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The words that really get your film an R-rating
There are some people who spend their lives determining what makes an R-rated film and what makes a PG-rated film. And, of course, there are all sorts of factors. But if you took the visuals out and compared just the dialogue? What words appear … Continue reading
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Soda Mario
This is what happens when your company gives free soda to its software developers. This fine creation is located in building 35 of Microsoft’s main Redmond campus. It was made by a friend of mine called Thibaut, who … Continue reading
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The cute little elephant in the room
I have a rather bad carbon footprint. We have two cars in which we drive around 25,000 miles a year (11 tons of CO2). We have a large house with ancient oil-powered heating (9 tons). I fly several times a … Continue reading
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Review of the Cotton Carrier camera harness
I did say a while back that this blog would become somewhat random. Well, now I’m posting a review of a harness with which one can carry a camera. Variety, they say, is the spice of life. I recently bought my … Continue reading
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