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finfin loaned me his copy of Gankutsuou: the Count of Monte Cristo, and I just finished watching the first disk. I must say that I am enjoying it immensely. Lavishly illustrated, it is a faithful retelling of the Dumas classic, with two major differences ( Read more... ) -
Fog and Trees, Jasper National Park of Canada, Summer 2006
I have not posted for a while, but I am finally getting into the process of editing my Summer photos, and a trickle of them will start appearing here. The first one follows, with an alternative version appearing behind the cut, so I can get your thoughts on how dark is too dark.
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Submitted for your perusal, an article by Tom Stoppard and some interesting, and I think both relevant and fair comments by Tom Wolfe about modern art and the craftsman tradition. These comments are already under attack, and Stoppard is perhaps backpedaling a bit in the article, but I think that they have good points that the elite of the art world ( Read more... ) -
Trip Update
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Privacy
Los Angeles is about to start introducing unmanned surveillance drones to help alleviate the burden on their helicopter resources.
Initially, reading this article, this seemed like a good idea to me, until I got to this statement by an officer:
...police say that such privacy concerns are unwarranted because surveillance is already ubiquitous. " ( Read more... )
