The blog of Franco Barbeite

Astonishing Time Lapse Video of Earth From Space

2011-11-17T19:50:00.001-08:00

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions

28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,

2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.

All credit goes to them. I intend to upload a FullHD-version presently.

HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.

All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,

avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original

footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.

Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001

w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal

http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de

Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,

NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov

Editing: Michael König | http://www.koenigm.com

Shooting locations in order of appearance:

1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night

2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night

3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia

4. Aurora Australis south of Australia

5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night

6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean

7. Halfway around the World

8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East

9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East

10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night

11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay

12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night

13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam

14. Views of the Mideast at Night

15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea

16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night

17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean

18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night

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Why Oil and Gasoline Prices are Rising

2011-03-12T03:10:00.001-08:00

Even though supply is increasing and demand is increasing.

Hint: It's not the revolts in the middle east, or the weak dollar.

An interesting perspective here

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What if you had bought AAPL stock instead of Apple products?

2011-03-10T21:58:00.001-08:00

Read it and weep here.

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Turns Out, The Heat Death of the Universe Was Greatly Exaggerated.

2011-03-07T09:50:00.001-08:00

Read the Article Here

Thank you Kevin Kelly.

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Untitled

2011-03-04T22:59:00.001-08:00

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Terrific Short Film by David O'Reilly: The External World.

2011-02-11T19:14:00.001-08:00

The External World from David OReilly on Vimeo.

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The 4 hour Dentist: Hilarious Spoof of Tim Ferriss's (author of "the 4 hour workweek") writing style.

2011-02-03T08:26:00.001-08:00

Hilarious Spoof of Tim Ferriss's (author of "the 4 hour workweek") writing style.

Here’s what I want you to do: Take everything you thought you knew about becoming a dentist and write it down on a piece of paper. Now, crumple up that piece of paper and stuff that bad boy all the way down your throat until you can’t breathe. Find the nearest mirror. Are you turning blue yet? Okay pull that shit out before you die. You’re welcome — I just saved your life; now shut up and pay attention because here come the three rules of the 4-Hour Dentist.

Read it and laugh.

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The Best Skateboarding I've Seen In a Long Time.

2010-10-22T12:08:00.001-07:00

His name is Ricthie Jackson. The sport has come a long way.

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The Best Skateboarding I've Seen In a Long Time.

2010-10-22T12:07:00.001-07:00

His name is Ricthie Jackson. The sport has come a long way.

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How Taxes on the Rich Effects You & Your Children.

2010-10-10T21:48:00.001-07:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/business/economy/10view.html?_r=1&ref=b...

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I'm Just a Bill, Yeah I'm Only a Bill...

2010-08-30T13:32:00.001-07:00

Wow, this brings back memories.

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I'm Just a Bill, Yeah I'm Only a Bill...

2010-08-30T13:31:00.001-07:00

Wow, this brings back memories.

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The Hidden Cost of Oil.

2010-08-15T12:28:00.001-07:00

Insightful article from NPR on the real price of oil and the costs of an "Oil Defense" foreign policy.

In a nutshell:

a peer-reviewed study on the cost of keeping aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf from 1976 to 2007. ...came up with a total, over three decades, of $7.3 trillion. Yes, trillion.

Read the article.

Then read this McKinzie report about a possible strategy for finding a solution to oil dependency...

...and then maybe ask yourself why the government doesn't spend more of our money this way.

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Ben Brenanke on the Fed's Options for Controlling Deflation

2010-08-13T22:11:00.001-07:00

If you, like me, enjoy the occaisional econ geekout, you might enjoy this transcript of a 2002 speech by Ben Bernanke on the Fed's remaining options for controlling deflation (IE, "printing money") when the interest rates hits 0%.

It explains, among other things, why deflation causes interest rates to skyrocket:

To take what might seem like an extreme example (though in fact it occurred in the United States in the early 1930s), suppose that deflation is proceeding at a clip of 10 percent per year. Then someone who borrows for a year at a nominal interest rate of zero actually faces a 10 percent real cost of funds, as the loan must be repaid in dollars whose purchasing power is 10 percent greater than that of the dollars borrowed originally. In a period of sufficiently severe deflation, the real cost of borrowing becomes prohibitive. and possibly why the Fed has been buying back so many T-bills lately.

