I've seen this video of Arthur C. Clarke discussing today's technology yesterday on a few different sites recently, but will repost it here, primarily so I can also post a link to this song.
...and what the hell, while I'm at it, how about some of this:
9.05.2010
Recent Changes and Hello Again!
I just imported a bunch of material from my other blogs, Sqwuigilum and Now I Am Wasting Your Time. Some of these may come down in the near future, I suppose.
I'm planning on using Inertial Observer for my blogging in the foreseeable future. Please check back regularly for posts on movies, books, weird stuff, etc. I will try to post more frequently than in the past, and hopefully I will have some interesting things to say, or at least interesting sites to recommend.
I'm planning on using Inertial Observer for my blogging in the foreseeable future. Please check back regularly for posts on movies, books, weird stuff, etc. I will try to post more frequently than in the past, and hopefully I will have some interesting things to say, or at least interesting sites to recommend.
8.18.2009
Grant Morrison's Mahabharata
I absolutely love mad labors of love like this: Grant Morrison's CGI retelling of the Hindu epic The Mahabharata looks fascinating, bizarre, and potentially very, very beautiful. Morrison has long been one of my favorite comics writers--though his work can sometimes come across as incomprehensible, it is always interesting.
(luscious concept art from 18 Days)
The Mahabharata is a wonderful story to begin with, and I loved Peter Brook's (more faithful) adaptation when I saw it on PBS years ago. Here's a bit of that:
(luscious concept art from 18 Days)
The Mahabharata is a wonderful story to begin with, and I loved Peter Brook's (more faithful) adaptation when I saw it on PBS years ago. Here's a bit of that:
7.31.2009
The Naked Ape
I'm a big fan of the TED talks. Here's a particularly interesting one that just went up today: scientist Elaine Morgan makes an argument that humans evolved from aquatic apes. Her most persuasive points address the layer of fat under our skin, the evolution of other hairless mammals, and bipedalism. It's pretty fascinating, really.
7.23.2009
Filming the Unfilmable?
io9 just put up a very thoughtful post about the idea of "unfilmable books." Especially intriguing is the argument about how the idea that some books shouldn't be filmed is actually harder to defend than the idea that certain books can't be filmed. It's definitely worth reading.
7.17.2009
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