurred by headaches and filled with business meetings, is magical and infinite. This dance, this particular proton dance, will never come again. This tune we’re too busy to hear will not be played again. Never forget to be thankful for your life.

- Jeffrey Zeldman

The future is now?

Anamaria — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:14:45 +0000

This is kind of cool-creepy, especially the last bit:

Demo of Siri personal assistant

Kevin Fanning

Anamaria — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:56:34 +0000

How to figure out where you are from.

You will need: a pencil and a piece of paper.

First write down the name of every city in which you have ever lived.

Then, next to each name, write down the number of times you had your heart broken there.

You are from the city that broke your heart the most.

Visit Kevin Fanning’s favorites for a further sampling of his great writing, like Emails from Dead People, How Everything Turned Out, or My Home Liposuction. He also has a book about Jennifer Love Hewitt. I am very tempted to buy it.

True Blood’s back soon. Hello, Eric.

Anamaria — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:43:35 +0000

I am really enjoying the advertising for True Blood’s upcoming season:

Minisode #1

Promo poster:

Hypnotizing chickens

Anamaria — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:34:49 +0000

Senior officers say [Powerpoint] does come in handy when the goal is not imparting information, as in briefings for reporters.

…Those types of PowerPoint presentations, Dr. Hammes said, are known as “hypnotizing chickens.”

This NYT article seems to be written to provide an opportunity to mention to Edward Tufte’s essay on Powerpoint:

Alas, slideware often reduces the analytical quality of presentations. In particular, the popular PowerPoint templates (ready-made designs) usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis.

Constantine

Anamaria — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:17:09 +0000

I am watching Constantine for the umpteenth time while I obsessively research tents (because I wouldn’t be me if I wasn’t obsessively researching something). The plot is not the strongest, but I love the look of this movie and I think some of the casting and acting is brilliant: Tilda Swinton as Gabriel, Gavin Rossdale as Balthazar the demon, Peter Stormare as Satan. What is perhaps more surprising though, is that Keanu Reeves doesn’t suck, in fact he is pretty good. Most surprising of all is that Shia LaBeouf is not so annoying that I am forced to turn the movie off.

I think this is one of my favorite comic-book to movie adaptations. I just wished they showed Constantine on TV more often, instead of X-men and The Fantastic Four (cough)shit movie(cough), which seem to be on endless rotation lately. Alright, must continue reading tent reviews. Anyone have any strong opinions about canvas tents? Don’t all answer at once, OK

P.S. The third episode of the new season of Doctor Who was great! And although the new Doctor is not really my type, Amelia Pond is definitely the bees knees.

Incarnations of Burned Children – DFW

Anamaria — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:41:41 +0000

When I got to the end of this short story, I realized I had been clenching my fists and holding my breath. Must read Infinite Jest.

New York, I miss you

Anamaria — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:50:37 +0000

From Flickr. Click each photo for credit.

The Big Picture looks at Eyjafjallajokull

Anamaria — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:41:42 +0000

Big Picture photo gallery