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March 31, 2004
Zefrank on Friendster
Zefrank's hiliarious take on Friendster and other social networking services. Quicktime required. If you don't know Zefrank, a few years ago he came out with the Pre-Date Confidence Builder. This guy should be doing stand-up somewhere. Hat tip to Peter Hirshberg.
Posted by elise at 12:40 PM
March 29, 2004
Photographing the Earth, One Degree at a Time
Got GPS? Join the thousands in photographing the earth's lattitude and longitude degree confluence points at the Degree Confluence Project. Here's the Wired article.
Posted by elise at 9:12 PM
March 27, 2004
NYC - Chuck Close at the Met
Emma, 2002 43x35 inches
If you are in NYC, an exhibit not to miss is Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit shows over a hundred works, many of them demonstrating the progressive stages of various print processes including lithographs, wood cuts, and silk screens. The exhibit closes April 18th.
Pictured above is my favorite of the exhibition, a 113-color Japanese-style ukiyo-e woodcut. Many thanks to Barbara Linhart for the recommendation!
Posted by elise at 9:46 AM
March 26, 2004
Microsoft Gets Its Due, Finally
Like so many in the tech industry, except those who actually work for Microsoft, I'm delighted at EEU's recent anti-trust ruling against Microsoft. Microsoft abuses its monopoly in operating systems to limit innovation and competition in software applications. The NY Times quoted Steven Balmer saying, "We believe that every company should have the ability to improve its products to meet the needs of consumers." True, but not if that "product improvement" is a a bundling strategy that stacks the deck against all other software providers.
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Posted by elise at 2:53 PM
March 21, 2004
Spring?
This was the scene in Carlisle, Massachusettes Thursday morning when I left to come back to California. Here in Carmichael the temps have topped 80 degrees for almost two weeks now. San Francisco has even been balmy in the 70s.
Posted by elise at 12:07 AM
March 20, 2004
Fairy Godchildren
Everyone should have their own fairy godchildren. Here's a movie of mine - Reilly, Piper, and Alden. Quicktime required.
Hat tip to The Amateur Gourmet for his inspiring hilarious QT videos.
Posted by elise at 8:58 PM | Comments (4)
March 19, 2004
NYC - Vik Muniz, The Armory
Last weekend I had the great pleasure of accompanying Paige West and Kelly Stoezel of Mixed Greens to The Armory Show, NYC's premier contemporary art event. Wandering the aisles was a great way to get exposure to the New York art scene. Many thanks to Kelly especially for guiding me through the melange.
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Posted by elise at 6:38 PM | Comments (0)
March 15, 2004
NYC - Mixed Greens
(Paige West, Elise, Kelly Stoetzel)
If you happen to be in NYC and you love art, I recommend a stop at Mixed Greens on 26th St between 11th and 12th avenues. (601 W26th, 11th floor). Mixed Greens is a contemporary art gallery like no other. Mixed Greens has evolved out of founder Paige West's vision that collecting art should be a fun, inspirational activity, not one in which you have to deal with beyond-cool, snobby and snooty art dealers. Paige has even set up a blog devoted to art collecting - Art Addict - to help take the mystery out of the process. Mixed Greens deals primarily with emerging artists, who, because they are not yet established, can offer their works at more accessible prices, perfect for the new collector.
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Posted by elise at 7:29 AM | Comments (2)
March 14, 2004
NYC - Butterflies!
Stopped by the Scope Art Fair (www.scope-art.com) this last weekend in NYC. Scope is a contemporary art fair that is put on in hotel rooms, each dealer getting or sharing her own room. This year's New York Scope is at the Gansevoort Hotel which is still being completed. The fair was fun, though a little crowded. Some of the artists made the best use possible of the fact that they were exhibiting in bedrooms as can be seen above. This artist, whose name I never got, made cut-outs of butterflies from aluminum beer cans.
Posted by elise at 7:55 AM
March 5, 2004
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Review
(If the image doesn't appear, refresh the page in your browser).
Usually when I review something it is because I really really like it. Rarely do I take the trouble to publicly express extreme dissatisfaction over a product. But here's an exception. After many months of frustration with my Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer, I'm finally chucking it for a Kensington wireless mouse. I use a Mac, OSX, if that makes a difference. I have two main complaints about the Microsoft mouse.
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Posted by elise at 5:18 PM | Comments (6)