• en linux, xvidcap a l'air bien foutu. Une liste un petit peu plus exhaustive ici
• sous windows, super screen capture a l'air gratos, mais rien n'est moins sûr. Sinon, Lotus ScreenCam ou TechSmith Corp.'s Camtasia Studio ont l'air d'être des standards. (?)

Questions subsidiaires : ça doit consommer des ressources assez dingues ces petits outils, non ? ça dépend de la vitesse du bus vidéo ? et si on affiche du openGL par exemple, directement calculé par la carte graphique, ça suit toujours aussi bien ? Bref, il faudrait essayer pour en être sûr...

La noche del 4 de Octubre Chile sufrio una revolucion sobre el concepto de show. La visita de Trent Reznor y Asociados descabezo al publico.

Si quieres saber por que, sigue leyendo.

Los años de espera llegaron a su fin y ahora podemos "morir" tranquilos, descubrimos lo que es un concierto-show de verdad; potente, intimo, buen sonido, buenos musicos .... sublime!

Con Elke, Fernando, Javier B., Javier K., Jorge K. y Yo estuvimos en la fila para entrar desde las 6 de la tarde .... ansiosos con la espera de lo que prometia (y lo fue) un concierto de aquellos. Abrieron las puertas temprano por lo que tuvimos que esperar un rato.

Cuando empezamos a sentir 999.999 se dio la largada a una noche que Santiago ni ninguno de los presentes podremos olvidar jamas. La noche siguio y el despliegue de talento inundo el Arena Santiago, desbordo la cancha hasta las galerias, ahogo al publico, nos dejo en un coma musical que choco nuestros sentidos y luego Reznor y Asociados nos devoro para vomitarnos renovados, dejando en claro lo que es una puesta en escena potente y una interpretacion de esas que se ven pocas veces en vivo.

Los musicos que acompañaron a Trent Reznor la verdad es que fue un lujo para mis oidos .... no se cual de todos era mas increible, Robin Finck en guitarra (fue uno de mis favoritos), Josh Freese en bateria, Justin Meldal-Johnsenen bajo y Alessandro Cortini al teclado. Muchos bajos, muchas guitarras, buena puesta en escena de todos hizo ver en la banda un dominio total de todo lo que pasa alrededor y una solides brutal.

Parte importante de la presentacion y que nos dejo asombrados a todos fue la Screen gigante que se desplega en dos fases: la primera en el fondo del escenario y la segunda que es a modo de cortina que se baja en la parte frontal del escenario (por delante de los musicos). La banda jugo con esta Screen y mostro al publico lo impresionante y versatil que es, en una ocacion la barrieron de la imagen que tenia como si alguien la estuviese limpiando y en otra bajaron la parte delantera para que el baterista tocara la base de una cancion con las imagenes que respondian a su tacto y asi la base se quedara sonando dando origen a la cancion .... fue un momento increible en que estabamos todos impresionados.

Aqui les dejo el impresionante catalogo de canciones que tocaron:

• 999,999
• 1,000,000
• Letting You
• Discipline
• March of the Pigs
• Piggy
• The Frail
• The Wretched
• Head Down
• Closer
• Gave Up
• Corona Radiata
• The Warning
• Vessel
• Pinion
• Wish
• Terrible Lie
• Survivalism
• The Big Come Down
• 31 Ghosts IV
• Only
• The Hand That Feeds
• Head Like a Hole
• Echoplex
• Reptile
• God Given
• Hurt
• In This Twilight
• Zero sum

Mis favoritas son muchas pero creo que las que mas me tocaron fueron: 1.000.000, March of the pigs, Closer, Terrible lie, Echoplex y por sobre todo Hurt. Cuando llego el momento de March of the pigs el publico se revoluciono fue como si el monstruo hubiese despertado con sed de musica. Pero cuando llego Hurt el silencio reino y la emocion me lleno .... cantada e interpretada desde las viceras.

Cuando el concierto termino la screen del frente desplegaba en gigante el logo NIN encerrado en un rectangulo todo en letras rojas. Muchos de los comentarios al final fueron "LA CAGOOOO!!!!" y de impresion por lo increible que fue, tambien los hubo por que a muchos nos hubiese gustado haber escuchado alguna cancion mas pero la verdad de las cosas es que si hubiesen tocado algunas de la canciones que nos falto el oncierto en vez de haber durado las dos o poco mas de dos horas que duro tendria que haber durado unas 3 horas por lo menos. A mi me dejo mas que conforme, mostraron su disco nuevo (The Slipt), del disco anterior tambien (Ghosts I - IV) y tocaron muchos clasicos que todos queriamos escuchar.