Because the speech was made 4 years before he became head o' the fed, it may also give some insight into what his strategies might be, now that he's in the hot seat.

I was wondering about those Fed T-bills buy backs were all about:

Read the speech here.

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Ben Brenanke on the Fed's Options for Controlling Deflation

2010-08-13T21:53:00.001-07:00

If you, like me, enjoy the occaisional econ geekout, you might enjoy this article by Ben Bernanke on the Fed's options for controlling deflation. (IE, "printing money")

It explains, among other things, why deflation causes interest rates to skyrocket:

To take what might seem like an extreme example (though in fact it occurred in the United States in the early 1930s), suppose that deflation is proceeding at a clip of 10 percent per year. Then someone who borrows for a year at a nominal interest rate of zero actually faces a 10 percent real cost of funds, as the loan must be repaid in dollars whose purchasing power is 10 percent greater than that of the dollars borrowed originally. In a period of sufficiently severe deflation, the real cost of borrowing becomes prohibitive. and possibly why the Fed has been buying back so many T-bills lately.

I was wondering about those Fed T-bills buy backs were all about:

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How to install Ruby Version Manager (RVM) in OSX for Ruby & Terminal Nubies, Part 2

2010-08-09T13:51:00.001-07:00

Installing RVM Part 2

There are already a few great tutorials out there on installing RVM that assume the user has a certain amount of software development experience, or has certain software installed. If you don't, well, things can get confusing pretty quick.

This is part 2 of a step by step tutorial specially designed for Ruby & Terminal Nubies. If you can surf the web and use your mac for day to day stuff, this tutorial is designed guide you through everything else you need to know. No software development experience required.

If you haven't read part 1 of this tutorial: Setting up the Software Ecosystem, I recommend you do so before trying part 2. Otherwise, this stuff may not work for you.

Once you've launched Terminal, installed Git, xCode 3.2+ and Textmate, as described in part 1, we're ready to roll.

First type this in Terminal:

git --version

Terminal should reply with "git version 1.7.2" like this:

This means Git was installed.

Next, go to the RVM website, copy this script from the install page:

bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )

and paste it into your Terminal.

A bunch of stuff will happen. Let it.

Once it stops, take some time to read what came up. A lot of it actually looks like human-speak.

Type in the following:

cd ~

That should take you to your home directory.

Type in:

You should see a listing of the directories/folders in your home directory. On my system it looks something like this:

Type:

touch .bash_profile

The touch command makes new a file in the current directory if that file does not exist.

and then Type:

mate .bash_profile

This should open the .bash_profile file you made in Texmate. The file should be blank.

IMPORTANT: if there is stuff in this profile, don't mess with it! Just close the file without saving it and contemplate how close to disaster you just came.

If the .bash_profile file is blank like it should be, go ahead paste this in:

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

So the file looks like this:

Save & close the file.

Save the file. You might get some prompts asking your for your password. Just type it in and save.

Now go to the Shell menu and select "New Window" or click command + N to  launch a new Terminal window.

It's important you do this next step in a NEW Terminal window, and not the window we've been using til now.

In the new window, type:

type rvm | head -n1

and hit return.

You should get a screen that says "rvm is a function" like this:

And you're off. RVM is installed. Congratulations.

Now it's time to start downloading versions of Ruby and learning about rvm best practices. The best place to do that is probably Wayne E. Seguin's site, since he's the guy that wrote RVM.

I hope these tutorials were useful and tha you have a great time learning about Ruby and RVM. If you have any suggestions for tutorials you'd like to see in the future, feel free to drop me a line or leave a comment.

