January 2008
59 posts
jstn:
I’m trying to buy the new Autechre album but bleep.com is falling apart.
Dude, same thing over here too… I paid but can’t download.
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Old school
Coworker 1: Hey does anyone have a dictionary? I know I can get it online, but I need one in book form.
Coworker 2: Yeah I am pretty sure there's one in the glove box of the Model T parked up front.
“Deport it: Toyota Prius -
Ah, the Pious, toast of champagne socialists and...”
– Top Gear Magazine – Jan08
Pretty much sums up why I hate the Prius, the diet Coke of cars.
Thanks to my awesome sister for getting screening tickets to see Michel Gondry’s new film “Be Kind Rewind”. I saw it two nights ago, and I’m still thinking about it. It’s nice and kinda sad at the same time that, it’s been so long since I’ve seen a film where the story and not just the visuals that capitvated and inspired me and it really is quite...
Can't you see it's fucking magenta?
Having a shitty day, trying to do some final color correction, annoyed that my monitor at work haven’t been calibrated and no one seems to know if we have a calibrator here.
Eh, why do people always look at me like I’m fucking crazy when I tell them colors are off on their screens. Can’t you see there’s too much magenta in the blacks? Seriously colors are important...
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“Most hide behind a smile because they are afraid of facing the world’s...”
– In Praise of Melancholy. (via Kottke) Read it!
Roundup of intra-Pixar cameos →
via goldenfiddlr. — jakoblodwick
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Macbook Air reasoning
me: too bad it really makes no sense for me to get one
k: hahah i know right
me: I need more power not less size
k: but it's you keith
me: yeah I know... I'll end up getting one
My sister is now Tumbling! Awesome! →
Tesla's Stealth Bloodbath →
It sadden me to see Tesla Motors the great hope of automotive advancement, their brilliant Tesla roadster and the promise of a viable desirable electric sports car all crumbling.
Bullitt Chase Sequence Mapped, Proves a Tough... →
Alternate History: Five Alternate Histories of New... →
Definites
Why can’t clients in the creative industry give definite answers? It is so fucking hard to be straight up and say “Hey, your rate is too high, can we work something out?” instead of shit like “For that $[my rate quote] how good do you think you could make it look?”
What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire? -... →
— frankko
Photo emergency
Phone call 1am Saturday
M: Dude!
Me: Yo what up?
M: Dude! Dude! I have a photo emergency! Say I want to take a photo of a subject lit by a single light source, what settings should I set my camera to?
Me: Er... man, that depends. What are you trying to do?
M: Look I'm really fucked up, there's a naked girl on my bed and she wants me to take photos of her.
Me: Oh... dude just put it on program, use your flash snap a few shots then get it on. Seriously why the fuck are you on the phone with me?
M: Yeah your right, thanks man I'll call you tomorrow.
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