Monthly Archives: March 2008

Todd Solondz and “Happiness” – 21 March 2008

Posted on March 27, 2008 by

Managed to get tickets to Tisch Asia‘s exclusive screening of Happiness and Q&A with director Todd Solondz. Solondz was here for a week to mentor the Tisch students. Naturally his work was shown (at the Tisch Open House we saw … Continue reading →

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Randomness #415P

Posted on March 26, 2008 by

The story of borshch —– Cool ABC pop-up book: (via Book Design Review) —– Thoughts on whether Second Life is particularly suitable for teaching languages. A commentary on this Forbes article: In addition to providing resources, Boahn also offers free … Continue reading →

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Evangelion 1:0 – You Are (Not) Alone

Posted on March 26, 2008 by

“At last my arm is complete again!“ I enjoyed the new animation in the Evangelion movie — Evangelion 1:0 – You Are (Not) Alone — and let myself indulge in a bit of nostalgia for those memories of when I … Continue reading →

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Randomness #681J

Posted on March 17, 2008 by

Things go from bad to worse in Tibet. Have been shuttling between The Peking Duck and the BBC for coverage. – Vantan visited a panel with interesting scenarios of what the future of social networking technology might be like. This … Continue reading →

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Just different

Posted on March 14, 2008 by

A Wired feature highlights new thinking about autism: This movement is being fueled by a small but growing cadre of neuropsychological researchers who are taking a fresh look at the nature of autism itself. The condition, they say, shouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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What happens after the movie is made?

Posted on March 11, 2008 by

Radio Station Forgot To Play My Favourite Song is a documentary on Singapore rock circa 2003, shot as a final year project. It’s up on the internet now — available for all to see. Part I: (To be honest, I’m … Continue reading →

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Lobby Cards – the Leonard Schrader Collection

Posted on March 10, 2008 by

From the homepage: The Collection consists of 8,462 vintage lobby-cards and 5,000 related items – many the sole surviving traces of long-lost silent films – acquired by late screenwriter/filmmaker Leonard Schrader over the course of 27 years. While Schrader preserved … Continue reading →

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The Diary of Tortov Roddle (或る旅人の日記)

Posted on March 10, 2008 by

According to the Anime News Network: Follow Tortov as he journeys through very surreal, magical, picturesque landscapes, meeting interesting characters and circumstances on the way. Accompanied by his long-legged pig friend, Tortov takes us on an on-going adventure of peaceful … Continue reading →

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From 3 to thousands

Posted on March 7, 2008 by

Ah, technology! But if you are cheap, desperate and inventive, smaller crowds can be generated from no crowds at all — just a couple of people. From Kevin Kelly’s blog, via SGFilm.

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Randomness #785D

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

R.I.P. Gary Gygax. Found out from, of all places, How The World Works: In the deep structure of ancient Internet culture, where the same computer programmers who helped build the Net often spent their leisure time pretending to be online … Continue reading →

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