Best,

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How to install Ruby Version Manager (RVM) in OSX for Ruby & Terminal Nubies, Part 1

2010-08-09T11:24:00.001-07:00

This step by step tutorial is specially designed for Ruby & Terminal Nubies. If you can surf the web and use your mac for day to day stuff, this tutorial is designed guide you through everything else you need to know to get started with RVM on Mac OSX. No software development experience required.

For those who are new to Ruby Version Manager: "RVM is a command line too written by Wayne E. Seguin which allows you to easily install, manage and work with multiple ruby environments from interpreters to sets of gems." You can learn more about it at the RVM Home Page.

Setting up the software ecosystem.

To install RVM on OSX you're going to need an ecosystem of support applications including:

Mac OSX 10.6.3+

Terminal

Git

xCode Tools 3.2+

Textmate (optional but recommended)

If you have all those apps already installed, installing RVM should take about 10-15 minutes. If you DON'T have them installed, grab a cup of coffee and sit down, cause you're going to be here for a while.

In fact, if you're installing or using these apps for the first time, one of the fastest ways to multiply your productivity overall is to get familiarized with Terminal, Git, and Textmate. If you're interested in software development with Ruby, you're going to be using them again and again.

So here we go.

Mac OSX 10.6.3+

Click on the apple at the top left of your screen, then on "About this Mac"

You'll see a window like this one. If the gray text right under Mac OS X says Version 10.6.3 or higher, you're good to go.

Terminal

Terminal is the program you use to control your computer via the command line. If you're new to Terminal, taking a Quick Tutorial on terminal can get you more familiar with it.

You'll need it to do a lot of the cool stuff developers do.

If you have OSX, you've already got Terminal. Here's how you find it:

Do a spotlight search for Terminal or go to your applications/utilities folder and click on this guy:

A window should pop up that looks something like this:

Your computer may have a different name, and that's fine. The login info with the dollar sign means we're on our way.

Check the title bar of your terminal window. If it says bash, skip to the next step: Git.

IMPORTANT:

If it doesn't say bash somewhere in the title bar, go to terminal, preferences, click the green Startup flag, and the Command (complete path): radio button.

Copy and paste this in the text field:

/bin/bash

What that does, in case you're curious, is changes the default shell of your terminal app from tsch to bash. Real 1970's Unixy stuff.

Without clicking any more radio buttons, close the window. (It's important to leave the Command (complete path): radio button active. If you click on the Defaultlogin shell radio button, it'll change the Command (complete path) field back to tsch. It's sneaky that way.

Git

Git is a distributed version control system.

What's that? Revision control software like Git keeps track of your changes as you develop a software application. Did that new change to the code mess up your program? With a revision control system, you can "roll back" to the previous version. Think of it like "Undo" for programmers. Git also lets you share the code with other programmers so you can make contributions as a team.

You're going to need Git. So download it here.

Once you've downloaded the installer, which at the time of this writing looks like this:

Click on it, follow the instructions. Then come on back.

Xcode Tools version 3.2+

Because of a bug in the OSX 10.6 CD, you need to download the latest version of xcode, Apple's development environment, and install it. This might take a while but at least it's free.

Go to the xcode download page on apple's website. If you're not already an Apple developer, there's an involved registration process and the download is big. While you're waiting for the download is a good opportunity to skim the rest of this tutorial and spend some time with tutorials for Git, Terminal, and Textmate.

Once Xcode is downloaded, just follow the instructions to install it.

Textmate

Textmate is a commercial text editor, and if you plan on doing any software development, it's pretty awesome. It's also the only commercial application in this process. There's a 30 day free trial download so you can try it out gratis, and great online tutorials to help dramatically improve your productivity.

There are other free text editors out there, but I used Textmate to install RVM so that's the one in this tutorial.

Aaannnd...that's if for now. Once you've installed: Mac OSX 10.6.3+, Terminal, Git, xCode Tools 3.2+, and Textmate (optional but recommended,) congratulations. You're ready to install RVM.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of "How to install Ruby Version Manager (RVM) in OSX for Ruby & Terminal Nubies" in which we actually install rvm and get started with different versions of Ruby.

