Portraits & Still Lifes: Autumn 2009
October 27, 2009
Some recent photography with the ol’ Canon dSLR + 50mm 1.4 lens (mostly).
Time in stop-motion
October 23, 2009
Very nice stop-motion work.
Flicker (dir: animator from Coraline using a canon rebel and a plank of wood) from The Anxious Animator on Vimeo.
Review of 15″ MacBook Pro (Mid 2009)
August 12, 2009
It’s been many years since I’ve needed a new machine, but the time has come. My PowerBook, the last generation of PowerPC machines produced by Apple, was finally showing its age. Many applications are starting to release as Intel-only rather than Universal (see Adobe). The upcoming version of OSX, Snow Leopard, is meant to optimize the operating system on Intel machines. Even surfing the web had become a painful process—the surest sign that a computer is taking its final useful breaths.
In short, the time had come. But the PowerBook served me well for many years, so I thought I might help a couple fence-sitters figure out what will happen when they upgrade to a brand spankin’ new Apple MacBook Pro laptop.
The Seven Vices of Highly Creative People
August 6, 2009
Now here’s a list most creatives can endorse wholeheartedly (via Kottke). Nicely written (and only half tounge-in-cheek) defense of those who aspire to live life, not survive it.
“…let us remember these sage words of Abraham Lincoln: ‘It has been my experience that those with no vices have very few virtues’…”
