So I’ve officially started writing my PhD thesis. I’ve downloaded the latex template and written an outline and everything. My typical thesis-writing day goes like this: 9 AM Bike to the lab. 10 AM Procrastinate. 11 AM Procrastinate. 12 PM Stress out about procrastinating. Man, that was a long bike ride into school. I’ll be…
Month: June 2009
random link roundup
What has Worio recommended to me this week? A profile of Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall. When I left Saskatchewan, I never dreamed that less than 10 years later it would be a booming economic powerhouse lead by an Armani-wearing young populist. [globe and mail] Charles Babbage: father of the computer, hater of musicians. [hark a…
more about Up and WALL-E (spoilers!)
Well, my review of Up was pretty short (I was aiming for “pithy”), but the comments have already grown longer than the post, and in them Tyler raises an issue that I’ve been thinking and talking about the past couple of days. Apparently, a whole lot of people find the long opening sequence, which follows…
The Field at Richard’s on Richards
The Field at Richard’s on Richards, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Electronica has really fallen out of the mainstream in the past few years, but there are still brilliant acts like The Field emerging. On stage, they’re about as charismatic as most electrominimalists, but the live versions of some of their tracks killed, especially…
Up (2009)
Much more of a straight-up action-comedy than my favourite Pixar movies, but as a piece of cinema, it’s so well-made, I can’t complain. I’m not sure it’s a movie I’ll be revisiting often, but I still admired the hell out pretty much every technical and storytelling aspect. So where does it fit into the full…