Friday, December 11, 2009
Aaaah, the magic of the internet....
An interesting video.
Home shopping fail! I do not usually find videos of people getting hurt funny but this one's THE exception.
The sound of the devil playing with your mind! You will want to listen with headphones for the full experience. This audio loop is pretty mind-boggling as well.
And while we're on the note of getting high without drugs, alcohol or sex involved, watch this. Awesome!
This has the same effect; it is a longer video but the effect too lasted longer (for me).
A great playpen for you logophiles and lexophiles out there. Play with the bubbles!
The baby name wizard that explains what your parents were thinking when they named you that! :)
And, officially the best website I've seen lately. Try a tour or explore on your own.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
I think it's trying to communicate...
Gnarls Barkley - Who's Gonna Save My Soul from Chris Milk on Vimeo.
One of the best videos I've watched in a long time. Despite the sad nature of the story, I could not stop laughing out loud. Watch and you'll know what I mean. I blame it on the dunks or broccs.Saturday, September 26, 2009
A Few Things from Around the Web
Here is some coolness I bookmarked lately and would like to share:
Harvard University's "Justice" class webcast with Michael Sandel. Talented enough to make you think outside the box and even wrap your mind around the box!
Kids are funny. Plus, we can always learn something from them.
When you fall you get right back up and keep dancing. Cute.
I have been obsessed with Ravel's Bolero lately, ever since I serendipitously heard my uni's orchestra practice the piece live. I also learned that this is played in the bohemian seaside resort Vama Veche in Romania every morning at sunrise! Must be even more amazing hearing it while watching the sun rising over the Black Sea.
Random: drooling over these and these beauties and I'm justifying it by telling myself I absolutely *need* new high wedge booties for the fall to be worn with wide leg trousers. (As a side note, I went to Barney's warehouse sale for the first time this year and got two amazing Theory pairs of pants for a total of...prepare yourself....*31 dollars*. I thought I was dreaming when they were rang at the register because the original prices were in the 200s each with some reduction percentages on the tags which you cannot bother to even read, much less to do the math in your head. But I did not even dream they'd be that much reduced!
The sale person at the register kindly decided I needed to be promptly educated on the aspects of the famous sale. Apparently I went on one of the last days when they slash prices on everything already on sale by an additional of 75% off. There were still plenty of goodies left because they put out new stuff every day. And the amazing 3.1 Phillip Lim top with an original price of over $400 that I reluctantly let go off my hands only to be grabbed instantly by a woman on the other side of the rack? The cashier said it would have probably been right under $30. I am now an officially Barney warehouse sale addict and as per her instructions I will be grabbing everything I love next year, bluntly ignore the obnoxious original prices and prepare myself to be pleasantly, insanely, wonderfully surprised!
However, these booties are soo worthy for even, gulp, retail, because geldenbleu is known for high quality leather products that last for years. But in a stroke of luck, I found these on ebay, authentic new in box in my size for a low starting bid price. 'Course I got in on the auction but can't tell you where yet because I'm selfish and you would then all become my new ebay nemeses. Ends in four days so I should curb my enthusiasm for now, really.
Finally, I will make this tomorrow because I am badly craving it and with my picky eater I could not even attempt to call it "dinner", so I will disguise it as an unconventional brunch treat for manana. Yum. Thank you Debra.
Deb's recipes from Smitten Kitchen are simply heavenly.
Harvard University's "Justice" class webcast with Michael Sandel. Talented enough to make you think outside the box and even wrap your mind around the box!
Kids are funny. Plus, we can always learn something from them.
Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo. Patience and discipline beget the reward.
When you fall you get right back up and keep dancing. Cute.
I have been obsessed with Ravel's Bolero lately, ever since I serendipitously heard my uni's orchestra practice the piece live. I also learned that this is played in the bohemian seaside resort Vama Veche in Romania every morning at sunrise! Must be even more amazing hearing it while watching the sun rising over the Black Sea.
Random: drooling over these and these beauties and I'm justifying it by telling myself I absolutely *need* new high wedge booties for the fall to be worn with wide leg trousers. (As a side note, I went to Barney's warehouse sale for the first time this year and got two amazing Theory pairs of pants for a total of...prepare yourself....*31 dollars*. I thought I was dreaming when they were rang at the register because the original prices were in the 200s each with some reduction percentages on the tags which you cannot bother to even read, much less to do the math in your head. But I did not even dream they'd be that much reduced!
The sale person at the register kindly decided I needed to be promptly educated on the aspects of the famous sale. Apparently I went on one of the last days when they slash prices on everything already on sale by an additional of 75% off. There were still plenty of goodies left because they put out new stuff every day. And the amazing 3.1 Phillip Lim top with an original price of over $400 that I reluctantly let go off my hands only to be grabbed instantly by a woman on the other side of the rack? The cashier said it would have probably been right under $30. I am now an officially Barney warehouse sale addict and as per her instructions I will be grabbing everything I love next year, bluntly ignore the obnoxious original prices and prepare myself to be pleasantly, insanely, wonderfully surprised!
However, these booties are soo worthy for even, gulp, retail, because geldenbleu is known for high quality leather products that last for years. But in a stroke of luck, I found these on ebay, authentic new in box in my size for a low starting bid price. 'Course I got in on the auction but can't tell you where yet because I'm selfish and you would then all become my new ebay nemeses. Ends in four days so I should curb my enthusiasm for now, really.
