Slam Poetry Meets Typography

Typography

by Ronnie Bruce

Last Minutes with ODEN

Love through a dog :)

CAUTION: Language Warning

A Thousand Words

By Ted Chung

Project Book Cover

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Skhizein

Check this out :)

Skhizein (Jérémy Clapin,2008) from Stephen Dedalus on Vimeo.

Rangefinder Cameras

Not so recently I found a love for rangefinders. The simplicity, the beauty, mmm... *drools*

So far I only have one rangefinder, the Minolta Hi-Matic F, presently my favorite 35mm film camera to use. Although i have yet to develop the first roll from that camera i'm sure i will be pleased, (i'll hopefully be able to post some photos up once their all done :)

Currently my dream camera is the Leica M9. Ask any one who's anyone that knows about cameras and they will assure you that Leica make some fantastic cameras, and the M9 is no exception.

The 18 megapixel image sensor, specifically designed and developed for the M9, is full frame! (For those of you who don't know what that means, basically the M9 enables capture of the full 35-mm film format without any compromise.)

Now I'm not going to turn this blog post into a M9 review, so back to rangefinders. One of the most important features that separates a rangefinder from lets say... a 'fat' SLR, is that the image you see when looking through the viewfinder is unaltered whether you are in focus or not, whether the shutter is open or not. You see the photo you took the split second it happened, as it happened.

OK, as much as i would love to go on about rangefinders, (different brands, other great features they have like how the shutter button works etc.), I have to get back to assignments so goodbye for now :)

Time with T.V.

Think about the amount of time people spend watching TV.

How much of your life do you want to give to something that gives you nothing in return. Why do people watch TV? for entertainment?

My suggestion, choose to entertain yourself with something where you actually accomplish something; Like sport, hobbies, socialising, making something, get out of the house!

There are so many better things to do with your time.

Think about it.

Speaking of 'think about it', here's a funny clip which kind of contradicts what I just said because it's from a TV series but I just had to...

Cart

This short film is about a shopping trolley.

Absolutely amazing! Perfectly done, great cinematography, great story, great music, great everything :)

Cart - The Film from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Good ol' classic for me

Nokia have released a new phone; The Nokia 3720 Classic.

They have revealed numerous videos showing off what this phone can handle. The phone has been dunked in a pint of beer, smacked with a golf club, punted through the air, drowned in a pool and even dropped two stories off a ladder — each and every time followed by the phrase “it’s still working!” Suffice it to say, this new Nokia kit is ruggedized and it fairs extremely well in a variety of "real world" accident scenarios.

I constantly find myself having to put my phone down or take it out of my pocket in fear of it getting broken or damaged. My last phone was the Nokia 5310, which mysteriously malfunctioned for no reason at all beyond repair; I did drop it a few times now and then so maybe that contributed to its sudden death.

I then had to go back to my old phone, a Nokia 3200 which still is working strong despite being thrown around, dropped and treated much worse than my latter phone. The fact of the matter is that they just don't make phones like they used to. And hopefully soon I will have a phone that just might live up to the standards of... well, of the past.