Archive for June, 2006
地圖
Here is a map of where we live. I threw it together pretty quickly after discovering Quikmaps (thank’s Ish!), and will probably add more details to it over time. While Google recently added some new high resolution satellite imagery just to the South of us, our house is still in a blurry patch.
Zoom out to […]
Krrish
The new Bollywood movie, Krrish, is not India’s first Superman movie. That distinction goes to the 1987 film, Superman.
However, Kriish, made by the same director who made the excellent E.T. rip-off, Koi … Mil Gaya, does look to be a promising film. Especially with action scenes directed by Hong Kong film veteran Tony Ching who […]
Writely
Do any of my readers have a Writely account? I very much need an invitation for a project I am working on regarding using online tools for teaching.
For those who don’t know, Google is rapidly moving in on Micorosft’s territory. I’m already quite impressed with Google Spreadsheet, a collaborative online Excel alternative, and they recently […]
Fighting Words
Guest post by tf
I have been silent since my brief guest blogging, but I could not let this oversight by The New York Times go unremarked. Elaine Sciolino reported on the fighting words uttered by French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin in the National Assembly on Tuesday, June 20th. Addressing François Hollande, the leader of […]
Contract!
We are happy to announce some very exciting news …
Today we signed a contract with Documentary Educational Resources (DER) to distribute two of our films: Acting Like A Thief, and Mahasweta Devi: Witness, Advocate, Writer. It was Shashwati’s film about Mahasweta Devi that got us involved with these issues, and because of Mahasweta Devi’s long […]
Pando
I recently wrote about our attempts to find a simple, cheap, and effective way to send very large files over the web. One solution I found, Jungle Disc, while amazing for personal use, is not ideal for sharing files. (It doesn’t yet support setting access permissions for individual users.) Yousendit.com, supports files up to 1GB […]
Gujarat Police Academy
One of the most moving experiences we had when shooting the film was a performance arranged for the cadets at the Gujarat Police Academy. It will probably end up being a key scene in the movie, but who knows? Fortunately, you won’t have to wait. Renowned journalist (and blogger) Dilip D’ Souza was also in […]
Abstract Art
This wonderful diagram, made in 1936 by Alfred Barr, appears in Edward Tufte’s new book, Beautiful Evidence. Banksean made a wonderful interactive version on his web site.
Read more on Banksean’s blog.
Some illustrations from the book can be found on Tufte’s web site.
{art, cubism, Tufte}
Jungle Disc
With my Luxsci IMAP account and lifetime web hosting from TextDrive, not to mention Flickr, I’ve never even considered a .Mac account from Apple, which seems far overpriced for what it offers. However, for the film, we were recently looking at ways to transfer large files over the web. I found three very good overviews […]
Over at Savage Minds
While some of my readers are also regulars over at Savage Minds, I know not everyone is, so I though I should highlight some of my recent writing there in case people want to click over and take a look.
30 Days of Cinétrance
Anthro Classics Online: Body Ritual among the Nacirema
Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
Should You Study […]
An anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, 
