Archives for October, 2004
2004.10.31 (Sun)
Furniture porn
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Funfurde is a well-written site that covers furniture, lighting, and interior design.
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States
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What a statesman.
Happy birthday, Antipixel
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Antipixel turns 3 today. I’d say something like what a long, strange trip it’s been, but it’s only a weblog.
2004.10.30 (Sat)
Japan’s shrinking population
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Last one to leave turn out the lights.
The Criterion Collection
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It’s good to see such a great collection of films being treated so well.
2004.10.29 (Fri)
Astroboy stamp
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On a package that arrived in the mail today.
Weekend blogger
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I realised with a bit of a jolt just now that I’m turning into a weekend blogger.
2004.10.25 (Mon)
Republicans for Kerry: Errol Morris ads
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Election ‘04 is a stunning series of advertisements by Errol Morris featuring people who voted for Bush in 2000 but will be voting for Kerry this time around.
Niigata Quake: biggest since 1995
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The Niigata quake was the biggest in the country since the Great Hanshin Earthquake
2004.10.24 (Sun)
24-metre-high wave
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The largest wave recorded since monitoring began was produced by last week’s typhoon.
Niigata Earthquake
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There’s a technical term for how earthquakes like this make you feel.
Waterfall, Chichibu
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A waterfall and torii on the side of a hill in Chichibu.
Unjustified
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Justified text on the web isn’t.
2004.10.23 (Sat)
Gods on the hoof
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You know how there are stray cats and dogs that don’t belong to anyone…
2004.10.22 (Fri)
More on kanji tattoos: a cautionary tale
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If you can’t read it, don’t get it tattooed on you.
2004.10.18 (Mon)
The GG-DV2000
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“Most vocal removing processors simply aren’t designed to handle the frequencies in Glenn Gould’s vocals.”
2004.10.17 (Sun)
Ergonomic keyboard
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On mine, I seem to recall it was the A key that would repeat about half a dozen times on a single press, while one or two other keys developed little idiosyncrasies of their own.
World record
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Who holds the record for the stupidest record?
2004.10.15 (Fri)
From the book Noh by Kazuya Takaoka, Mutsuo Takahashi, and Toshiro Morita published by Pie Books.
2004.10.14 (Thu)
Tony Ray-Jones exhibition
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Britain’s National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (in Bradford) is running a Tony Ray-Jones retrospective
Odaiba Story
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Those of us who made it felt relief, but also that we were not home.
Un-recent Photographs
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…going through photographs from half a year ago or so can be quite relaxing
Panasonic Building, Odaiba
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The corner at the other end of this building is all TV
Contra contrails
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I may be changing my mind on contrails…
2004.10.11 (Mon)
Back in Blacklist action
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After a spot of trouble with MT-Blacklist and MT 3.11, I’m happy to report that everything is back in action.
2004.10.10 (Sun)
Shadows on a whitewashed wall
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It’s remarkable how less-than-impressive shots improve when you’re in an uninspired period.
Derrida dead at 74
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Jacques Derrida is dead at the age of 74
2004.10.09 (Sat)
Jay Allen joins Six Apart
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… and together, I suspect, they shall rule the world.
2004.10.03 (Sun)
TokyoArtBeat
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What is it with Tokyo lately? Anyone would think it’s like one of the world’s most interesting cities or something.
Metroblogging Tokyo
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Capturing a city in a website.
Protected memory
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When duty calls.
2004.10.02 (Sat)
Akira Kurosawa action figures
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Now I’ve seen everything. You can buy Akira Kurosawa action figures (or should that be Lights, camera, action! figures) in convenience stores.
Richard Avedon dies
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Richard Avedon is dead at the age of 81
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