http://blog.angoulvant.net/feed/ 2009-06-21T08:13:07-08:00 Chyrp tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-06-21:/id/82/ 2009-06-21T08:13:07-08:00 2009-06-21T08:13:07-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" class="object-vimeo" width="504" height="290" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5186984&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5186984&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" /></object><br /><br /><p>This short film by <a href="http://www.territimely.com">the duo Terri Timely</a> explores the neurological phenomenon of synesthesia. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia">Synesthetes</a> experience the cross-stimulation of different senses. For some people, numbers may seem inherently colored, for others spoken words appear to have a flavor.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-06-06:/id/81/ 2009-06-06T15:47:04-08:00 2009-06-06T15:47:04-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p>After <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/2009/04/26/danger-ep/">Danger’s April release</a>, compatriot and co-conspirator <a href="http://www.myspace.com/0data0">DatA releases the album <em>Skywriter</em></a> (available on iTunes). Four of the tracks had been released under DatA’s various EPs but the full album delivers a great listen from start to finish with few lapses in quality. <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/video/x15q06_stardust-music-sounds-better-with-y_music">Benjamin Diamond of Stardust fame</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastien_Grainger">Sebastien Grainger</a> feature in two songs each, giving performances with a familiar <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_touch">French touch</a> twist.</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://blog.angoulvant.net/feathers/audio/lib/player.swf" id="audioplayer28" height="24" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://blog.angoulvant.net/feathers/audio/lib/player.swf" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=28&soundFile=http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/DatA%20-%20Skywriter%20-%2009%20-%20Skywriter.mp3" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object></p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-06-06:/id/80/ 2009-06-06T15:35:15-08:00 2009-06-06T15:35:15-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/fotcarleneschnitzer.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/fotcarleneschnitzer.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="fotcarleneschnitzer.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>Love this poster <a href="http://tstout.com/">by Tyler Stout</a> for Flight of the Conchord’s concert in Portland. <a href="http://tstout.com/welcome">The rest of his stuff</a> is just as impressive.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-06-01:/id/79/ 2009-06-01T14:03:07-08:00 2009-06-01T14:03:07-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/3576582623a323119912o.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/3576582623a323119912o.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="3576582623a323119912o.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>Absolutely <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodmagazine/sets/72157618896371005/">love this set of infographics</a> from <a href="http://www.good.is/">GOOD magazine</a>.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-05-15:/id/78/ 2009-05-15T07:10:30-08:00 2009-05-15T07:10:30-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <object width="480" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x9akx4_phoenix-1901_music&related=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x9akx4_phoenix-1901_music&related=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="288" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object><br /><br /><p>Second video from the French band Phoenix on their new album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0021X515S/effervescentr-20/ref=nosim/"><em>Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix</em></a>. Simple idea but beautifully executed.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-05-14:/id/77/ 2009-05-14T17:21:57-08:00 2009-05-14T17:21:57-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/eon-325x500.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/eon-325x500.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="eon-325x500.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/april/low-fi-sci-fi">Fantastic series of science-fiction book covers</a> by Sanda Zahirovic made very simply with A4 paper and a good eye for photography.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-04-27:/id/76/ 2009-04-27T01:55:57-08:00 2009-04-27T01:55:57-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/designprocess2-poster.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/designprocess2-poster.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="designprocess2-poster.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>I’ve updated <a href="http://studio.angoulvant.net/">my Studio Blog</a> with pictures from an exciting project I worked on over the past few months: designing flat-packaged furniture without using any glue or screws. You can go straight to the result <a href="http://studio.angoulvant.net/uploads/term2/dp/CHOMP_poster.pdf">with this PDF version (2.2MB) of my presentation</a>, or <a href="http://studio.angoulvant.net/2009/04/20/design-process-2/">check out the whole process</a>.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-04-26:/id/75/ 2009-04-26T08:01:42-08:00 2009-04-26T08:01:42-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/2emedanger">French electro artist Danger</a> released <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0023GYMSK/effervescentr-20/ref=nosim/">a new EP titled <em>09/16 2007</em></a> which I’ve been listening to religiously for the past few weeks. After <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0018EC87K/effervescentr-20/ref=nosim/">his exceptional first effort</a>, this new EP bodes well for the album due to be released later this year.</p> <p>The new EP is available for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0023GYMSK/effervescentr-20/ref=nosim/">just a few bucks on Amazon</a> and iTunes, or for <a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/2a4mgwIw0Ns9INJr8yvG25">free on Spotify</a>. For your instant gratification here’s a preview of the indubitable highlight, the track “88:88”.</p> <p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://blog.angoulvant.net/feathers/audio/lib/player.swf" id="audioplayer28" height="24" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://blog.angoulvant.net/feathers/audio/lib/player.swf" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=28&soundFile=http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/Danger%20-%2009-16%202007%20-%2001%20-%2088h88.mp3" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object></p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-04-23:/id/74/ 2009-04-23T14:34:10-08:00 2009-04-23T14:34:10-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/deargretchen11.