The Faintest Ink

"What he really wanted to do was make movies. For a while he worked nights and weekends on a novel,..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:17:11 -0400

“What he really wanted to do was make movies. For a while he worked nights and weekends on a novel, only to find that his writing style didn’t lend itself to prose. “I wouldn’t do internal monologs,” he says. “I wouldn’t write what was going on emotionally. And at some point I realized that if all you’re writing is description of what’s happening, you’re actually writing screenplays.””

- http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/primer-shane-carruth/all/

See also http://tinysubversions.com/fuckvideogames for another take on choosing the right medium for your art.

erikostrom: Before Cities Had Street Lights, They Had Giant...

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:31:39 -0400

erikostrom:

Before Cities Had Street Lights, They Had Giant Towers That Mimicked the Moon.

I thought this was a hoax until I got to the Dazed and Confused reference.

Accidental Subway Rainbow - Imgur

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:43:36 -0400

Accidental Subway Rainbow - Imgur

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:18:55 -0400

One Time Science Tried to Kill Me

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:39:23 -0500

One Time Science Tried to Kill Me:

Thankfully this was the 1990s, so I was wearing a flannel shirt over another shirt and I wasn’t burnt. But I’d dropped the metal card in my panic. My adviser in the next room heard it and rushed in. “My God!” he said, taking in the scene. “Is the laser okay?”

Spoilerific, a tool for safely discussing spoilers in public

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:22:19 -0500

Spoilerific, a tool for safely discussing spoilers in public

RapBot: an ’80s freestyle battle rap generator

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:58:00 -0500

RapBot: an ’80s freestyle battle rap generator

fred-wilson: the iPhone as a jailhouse i have always seen it as...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:31:09 -0500

fred-wilson:

the iPhone as a jailhouse

i have always seen it as one

(via Go Outside Magazine - Jailhouses)

"I have a degree from UCLA. I’m an amateur historian who has written books about World War II, the..."

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:02:27 -0500

“I have a degree from UCLA. I’m an amateur historian who has written books about World War II, the Harlem Renaissance, and African-American inventors. I read a lot of fiction as well as non-fiction. I watch TV and movies. I have acted in both. I have been a political activist and an advocate for children’s education. How should an aging, black jock like myself know anything about pop culture? Man, I am a living part of pop culture and have been for nearly 50 years. Beyond that, I think pop culture expresses our needs, fears, hopes and whole zeitgeist better than some of the more esoteric and obscure forms of art.”

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar responds to the response to his response to ‘Girls’ | Huff Post (via bobdobalina)

That last sentence reminds you why this stuff is worth talking about and worth doing well in the first place.

(via highway62)

"Every day a PHP script picks a random spot on the land mass of Earth. The nearest photo to that spot..."

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:41:45 -0500

“Every day a PHP script picks a random spot on the land mass of Earth. The nearest photo to that spot is posted here.”

- Stochastic Planet by Adam Cadre

"When Geocities went down, Wikipedia had over 100,000 links to Geocities sites for their citations...."

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:35:00 -0500

“When Geocities went down, Wikipedia had over 100,000 links to Geocities sites for their citations. Wiped out in a night.”

- Jason Scott (http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3802)

nevver: Bukowski

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:45:42 -0500

nevver:

Bukowski

Ambigrams by Scott Kim. (via Jason McIntosh)

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:53:04 -0500

Ambigrams by Scott Kim. (via Jason McIntosh)

"If you think your environment has taken a turn for the worse, consider the alternative explanation...."

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:24:54 -0400

“If you think your environment has taken a turn for the worse, consider the alternative explanation. Maybe the only thing that changed is your brain chemistry. Take a nap, drink some coffee, go for a walk, pet the dog, and try again.”

- Scott Adams, Preferences

rrrrrrrroll: R_60

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:31:43 -0400

rrrrrrrroll:

R_60

Come to the reading & release party! Monday, Nov. 12, 2012...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:21:15 -0400

Come to the reading & release party! Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:20:55 -0400

jomc: (via Retromania: RETRO-FUTURE FRISSONS (postpunk...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:23:02 -0400

jomc:

(via Retromania: RETRO-FUTURE FRISSONS (postpunk division))

linesdotscircles: forty + six

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:34:50 -0400

linesdotscircles:

forty + six

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Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:14:20 -0400