Archives for September, 2008

The Proper Way to Peel a Banana

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Turns out peeling from the stem is the hard way to undress a banana. You get all kinds of mush and dents. The easy, overlooked method is to pinch the bottom. Pops right open. Who’d have thunk it? Seems I’ve been peeling bananas wrong my whole life.

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Managing Media Overload

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

My attempt to stay sane while scouring the internets:

del.icio.us – the indispensable free bookmarking site. I use the official delicious firebox plugin to tag sites I’ll probably never view again but want a record of should I have a hankering to revisit the Mafia Nickname Generator.
Yojimbo – from Bare Bones software, the makers of BBEedit, [...]

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New Flickr Images

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

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Final Cut Wish List

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Converting analog assets to digital media is always slow, as the transfer must happen in real time. Thus, capturing DV footage is the primary hurddle in my Final Cut work flow.
I used to capture tapes one clip at a time. I’d review each tape, slowly marking clips as I went, then capture my selections [...]

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From “Notes on Directing” by Frank Hauer and Russell Reich

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Realize that the human experience is one of suffering and the resolution of suffering. Legitimate questions to ask of any script: How are these characters suffering? What are they doing to resolve their suffering?

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