Sunday, 13 October 2013
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Procrastinator (some) Times Sunday 6th of October Edition
When violence becomes an everyday thing, sadly stops being news. That is why we bring to the news section of The Procrastinator this multifaceted portfolio of the 32 years old photographer Mauricio Palos about violence in Mexico. Violence should never stop being news, should never stop being a reason to be outraged. "The project includes photos of protesters during the 2012 presidential elections and of ranchers and hunters in the area near San Luis Potosí because he knows the story of violence is more complicated and layered". Have a look at the photos in Wired.
SCIENCE
Anti-carbon tax protesters in Canberra, motivated by politics, not science. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty via The Guardian.
Wired published this week a series of microscopic images that belong to Fernan Federici, Biological Sciences Ph.D. from Cambridge University, that will definitely blow your mind. "A couple years ago, Federici was working on his Ph.D. in biological sciences at Cambridge University studying self-organization (...) using microscopes and a process called fluorescence microscopy to see if he could identify these kinds of patterns on a cellular level. Have a look at this amazing colleciton of images in Wired.
According to Wired and their report on a Russian meteorite, it turns out that Earth gets hit by meteorites more often than we think. "Meteorite collisions are often compared in size to nuclear explosions, but because they are speeding toward Earth they have momentum that makes them far more destructive. And to make matters worse, they may occur more often than currently estimated". Read full article in Wired.
DESIGN, BUSINESS & INNOVATION
Rana Florida, the author of Upgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary, asks this question: Without Wozniak, would Steve Jobs have been the same? An excerpt from her new book, points out that the key to the answer is plain and simple: collaboration. "Gates had Allen. Lennon had McCartney. Successful creative enterprises typically have two leaders: a visionary and a strategist who can execute. Creativity is a team-based process. It requires collaboration". Read full article in Fast Company.
Also Fast Company share with us 5 Apps that will make your life easier. "If you wish news stories could be read to you or just be much shorter, you want to skip town for a few days, or you keep forgetting what you did last week". Check out this edition of Fast Company's Free App Friday and let us know what do you think of it. Me? I'm downloading Vyclone right now.
CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT
The Pixel Painter. Hal Lasko, 98 years old, has spent the last years using MS Paint to digitally create amazing works of art, spending up to 10 hours a day on his work, a mix between pointillism and 8-bit art. Originally a traditional painter, he switched to MS Paint in 2005 when his vision was impaired by wet macular degeneration, an eye disease that causes blindness in the center of his vision. He has since created more than 150 digital works pixel by pixel. Watch a lovely video about Lasko and his work in Vimeo, and read Wired's article here.
Comedy (1921). Photograph: Tate Modern/PA Wire via The Guardian.Looking forward to Paul Klee's retrospective about to open at Tate Modern, Philip Hensher in The Guardian, explains why comedy is at the heart of Klee's work – from joyously splodgy lines to grotesqueries that poke fun at dictators, and why he loves the artist's willingness to combat oppression with laughter. Read article in The Guardian.
Gia Coppola is finally joining the family business! Palo Alto, her directorial debut based on James Franco's eponymous collection of short stories. Read Daniel Barna's interview and watch the trailer in Dazed Digital.
IN DOG WE TRUST
Hello dog lover!
Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! Here are a few links I've been wanting to share:
One book.
Two pillowcases.
Three dog tea towels.
Four girlie dogs.
Plus, two dogs you seriously need to follow on Instagram:
Logan, The Gentlepup
Momo, The border collie
TO DO (OR NOT TO DO) LIST
The 57th BFI London Film Festival starts this Wednesday. Have you booked your tickets yet? Click here to see the films in Official Competition, and here to see the full schedule and events info. If you watch a movie at the LFF and want to send us a mini post about it, please do so!
Image: Namasté via Lomography Spain.If you are in Madrid this next Thursday 10th of October, you shouldn't miss the opening of our lomographers friends Susielomovitz y Mr. Eich's Namasté. This exhibition is the result of mixing their two passions: analogue photography and Bikram yoga. Have a look in Lomography Argensola Madrid.
Image via Hendricks.
