So there’s this old Chinese man that plays this two-stringed instrument in the bay area. I’ve seen him in Berkeley (on campus and outside bart) in downtown SF and Chinatown. It as an erhu, and when he plays it sounds like cats being skinned alive. When I was in New York in may I was lucky enough to hear some music from the erhu (along with another instrument I’m not familiar with). It was quite lovely. Here’s a shaky short video of the musicians. It was very pretty, and such a vast difference from the old Chinese man.
I love timelapse videos; I wish more cameras had that as an option. Pretty much anything sped up is more interesting. Science has proven that it is on average 42% more interesting, increasing with the fewer frames captured per hour, with the resulting video being a minimum of 10 seconds long. Take a look at this sandwich video:
Now imagine if it were in real time. Ya, way more boring. Imovie06 (I’ve given up on imovie 08. it’s terrible) has the ability to timelapse. You record a video and specify how many frames it takes a minute. This is much easier than recording a full video and then speeding it up.
Every few months, I am reminded that I am a woman. Not just any woman, mind you, but a woman in games
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As a woman and, yes, a woman in games, I don’t think about my gender any more than you probably do yours, unless someone brings it to my attention.
When I was in college a professor once spoke to me about his concern about the segregation of female students in our department (I was a representative of a geek club otherwise I don’t think anyone would have talked to me…). He wanted the women to mingle more both socially and on projects and stressed the importance of equal treatment for all students because IRL the boys and girls will need to learn to deal with each other. Fortunately, it turns out that this is hardly an issue.
I’ve never had any interest in joining any Women in Tech social clubs (what’s the point? Hey, lets get together and talk about how boys are smelly…), but I’d love to join Awesomeness in Tech, if anyone wants to invite me. :)
Here is a little peek inside “The Dark Night” screening made by Vanessa. Her movies make me happy in a way I can’t quite explain. There is a little strip tease action in the middle by one of the Zivity models so it might be NSFW or CLAT (come look at this), depending on your workplace.
The movie was everything I hoped for, and then some. It was violent, beautiful, thought-provoking.
I haven’t seen Wall-E; not interested in Hell Boy. THIS is the movie I’m esploder about. (Notice how nice and sharp this video is compared to some other video sharing sites. Trailor 1 and Trailor 3)
I recently found this clip in one of my cameras. This clip proves that despite all of Dennis’ talk about saving the environment, he secretly wants to destroy it.
Cheap flights, yummy snacks, power outlets; What else could I ask for in an airline? (aside from consistent timeliness which I’ve never gotten from any airline) They recently added a couple of new premium tv shows which was a very nice surprise.
PS
Being in Boston when the Celtics crush the Lakers is pretty darn sweet. I’m not a huge sports fan but I watched half of the game during dinner tonight. The excitement is contagious. I currently hear tons of shouting, screaming and honking. I can’t wait to see how they celebrate in the next few days.
Lately I’ve been feeling quite restless. I love San Francisco and I’ve lived & studied in the bay area most of my life. Little things about San Francisco that were just flies have become giant attack mosquitoes (cold nights, traffic, tourists getting in the way of where I’m going, etc). I need a little time away so I can come back and appreciate all the wonderful things this place has to offer. So… I’ll be in Boston for 10 days working in a new Y! office. I’m looking forward to the change of pace and expect to get a ton of work done on my current project.
