Posts Tagged "nostalgia"

Venn Duckagram

In 2016, Ed Brims spent a lot of time reading Beatrix Potter books to his 2-year old. From there, he started to map out all the recurring characters, to determine if they all lived in the same “universe,” so to speak.

He mapped things out, and then began drawing a diagram that ultimately looks remarkably like Jemima Puddle-Duck.

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Cabel Sasser on Discovering the Art of Wes Cook

I don’t want to spoil too much, and just want to leave this here for you to experience. This is a rare thing for me to say on here, but: you really should watch this video. I see you glancing at the timestamp, and just… it’s ok. Just watch it. I promise you it’s worth it.

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Revisiting Firefly, Anew

What’s odd to me is that, in many ways, the ultra high resolution makes things like more fake. Does that make sense?

There’s a certain subdued, flattened/matte look that I associate with movies and television shows, with the crispness something I’ve only notied for when things are broadcast live.

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Suddenly, Lloyd

While surfing Facebook, I happened across this post by Anne – and did a doubletake. It was her talking about how much she enjoyed a recent play she had just attended, a production of The Chinese Lady, by Lloyd Suh, at Tipping Point Theatre.

When I saw this – a question entered my brain of “Wait, Lloyd?” And after a split second, I had a follow-up thought of “Of course, it’s Lloyd.”

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Borg Remastered

Here’s a new term I came across: FMV (Full-Motion Video). It’s a kind of video game comprised entirely of pre-recorded videos.

If it sounds a bit dated, well… that’s where you’re right. But note that we’re talking about Star Trek here. And we’re talking about a chance to play this game, for free, online.

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Catching Up with Missy

It was a lovely chance to catch up with an old friend. And I had the opportunity to remember a lot about Missy, as well as a lot about myself, in the process. We are both, I think, on the verge of turning 50. It was a nice opportunity to meet our older selves. And in a way, a nice opportunity to remember our younger selves.

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