10.11.07


Walter Murch was on A&E this morning. Walter Murch is a mustache god. The mustache will heretofore be known as the Murch.

Now everytime I make a run (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Girl, you turn around and cry
I ask myself oh, why ohhh why... (uh-huh, uh-huh)
See you've got to understand
I can't work a nine to five
So I'll be gone... til Movember

1. You don’t talk about Movember outside of the month.
2. Movember runs for 30 days. No more.
3. There is to be no joining of the Mo to side burns – That’s a beard.
4. There is to be no joining of the handlebars – That’s a goatie.
5. A small complimentary growth under the bottom lip is allowed (aka a tickler).
6. You must remain clean shaven apart from your Mo for the entire 30 days.

9.11.07

Ben: The Last Supper. All 16 Billion glorious pixels of it.



Bobby is inventing a new game: Sub-Saharan Africa or Da Vinci painting?

"The history of the Last Supper is substantially the history of its restorations...This was primarily due to Leonardo's decision to use oils instead of the usual fresco technique"

We have a problem with history. It is clear: the next step will be to use the 16 billion pixels to self heal the representation of the painting. Our ethos is that the passage of time should be halted. Everything must be as it was when it was created regardless of its inherent properties. I want to see The Last Supper as it will appear 10,000 years from now. Perhaps only then will its full beauty be exposed.

I would like a Wingsuit, please.

Wingsuit flying is the art of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that shapes the human body into an airfoil which can create lift.

Is Jay-Z signaling a recession?

The perception of the U.S. dollar is as important as its actual economic value. When Jay-Z uses Euros as a marker of wealth in his latest video, you can be sure the populace gets the message.


Nassim Taleb is not Blowing Up.

How Nassim Taleb turned the inevitability of disaster into an investment strategy.