http://www.asseptic.org/blog/ A weblog by Eduardo Morais. en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:29:00 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/135463867 "Michael Bay used a squillion dollars and a hundred supercomputers’ worth of CG for a brilliant art movie about the illusory nature of plot."

— Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie - This review of Transformers 2 is one of the funniest I ever read. I haven’t seen it yet and I’m pretty sure it’s a horrid movie but still this review made me want to watch it: It’s like a road accident ahead, you can’t avoid wanting to look. But perhaps I’ll wait for the DVD, so I can organize some drinking games. ]]> "Michael Bay used a squillion dollars and a hundred supercomputers’ worth of CG for a brilliant art movie about the illusory nature of plot."

— Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie - This review of Transformers 2 is one of the funniest I ever read. I haven’t seen it yet and I’m pretty sure it’s a horrid movie but still this review made me want to watch it: It’s like a road accident ahead, you can’t avoid wanting to look. But perhaps I’ll wait for the DVD, so I can organize some drinking games. ]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:29:00 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/135463867 http://asseptic.org/blog/133499822

I hadn’t linked Cat and Girl for a while, but Dorothy’s take on the reactions to Michael Jackson’s death is spot on. (via The Null Device) ]]>

I hadn’t linked Cat and Girl for a while, but Dorothy’s take on the reactions to Michael Jackson’s death is spot on. (via The Null Device) ]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:38 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/133499822 http://asseptic.org/blog/133070766

Content-Preserving Warps for 3D Video Stabilization (via CDM): This is just an incredible presentation. Camera movement is one of the things that sets apart low budget from ‘professional’ filmmaking and it’s good to see the potential for yet another gap narrowing. Indiependents sometimes waste so much time and resources on it, it’ll be nice to let computers handle it so we can do some actual filmmaking. ]]>

Content-Preserving Warps for 3D Video Stabilization (via CDM): This is just an incredible presentation. Camera movement is one of the things that sets apart low budget from ‘professional’ filmmaking and it’s good to see the potential for yet another gap narrowing. Indiependents sometimes waste so much time and resources on it, it’ll be nice to let computers handle it so we can do some actual filmmaking. ]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:11:17 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/133070766 http://asseptic.org/blog/132383034

The Astounding World of the Future! ]]>

The Astounding World of the Future! ]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:29:00 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/132383034 http://asseptic.org/blog/132380787 http://atlasobscura.com/

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Auto. Sueño y Materia - Cars and landscapes, an exhibition at the Laboral Centro in Gijon, Spain, looks very interesting. Even though automobiles are pretty ubiquous still, exhibitions like this make me feel the car is already a 20th century anachronism… ]]>

Auto. Sueño y Materia - Cars and landscapes, an exhibition at the Laboral Centro in Gijon, Spain, looks very interesting. Even though automobiles are pretty ubiquous still, exhibitions like this make me feel the car is already a 20th century anachronism… ]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:45:08 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/130787022 http://asseptic.org/blog/130782526 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8120231.stm

That’s right, not even China wants Hummer. Ouch. (via The Null Device) ]]> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8120231.stm

That’s right, not even China wants Hummer. Ouch. (via The Null Device) ]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:35:28 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/130782526 http://asseptic.org/blog/127485145

I guess this is Being A Man Sunday. Here’s a japanese website with How-to videos on useful topics such as tying a necktie, doing some ironing, shining shoes or entertaining guests with magic tricks. I’m ashamed to admit I’m still mastering the T-shirt-Do. (via A Continuous Lean) ]]>

I guess this is Being A Man Sunday. Here’s a japanese website with How-to videos on useful topics such as tying a necktie, doing some ironing, shining shoes or entertaining guests with magic tricks. I’m ashamed to admit I’m still mastering the T-shirt-Do. (via A Continuous Lean) ]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:27:15 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/127485145 http://asseptic.org/blog/127483028 http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/01/5-classic-cocktails-every-man-should-know/

So… what’s in a Martini after all? ]]> http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/01/5-classic-cocktails-every-man-should-know/

So… what’s in a Martini after all? ]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:18:39 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/127483028 http://asseptic.org/blog/127106972

The trailer for Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood. Put simply, the best Shakespeare film adaptation (since it’s an adaptation of MacBeth), and high on my Best Movie Ever shortlist. No cinematic moment gives me the goosebumps as much as that ending. Makes Arthur Penn, the guy who shot that ending to Bonnie and Clyde, look like a wuss. ]]>

The trailer for Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood. Put simply, the best Shakespeare film adaptation (since it’s an adaptation of MacBeth), and high on my Best Movie Ever shortlist. No cinematic moment gives me the goosebumps as much as that ending. Makes Arthur Penn, the guy who shot that ending to Bonnie and Clyde, look like a wuss. ]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:03:00 GMT http://asseptic.org/blog/127106972