Lights Out: ”Amazingly beautiful, yet hopelessly impractical”: Winner of the Utrecht 48 Hour Film Project, Jeroen Houben, Tim Arts, and Stefan van den Boogaard’s Pagina 23 (Page 23) tells the dystopian tale of a life lived through stuff.
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Archive for November, 2011
This x That
Nov. 30, 2011
This x That:
Know This:
- Herman Cain says despite the “character assassination on me” he’s in it to win it; earlier told Fox News he would make a final decision concerning candidacy next week; The World According To Herman Cain.
- Michele Bachmann would consider Rick Santorum for running mate, possible attorney general in Bachmann admin; As president, House Select Committee on Intelligence member Bachmann says she would close US embassy in Iran (that doesn’t exist).
- UK downgrades diplomatic relations with Iran, orders closure of Iranian embassy following attack.
- Islamists poised for decisive victory in Egypt’s first post-Mubark parliamentary elections.
Read This:
- Largest UK work stoppage in 30 years sees 2 million public sector employees go on strike.
- Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo heads to International Criminal Court to face charges of crimes against humanity.
- NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg: “I have my own army in the NYPD.”
- Today’s Big Read: Woman says she was held aboard a Scientology cruise ship against her will for 12 years.
- Alan Dershowitz hopes to curb Middle East strife with Enthusiasm clip.
- Popular cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor gets generic counterpart.
Listen To This:
- The Roots latest LP, undun, streaming in full on NPR.
The Other:
- NewsFeed: Nonsensical, Semi-English Music Video Goes Viral in India.
- Tea x Time List: The 10 Best Books of 2011.
- Above: Chacho Puebla’s great aunt offers him some 21st century life tips his grandmother never gave him.
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Helpful Reminder of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
Helpful Reminder of the Day: 45,000 people will be forced out of their homes this Sunday after a 4,000-pound unexploded World War II-era bomb was found in the Rhine River near the German city of Koblenz.
“[I]t has been known for some time that this type [of bomb] was dropped over Koblenz [by the British Royal Air Force],” said the city’s press office.
Refusing to risk any injuries, officials have ordered the evacuation of nearly half the city’s residents. According to explosives experts, the bomb, which was exposed due to the rain-deficient Rhine’s dipping water levels, could damage windows up to a half-mile away.
In addition to the British bomb, other unexploded ordnance, including a 275-pound American bomb and a German smoke grenade, was also discovered at the site.
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Very Short Film of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
Very Short Film of the Day: To celebrate the 190th anniversary of the chronograph, German luxury goods manufacturer Montblanc and advertising agency Leo Burnett Milan invited filmmakers to capture and submit “one-second-long moving pictures” of moments they considered beautiful.
Many responded, and a showreel of 60 hand-picked clips was crafted (above).
There will be two additional qualification rounds, with 20 clips selected from each round. The 60 finalists will be judged by director Wim Wenders, and one lucky beauty beholder will win a trip to the 2012 Berlinale as well as a Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec chronograph.
May the best second win.
[h/t: doobybrain.]
Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day: The Miniatur Wunderland model exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, features both the world’s largest and most intricate model railway and, since May, the world’s largest model airport as well.
Scores of staff members have spent years constructing the expansive miniature sections with a mind-boggling attention to detail.
And they are far from finished: According to attraction’s latest promo, the 260 Wunderland employees plan to keep adding new sections to the sprawling exhibit until such time as science perfects the shrink-ray technology necessary for them to finally join their diminutive brothers and sisters in the Little Utopia.
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This Is Informative, You Should Watch It of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
This Is Informative, You Should Watch It of the Day: Speaking of Lincoln, eloquent-stuff-explainer C.G.P. Grey succinctly sums up several of the most persuasive reasons “why Pennies are economically inefficient and should be abolished.”
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Celebrity Sighting of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
Celebrity Sighting of the Day: Daniel Day-Lewis was spotted today in Richmond, Virginia’s Arcadia restaurant in character as Abraham Lincoln.
Day-Lewis is set to play the Great Emancipator in a 2012 biopic being directed by Steven Spielberg.
According to one snoop, Day-Lewis has apparently been in character since March, and is so committed to the role that “[h]is real name doesn’t even appear on the call sheet.”
[@uvamichael / richmond.]
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RIP Childhood of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
RIP Childhood of the Day: Master of subtle terror Graham Annable of Grickle fame takes on the Muppets with an existential tribute to the late Jim Henson.
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On-Air Blooper(s) of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
On-Air Blooper(s) of the Day: The best on-air news anchor flubs, gags, and general shenanigans of the year from around the country (and Australia).
Bonus Failure Below: Kiwi presenter, ah, forgets the, ah, ah, ahhhhhhhhhFOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAKE IT STOP.
Very Heavy Burtation of the Day
Nov. 30, 2011
Very Heavy Burtation of the Day: An Occupy LA participant holds an impromptu intervention for epic on-air flubber Serene Branson in an effort to help her curb her out-of-control shopping addiction, but she is simply unwilling to cooperate.
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