Manish Vij: TV ad satires on India

Manish Vij: TV ad satires on India Tons more Indian fun! The absolut movie has 100's of bottle images hidden within it. You have to go frame by frame to find them all.

Bollywood

You will wanna sing along when you watch this Coke Commercial.

Scorpions: Box of Scorpions - PopMatters Music Review

Scorpions: Box of Scorpions - PopMatters Music Review Oh the heady days of my 80's heavy metal youth. I can't even begin to tell you what the Scorps signify in nostalgia.

Amazon.ca: DVD: The Office: The Complete First Series

This kinda sums it up much better than I could. This is why I like this show.


Amazon.ca: DVD: The Office: The Complete First Series : "From Amazon.com
It feels both inaccurate and inadequate to describe The Office as a comedy. On a superficial level, it disdains all the conventions of television sitcoms: there are no punch lines, no jokes, no laugh tracks, and no cute happy endings. More profoundly, it's not what we're used to thinking of as funny. Most of the fervently devoted fan base watched with a discomfortingly thrilling combination of identification and mortification. The paradox is that its best moments are almost physically unwatchable.

Set in the offices of a fictional British paper merchant, The Office is filmed in the style of a reality television show. The writing is subtle and deft, the acting wonderful, and the characters beautifully drawn: the cadaverous team leader Gareth (Mackenzie Crook); the monstrous sales rep, Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson); and the decent but long-suffering everyman Tim (Martin Freeman), whose ambition and imagination have been crushed out of him by the banality of the life he dreams uselessly of escaping. The show is stolen, as it was intended to be, by insufferable office manager David Brent, played by codirector-cowriter Ricky Gervais. Brent will become a name as emblematic for a particular kind of British grotesque as Basil Fawlty, but he is a deeper character. Fawlty is an exaggeration of reality, and therefore a safely comic figure. Brent is as appalling as only reality can be. --Andrew Mueller"

dg28.com - photographer education

dg28.com - photographer education some great tips on location lighting.

3B 2004

3B 2004
http://home.ca.inter.net/~rszkolni/P5290046a.html

Welcome to Dokaka.com!

Welcome to Dokaka.com! Anyone cane have a website, be famous, maybe even work with Bjork. This is a collaborator on her new album. He does multi tracked acapella cover versions. Try Smells Like Teen Spirit. Sounds like you and 4 friends wanted to hear nirvana but had nothing but a huge spliff. weird stuff.

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand (2004)

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand (2004) The latest musical purchase. They are getting lots of hype it seems. I hear the 80's new wave in there but what's old is new again.

CTV's Election 2004

Election 2004 Of course elections are a showcase for TV news depts. This one is no exception with everyone bragging about the size of their van and the depth of their coverage.

I have to admit, my love for CBC news is waning in light of CTV's efforts. The website is well done, Mike Duffy for better or worse speaks his mind, and they give the election plenty of airtime on Canada Am, which these days is my major news source.

Ever since we had the dish installed I am less inclined to make the CBC's National at 10pm compulsive viewing, as it once was for me.

From Globe'er Blackberries

Globe reporters unwired The RIM Blackberry is the device of the Election so far. No reporter or spin doctor is without one apparently. It's the quickest way to get your angle out. This site is where reporters for the Globe file the interesting but less newsworthy titbits from the campaign trail

Jewelboxing - Super Jewel Box Packaging System - CD and DVD Cases

Jewelboxing - Super Jewel Box Packaging System - CD and DVD Cases

Kickass DVD and CD packaging. Perfect for making a DVD portfolio.

D-Day 2004

It was just about 60 years ago today. Take the time to educate yourself and get some perspective on just how momentous an occasion it was. Imagine being 18-21 years old going into that. I am sure they relive that everyday. The LEAST we could do is show some respect.