Finally, I will make this tomorrow because I am badly craving it and with my picky eater I could not even attempt to call it "dinner", so I will disguise it as an unconventional brunch treat for manana. Yum. Thank you Debra.
Deb's recipes from Smitten Kitchen are simply heavenly.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Random ny swimming holes and summerly storms
Kaaterskill Creek, NYNo one dares say it yet, but the end of summer is slowly creeping upon us here in New York City. I am in no rush to see the hot weather go, especially because I feel we were shortchanged by one month - June was a wet sad mess of a month here and almost had me convinced that New York has temporarily moved to Seattle. Even so, I still continue to open the travel articles arriving in my inbox and came across this one here, featuring some of the world's most amazing hotel pools. My favorite by far is the one at Hotel Caruso in Ravello, Italy. The infinity pool itself is nice but the location won me over since the Amalfi Coast is right now at the very top of my wish list of travel destinations. Yes, *wish* only, sigh, for now...
Double sigh because it is a stormy night here and, although there are only few better things in life than watching a huge storm descending upon the Manhattan skyline with the windows wide open (before the rain starts pouring in), taking in the sounds, the smells and the breeze, right now I only dream of being in sunny summery Italy (thank you, Phillipe).
Reality check in 3, 2, 1, 0! Here is a list of the best pools in the city. Sadly, I became a bit of a pool snob after having carte blanche to a friend's amazing private pool for most of the summer, but be careful if trying some of the free options on the list. I will only attest that Astoria Park pool gets insanely busy in the afternoons, the water is clean but ice cold in the mornings, and that they close it between 3 and 4 p.m. to clean, then reopen til 7 p.m. Oh, and the other one on the list that I have tried - 2 years ago mind you - is the Hotel Gasenvoort rooftop one which has an amazing view of the New York skyline but, as you would expect, everything is a bit overpriced at trendy Gasenvoort - from drinks to spa services.
Hmm, swimming and more splashing, let's see... This Aquarium for Humans in Queens looks enticing enough to give it a try. We've done the usual rounds to New York's beaches this summer, favorites being Long Beach on Long Island that charges a daily $10 fee but it is sooo worth it - hello clean! Also Lido Beach or Old Field Beach are nice, with the latter being close to scenic Port Jefferson on the north shore where you can go for a nice dinner after; although a town beach, we got in without a problem. Lake Welch is an old fave. I have yet to try Tiorati.
Old Field Beach 
Long Beach by me
Long Beach by me
This child was adorable, I couldn't help it! He snacked on stuff the whole time, about three hours passed and he wouldn't stop eating :) I instantly liked him - we would make very good friends; no need for talking just chewing and nodding...
Peekamoose swimming hole
Free Kayaking Lessons New York City
Mohonk Mountain House on flickr
Mohonk Mountain House on flickr
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Last Day Dream
by Chris Milk. It was produced for the 42 Second Dream Film Festival in Beijing and it depicts the last seconds of a person's life, a sequence of the most important moments flashing before him. Awesome.
Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Le Mort and Unidentified
Unidentified Girl.By Southworth & Hawes dated circa 1850, medium daguerreotype, whole plate; 21.5 x 16.5 cm,
accession number: 1974:0193:0059.
Here are a few lovely public domain photos from the George Eastman House Photography Collection with no known copyright restrictions. They are from the era of long duration photographs, namely daguerreotypes, and they can be in many ways technically superior to "snapshots". While the daguerreotype was not the first photographic process to be invented, earlier processes required hours for successful exposure, which made the daguerreotype the first commercially viable photographic process.
The daguerreotype is named after one of its inventors, French artist and chemist Louis J.M. Daguerre, who announced its perfection in 1839 after years of research, applying and extending a discovery by Johann Heinrich Schultz (1724): a silver and chalk mixture darkens when exposed to light.
Instead of Daguerre obtaining a French patent, the French government provided a pension for him. On 19 August 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift "Free to the World".
Instead of Daguerre obtaining a French patent, the French government provided a pension for him. On 19 August 1839, the French government announced the invention as a gift "Free to the World".
Daguerreotypes must collect light in long exposures. The clearness and depth of the field is amazing, but smiles were not encouraged because it is really hard to maintain a smile or other active expressions for the length of time it took to get the picture. Losing control of your expression would spoil the picture, at great cost.
Unidentified Bride. She is very pretty, with intelligent eyes.By Southworth & Hawes dated circa 1850, medium daguerreotype, whole plate; 21.5 x 16.5 cm,
accession number: 1974:0193:0137.
Unidentified Bride. The style of the dress speaks to being an heirloom.By Southworth & Hawes dated circa 1850, medium daguerreotype, whole plate; 21.5 x 16.5 cm,
accession number: 1974:0193:0251.
Post-mortem, unidentified young girl. She looks peacefully as she is only napping. It looks a little too natural for a post-mortem image. Beautiful, sad, unforgettable.By Southworth & Hawes, dated circa 1850, medium daguerreotype, whole plate, 16.5 X 21.5 cm, accession number: 1974:0193:0130.
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