Ged Carroll https://renaissancechambara.jp/ (renaissance chambara since 2003) Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:39:12 +0000 en hourly 1 https://renaissancechambara.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-50120958447_36f6157f2e_c-32x32.jpg Ged Carroll https://renaissancechambara.jp/ 32 32 Rewatching Wong Kar wai http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/04/09/wong-kar-wai/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:19:00 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=73748 My love of films by Wong Kar wai came at a time of changing media. In the early 2000s I watched the films the first time after I got a portable multi-region DVD player and there had been a massive surge in video labels including Artificial Eye and Tartan publishing arthouse titles. This provided a […]

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]]> Pilot Parker & more inspiration http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/04/04/pilot-parker-more-inspiration/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:25:00 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=73546 This inspiration post is a mix of things that caught my eye from Pilot Parker to HyperCard. Pilot Parker Pilot Parker is Malaysia Airlines mascot. I was familiar with him from the inflight duty-free catalogue. The inspiration for the film came from a moment shared by a young passenger who had flown with Malaysia Airlines. […]

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]]> March 2026 newsletter – (32) buckle my shoe http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/03/31/march-2026-newsletter-32-buckle-my-shoe/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:19:48 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=73438 March 2026 introduction – (32) buckle my shoe By some miracle, I have managed to make it to issue 32. Yes this is late, my excuse was reading The Persian, more on that below. In the jargon of the bingo hall 32 came up as ‘buckle my shoe’. As I wrote this down I was […]

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]]> Anthropic + more things http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/03/11/anthropic_more_things_pete_hegseth_dario_amodei/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:37:00 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=72966 Anthropic and the US Department of Defense defined the debate about AI for the start of March. Trying to understand the truth is murky. The media pitches a clash of personalities between Pete Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Anthropic’s Claude LLMs have a number of points of expertise from helping programmers develop software code […]

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]]> The nine people you meet in a pitch http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/03/08/the-nine-people-you-meet-in-a-pitch/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:41:00 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=72797 The nine people you meet in a pitch came out of talking with a couple of former colleagues about recent pitches that they’d been involved in. I was thinking about how I had experienced what it was like to pitch and to be pitched to as a client. Based on all that, I thought I […]

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