Tony was kind enough to transfer some of my recent super 8 footage last week on his Workprinter XP. A lot of it was open shutter timelapse shot at night with my Nizo. There is also a short clip of some footage I shot with a modified Nikon super 8 camera I removed the shutter from causing weird vertical streaks across the frame. I’ve been fascinated with shutterless footage after watching Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey back in the day. I’m still fine-tuning the technique though — I think in the future I’ll need to stop the lens down more to get the pronounced streaking and sharper image. BTW, that ambient “music” on the timelapse clips is me rockin the Kurzweil K2000VX and a Lexicon LPX-1 digital effects box.
Night
http://www.vimeo.com
Night Driving
http://www.vimeo.com
Sky
http://www.vimeo.com
Shutterless Footage
http://www.vimeo.com
June 30th, 2008
Russian Police School
http://englishrussia.com
Car Wash
http://tangledeye.com
Vintage Freeway Photos
http://andrewbush.net
Classics in Lego
http://www.flickr.com
June 28th, 2008
Looks like there has been some serious renovation at the Roseway Theater. I stopped by this afternoon when I spotted a painter working on the entrance and we chatted a bit about the new improvements. The best news he shared: brand new seats have been installed! No more sore backs from trips to the movies. He also said the new owners run a theater in Camas, so it sounds like they know what they’re doing. Can’t wait till this place opens again.
June 22nd, 2008
Amazing Analog Computers
http://www.oobject.com
How to Get to Alpha Centauri
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Mini-Planet Almost Fits Earth’s Profile
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24935469
June 16th, 2008
Koolhaas Transforming House
http://gizmodo.com
World’s Largest Arch Bridge
http://gizmodo.com
Strange Dubia Artificial Island
http://gizmodo.com
Rem Koolhaas’ Death Star
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk
June 15th, 2008
There are a few things the United States still kicks ass at…like tacos at 2:00 AM and interplanetary exploration. The recent touchdown of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander proves the US is still all that when it comes to conducting amazing science on other planets. This is almost enough to make me overlook the fact NASA tried to suppress global warming data from this planet at the behest of the Bush administration. And I’m also excited about the follow-on Mars projects waiting in the wings. One of the most significant is the Mars Science Laboratory, which is a wheeled rover like the still wandering Spirit and Opportunity. What makes the MSL so special is its size; 2,040 pounds, and its power source, which is nuclear – giving the rover more science capibility than its predecessors.
With all the fuss about Mars over the last couple of years, I’ve become fascinated with the idea of a one way/ one astronaut mission to the red planet. This is something that has been advocated by a few lonely scientists and dreamers, but has never gained traction with the stuffed shirts at NASA. I’m not talking about a suicide mission here; I’m talking about a long term exploration project where the solo explorer might not come back. I’m not suggesting we would just send someone to Mars with the expectation they would conduct science for a couple of weeks and then curl up and die. Rather we would continue to send supplies for as long as they lived (and maybe they could come back to Earth with a future group of explorers).
In the history of humankind there have been many solo adventurers and explorers who took incredible risks to discover new worlds or accomplish things we collectively thought impossible. There was Charles Lindberg, who crossed the Atlantic by himself in a single engine plane, for example. But NASA has become so risk adverse I doubt they would ever go for a single person Mars mission. It’s such a strange disconnect in a society of risk takers. Americans are proud of our crazies – whether it’s those guys from Jackass or NASCAR drivers. Surely going alone to Mars is safer than a drunken weekend with Steve-O?
June 8th, 2008
It’s Rose Festival time in Portland again. I generally avoid heading downtown for the two weeks when waterfront park is overrun by sailors and suburanites, but the Funcenter in Waterfront Park has always held a particular fascination for me — what with the carnies, fried food, and retro-style rides. My neighbor Annie experienced the dark side of the carnival the other night though when that colorful spinning swing ride, I think it’s called the Wave Swinger, malfunctioned and sent her, along with John and Molly, careening into the trees and each other. Anyway, it must have been a slow news day because our local Fox News affiliate picked up the story and interviewed Annie in Tim and Anne’s yard last night. Watch the clip here. I guess this whole incident will make me think twice before throwing down some bills for Funcenter rides in the future.
June 7th, 2008
100 Tons of Explosives
http://www.youtube.com
Restoration of the Ecto-1
http://www.gbfans.com
10 Best Hitmen
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
The 25 Best Alternative Rock Bands of The 1990s
http://new.music.yahoo.com
June 5th, 2008
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