How's this for a tune of the day:
Little Green Bag
George Baker Selection
Monday, June 02, 2008
from the "comedy, comrades" dept.
Need a laugh? Here's the brilliant SCTV parody of Soviet Television: CCCP1. Hilarious... but the best is at the end... Tibor's Tractor:
Cheers!
Cheers!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
from the "manipulation" dept.
Orthadox
Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).
More images from the trip on Flickr... click on the slideshow to the right.
Cheers!
Friday, May 30, 2008
from the "another sad day for journalism" dept.
Another sad day for journalism (and I'm not talking about Faux News):
Photojournalist covering land dispute murdered, motive uncertain
SOURCE: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York
New York, May 29, 2008 - CPJ is deeply troubled by the death of
award-winning photojournalist Trent Keegan, whose body was found on Wednesday in a ditch in Nairobi, Kenya.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told Agence France-Presse that Keegan was found with head injuries in a drainage trench along a central highway. Police have opened an inquest, he said.
"This is a devastating loss for those who knew Trent Keegan, a photographer
who worked to document people in need of a voice around the world," said
CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes. "The Kenyan police must act decisively to bring whoever killed Keegan to justice. Time is of the essence here, as it is in all murder investigations."
CPJ is investigating whether Keegan's death was linked to his work.
According to a police report, Keegan's body was identified by his Irish driver's license and a business card promoting his Web site. His wallet also contained 3,848 shillings (US$62).
Keegan was working on an investigative report about a land dispute in northern Tanzania between Maasai cattle herders and the Massachusetts-based Thomson Safaris Company, according to e-mail between the photographer and one of his colleagues. A spokesman for Thomson Safaris said the company had no knowledge of such a report.
Keegan had been in Africa for a month, his Irish colleagues told CPJ. They said Keegan had returned to Nairobi this week from a trip to Tanzania. According to Keegan's colleagues, he was last seen having dinner with a friend on Tuesday evening.
He was the winner of several awards from the Irish Professional Photographers Association and worked around the world in places such as Darfur, New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and the slums of Mombassa, Kenya.
CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.cpj.org
Photojournalist covering land dispute murdered, motive uncertain
SOURCE: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York
New York, May 29, 2008 - CPJ is deeply troubled by the death of
award-winning photojournalist Trent Keegan, whose body was found on Wednesday in a ditch in Nairobi, Kenya.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told Agence France-Presse that Keegan was found with head injuries in a drainage trench along a central highway. Police have opened an inquest, he said.
"This is a devastating loss for those who knew Trent Keegan, a photographer
who worked to document people in need of a voice around the world," said
CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes. "The Kenyan police must act decisively to bring whoever killed Keegan to justice. Time is of the essence here, as it is in all murder investigations."
CPJ is investigating whether Keegan's death was linked to his work.
According to a police report, Keegan's body was identified by his Irish driver's license and a business card promoting his Web site. His wallet also contained 3,848 shillings (US$62).
Keegan was working on an investigative report about a land dispute in northern Tanzania between Maasai cattle herders and the Massachusetts-based Thomson Safaris Company, according to e-mail between the photographer and one of his colleagues. A spokesman for Thomson Safaris said the company had no knowledge of such a report.
Keegan had been in Africa for a month, his Irish colleagues told CPJ. They said Keegan had returned to Nairobi this week from a trip to Tanzania. According to Keegan's colleagues, he was last seen having dinner with a friend on Tuesday evening.
He was the winner of several awards from the Irish Professional Photographers Association and worked around the world in places such as Darfur, New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and the slums of Mombassa, Kenya.
CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.cpj.org
Thursday, May 29, 2008
from the "words of others" dept.
"If you're not annoying someone, you're not really alive."
- Margaret Atwood
from the "timeless" dept.
I've been playing around with the D300 to see what it can do.
Like... cool timelapses:
Cheers!
Like... cool timelapses:
Cheers!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
from the "words of others" dept.
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
~ Ben Franklin
~ Ben Franklin
from the "bright ideas" dept.
A couple of interesting light-related items to tell you about today.
The first one is aimed at videographers. Ever been in a situation where you needed a softbox but didn't have one on hand?
Afri-Gadget has details on a do-it-yourself softbox. The parts are easily available and cheap. The box is actually made of cardboard, so I'd keep a close eye on it in case it overheats. But it's a great idea... especially for those of you working in the developing world.
More info and a link to the inventor's blog are here.
The other cool D-I-Y project was featured in a recent video post on liveleak. It shows a Brazilian inventor who turns used water bottles into self-powered lights.
How?
He fills the bottles with water, adds some bleach and voila: light. I'm intrigued enough to give this one a try. It certainly seems like a solution to the rotating power cuts in many developing nations.
Here's the video:
Cheers!
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