Archive for January, 2008

La culpa es de la vaca

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Un maestro de la sabiduría paseaba por un bosque con su fiel discípulo, cuando vio a lo lejos un sitio de apariencia pobre, y decidió hacer una breve visita al lugar.

Durante la caminata le comentó al aprendiz sobre la importancia de las visitas, también de conocer personas y las oportunidades de aprendizaje que tenemos […]

It’s official: mail is slow as snails

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Petit Gris snails are fed at the snail farm of French breeder Dominique Pierru near Soissons, northeast of Paris, […]

Seen @ Murray Library — the Great Blue … CAT?

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Bebo Bimbo Bumped-off Broadcast

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

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MyG-Life, a teach-yourself game design site

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

MyG-Life, established by American-Israeli entrepreneur Idit Caperton, is aimed at teaching children how to build their own computer games online - and then give them the chance to share and assess each others’ work.
The project has been rolled out initially in West Virginia, but is set to go global later this year.
“We send you to […]

What did the Director’s Guild agree to?

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Take a look at this link to read the fact sheet about the money terms of the DGA agreement.
And take a look here to see what the WGA has said about it …

What an Idea!

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Here’s an idea: a young filmmaker applies to be a Junior Fellow at First Things!

Yes, it is an ecumenical […]

Should Jean Luc Godard just go away? Or ought we listen to him?

Monday, January 7th, 2008

I was shocked at the negative responses to the recent Die Zeit interview with Jean Luc Godard on his reception of the European Film Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Words To Live By from Mamoru Oshii, anime sensei

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Japanese feel free and creative within the confines of a controlled environment. For hundreds of years we painted and mass-printed images, but we always drew the lines first and then colored between them, which is exactly how animation is made in this country. Japan is the world leader in manga and anime because we love […]

Charles Taylor and Buddhist Shomyo Chanting

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Click Here to See Video from BBC World Service
Monks headline Japan’s bars

Why did I post this video from the BBC with this headline? Well, those of you who are savvy know that Charles Taylor’s latest book, A Secular Age, […]