Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Great Movies: The First 100
Every other week I visit a film classic from the past and write about it. My "Great Movies" series began in the autumn of 1996 and now reaches a landmark of 100 titles with today's review of Federico Fellini's "8 1/2," which is, appropriately, a film about a film director. I love my job, and this is the part I love the most.Continue Reading on RogerEbert.com
Directors
Orson Welles
Luis Bunuel
John Ford
F.W. Murnau
Buster Keaton
Alfred Hitchcock
Billy Wilder
Akira Kurosawa
Jacques Tati
Movies
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
Metropolis
Children of Heaven
Nosferatu
The Third Man
Ikiru
Written on the Wind
Last Year at Marienbad
2001: A Space Odyssey
Battleship Potemkin
Floating Weeds
The Great Movies
Movie history did not begin in 1967, but my career as a movie critic did.
Since then I've reviewed most of the new movies as they've opened, but there is almost never time to go back and write about the great movies of the past. Three or four times a year, when a classic movie is re-released in a restored version, I'll write something about it (recently I've revisited ``Belle de Jour,'' ``Taxi Driver,'' and ``The Umbrellas of Cherbourg''). But in general I press forward into the future.Continue Reading on RogerEbert.com
Belle de Jour
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061395/
Taxi Driver
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058450/
Casablanca
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
Magnificent Ambersons
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035015/
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046487/
Vertigo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/
8 1/2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/
Floating Weeds
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053390/
The General
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/
Citizen Kane
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/
The Third Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/
La Dolce Vita
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053779/
Psycho
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/
The Godfather
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/
Apocalypse Now
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
Raging Bull
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/
E.T
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/
2001: A Space Odyssey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/
The Music Room
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051792/
Singin' in the Rain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/
Monday, March 26, 2012
In House App Development Essential Videos - In-House Development for iPhone
Web Services
Accessing SOAP
Use third-party libraries
gSOAP
Florida State University
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html
Axis2/C
Apache Software Foundation
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/
Saving Data
SQLite database files
Documentation
http://www.sqlite.org
Accessing SOAP
Use third-party libraries
gSOAP
Florida State University
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html
Axis2/C
Apache Software Foundation
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/
Saving Data
SQLite database files
Documentation
http://www.sqlite.org
In House App Development Essential Videos - Getting Started with iPhone Web Applications
Simulating Network Latency
In Terminal...
To reset...
In Terminal...
sudo su
ipfw add pipe 1 src0port http
ipfw pipe 1 config delay 200 bw 700kbit/s
To reset...
ipfw flush
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Brené Brown: Listening to shame
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| Brené Brown |
Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.
Clone factory: mini-me dolls
Eerily accurate to the smallest detail, tokyo-based clone factory is now creating mini clone dolls from 3D modelling and printing technology. fully processed in the company's akihabra office, the service is capable of replicating hairstyles, makeup and clothes to fully encapsulateContinue Reading on DesignBoom.com
a special moment such as the customer's wedding day.
Penguins Playbook: Breaking Down the Crosby Powerplay
Sidney Crosby reminds me of Mario Lemieux at age 35.
That’s not an insult. Probably not a compliment to the 24-year-old Crosby either. It’s reality.
When Lemieux came out of retirement in 2000, he was a different player. He could no longer physically dominate opponents with his reach, deceptive speed, and 6-foot-4 frame. He had to combine what was left of those talents with his exceptional hockey IQ.
Lemieux stayed out of the high-traffic areas in an effort to save his body and became an elite playmaker. (Goals made up over 40% of his points pre-retirement; after 2000 that dropped to 33%).
Crosby has made a similar transition. THW’s James Conley suggested last week that Crosby should consider the perimeter style of play if he wants to stay healthy long-term. Through five games, that’s exactly the Crosby we’ve seen.Continue Reading on TheHockeyWriters.com
Saturday, March 24, 2012
The Case Against Google
For the last two months, you've seen some version of the same story all over the Internet: Delete your search history before Google's new privacy settings take effect. A straightforward piece outlining a rudimentary technique, but also evidence that the search titan has a serious trust problem on its hands.Continue Reading on Gizmodo.com
Humans Began Walking Upright to Carry Scarce Resources, Chimp Study Suggests
Most of us walk and carry items in our hands every day. These are seemingly simple activities that the majority of us don't question. But an international team of researchers, including Brian Richmond at the George Washington University, have discovered that human bipedalism, or walking upright, may have originated millions of years ago as an adaptation to carrying scarce, high-quality resources. This latest research was published in this month's Current Biology.Continue Reading on ScienceDaily.com
Runner's High Motivated the Evolution of Exercise, Research Suggests
In the last century something unexpected happened: humans became sedentary. We traded in our active lifestyles for a more immobile existence. But these were not the conditions under which we evolved. David Raichlen from the University of Arizona, USA, explains that our hunter-gatherer predecessors were long-distance endurance athletes. 'Aerobic activity has played a role in the evolution of lots of different systems in the human body, which may explain why aerobic exercise seems to be so good for us', says Raichlen. However, he points out that testing the hypothesis that we evolved for high-endurance performance is problematic, because most other mammalian endurance athletes are quadrupedal.Continue Reading on ScienceDaily.com
Antioxidant Supplements Seem to Increase Mortality, Review Shows
Previous research on animal and physiological models suggests that antioxidant supplements have beneficial effects that may prolong life. Some observational studies also suggest that antioxidant supplements may prolong life, whereas other observational studies demonstrate neutral or harmful effects. Our Cochrane review from 2008 demonstrated that antioxidant supplements seem to increase mortality. This review is now updated.Continue Reading on ScienceDaily.com
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Not Just for the Birds: Human-Made Noise Has Ripple Effects On Plants, Too
A growing body of research shows that birds and other animals change their behavior in response to humanmade noise, such as the din of traffic or the hum of machinery. But human clamor doesn't just affect animals. Because many animals also pollinate plants or eat or disperse their seeds, human noise can have ripple effects on plants too, finds a new study.Continue Reading on ScienceDaily.com
Clinton D Francis
http://www.clintonfrancis.com/
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
http://www.nescent.org/
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/
The Bureau of Land Management
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html
Rattlesnake Canyon
http://www.explorenm.com/hikes/RattlesnakeCanyon/
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park
Pinyon pine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyon_pine
Scarlet gilia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomopsis_aggregata
Microcentrifuge tube
http://www.google.com/search?q=microcentrifuge+tube&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AkRqT-m2OoeXiAfTldWVCg&ved=0CFsQsAQ&biw=1207&bih=671
din
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/din
Western Scrub Jay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Scrub_Jay
Catherine Ortega
http://www.weedcenter.org/dodworkshop/2009/bio/Ortega_bio.pdf
Alexander Cruz
http://ebio.colorado.edu/index.php/people-faculty?view=employee&id=9
Nathan Kleist
http://www.mendeley.com/profiles/nathan-kleist/
Cute! Look at the Robots Amazon Just Bought for $775 Million. (Video)
Number 5 is alive!
Yesterday, Amazon announced it paid $775 million in cash for Kiva Systems, the maker of little orange robots that help automate warehouses.
Today, a video of Kiva’s CEO Mick Mountz, who appeared at a Wired business conference, was being passed around the Twitter-verse.Continue Reading on AllThingsD.com
KIVA Systems
http://www.kivasystems.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiva_Systems
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