Woah, I totally missed this while I was at SIGGRAPH. A huge, awesome interview with Joss Whedon on The AV Club, talking about Wonder Woman, Goners, The Office, life, art and the universe. At the risk of sounding like the fan-boy I am, there are few people in this world I admire as much as…
Author: Eric, your haikuist
SIGGRAPH’d
SIGGRAPH, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Well, I’m back from SIGGRAPH, probably the coolest Computer Science conference around. And also, I’m tired. While Graphics tends to catch a lot of flack (not least from its practitioners) for being somewhat hacky, I did find people were generally more open to ideas and less ivory-towery than…
headed to SIGGRAPH
As previously promised, I am headed to SIGGRAPH! I will be presenting a poster of my research with Abhi and Nando on Monday and Wednesday (booth I03): Preference Galleries for Material Design. This is the first time I’ve publicly presented this particular research, so it will be interesting to hear what people think of it….
the trees of august
the trees of august, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. I walked past this scene on my way home from the lab last night. I really enjoy the Vancouver summer colours and the gradient of the sky.
on Bergman and Antonioni
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…