From the 11th to 13th of October, HENDRICK'S CARNIVAL of KNOWLEDGE opens its doors to the curious citizens of London as part of the city's Cocktail Week. From the chemistry of cocktails or an anthology of gin, to some very interesting insights about how to die properly in a London way or some nonsense poetry, this carnival looks like the place to be next weekend. Wisdom of the most eye-opening variety will be provided by luminaries, visionaries and deviants such as The Idler Academy, Antique Beat & The Enlightenment Café; and for the stimulation of the taste-buds as well as the mind, HENDRICK's Parlour Bar will be open to the all from Noon till 10pm each day. Check the details in Hendrick's website.
PROCRASTINATION PIN OF THE WEEK
We started classes again this week so this Calvin & Hobbes looks very appropriate.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Procrastinator (some) Times Sunday 29th of September Edition
EDITORIAL
From the Internet reactions to the unfortunate anti-gay comments of Barilla's chairman, to Breaking Bad's Walter White as a role-model entrepreneur. From Asimov and Sagan's reflections on why we go to space, to a project to edit an in-vitro meat cooking book. From a study that show the three most popular (erotic) search terms per state in America, to the thoughts of Woody Allen on the Acropolis. This edition is pretty varied, and for sure you will spend your procrastinating minutes reading very interesting and fun articles. So go ahead, when it comes to procrastination, there's no time to lose!
Have a nice read and a happy Sunday.
NEWS
Photo: Hillary Clinton via The New Yorker.
The Coming Hillary Clinton Train Wreck. Amy Davison asks in The New Yorker: "Do people really think that a Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign is a good idea—for the Democratic Party, our collective sanity, even for her?" Maybe, continues Davison, "some political locomotives just move ahead, even if the wreck is predestined, and her campaign is now coming around the bend". Read full article in The New Yorker.
Image by vlads-madhouse.tumblr.com via Buzzfeed.
On Thursday gay rights groups called for a boycott of the world’s biggest pasta maker Barilla after the company’s chairman said he would never use homosexual couples in his advertisements. Read full article in The Independent, and see some Internet responses to Barilla's chairman remarks on Buzzfeed.
Image: Brett Ryder via The Economist.
So, tonight airs the last episode of Breaking Bad. We are going to be watching it as soon as we can and you should too, not only because is one of the best TV shows ever, but because the Breaking Bad phenomenon, is, according to The Economist, one of the best studies available of the dynamics of modern business. "A Harvard MBA will set you back $90,000 (plus two years’ lost income). You can buy a deluxe edition of all five seasons of “Breaking Bad”, complete with a plastic money barrel, for $209.99, or a regular edition for less than $80." Read this very interesting article in The Economist and if you want to leave a comment making a prediction about Mr. White and Jesse's destiny, please do so!
From the Internet reactions to the unfortunate anti-gay comments of Barilla's chairman, to Breaking Bad's Walter White as a role-model entrepreneur. From Asimov and Sagan's reflections on why we go to space, to a project to edit an in-vitro meat cooking book. From a study that show the three most popular (erotic) search terms per state in America, to the thoughts of Woody Allen on the Acropolis. This edition is pretty varied, and for sure you will spend your procrastinating minutes reading very interesting and fun articles. So go ahead, when it comes to procrastination, there's no time to lose!
Have a nice read and a happy Sunday.
NEWS
The Coming Hillary Clinton Train Wreck. Amy Davison asks in The New Yorker: "Do people really think that a Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign is a good idea—for the Democratic Party, our collective sanity, even for her?" Maybe, continues Davison, "some political locomotives just move ahead, even if the wreck is predestined, and her campaign is now coming around the bend". Read full article in The New Yorker.
On Thursday gay rights groups called for a boycott of the world’s biggest pasta maker Barilla after the company’s chairman said he would never use homosexual couples in his advertisements. Read full article in The Independent, and see some Internet responses to Barilla's chairman remarks on Buzzfeed.
So, tonight airs the last episode of Breaking Bad. We are going to be watching it as soon as we can and you should too, not only because is one of the best TV shows ever, but because the Breaking Bad phenomenon, is, according to The Economist, one of the best studies available of the dynamics of modern business. "A Harvard MBA will set you back $90,000 (plus two years’ lost income). You can buy a deluxe edition of all five seasons of “Breaking Bad”, complete with a plastic money barrel, for $209.99, or a regular edition for less than $80." Read this very interesting article in The Economist and if you want to leave a comment making a prediction about Mr. White and Jesse's destiny, please do so!
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