Trent incluyo en su show las disculpas por la existencia de George W. Bush en la presidensia de US y ademas se encargo de ponerlo en la screen que estaba en el fondo y transformarlo en McCain .... notable.

Tambien tuvo la cortecia de decir que pronto le gustaria volver a Chile, ojala asi fuese por que aqui lo vamos a estar esperando.

Siempre es agradable ver a buenos musicos en escena, pero poder ver a uno de los musicos mas influyentes, eso es impagable.

Recordemos que NIN en sus ultimos discos a adquirido derechos de autor del tipo Creative commons lo que hace que su musica sea libremente archivada y distribuida por las personas sin ningun tipo de costo y ademas permite al que se anime a realizar mezclas lo que la potencia aun mas .... a todos nos quedo claro el exito que ha tenido la banda por lo tanto es un clarisimo ejemplo de que Creative commons funciona.

Por ultimo debo decir que las fotos de este post no son mias y las he sacado de dos fuentes principalmente:

• Pagina disorder.cl y las fotos pertenecen a Rosario Oddo buenisimas fotos.
• La galeria de SrLapiz en Flickr.com tambien muy buenas fotos.

"No puedo permitirme hacer un show que no sea perfecto cada noche" Trent Reznor.

When I use a mouse (or its more modern successor, the touchpad), I am interacting with data in a completely different way than I would have with a command line interface. For instance, I can sort jpg images on my computer using the drag and drop function. I can make a folder and drag and drop all my "Vacation Pictures" into that folder, and put my "Birthday Pictures" in another, just as if I were sorting a set of prints into two separate piles. I could do something similar with a command line interface, but it would take much longer and be much less efficient. The ability to treat the screen as if it were real space with real dimensions goes far beyond this though. When I use the computer I have many different windows open at one time, and am engaging in many different activities. In one set of windows I might be doing some research, and in another I might be sending an IM to a friend. On my MacBook I can organize those different activities by keeping them in separate "Spaces" which I can access by using specific symbolic mouse gestures. I can organize all my various trains of thoughts by organizing the representations of those trains of thought using an onscreen spatial metaphor which is enabled by the use of a mouse. The possibilities seem endless, and this is just one example of the ways in which the mouse has influenced computer technology as a means of graphical manipulation of and interaction with data.

:D

No clue what it's from, but I enjoy any wallpaper with a good theme.

Approaching 200k visitors who got lost while trying to find a good site to visit.

Screen Share Go

atom egoyan et moi after adoration screening

notes on:

rachel getting married

adoration

tbp

A Wink and A Smile, October 22nd 6:15pm @ Tribeca Cinemas

Donkey Punch, October 24th 11:15pm @ Tribeca Cinemas

Johnny Cash @ Folsom Prison October 24th 6pm @ NYU Cantor Film Center

Sunshine Cleaning, October 25th 9pm @ Tribeca Cinemas

Were the World Mine October 24th 9:15pm @ Tribeca Cinemas

Zack and Mir Make a Porno October 23rd 7pm @ Regal Cinemas in Union Square

The bendy screens - less than a millimetre thick - could be used for televisions, computers and phones, and may pave the way for easy-to-carry digital newspaper displays, which readers could upload their news on to daily.

Some speculate that the technology could even lead to wearable TV jackets, flexible laptop screens, and TV blankets.

Sony worked with researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany to create the design. They say it is flexible and transparent, and has an extremely low energy requirement, allowing laptop and phone batteries to last longer.

The screens are made up of organic molecules that emit light in all directions to produce an image, which gives an almost infinite viewing angle.

Stacking up the transparent screens may produce 3D effects, the scientists say.

Other possibilities include moving images on posters, like those seen in films such as Minority Report, and talking pictures on cereal boxes.

The researchers told the Journal of Physics: 'The displays have excellent brightness and are transparent, bendable and flexible.

'There are practically no display size limitations and they could be produced relatively easily and cheaply compared to today's screens.'

An earlier version of the work was demonstrated by Sony in 2006, but technical and design issues stopped it from being mass produced.

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Celebrities ban together to fight against an overlooked issue effecting the world.  In theaters October 10th.

