So both Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni have passed away. As is so often the case, The AV Club expresses my own feelings (and even experiences this time) better than I ever could. When I was an 18-year-old Film student, I tried to force myself to appreciate the works of Antonioni and Bergman because they…
Month: July 2007
“Mr Shoop’s Surfin’ Summer School Midterm”
I’ve praised Dennis Cozzalio’s Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule before, but probably my favourite part is his semi-regular film geek quizzes. I’ve never managed to actually find the time to fill one out before, though (hey, I have important Battlestar Galactica and The Wire to watch!). But this time, finally, I did. I’m…
Trailer for The Darjeeling Limited
A trailer is available for the upcoming Wes Anderson film, The Darjeeling Limited! This is, alongside the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men, my most anticipated movie right now. I do love Wes Anderson. Rushmore and The Royal Tenebaums both made my top 100, but I think Bottle Rocket and The Life Aquatic with…
alone in the lab
alone in the lab, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Thanks to a combination of conferences, vacations and nice weather, I’m the only person to show up in my lab. For the second day in a row. While it makes it somewhat easier to work, it does make me feel like a bit of a…
“statistics is unnatural and subversive”
Andrew Gellman posts a link on his blog to a great talk by Dick De Veaux about teaching Statistics, making the point that unlike math and music, but like literature, doing stats requires life experience. Like a lot of math/science geeks, I went through a phase of my undergrad where I was caught up in…