23.06.06
replaced old motd
"There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't."
William Least Heat Moon in 'Blue Highways'
black and white and cutout style
an interesting interactive play of images, curves, and motion at nfctd, exploring the aesthetic possibilities of flash.
17.06.06
couple more espn/abc gripes
after watching the u.s.a-italy game today (btw, the yanks fought like tigers with 9 players vs. 10 - they even kept controlling the game - by karma alone they deserved to win this game):
cutting away to (the pretty empty) times square in the middle of an attack is not cool. and cutting to the u.s locker room during the czech game is also not cool.
then, why is 10% of the screen obstructed by the top bar, when the top half of it is just blank?
and covering up a quarter of the screen every 10 minutes to promote future broadcasts should pretty much cost a channel the fifa broadcast rights.
13.06.06
xerox transfers
to paraphrase tolstoy - successful prints are all alike; every failed print is failed in its own way.
i've uploaded photos of a series of attempts at xerox transfer printing a photograph i took. the result is actually quite fetching.
11.06.06
sports, comments-on, nostalgia, america
world cup fever in america
world cup fever is upon us once more and although i'm not much of a sports fan, the world cup moves me like a bad romantic comedy on an airplane.
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:20
with all my love to nedved, I believe the czech republic won't pass the first round. squadra azura will be there instead. The one problem with the world cup this time (at least in israel) is that it was hectically discussed for so many months before it actually started, that by the time it started, i'm already sick of it. Add to that the 300 nis that they charge just to watch all of israel's worst coaches pretending to be comentators, in a studio built as a Dr-Gav living room, and the will to watch it this time is the lowest i've ever had. Lastly, I hope brazil doesn't win. It will be too boring if they do. Being france's only fan in israel, I'd say viva la france, but they look pretty bad. So forza usa, if that's what it takes.
- yotam
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:03
well - we'll see in a few hours whether the czechs have it in them or not :)
i can't say that the cup was over-discussed here. even on june 8th people who supposedly cared about football asked me when the first match is starting. so at least my excitement could build properly.
but i agree with you - just not brazil.
- guy
Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:02
3-0. you win :)
- yotam
Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:22
You be speakin' my mind sometimes.
about the many data on players/countries e.g. Cote D'Ivoire/Ivory Coast is in the middle of a civil war, there were requests to not let Iran play!!! (because of the nuclear talks), I must admit I learn some useful stuff, like i learned that the Trini goalkeeper in Saturday's game went to my undergrad university. H.U. U know!
German compound words crack me up. fussballweltmeisterschaft. ha.
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Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:55
Such a great world cup! I just got back from germany. I watched France-Brazil! I was disapointed by Brazil.
- John
10.06.06
quick entry re: world cup
in a wonderful play on the national/international spirit of the fifa world cup, someone covered footballs with national fabrics and icons.
a more elaborate post on the american revolution in football and my personal bet on this tournament's semifinalists - tomorrow.
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Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:27
what are you doing watching thumbsucker when you have not yet seen the movies i told you to watch?????
- cynthia
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:58
it's the randomness of fate that comes with living off your roommate's netflix account.
- guy
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:36
Love the new Motd.
- D
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 03:52
THUMBSUCKER ...? lol your kidding right??
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