Respectfully yours,
Aaron Michael

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At first, I thought the author had had another beer in some place with his people and that he felt like writing some poetry. He could have meant LEINWAND (German word for movie theater screen), forgetting the first N. I scratched my head trying to find an answer all by myself. Then, Mr Google tapped slightly on my shoulder: 'Girl, why don't you ask me? Maybe I can help!'

Effectively, he could. LEIWAND comes from the Vienna (Austria) slang. It is said that it was used originally by the bad boys, who, after having robbed successfully a bank or two, said: 'Leiwand', meaning : "Full success, guys. All's well that ends well. We could carry out our plan. Just as scripted. We are rich now. Let's go to the French Riviera and be tycoons".

LEIWAND means : 'Great, wonderful.' In other words, the commentator enjoys reading my stories. He himself is a newbie to blogging. He is still looking for the right button to press on. But if you feel comfortable with German, follow the sign > Campare50.

Ballet Mechanique - dir Fernand Leger

Part 1

Part 2

Mothlight - dir Stan Brakhage

Wavelength - dir Michael Snow

Pas de Deux - dir. Norman McLaren

Part 1 - all I have to say is WOW - what an incredible film

Part 2

Un Chien Andalou - dir. Luis Banuel

Meshes of the Afternoon - dir Maya Deren

Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper - dir David Rimmer
- I couldn't find a clip of the film, but here are some informational links if you want to learn more
http://www.google.ca/search?q=Variations+on+a+Cellophane+Wrapper+David+Rimmer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
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Pièce Touchée - dir Martin Arnold

"pièce touchée, Martin Arnold, Austria,16mm Film, b&w, 16 min
Arnold's breakthrough film, pièce touchée, is based on a single 18-second shot from The Human Jungle (dir. Joseph M. Newman, 1954). Woman sitting in a chair. Man enters the room. Man and woman kiss. Exit man."
- from the YouTube description

- this is only half of the film as a whole - could only get the first 9 minutes of the piece from YouTube

personal notes:

- b/w film - opens with a woman sitting on a chair in a living room reading a newspaper
- humming / mechanical noise overlay
- repetitive film - no movement at all other than fingers and head
- starts with only one frame then slowly builds up with the number of frames
- back and forth with forward and backward movement of the frames as the man enters the room
- mirroring imagery from left to right = cool effect on the eyes
- her head appears to swivel a complete 360 as the scene repeats and mirrors itself
- the man goes down and kisses the woman finally
- various editing techniques follow to the end...

in-class round table discussion:

- motion study / repetitive motion study
- changes of planes / changes of perception
- disorientation and uncomfortable
- dealt with time - kept revisiting and repeating frames
- absurdity of everyday domestic scene
- sound was mechanic humming
- story interpretation of repetition
- negation of story narrative
- metaphor / felt like we were inside a washing machine
- creation of new images using existing frames / transformation
- underlying issues of domesticity (violence / sexuality)
- issues of dominance, power and gender
- introduction of new editing techniques
- abstraction of shapes and creation of negative space
- interesting effects of animation (head spinning / rotating)
- soundtrack gives a dehumanized / mechanized theme to the piece (lack of humanity)
- unexpected editing techniques (reversals, mirrors, motion, movement)
- Experimental / Found Footage film piece
- too long? too repetitive? (was it intended?)
- no finality at the end - felt incomplete - where did it end? what does it mean?
- resolution irrelevant - it is an experimental film by nature
- A Touching Piece / Touched Piece - what does the title actually refer to?
- critique of cinema / society at the time (Hollywood system and view of society)
- expanded cinema (new term for avant-garde / experimental / innovative)

"Une vieille maîtresse" or "The Last Mistress" portrays a captivating view on infidelity and the peril that passion inevitably brings.  It is by far one of the sexiest movies I have set my eyes upon in quite some time. The french film is quite lengthy, but sultry scenes and the french language itself pulls you through to the end. When the lights come up you are left with your mind floating in steamy clouds and perhaps for some, you walk away with a certain (unspoken) feeling in your pants.

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"This American life" began as a radio show in 1995 and 13 years later is still going strong.  Ira Glass is the shows host, both on the radio and on the New! television show  aired on Showtime.  It's the hyperbole of true stories and every day people that give the episodes their intrigue and utter hilarity.   Check it out and get hooked. It's the cool thing to do.