D-Day 2004

Gran Turismo 4 Hands-On Impressions - Gran Turismo 4 Previews for PlayStation 2 at GameSpot

this sounds cool. I am not going up my PS2 for a xbox, yet


Gran Turismo 4 Hands-On Impressions - Gran Turismo 4 Previews for PlayStation 2 at GameSpot: "Earlier today, far from the crowded and noisy E3 show floor, we met with Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi to check out some of the all-new features that will be appearing in Gran Turismo 4 later this year. Yamauchi, who is the president of Polyphony Digital and senior vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment, was in a particularly buoyant mood having recently ordered himself a new Ford GT40 and, as we were soon to discover, devised a way to incorporate his love of photography into his latest game.

For the bulk of today's presentation, in fact, Yamauchi discussed the previously unannounced 'photo mode' that will be appearing in the game, which allows you to take photos of your favorite cars, organize them into slideshows, share them with friends online, and even print them out at a resolution of 1280x960 if you have a photo-quality printer you can plug into your PS2's USB port. In addition to taking photos from your saved action replays, GT4 will allow you to stage your own photo opportunities simply by selecting a location, placing a car in it, positioning your camera, applying any effects and filters you like, and then hitting the shoot button. The photo mode's ease of use belies a surprisingly sophisticated system that allows you to use different lenses, adjust the field of depth, apply motion blur effects, and even choose different types of camera film. One of the walls of the room we were meeting in with Yamauchi was literally covered with photos taken in-game, and it wasn't long before we were encouraged to have a go ourselves.

In the final game, you'll be able to set up photos using any of more than 500 cars (from more than 80 manufacturers, some of which no longer exist--the cars date back as far as 1886), 50 courses, and 16 locations created exclusively for the photo mode. The options available to us represented only a small fraction of those, but after only five minutes or so of playing around with our shot of a classic Corvette on one of the Italian street circuits, we were ready to commit our efforts to paper. Incidentally, the options when setting up your shot won't be unlimited as far as car and camera positions go--we were basically presented with a top-down view of the environment with designated areas for the car and camera highlighted in red and blue respectively. When you're producing photos and distributing them online, the file sizes will be kept very small since they really contain nothing more than the positions of objects. We soon discovered that the same won't be true when printing them, though--our postcard-sized photo, which could easily pass for a photograph at a glance, took almost five minutes to travel from the PS2 to the printer.

The other new feature of Gran Turismo 4 that Yamauchi was eager to show off was what he referred to as the game's 'human elements.' Not only will you be able to see realistically animated drivers inside all of the cars now (complete with helmets that show off the game's real-time environment mapping as well as the cars do), but you'll also find that the spectators have evolved from cardboard cutouts into fully 3D, animated models. The crowds aren't content to just stand behind barriers and clap as you race past either, and particularly during rallies you'll see spectators stepping onto the track to get a better view or to take photos before jumping out of the way when you approach. The spectator animations are extremely realistic and, like those used for the drivers, have been created using a human physics engine rather than motion-capture techniques."

NEWS.com.au | Rumsfeld bans camera phones (May 23, 2004)

Oh the power of photopgraphy. The lowly camera phone to bring the US army to it's knees. Quite incredible

NEWS.com.au | Rumsfeld bans camera phones (May 23, 2004): "Rumsfeld bans camera phones
From correspondents in London
May 23, 2004


MOBILE phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The Business newspaper reported today.

Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some of the damning photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were taken with camera phones.

'Digital cameras, camcorders and cellphones with cameras have been prohibited in military compounds in Iraq,' it said, adding that a 'total ban throughout the US military' is in the works.

Disturbing new photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse, which the US government had reportedly tried to keep hidden, were published on Friday in the Washington Post newspaper.

The photos emerged along with details of testimony from inmates at Abu Ghraib who said they were sexually molested by female soldiers, beaten, sodomised and forced to eat food from toilets."

