His Master's Toys

Jul 10

Bangalore after four years

Quite a lot of stunning changes. The buses are great to sit and read in. The roads are drastically better. However, bars closing at eleven makes it a no go for survival.

Jun 29

xkcd Google+ (via xkcd: Google)

xkcd Google+ (via xkcd: Google)

Jun 28

  Bill: How old are you, Amsterdam?Amsterdam: I’m not sure, sir. I never did quite figure it.Bill: I’m forty-seven. Forty-seven years old. You know how come I stayed alive this long? Fear. A spectacle of fearsome acts. A man steals from me, I cut off his hands. If he offends me, I cut out his tongue. He rises up against me, I cut off his head, stick it on a pike. Raise it up high so all on the streets can see. That’s what preserves the order of things. Fear.- Gangs of New York. Bill the Butcher, draped in the american flag - personifying the nation? Only Scorcese would know. Love watching films the second time.

 

Bill: How old are you, Amsterdam?

Amsterdam: I’m not sure, sir. I never did quite figure it.

Bill: I’m forty-seven. Forty-seven years old. You know how come I stayed alive this long? Fear. A spectacle of fearsome acts. A man steals from me, I cut off his hands. If he offends me, I cut out his tongue. He rises up against me, I cut off his head, stick it on a pike. Raise it up high so all on the streets can see. That’s what preserves the order of things. Fear.


- Gangs of New York. 


Bill the Butcher, draped in the american flag - personifying the nation? Only Scorcese would know. 

Love watching films the second time.

Jun 20

Oh brilliant! mattermedia: The Kodak Girl

Oh brilliant!

mattermedia:

The Kodak Girl

Jun 19

filmisgod: (by Isadora Bellotti) Damn, can’t believe I was there less than year ago!

filmisgod:

(by Isadora Bellotti)

Damn, can’t believe I was there less than year ago!

snowce: Laurent Molet. Faces Series, 2011.

snowce:

Laurent Molet. Faces Series, 2011.

(via mattermedia)

knightroidsplatz: More dollar art (via scottcampbelltattoo)

knightroidsplatz:

More dollar art (via scottcampbelltattoo)

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“Thus there is a 1.8% chance that none of the molecules you are (still) holding in your lungs came from Caesar’s last breath. And there is a 98.2% chance that at least one of the molecules in your lungs came from Caesar’s last breath. From John Allen Paulos’s Innumeracy.” — One Hundred Interesting Mathematical Calculations, Number 7: Archive Entry From Brad DeLong’s Webjournal

Jun 13

“

I never expected this level of attention. While the narrative voıce may have been fictional, the facts on thıs blog are true and not mısleading as to the situation on the ground. I do not believe that I have harmed anyone — I feel that I have created an important voice for issues that I feel strongly about.

I only hope that people pay as much attention to the people of the Middle East and their struggles in thıs year of revolutions. The events there are beıng shaped by the people living them on a daily basis. I have only tried to illuminate them for a western audience.

This experience has sadly only confirmed my feelings regarding the often superficial coverage of the Middle East and the pervasiveness of new forms of liberal Orientalism.

” — Syrian lesbian blog is a hoax: So who’s to blame? — Tech News and Analysis

Jun 10

Ramdev Says He Wants To Raise Nationalist Force

Under attack for his proposal to raise an armed force, Baba Ramdev today said he was not trying to train terrorists or Maoists but only wanting to set up a “nationalist” force.

“I am not making terrorists, Naxalites and Maoists. I am only developing a nationalist force. It is for self-defence,” Ramdev, who is continuing his fast against corruption, told his followers at Patanjali Yogapeeth here.

He was reacting to a volley of criticism on his plans to raise a 11,000-strong force to deal with police and anti-social elements attempting to disrupt his anti-corruption campaign.

Oh boy, oh boy. There we go again. Step into the dirt, and you are synonymous with it.

Given music videos are something that have absolutely no financial return, and this concept involves the literal destruction of many things that cost money and time to construct, plus a considerable amount of backend production/transportation/etc work & costs, we decided to start a Kickstarter site to help fund the project. Kickstarter being a group-funding site for creative projects where people offer incentives to internet folk for helping them fund their idea, while keeping them updated on progress and such through the site. If you like the idea of a giant burning guitar in a field and think this is something you’d like to help us create then awesome, chip in and we’ll send you some cool things in the mail. If not, no big deal, you can still see it anyways, because were putting it on the internet regardless of if our project reaches its funding goal. Our stated goal represents roughly the amount of money weve put into this so far (between all the production work, construction, gear, filming, food, transportation, props, costumes, etc), the amount of money well need to complete it (editing, color correcting, tweaking), and the amount of money needed to produce the finished physical copies. Any money beyond the goal will go into further fine tuning and editing, and our next video project (already being roughed out). (via Tiny Media Empire)

Given music videos are something that have absolutely no financial return, and this concept involves the literal destruction of many things that cost money and time to construct, plus a considerable amount of backend production/transportation/etc work & costs, we decided to start a Kickstarter site to help fund the project.

Kickstarter being a group-funding site for creative projects where people offer incentives to internet folk for helping them fund their idea, while keeping them updated on progress and such through the site. If you like the idea of a giant burning guitar in a field and think this is something you’d like to help us create then awesome, chip in and we’ll send you some cool things in the mail. If not, no big deal, you can still see it anyways, because were putting it on the internet regardless of if our project reaches its funding goal.

Our stated goal represents roughly the amount of money weve put into this so far (between all the production work, construction, gear, filming, food, transportation, props, costumes, etc), the amount of money well need to complete it (editing, color correcting, tweaking), and the amount of money needed to produce the finished physical copies. Any money beyond the goal will go into further fine tuning and editing, and our next video project (already being roughed out). (via Tiny Media Empire)

Jun 09

Absolutely the best birthday logo google has ever done. (via Google)

Absolutely the best birthday logo google has ever done. (via Google)

Jun 08

Just the kinda style I like.

Just the kinda style I like.

(Source: porlaputa, via inky)

Jun 07

thedailywhat: Photo Series of the Day: 25 breathtaking photos of Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupting for the first time in over fifty years. Over 3,500 people have had to evacuate from surrounding areas as volcanic ash spread across the border into Argentina, shutting down businesses and airports. [afp via heraldsun / fark.] Incredible

thedailywhat:

Photo Series of the Day: 25 breathtaking photos of Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupting for the first time in over fifty years.

Over 3,500 people have had to evacuate from surrounding areas as volcanic ash spread across the border into Argentina, shutting down businesses and airports.

[afp via heraldsun / fark.]

Incredible

(via dragoni)