Jan 12th
Jonathan Kolb’s “Give Me A Smile” – palsy
Margaret Talbot’s “The Talking Cure” Babies hearing words = better life
Coover’s “Crabapple Tree” fiction
Jan 5th
David Sedaris’ “Leviathan” – need to read
Andrew Marantz “The Virologist” marketing memes, need to read
Renzo Piano is a senator for life in Italy. Sounds like a nice gig. Cool name, too. Architect of the Pompidou and the Times Building.
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1972 3D, computer animation from the founders of Pixar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjbax5HYHLQ Smoooooth jazz
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Howdy doody
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I made a game with a few batch files and a lot of folders. There’s even a tutorial. And I have DLC planned. It took me a few hours, in which I simultaneously watched the last few episode of The Thick of It. Tiny bit more after the jump and download link.
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I bought Boomer’s adventure is Asmik world when I was tiny and the cover beckoned me. Actually it wasn’t Boomer himself, but how he was drawn, that sloppy look was really appealing. I was hoping it would be represented in the 4 shades of grey the DMG promised. Pixel art can be bad, but sloppy? Oh, well. I ended up writing about his Famicom game on GameSetWatch a decade later.
So, here’s a scratch pad for some mascots.
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checking out the wordpress app for ios.
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wtf did i choose dbz?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15480741
The basis of shastar vidya, the “science of weapons” is a five-step movement: advance on the opponent, hit his flank, deflect incoming blows, take a commanding position and strike.
Great new yorker article on The Artist, typical non-praise but interesting take on the 9 year campaign of real silent films. Great, terse descriptions of how cinematography and acting were different and how the artist evokes a 40s film. I really need to watch Thief of Baghdad and rewatch some Guy Madden films.
Douglas Coupland, inventor of the term generation x, has a good review of “Gods without Men” at the new york times. I like it more for its essay-ness though. Time isn’t moving! I think he invented a new genre of fiction called “translit” – like Cloud Atlas – that I’m interested in.