My 3B playlist

Kev asked me to gather a set of tunes to play at the 3B bonfire party. I think last time we talked about a set of 10 songs so I made three sets just in case,....
Set One

Liam Lynch - united states of whatever 1-
Driver's Seat-Sniff 'n' The Bears
Sunglasses At Night-Tiga & Zytherius
Beautiful (Ft Pharell Uncle Ch-Snoop Dogg
We Used To Be Friends-The Dandy Warhols
Life At Last (Beef)-Paul Williams
Laid-James
Mama Told Me Not To Come-Three Dog Night
Pinball Cha Cha-Yello
Got To Give It Up (Part 1)-Marvin Gaye
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT ( RADIO EDIT)-FUNKSTAR DE LUXE
Pope-Prince

Set Two

1979-Smashing Pumpkins
Dragon Attack-Queen
Downtown Venus-P.M. Dawn
Liberty Belle-Super Furry Animals
If I Can't Change Your Mind-Sugar
Shattered-Rolling Stones
Super Bon Bon-Soul Coughing
Wave Of Mutilation-Pixies
Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye (The Juicy Fruits)-Paul Williams
Ramp! The Logical Song (Radio Edit)-Scooter

Set Three

C'mon People (We're Making It Now)-Richard Ashcroft
The 15th-Fischerspooner
Check The Rhime-A Tribe Called Quest
Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)-Garbage
Ramp! The Logical Song (Radio Edit)-Scooter
Too Hot To Stop-The Bar-Kays
My Red Hot Car-Squarepusher
Love Rollercoaster-Ohio Players
Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)-Gotan Project
Close To Me [Closer Mix]-The Cure
Northern lights-Lux

Winter festival

R Todd King: China Photos 2003 - Northeast Winter

amazing photos from a place in China thats as cold as Winnipeg. Festival du Voyager needs to up the ante, these shots look amazing!

How to disrupt the world

Globetechnology
Seems the protocol for VoiceOver IP was invented by the same guy who developed Kazaa. Could have the same effect on the telcos as Kazaa had on major record labels.

Vonage - The Broadband Phone Company

Vonage - The Broadband Phone Company
Once you really start to learn about Voice Over IP, you'll realize that this IS the killer app to drive Broadband acceptance and to take the legs out from the telcos. I am thinking of trying this at home to cut our phone bill in half.

Wired News: OS X Makes Slow Debut on PC

Wired News: OS X Makes Slow Debut on PC
I saw a demo of this on TechTv. Yes it can be done, if your patient enuff. But they are a long long ways away from making PC based Mac clones.

Wired News: Slow Going for Linux in Iraq

Wired News: Slow Going for Linux in Iraq

an isight on how "merging markets" get brainwashed right from the get go about the idea that computers= Microsoft. You'd think with the wild west attitude over there, they'd be all over Linux.

Nikkor 200 mm F2.0 AF-S VR lens

This is the kind fo stuff that makes my heart skip a beat. Dead sexy, this lens!

Nikkor 200 mm F2.0 AF-S VR lens: Digital Photography Review: "Nikkor 200 mm F2.0 AF-S VR lens
Nikon today announced the new 200 mm F2.0 AF-S VR G lens, a very fast prime telephoto lens with Vibration Reduction capability when the light gets low. This promises to be a very interesting and very sharp lens which will provide photographers with some great possibilities for shots with very nice soft bokeh. In addition Nikon also announced a new teleconverter, the TC-17EII 1.7x. Combined with the TC-17EII 1.7x teleconverter this lens becomes a 340 mm F3.3.


