Blast from the Lima past

My friend P. just sent me this super weird art video made recently by a German film student at the Uni of Lima. I was wondering why he sent it to me until about 4:45, when suddenly his wife appears! The esteemed N., my host in Lima last summer, apparently lent her artistic abilities to the screen. Watch and be confused.

Today’s moment of zen

While you were shoveling snow today, someone in Taiwan was filming the cherry blossoms with their mobile phone. This is courtesy of my thesis case study on Qik.com content. If you’re at all familiar with the Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda, you’ll appreciate the style. It’s like a visual haiku, isn’t it?

Another reason to love Patrick Stewart

I guess I’m not the only Glee fan

Living room monologues: The dating thing

Just in case you need some perspective on space and time

Happy Christmas, from the silent monks

Living room monologues: The corporate grooming policy

The social life of small urban spaces

Snippet by William Whyte, with an excellent voiceover. I really just love this.

This will keep you busy for at least eight minutes

In the digital poetry class I TA’d this semester, one student made a “SoundStage” for his final project, inspired by his activity in an a cappella group. I’ve urged him to turn into an iPhone app. Pretty awesome.