Chris Gerrib has said some very nice things about the Summer issue of Shimmer. The nice thing about being stuck in an airport for a few hours is you get a chance to read. Unless, of course, you like CNN Airport Edition. On my most recent trip, I got a chance to read the Summer […]
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It’s been awhile since I posted one of these. I’ve been editing and set poor Pimi to the side. I’m not sure how many words I’ve written today, because I forgot to look at my wordcount before I started. First: Pimi fingered a length of cloth on a low shelf in the clothier’s shop. Last:
I started my online journal two years ago today after I got a call from Lazytown and sold my second story. I guess this would be a clear example of the aphorism “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Rob and I are planning on staying in Iceland after we wrap production.
Rob, for some time now, has been coveting a motorcycle. He used to ride them in Hawaii and the roads in Iceland are apparently perfect for a motorcycle. So, he’s been shopping for one for a couple of months. The shopping was sort of a hobby. Until last night, when he won the auction for
Sarah, Jonathan, Emily, Jodi, Sam and their friend Amelia came for dinner tonight. It was so nice to do some serious cooking, which I haven’t done enough of lately. Menu Cabbage and Apple Soup Orange, Cranberry and Spice Walnuts on a bed of Spinach Mushroom Risotto served with Sesame Broccolli Daim Icecream
Today was Gay Pride Day in Iceland. 30,000 people flooded downtown Reykjavik. (For comparison, that’s 26% of the population of Reykjavik.) A parade went down the main street and bands played well into the night. Icelandair offered a special promotional deal from people wanting to come to Iceland for the celebration. Can you imagine a
Jonathan Judge, one of the directors at work, made this really interesting documentary. Go check it out. Doug Fitch and Mimi Oka claim to be the world’s only “sustenance artists”. Both trained as chefs in Paris but now specialise in what they call Orphic Feasts – wildly absurdist performances which vary from creating edible pasta
The human voice is very flexible and we’ll look at the ways you can manipulate it. Remember though, that the voice uses muscle and you can strain it just as easily as an ankle. Pay attention and stop if anything hurts. Your basic tools are Pitch, Placement, Pacing, Accent and Attitude. Pitch is fairly self-explanatory.
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I love the music video we are shooting today, which is a good thing, considering how many times we have to listen to it. We did some fun choreography with live hands, pretty complicated stuff involving two puppets and an actor, but we had time to practise it and nailed it in two takes. We
We left Dettifoss and rejoined the Ring Road heading back west. On the way we passed by Krafla, which Rob was very interested in for the geothermal power. None of my photos do justice to this giant science-fiction landscape. On one side of the valley, the hills are barren, on the other side, they are
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We left Hóll around nine in the morning and headed down Rt. 862 on the West side of the gorge that Jökulsá runs through. For those of you keeping track, the more digits a road number has the worse it is. So… 862, was an adventure in places, but well worth it. We pulled off
Our hosts were warm and seemed amused by my attempts at Icelandic. I think it pleased them that I was making the struggle to be understood. Their front yard is charming and has lots of flowers in bloom. I tried taking a picture of the view, but you’ll have to take my word for it
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Wired News: It’s Alive (ish) When Rene Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am,” the philosopher probably didn’t imagine a stamp-sized clump of rat neurons grown in a dish, hooked to a computer. Following the article back to the home of the project, NeuroLab > Potter Group, I learned about Meart. Meart (Multi-Electrode Array art)
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3d-printers I just saw this article about 3-d printers, which is like SF happening right now. I’ve seen a few things printed out by a 3-d printer, but I had no idea that the technology was becoming as accessible as it is. This is amazing stuff. One of the applications that they are talking about
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