Phil: A very interesting lens, and now with AF and VR. This lens comes into its own on a digital SLR ('DX format') and especially in combination with the TC-17EII teleconverter. This lens and a TC-17EII on a D2H would approximately equivelant to a 510 mm F3.3 on a 35 mm camera."

creativepro.com - InDesign Tips: Dragging and Dropping into InDesign CS

creativepro.com - InDesign Tips: Dragging and Dropping into InDesign CS: "InDesign Tips: Dragging and Dropping into InDesign CS
Using the Place command is the usual means of putting text and graphics into an InDesign layout. Cutting and pasting via the Clipboard is another tried and true method. But did you know that you can drag and drop text and graphics from many popular applications directly into InDesign? Here's how.
"

Industry Blasts MTA Over New York Subway Photo Ban

Just today I was walking thru Red River, taking snaps for a location scout. My heighten sense of paranoia was tingling. Taking pictures in spaces like this, kinda sorta public but officially not, is getting tuffer to do all the time. The last line of the article makes a good point. I knew people who were at the Atlanta games near the site where the bomb went off. They were requested to turn in photos from that day for a possible ID. With no cameras, you have no possible record.

Industry Blasts MTA Over New York Subway Photo Ban: "Industry Blasts MTA Over New York Subway Photo Ban

May 27, 2004

By Jay DeFoore


Photographers and industry organizations have blasted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's proposed ban on unauthorized photography on city subways and buses, calling the new move an affront to the right of free speech and expression.

The New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary of the MTA, last week announced rules which could go into effect after a public-comment period as early as next fall. New York City Transit president Lawrence G. Reuter told The New York Times the changes 'are intended to enhance security and safety' for MTA employees and customers.

On May 26, the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) released a statement saying the new rules are 'truly ineffective and hinder working photographers everywhere.'

The rules could run afoul of First Amendment since they exempt credentialed press but not members of the general public, businesses and artists. Critics say enforcement of the new rules could subject journalists to the whims of transit officials.

Since its inception a century ago, New York's subway system has attracted news photographers as well as artists and social documentarians. Magnum's Bruce Davidson, whose classic 1986 color monograph Subway was recently reissued by Safari and is currently being exhibited at the Howard Greenberg Gallery, compares the subway to an ever-changing theater production.

'Any time you get into the subway you don't know what the show is going to be,' Davidson says. 'It's a great environment where all kinds of people are hanging out together.'

Pointing to similar restrictions on photography near the city's airports and waterfront areas instituted after 9-11, Davidson says he worries that we're entering into 'a climate of hysteria and fear.'

Davidson says the transit authority should see professional and amateur photographers as allies.

'The more cameras you have around the greater chance you have to catch the evil guy if he does something bad,' Davidson says. 'What they should be afraid of is whether our trains are running on time.'"

A Million Love Songs v1.0

A Million Love Songs v1.0
Glorifying the schmaltzy songs of love that everyone's forgotten about. right click and save them to your harddrive.

Aphex Twin

Download it here

Just cranked this song in on the way to work this AM. If rock n roll was invented by Henry Ford, this would be where we are. Machines making loud obnoxious beats. Crank this up and really listen to whats happening in this tune. I am one of the nutters who figure Aphex Twin to be a genius, and this tune explains a little bit why. It's from an album called Drukqs that is a collection of unreleased tracks from the past few years. he was forced to release it when he lost a harddrive full of MP3's of this stuff, and thought he'd beat the bootleggers to the punch.

Shel Zolkewich

Shel Zolkewich
Shel has a new website. I created it using the webcreator package at 1and1.com. It's a automated web creation service that's actually pretty easy to use.

Napster.ca

Napster.ca

Damn it doesn't work with the iPod!... Come ON Apple get the iTunes going in Canada!

Trailer reviews

The Cult of Mac Blog: "Pre-Review of PreReview Movie Review Site
Topic: Web
PreReview is a movie-review site that critiques flicks based on their trailers. As the site explains: 'Reviews of Movies that haven't come out yet and the reviewer hasn't seen or otherwise have any idea about.'

Unfortunately, the idea is better than the actual reviews -- at least the ones I read -- but anyone can contribute.
"

Bigger and better? Only one card to lose to ruin you!!