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/deargretchen11.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="deargretchen11.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>Part origami, part infographics. <a href="http://www.gretchenetc.com/deargretchen.html">Great little book from Gretchen Nash</a>.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-04-15:/id/73/ 2009-04-15T18:09:05-08:00 2009-04-15T18:09:05-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" class="object-vimeo" width="504" height="286" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4165126&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4165126&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1" /></object><br /><br /><p>Video for the song “Lisztomania” from Phoenix’s great new album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0021X515S/effervescentr-20/ref=nosim/"><em>Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix</em></a>.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-03-11:/id/72/ 2009-03-11T20:05:55-08:00 2009-03-11T20:05:55-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/mam0118197059.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/mam0118197059.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="mam0118197059.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>Strange and interesting photograph from <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/">The Big Picture</a>’s <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/bpnotes/2009/03/mammalian_encounter.html">sister site</a>.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-03-08:/id/71/ 2009-03-08T18:09:35-08:00 2009-03-08T18:09:35-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" class="object-youtube" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/5kFpqCs2JCI" width="468" height="391"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5kFpqCs2JCI" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object><br /><br /><p>I’ve been on a Nightmares on Wax kick lately. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007L9O8/effervescentr-20/ref=nosim/"><em>Carboot Soul</em></a> is a great album.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-03-08:/id/70/ 2009-03-08T13:34:59-08:00 2009-03-08T13:34:59-08:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/chrisfloyd00.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/chrisfloyd00.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="chrisfloyd00.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>Love this photograph from <a href="http://www.chrisfloyd.com">Chris Floyd</a>.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-03-06:/id/69/ 2009-03-06T22:11:54-09:00 2009-03-06T22:11:54-09:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p>NPR has published three reviews of <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/">Watchmen</a></em> from <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101378251">Bob Mondello</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101536086">David Edelstein</a> and <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101379527">Kenneth Turan</a>. Ultimately they all say the same thing – namely that the film is difficult for the non-initiated to appreciate – but I think <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101536086">Edelstein provides the best commentary</a>. Being new to the material myself, I found the movie conflicting and confusing but appreciable overall. Jackie Earle Haley’s performance as Rorschach is worth the experience in itself.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-03-02:/id/68/ 2009-03-02T09:21:14-09:00 2009-03-02T09:21:14-09:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p>I’ll be <a href="http://studio.angoulvant.net/">manning the Studio Blog</a> in the next few days, catching up on my past seven weeks.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-02-24:/id/67/ 2009-02-24T17:16:50-09:00 2009-02-24T17:16:50-09:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p>I couldn’t stop smiling when I heard <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101090483">this story on NPR</a>. Robert Krulwich and two biographers describe what happened when Charles Darwin accidentally ate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Rhea">the elusive bird</a> he had been searching for for many months.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-02-23:/id/66/ 2009-02-23T22:18:13-09:00 2009-02-23T22:18:13-09:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <a href="http://blog.angoulvant.net/uploads/macropinna.jpg"><img src="http://blog.angoulvant.net/includes/thumb.php?file=../uploads/macropinna.jpg&max_width=500&max_height=500&quality=100" alt="macropinna.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><p>Here are some <a href="http://www.mbari.org/midwater/macropinna/">rather freaky images</a> of <em>Macropinna microstoma</em>, a deep-sea fish with a transparent head. Its eyes can rotate within this transparent shell allowing it to see the water above, as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9o4VnfHJU">explained in this fascinating video</a> from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-02-23:/id/65/ 2009-02-23T21:17:13-09:00 2009-02-23T21:17:13-09:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p>Loving <a href="http://sesquipedalis.blogspot.com/2009/02/finally-use-for-twitter.html">this personal story</a> about <a href="http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ">Shaq</a> and Twitter.</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-02-21:/id/64/ 2009-02-21T22:03:18-09:00 2009-02-21T22:03:18-09:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p>There’s a trend, I’ve noticed, for English-speakers to create increasingly noncommittal sentences. I’ve caught myself uttering these words, and recently have tried to excise them as much as possible. Things like: “that’s really <em>kind of</em>…” or “that’s very <em>sort of</em>…”.</p> <p>It seems that for fear of insulting their peers, people are diluting their thoughts with these expressions. This becomes quite dulling as people begin to chain such expressions together creating passionless and oxymoronic sentences.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rYT0YvQ3hs">Eddie Izzard touched on this idea</a> when discussing the word “awesome”. Don’t we want these words to keep their power?</p> tag:blog.angoulvant.net,2009-02-11:/id/63/ 2009-02-11T17:52:41-09:00 2009-02-11T17:52:41-09:00 Stephane Angoulvant http://blog.angoulvant.net <p>I’ve been keeping a close eye on Tarantino’s new project, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/"><em>Inglourious Basterds</em></a>, since I first heard about it a year ago. <a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/11990378">The teaser trailer is out</a> and has sadly attenuated my high hopes.</p>