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How to install Ruby Version Manager (RVM) in OSX for Ruby & Terminal Nubies PT 1

2010-08-09T11:07:00.001-07:00

Part 1: Setting up the software ecosystem.

There are a few great tutorials out there already on installing RVM. However, many assume the user has a certain amount of software development experience, or has certain software installed.

For those who are new to Ruby Version Manager: "RVM is a command line tool which allows us to easily install, manage and work with multiple ruby environments from interpreters to sets of gems." If that sounds like something you're into, let's get started.

To install RVM on OSX you're going to need an ecosystem of support applications including:

Mac OSX 10.6.3+

Terminal

Git

xCode Tools 3.2+

Textmate (optional but recommended)

So here we go.

Mac OSX 10.6.3+

Click on the apple at the top left of your screen, then on "About this Mac"

You'll see a window like this one. If the gray text right under Mac OS X says Version 10.6.3 or higher, you're good to go.

Terminal

Terminal is the program you use to control your computer via the command line. If you're new to Terminal, taking a Quick Tutorial on terminal can get you more familiar with it.

You'll need it to do a lot of the cool stuff developers do.

If you have OSX, you've already got Terminal. Here's how you find it:

Do a spotlight search for Terminal or go to your applications/utilities folder and click on this guy:

A window should pop up that looks something like this:

Your computer may have a different name, and that's fine. The login info with the dollar sign means we're on our way.

Check the title bar of your terminal window. If it says bash, skip to the next step: Git.

IMPORTANT:

If it doesn't say bash somewhere in the title bar, go to terminal, preferences, click the green Startup flag, and the Command (complete path): radio button.

Copy and paste this in the text field:

/bin/bash

What that does, in case you're curious, is changes the default shell of your terminal app from tsch to bash. Real 1970's Unixy stuff.

Git

Git is a distributed version control system.

You're going to need Git. So download it here.

Once you've downloaded the installer, which at the time of this writing looks like this:

Click on it, follow the instructions. Then come on back.

Xcode Tools version 3.2+

Because of a bug in the OSX 10.6 CD, you need to download the latest version of xcode, Apple's development environment, and install it. This might take a while but at least it's free.

Go to the xcode download page<LINK> on apple's website. If you're not already an Apple developer, there's an involved registration process and the download is big. While you're waiting for the download is a good opportunity to skim the rest of this tutorial and spend some time with tutorials for Git, Terminal, and Textmate.

Once Xcode is downloaded, just follow the instructions to install it.

Textmate

Textmate is a commercial text editor, and if you plan on doing any software development, it's pretty awesome. It's also the only commercial application in this process. There's a 30 day free trial download so you can try it out gratis, and great <a href="<http://projects.serenity.de/textmate/tutorials/basics/#> online tutorials </a> to help dramatically improve your productivity.

There are other free text editors out there, but I used Textmate to install RVM so that's the one in this tutorial.

Aaannnd...that's if for now. Once you've installed: Mac OSX 10.6.3+, Terminal, Git, xCode Tools 3.2+, and Textmate (optional but recommended,) you're ready to install RVM.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of "How to install Ruby Version Manager (RVM) in OSX for Ruby & Terminal Nubies" in which we actually install rvm and get started with different versions of Ruby.

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Getting Started with Terminal and Github

2010-07-03T22:48:00.001-07:00

A terrific tutorial on Terminal and getting your first repository up on Github. If you've ever wanted to get started with the basics of Terminal on OSX but didn't know how, this video tutorial from Nettuts will get you on your way. It also gets you started on Github, the social coding platform that allows you to manage and collaborate on a coding project. Think of it as Wikipedia for code.

Crash course on Terminal and Github.

Direct Link

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Getting Started with Terminal and Github

2010-07-03T14:04:00.001-07:00

Crash course on Terminal and Github.

Direct Link

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Interactive Infographic of Migration Within the US

2010-06-19T21:51:00.001-07:00

Ever wonder where people are moving to, and where they are moving from? This map of the US gives it to you county by County.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-interactive-countie...

