Saw this in Chanel’s new commercial.
Is that a Leica M8?
Is it wrong that I recognized the camera before the actress?
Nothing beats a rangefinder if you want to evoke “classic.”
Leica No. 5
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Category Archives: television
The coolness I am
My car got another flat, and that’s probably going to cost me. I drive it so little that I’m seriously wondering why I own it. After all, paying for the carport costs me almost half what my car payment used to be.
How did I get here?
Microsoft’s answer to Ellen Feiss
A continuation of my Why WROX failed theory:
Last week…
Me: Lauren is a cheap ass. 
“I’m a P.C.” sounds like the person has bladder control issues. “I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person” is so much better.
M—: Oh yeah, I saw that yesterday… It’s a good commercial though. 
Me: Only because she’s a redhead. Me: Admit it.
M—: Haha.
The beauty of this ad is that finally Microsoft hits the right buttons in these politically divisive and tough economic times.
Too bad there’s no mention of Microsoft products. Seems like HP should be airing this.
Ahh… good times
Words for breasts
After a discussion of Steven Colbert’s seven deadly words, a conversation overheard:
Husband: “Take any African word and it basically sounds like a euphemism for ‘breasts.’”
Wife: “Like what?”
“Uhh, Bazoombas,” he extemporizes with a smile.
“But what if they’re small?” she observes.
“Bazimbas.”
Looking for that mouse
A friend sent me this article with the comment, “I think you will enjoy reading this.”
I did. Thanks.
Monday Night Raw
Last Suppers
I was browsing hulu yesterday, when I saw this promotional ad for the upcoming restart of Battlestar Galactica.
The full image is very impressive and instantly recognizable:
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 (2008)
The image is normally a center figure with flanked by four sets of trinities. Therefore, there is someone missing in the photo. I guess the missing cylon? A possibly interesting thing is the missing spot is occupied by Judas in the Da Vinci original.
(The series recap is hilarious.)
It is, of course, a homage to Leonard Da Vinci’s The Last Supper fresco:
The Last Supper (1495-1498) by Leonardo Da Vinci
The symmetry, the center triangle, the grouping of threes, the expressions, the lack of halos around the holy figures. While this is the restored version, even the barely-visible unrestored fresco is a powerful piece. It deserves all the copies it inspires and more.
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The Trouble with Techies
While researching the previous article, I came across this hilarious quote:
This is a far cry from 1966, originally the Klingons were scotch tape Asians (Fong, 176); White actors given slanty eyes. The Klingon race incarnate all the characteristics that most scare White America. The Klingons are violent, ill tempered, lustful, and drunk. They are on a mission to destroy the peaceful Federation and take over the universe. Finally, they fight to the death preferring death to defeat or capture. One scene from an episode entitled The Trouble with Tribbles almost mirrors a scene from the 1944 film Dragon Seed. In both scenes the evil Asians show up at a restaurant and demand liquor, when they are denied they go on a violent rampage. Often, they are shown eating large hunks of meat off the bone Gengis Kahn style. —“As-liens: The Final Frontier in Depicts of Yellow Peril in Popular Cinema”
I’m so going to have to do this at the next geek event.
Clearly Capt. Koloth would be much scarier if he were darker, but apparently demanding liquor is scary enough.
Slick ad
Very impressive flash Ad from Apple.
The ad is just a regular until you click for sound and then the ad really starts up. The reason: Two independent SWF files that sync actions across themselves. Both ads have to be delivered at the same time. Clever use of shape and placement of those ads to tell a funny story.
Feel Good Trifecta
My sister, Mia, has been feeling a little stressed out this week, so I told her to watch the Bouncy Balls commercial I keep sending her.
She did today and felt compelled to rewatch two other videos I sent her before: “Where the Hell is Matt?” and “Otters Holding Hands”—she confessed to me she watched the last one twice this time—thus inventing the Feel Good Trifecta.
I noticed a number of people (perhaps because the SF rain is now here in earnest) aren’t feeling so good this Friday. Watch these three videos and hopefully you’ll feel a lot better. And if you aren’t one of those people, just save this entry for a rainy day.
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