Creative Loafing Atlanta | FLICKS | KISS KISS BANG BANG “The foundation of American cinema is crime. One of film history’s most important early films, Edwin S. Porter’s 1903 silent The Great Train Robbery, was a crime story featuring the … Continue reading
Jim Wallis Speaks at Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta Ellen and I went to hear him speak, and ended up hearing him preach. It was a full service and Wallis gave his inspiring message about the Bible’s call for social justice, … Continue reading
MineZone Wiki – MVance.GettingThingsDone I’m re-committing to Getting Things Done; this is a one-page summation of the whole thing.
CHOICE TABLES: PARIS; Quirky Spots The Locals Love But Don’t Reveal The NY Times lists these no-longer-obscure restaurants; posted because we’ll get hungry when we go there, and I’ll be damned before I eat at McDonalds there.
Polymath and editing demi-god Walter Murch holds forth at a digital video conference in a Flash video stream – here’s a direct link to the stream. Murch created the terms “sound designer” and “sound montage,” won an Oscar for Best … Continue reading
Today is Ellen’s birthday, but we’re not celebrating together since in Arkansas. She went for our sister-in-law’s pinning ceremony – Andrea’s graduating from nursing school, and if anyone is capable of the tough love necessary to be a good nurse, … Continue reading
This would be fun to try. Mad Mac mini multimedia machine, Part 1: Load Linux on the Mac mini The Mac mini is an ideal low-cost, high-performance PowerPC development platform for numerous applications. Learn how to install and configure Linux … Continue reading
Isfahan The Movie: “an animated film inspired by the Persian architecture.” Stefan recommended it. I’ll reward myself with a viewing and a post when I’m done editing a video for the college.
Macworld: Mac Gems: Tiger’s Gem-worthy Features I’m archiving this link for when I put Tiger on my Mac.
Quick Sunday Morning note: [Anne Lamott’s Plan B – Further Thoughts on Faith(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573222992/104-6157023-0711911?v=glance) is funny and moving. We have it from the library, and it’s so good I want to go buy a copy. (I’ll wait for trade paper, though.)