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Animation: The surprising truth about what motivates us

2010-05-29T21:40:00.001-07:00

Does money motivate people? Research results surprised a lot of people.

About the video: This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. www.theRSA.org

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A Terriffic List of Data Visualization Techniques.

2010-05-22T22:16:00.001-07:00

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Artificial Life: A Matter of Time

2010-05-21T00:07:00.001-07:00

Scientists have taken a significant step toward creating artificial life by transplanting computer-designed genetic material into a bacteria cell, forming a new strain of the bacteria.

Read the article in the Christian Science Monitor, Wired, medgadget & the MIT Technology Review.

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2010-05-14T07:54:00.001-07:00

Designer Paul Rand's Site: Identity work. Wonderful collection of design inspiration. http://ping.fm/nAQqj

2010-05-14T07:40:00.001-07:00

Appollo 11 launchpad cam @ 500fps. Interesting Narration. http://ping.fm/mvBPo

2010-05-14T07:28:00.001-07:00

Capturing Somali pirates: First person shooter view: Have movies begun adopting more video-game style shots yet? http://ping.fm/5MR25

2010-05-12T08:58:00.001-07:00

Car Reverse skids to a parallel park, driven by computer. We're living in the future. http://ping.fm/crRW0

2010-05-09T10:15:00.001-07:00

How much personal info Facebook make public. Infographic (click years on the right to see alarming trend): http://ping.fm/HI3dt

2010-05-06T10:26:00.001-07:00

Fascinating talk by Jeff Harkins: modeling the functions of the brain. http://ping.fm/aIcEq

2010-05-01T07:11:00.001-07:00

A design so simple and useful, I wish I would have thought of it. http://ping.fm/hdns5

2010-04-29T20:41:00.001-07:00

Color pictures from 1939. http://ping.fm/NdPU7

2010-03-26T07:20:00.001-07:00

A periodic table of periodic tables, a whole new level of meta. http://ping.fm/yjJoF

2010-03-23T07:19:00.001-07:00

Impressive short form screenwriting/mograph. http://ping.fm/GWgnq inspired by http://ping.fm/rcmk5 inpired by http://ping.fm/ZEqrA

2010-03-15T09:06:00.001-07:00

Infographic, Which supplements work, and which are a waste of money. http://ping.fm/kUd4d

2010-02-16T10:09:00.001-08:00

Video: mosquitoes being shot down by ROBOT LASERS! I'm not kidding. http://ping.fm/pmsXP

2010-02-16T10:04:00.001-08:00

Video: mosquitoes being shot down by ROBOT LASERS! I'm not kidding. http://ping.fm/M4w7M

2010-02-03T15:31:00.001-08:00

Crazy article about Goldman Sachs. Comments? http://ping.fm/FeSUQ

2010-01-02T22:03:00.001-08:00

Awesome. If only I could make impulse buys off youtube. http://ping.fm/PB9A8

2010-01-02T14:36:00.001-08:00

The future of magazines? http://ping.fm/PtXt4

2010-01-02T11:59:00.001-08:00

Beautiful video of the known universe. Take a sec, dim the lights http://ping.fm/xWSOR

2009-11-27T10:33:00.001-08:00

This made me laugh for a long time. http://ping.fm/76nDX

2009-10-13T21:18:00.001-07:00

Impressive. You sketch a picture, and this program composites it from pictures on the web. http://ping.fm/t7mLj

2009-09-12T20:03:00.001-07:00

Very...realistic... and smart article & videos on how media modifies our reality.
http://ping.fm/UK1ji

2009-09-11T07:19:00.001-07:00

Color photograph of Leo Tolstoy (second down) http://ping.fm/Jk5aZ

2009-09-11T07:16:00.001-07:00

Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas on the evolution of the modern Hollywood blockbuster http://ping.fm/166B0

2009-09-11T07:14:00.001-07:00

Amazing NYT video on Roger Federer's tennis footwork http://ping.fm/dzHmT

2009-08-21T14:03:00.001-07:00

info designer graphed financial figures from govt and corps to give some scale to the figures.
http://ping.fm/CTUQ0

