January 2012
1 post
Ashley/Amber on The Creators Project →
show Ashley/Amber some love by clicking the “appreciate this” button
December 2011
3 posts
Trickle Treat! →
Beautiful design for Jacobin Magazine by Comrade former fellow co-op-er Remieke Forbes.
“In essence, Congress was putting handcuffs not on... →
One of the interviews I shot in Kansas City last month at the Autopsy of a Financial Crisis conference at UMKC:
“The Banks Own Us” – Former Chief Accountant of the SEC Lynn Turner
June 2011
1 post
ASHLEY/AMBER wins “Best Student Film” at NJ Film... →
My short film Ashley/Amber just won the award for “Best Student Film” at the 2011 NJ International Film Festival.
[ashley-amber.com]
May 2011
3 posts
“This is why I’m proposing to make my school a... →
Nathan Bootz, a school superintendent in Michigan, writes a public letter to his governor:
Dear Governor Snyder,
In these tough economic times, schools are hurting. And yes, everyone in Michigan…
Open Font Library →
Awesome:
http://openfontlibrary.org/
Major props to my former boss Jon Phillips.
(PS. Here is a nice explanation of the @font-face tag and some other web font services. Google has a pretty…
Ashley/Amber to screen at the NJ Film Festival on... →
ASHLEY/AMBER to screen at the NJ Film Festival on Friday June 10 @ 7pm - http://bit.ly/knvFN0 - hope to see you there!
December 2010
1 post
tis the season… →
November 2010
2 posts
my thoughts precisely →
super cute coloring book music video →
Knight of Wands by Au Revoir Simone
August 2010
1 post
Kimya Dawson’s “Driving Driving Driving” →
Driving Driving Driving
July 2010
2 posts
Ballad of the Black Gold →
“Ballad of the Black Gold”
video by Sam Ellison (Ashley/Amber’s cinematographer!)
song by Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek)
6 Terms to Help Understand & Critique US Political... →
From Jay Rosen’s “Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: On the Actual Ideology of the American Press“:
1. The Church of the Savvy. This is my name for the actual belief system that…
March 2010
1 post
Hooray! →
February 2010
5 posts
The Information Super-Sewer – Chris Hedges’... →
The only income left for most of those who create is earned through self-promotion, but as Lanier points out this turns culture into nothing but advertising. It fosters a social ethic in which the…
Lapham on Yale’s New Admissions Video →
He faulted the new video not for its failed attempt at Sontagian camp but for portraying the university as a kind of summer camp for élites. “It’s a variation on Marie Antoinette in the garden of…
Q&A: Kathryn Bigelow →
I would have shot in Iraq if it had been possible. That’s kind of a joke, but we did get close, at times five kilometers from the border. Architecturally, Jordan is a very good match for war-torn…
Web 2.0 Suicide Machine →
Web 2.0 Suicide Machine – Meet your Real Neighbours again! – Sign out forever!
web 2.0 suicide machine promotion from moddr_ on Vimeo.
[ironically via a. otto’s…
Hobart C-100 10 Quart Mixer →
YouTube – Hobart C-100 10 Quart Mixer
[via Cora]
January 2010
2 posts
Yasha Levine muckrakes Cali’s water crisis →
When left, right, print, broadcast and mainstream media outlets agree, it has to be true, right? Well, not exactly. Here’s what an end-of-the-year update published in November 2009 by the US Bureau…
Can I film my thesis in your apartment? →
Dear friends and readers in Cambridge/Somerville,
Please help me make my next movie!
I need to shoot a couple scenes for my thesis film, ASHLEY/AMBER, in an apartment in/around Cambridge, MA….
December 2009
6 posts
illustrated geologic timescale →
studying for geology final!
Tonight! Beauty Machine NYC Premiere →
BEAUTY MACHINE is screening TONIGHT, Wednesday, December 16, at Anthology Film Archives in NYC!
NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT PROGRAM
Wednesday, December 16 at 6pm. Anthology Film…
Mt. Taylor →
Sorry for poor quality of the photo. I lost the original painting (oil on board) and just have this crappy snapshot. Last seen in the Carpenter Center last spring … if anyone has seen it,…
Pilgrim Heights, Cape Cod Nat’l Seashore →
A watercolor I painted at Cape Cod over Columbus Day.
still life →
My first serious attempt at oil painting.
Beauty Machine wins Accolade →
My film BEAUTY MACHINE has received a 2009 Award Of Merit from the Accolade Film Awards. Yay!
November 2009
11 posts
uncanny valley with a leek →
new look →
rrrojer.net just got a minor makeover, including a new online portfolio.
WatchShapeUp
WatchRebecca
WatchMermaid Hands & Ugly Teeth
WatchDistracted
pretty wikipedia page →
Self-similarity
The Lonely Desert, a dream →
The Lonely Desert, a dream by Paul Whang
jongoldywork →
jongoldywork.blogspot.com
Allston City Limits (On Harvard Time) →
YouTube – Allston City Limits (On Harvard Time)
sinking central valley →
Heavy irrigation of groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley has caused it to sink – the ground rests atop the water so when the water depletes, the ground drops.
more about groundwater
…
October 2009
1 post
BEAUTY MACHINE now playing in Colorado and South... →
My film Beauty Machine is currently playing in the pre-show for the Bruce Willis flick Surrogates at Cinebarre theaters in Thorton, CO and Mount Pleasant, SC.
I doubt I have any readers…
September 2009
2 posts
aurora andrew’s sketch blog →
Aurora’s watercolors make me so happy:
http://auroraandrews.blogspot.com
white castle keeps it classy →
note the placement of the star.
August 2009
22 posts
John Sayles →
“When people leave the theatre I want them to be talking about human beings, about their own lives and the lives of other people they know or could know. Rather than thinking ‘Oh, that was like…
teengirl fantasy vids →
Portofino video by blackmoth
Hoop Dreams video by Sam Gurry
happy travels!
webpoon →
The Harvard Lampoon site got a re-design earlier this summer. This was my second crack at this project, and, though there are still improvements to be made, judging by both site usage and…
ancient enemy pottery →
Bowl
I don’t often get too hot and bothered over pottery, but the designs from Chaco (circa 900-1150 AD!!!) really struck me this summer.
Yellena James →
Yellena James – BOOOOOOOM!
via auroraa
The Great American Bubble Machine →
The bank’s unprecedented reach and power have enabled it to turn all of America into a giant pumpanddump scam, manipulating whole economic sectors for years at a time, moving the dice game…