February 2012
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January 2012
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We Are Islands
“No man, proclaimed Donne, is an Island, and he was wrong. If we were not islands, we would be lost, drowned in each other’s tragedies. We are insulated (a word that means, literally, remember, made into an island) from the tragedy of others, by our island nature, and by the repetitive shape and form of the stories. The shape does not change: there was a human being who was born,...
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Why Super Crate Box Reminds Me of My Father
There is a reason that I find myself hopelessly addicted to Super Crate Box after no game has held my attention for months.
It reminds me the kind of game my father would play.
Now, the visual style of Super Crate Box certainly alludes to a generation not my own. The initial level looks straight out of Donkey Kong, and the characters would fit into such a game seamlessly. However, when I say...
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December 2011
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"New Curator" Followup
Hackett at 512 Pixels was gracious enough to read, respond, and link to my post from yesterday morning. Very cool to see my own name pop up in my Google Reader feed.
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Christmas in North Korea
As my community prepares to celebrate Christmas together, this article on North Korea’s spiritual climate has come to mind several times. What drives it home:
Still, there are those who celebrate Christmas behind the barbed wire, unaccompanied by pageantry or feast. I try to picture them, prisoners in their own country, reading about the Nativity aloud in a climate of repression and fear....
The New Curator
My favorite blogger Stephen Hackett recently wrote an article about the misattribution of the title “curator” to bloggers known for gathering links around the web and sitting them in front of the reader. His article brings to light an interesting fact - “curation” is becoming a buzzword. Any blog gathering the internet in a tidy package can be labeled as such. A certain new...
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November 2011
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October 2011
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vivalarecords:
We’re posting footage from Alexander & The Grapes recording session in Boston every month up until they release their new record. Here’s the latest installment - an instrumental version of “Ocean” being recorded in the studio.
This is the first bit of footage released from the filming I did in Boston awhile ago. I’m very pleased with how it turned out.
September 2011
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John Vanderslice invites The Grapes onstage during his concert at Creative Loafing’s space in Ybor City.
This is a video I shot recently for my ever-favorite local band. Very cool that they got to play with Vanderslice.