2009-08-16T10:52:00.001-07:00

Excellent article on health care reform and fundamental issues with the current system: http://ping.fm/zQ812

2009-08-08T12:42:00.001-07:00

Visual Economics: How Obama's health care plan costs add up. Ink splat is a nice touch. http://ping.fm/KA9YR

2009-08-05T20:34:00.001-07:00

Watching "Synchronous Objects:" emerging dance visualization technologies. Beautiful stuff. http://ping.fm/QvCwx

2009-08-05T17:49:00.001-07:00

Watching Edge master classes on the future of genetic technologies. http://ping.fm/OV4rV

2009-08-04T16:17:00.001-07:00

Beautiful NYT Infographic: how people spend their time, by demographic.
http://ping.fm/uP4V3

2009-08-02T20:53:00.001-07:00

Relative music industry revenue from 8 tracks to downloads 1973-2008 http://ping.fm/y4LiH

The Future of Film & TV

2009-07-16T08:15:00.000-07:00

Some interesting points from an insightful essay by Barret Garese on the future of film & TV:

Cable and internet service providers are the new networks. They own the real estate through which the signals are distributed.

This explains the push in Washington for "tiered" service, and "pay as you go."

If Google ever chooses to provide free city wide wifi, cable and ISPs will lose that monopoly as well.

Though they have lost their exclusive distribution channel, the film and television industries still excel at financing and development.

Will decreased financial returns impact this advantage? We'll soon see.

Film is unrivaled at telling epic stories in 1.5-3 hours. TV is unrivaled in long for character development. There is a space in the market for a unique internet entertainment experience unlike film or TV.

You mean like networked games, RSS readers, and social networks? Already here. Maybe a choose your own adventure TV series, or "short run" theater performances broadcast live to a web site for a limited time.

I've been experimenting with fast-turnaround filmmaking with projects like BIRCHWOOD. What if every week, you got a new short film based on the voting from last week?

The essay is an interesting read. Just click here to read the complete essay: Complete Essay

Parkour...on a mountain bike

2009-05-15T20:57:00.000-07:00

A teaser frame from my current project

2009-05-15T10:27:00.000-07:00

From The blog of Franco Barbeite

On Exposition & turning a scene on a dime.

2009-05-08T16:15:00.000-07:00

Two Great articles by Jane Esperson,

Dishing it Out: on bringing out character when long exposition is required.
On a Dime: on rapidly transitioning from topic to topic

John August Q&A

2009-04-28T07:16:00.000-07:00

A screenwriter at the top of the game talks shop.

From his Blog: Johnaugust.com

How to Write

2009-04-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

A great primer on writing prose from David Foster Wallace, Author of "Infinite Jest."

Here's the link: Growing Sentences with David Foster Wallace

Via Kottke.

On Cinematography - Valentina Caniglia

2009-04-23T22:40:00.001-07:00

Links to my friend, and very talented cinematographer, Valentina Caniglia, talking about her work.

Some people are good, and some people are artists. Valentina is and artist.

On Cinematography - Valentina Caniglia

Valentina Caniglia on female DP’s

Happy Accident - Valentina Caniglia

Scott McCloud on Comics.

2009-04-23T21:58:00.000-07:00

Technology has changed storytelling methods in the past. How will internet technology change comics? Here's Scott McCloud's take.

Matt Zoller Steitz on Wes Anderson

2009-04-22T13:48:00.001-07:00

Interesting set of articles and videos at Moving Image Source on Wes Anderson's cinematic influences.

http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-1-20090330#

John August: A ton of useful information about screenwriting.

2009-04-21T23:08:00.001-07:00

A terrific video on screenwriting by John August.
He's also got a blog with, you guess it, a ton of useful information about screenwriting: http://johnaugust.com/

Chris Cunningham

2009-04-20T20:04:00.001-07:00

Chris Cunningham made some of the most interesting music videos in recent times.
Here's a haunting ad he made for Gucci.
Does the voice artist at the end sound like a jaded 15 year old?