Pretec 12 GB CF - just $14,900:

Riding on the back of news yesterday about dropping flash memory prices Pretec today announced their new range of high capacity Compact Flash cards. These new cards (marked as '80x') will be available as 3 GB, 4 GB, 6 GB and 12 GB. The first three cards (3, 4 & 6 GB) are available in Japan as of today, the larger 12 GB card by the end of the year. Despite lower NAND flash prices these cards are still unbelievably expensive, the 3 GB card is 166,000 YEN ($1,490), the 4 GB card is 207,00 YEN ($1,860), the 6 GB card is 525,000 YEN ($4,700), the 12 GB card is expected to be 1,659,000 YEN ($14,900). Once you get over the price the next question must be would you be willing to put so much data in the trust of one card"

Taelyn Ariana Fisette's Blog

A babyBlog! So cute too!

I have seen a couple people over the past year do this, create a blog for a new member of the family. What a great use of the technology, as long as Grandma and Grandpa can log on, then its a great way to make sure everyone watches the day to day progress. Good Job Marcel!

The strange twisted sage of my Beige G3 continues....

Seems I can not get the CD ROM to mount the install disc for 10.1 update. I've check the discussions and there are all sorts of solutions I have to implement. Meanwhile I am learning the UNIX to point the webserver to the larger partition.

Yikes I forgot how deep that stuff can get. It's like I just stepped off the sidewalk and wanted to take a shortcut cross the grass, except its really muddy and suddenly two steps in I realize I shouldna done that but too late and yer shoes get packed with more and more mud... It's like that. Not that I would know what that's like these days, raining all the time and everything

Anyways, its running now, cuz yer reading this. So how much tinkering should I do, I could make it worse.

Dancing With Myself,In the strange world of Kansas City's ...: "Dancing With Myself

In the strange world of Kansas City's Dance Dance Revolutionaries, Wayne Giles didn't step so lightly."

Sick shit, twisted stuff...

BBC - Comedy - The Office

The best show I have seen in along time, too funny in a biting satirical way.

Eastern Standard TribeCory Doctorow is trying to find out just how his SCI Fi books will be read in the future so he is giving them away on the net!

Frederik and Mary Royal wedding in Copenhagen/360 degree QTVR Photos week 19

a very cool bandwidth hog.

creativepro.com - Blogging Has Arrived

Oh really? I could swore I did this as far back as 3 years ago!

G3 server is up.
I finally got a G3 running OS X. It will act as a webserver for this site and the occasional FTP server. Took several tries to get the machine running. Turns out there are a couple quirks with the G3 box. I thought at one point I had killed the machine, no boot chime, nothing. I ended up buying another used one off ebay for $50! When it acted up, I went on the Apple support discussion boards and learnt about improperly seated audio card and the CUDA reset buttom. Finally this afternoon I got this ebay unit online and will probably get the first one I have up and running again! Suddenly from nothing to two G3's, this could be fun!

Longhorn rips off OS X

Like this is any surprise? But who knows when it's coming out, meanwhile we've been using these features for how long?

iPod RIP
You know your doing something right when everyone wants to kill you

Bullying kids
This latest commercial "Words Hurts" is about kids bullying. I was never really a victim of bullying but I really find this issue to be quite an emotional one for me.

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things: "OS X Spir-o-graph painting app
Cosmic Painter is a GPLed MacOSX application that allows you to paint on a 'spinning' canvas, screating a Spir-O-Graph-like effect, which is then animated. The results are, well, trippy. I just fell down a rabbit hole looking at and playing with the samples. Link (Thanks, FunWithStuff!)
"

Mike Stanfill, Private Hand - The Infinite Cat Project

This is just plain weird. Look at one of the tips to get them to look:

(4) Use the mouse pointer to get your cats attention, or smear some soft cat food on the monitor and snap a pic as they're sniffing around.

Amazon.com: Books: Vaughan Oliver : Visceral Pleasures

Definitely would love this book. Anyone? Anyone?

Blogger totally re did the back end in terms how you post and changes things, very nice. works very fast