(Platonic) ideals and computer animations / Some links / Daily notes / Still more on…
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. Niels Bohr
Today, celebrities has picked up the ancient strife. They use all available means to avoid wrinkling, lose shape, or just to look human. As a result, they all look similar: Cher, Madonna, Sharon Stone, etc. Still, in their paralysed faces they remain famous. Apparently, customers do not mind or even prefer the idealized appearance, the current god of the market.
This opens a new possibility for replacing real actors with computer graphics. Namely, so far it has been too difficult to create realistic appearances (of faces), but now it does not matter any more. If botoxed faces pass the test of the market, any current computer graphic will do as well.
LA Times runs a story on $70 a barrel oil. Gasoline is so expensive that in USA they are forced to behave against free nature of American citizens.
Juan Cole has established a new institute The Global Americana Institute for getting American political thought translated in Arabic. Worth supporting, certainly, as is Antiwar.com. Please, donate some money, for internet journalism is one of the best hopes we have against the industrial-military complex. Remember, that a American household pays at least $4417 a year for killing and maiming. Donating a few bucks against the machine is appropriate thing to do.
Homeland Stupidity has an interesting point on the war on drugs, and a further link to Law Enforcement against prohibition. Very worth reading.
On Sunday, a son was born to Mika and Ruby. It was good enough a reason for a celebration, which lasted long. We had some beers and lots of smoke in a bar. Present at least: Teemu, Tero, Samuli, Juha, Mikko, and of course Mika. Fun, nice pictures of the son and of the happy mother. Somehow, I was clever enough to take the last tram back home.
On Monday, I took a few books and many trams. I managed to read the novel by Checkhov and most of the novel (Marraskuu) by Mazzarella. Not bad. I also visited Suomenlinna-island, just to try out the new ferry and to read. In the evening, nothing much, idling at home.
Today, on Tuesday, at office from not so early to not that late, then a cup of coffee in Rytmi, and back home. Quite normal, not quite ordinary.
On Monday, I played 5 games of World Poker Tour, which turned out to be an very entertaining and fast pinball machine.
Alun perin julkaistu kuukausikoosteessa "Blogs March to June 2006".
(Platonic) ideals and computer animations
In ancient Greece, artists and sculptors strived to create perfect images of humans, heroes, and gods. The sculptures were close to the ideal of man: strong, no wrinkles, well-balanced muscles, nice features. Of course, the real Greeks were not such. They were potbellied, wrinkled, ugly bunch, as we all are.Today, celebrities has picked up the ancient strife. They use all available means to avoid wrinkling, lose shape, or just to look human. As a result, they all look similar: Cher, Madonna, Sharon Stone, etc. Still, in their paralysed faces they remain famous. Apparently, customers do not mind or even prefer the idealized appearance, the current god of the market.
This opens a new possibility for replacing real actors with computer graphics. Namely, so far it has been too difficult to create realistic appearances (of faces), but now it does not matter any more. If botoxed faces pass the test of the market, any current computer graphic will do as well.
Some links
From the East comes a set of Incredible machines. Kind of nice, maybe I could take the idea further here, just for fun.LA Times runs a story on $70 a barrel oil. Gasoline is so expensive that in USA they are forced to behave against free nature of American citizens.
"A family in Albany, N.Y., said they all piled into one vehicle for Easter this year rather than the usual of everyone driving their own cars."
Juan Cole has established a new institute The Global Americana Institute for getting American political thought translated in Arabic. Worth supporting, certainly, as is Antiwar.com. Please, donate some money, for internet journalism is one of the best hopes we have against the industrial-military complex. Remember, that a American household pays at least $4417 a year for killing and maiming. Donating a few bucks against the machine is appropriate thing to do.
Homeland Stupidity has an interesting point on the war on drugs, and a further link to Law Enforcement against prohibition. Very worth reading.
Daily notes
Just to keep track of my days. For the record, to help my autobiographers. Now I just have to become famous.On Sunday, a son was born to Mika and Ruby. It was good enough a reason for a celebration, which lasted long. We had some beers and lots of smoke in a bar. Present at least: Teemu, Tero, Samuli, Juha, Mikko, and of course Mika. Fun, nice pictures of the son and of the happy mother. Somehow, I was clever enough to take the last tram back home.
On Monday, I took a few books and many trams. I managed to read the novel by Checkhov and most of the novel (Marraskuu) by Mazzarella. Not bad. I also visited Suomenlinna-island, just to try out the new ferry and to read. In the evening, nothing much, idling at home.
Today, on Tuesday, at office from not so early to not that late, then a cup of coffee in Rytmi, and back home. Quite normal, not quite ordinary.
Still more on SPO 2006
Lavonardo has found the official results. I was, indeed, 8th out of 54. Not bad. Actually, I may have been even better, as Lemmy figured outMatti, you beat all of last year's finalists and would've made the final four this year had the scores from all six machines been added up (now the worst result was left out)Well, the time I spent playing pinball in MIT finally pays off.
On Monday, I played 5 games of World Poker Tour, which turned out to be an very entertaining and fast pinball machine.
Alun perin julkaistu kuukausikoosteessa "Blogs March to June 2006".
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