I agree with Khoi, except that I think this is where the local video store is going to come back into some prominence. There’s already times that I go to the store (good, quirky, local store, not the Blockbuster variety – sooo happy they are gone), when we want to watch a particular movie right [...]
This is weird. This post came in my RSS feed, but I get a 404 when I go to the Wired site. Do a search on the site and see the link, and you’ll still get the same 404. I’ve seen this with them before; they seem to pull posts after the fact. Don’t know [...]
Great short video on the making of the most recent New Yorker Money Issue. Loved the way they involved three different artists to produce three “covers” to create a little story. I hope they do something like that again soon. This little bit shows why I love this magazine, both that they do so much [...]
Great talk by John Gruber (of Daring Fireball) titled “The Auteur Theory of Design”. He starts off wondering why some groups are able to create great things (art, movies, software programs) and other, seemingly equally strong groups produce, well, crap. Borrowing from the Auteur Theory, and using Hitchcock as an example, his main premise for [...]
Definitely have to check these lists out …
Great overview of DSLR cameras, what to look for, especially in terms of lenses and such.
This entry talks about the above book by Bert Dobson. While this book looks interesting, it’s the other book that’s mentioned, Dobson’s Keys to Drawing that might be of the most interest for me right now.
I vaguely remember reading this when I was younger (this post mentions that it was published in Heavy Metal). I remember the drawing style more than anything to do with the story. Anyway, here is the entire compilation.
OK, I admit it: I like the “For Better or For Worse” comic strip. I used to read it when I was much younger, and now, that we’ve started getting a paper that has comics (sorry NYTimes), I’ve started reading it again (and that’s saying something as I’m pretty picky about which comics I read). [...]
Temple of the Seven Golden Camels, Mark Kennedy Drawing lessons