www.philogia.com http://www.philogia.com That's Sophie on the left, and Nadia on the right. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:33:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en New old mix available http://www.philogia.com/2007/06/02/new-old-mix-available/ http://www.philogia.com/2007/06/02/new-old-mix-available/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:33:05 +0000 philogia http://www.philogia.com/2007/06/02/new-old-mix-available/ This is about two years old.

The mixing is mediocre, along with excessive eqing and flange in spots. The song selection, though, is the culmination of a few of years obsessed with electro, not helped by attending Felix Da Housecat’s birthday bash in Chicago at Crobar. Senom and I got to hang out in the DJ booth!

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The site has a very nice, simple, CSS-centered style. I especially like the digitally stitched picture of the living room on the front page!

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I just saw The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky. I never saw Requiem for a Dream, but I did see Pi.

The most striking thing about The Fountain, I thought, was its narrative clarity. It takes a bit of thinking, but, as with movies I enjoy the most, with a bit of reflection, one sees it is internally consistent. In short, it is a story within a story; and the story within the story includes portions of the containing story.

The other thing that struck me about this movie was its central preoccupation with a significant philosophical claim. It presents an accompanying argument through a mixture of dialogue, imagery, and fantasy. I’’ll leave it to the reader to identify the claim and argument.

The Fountain is an ideal movie. It belongs to a very small percentage of big budget films that require, and reward, serious thought on the part of the viewer.

While I enjoyed Pi, I found The Fountain superior due to its greater clarity.

]]> http://www.philogia.com/2007/04/25/the-fountain/feed/ Ferguson on the Zune http://www.philogia.com/2007/04/23/ferguson-on-the-zune/ http://www.philogia.com/2007/04/23/ferguson-on-the-zune/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:54:02 +0000 philogia http://www.philogia.com/2007/04/23/ferguson-on-the-zune/ This is old, but it is so funny — and so true.

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]]> http://www.philogia.com/2007/04/07/a-white-easter/feed/ Wiicked http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/wiicked/ http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/wiicked/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:03:07 +0000 philogia http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/wiicked/ This guy, who apparently has a background recording music, performing, and sound engineering, is the latest in creating his own software for triggering loops and effects with a wiimote.

Like the much-loved Lunchbox Battles, this software makes sure that everything is correctly quantized to a preset loop.

Unlike Lunchbox, this Wii guy (Rolo) claims that by setting one loop to master, all other loops will be granulized to match. Since it’s mac only, I can’t test this.

If you do watch his video, count the times he says “wiimote”. And, yes, I did hear about this at Engadget.

]]> http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/wiicked/feed/ Oh Yeah http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/oh-yeah/ http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/oh-yeah/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:52:04 +0000 philogia http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/oh-yeah/ This is, currently, my most favorite YTMND.

It has all the hallmarks of a great YTMND: superimposition of images, an over the top movie clip, and hip hop beats. And it’s wicked funny.

After watching it a few times in Firefox, you may need to reload it to sync the audio and video.

]]> http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/23/oh-yeah/feed/ New mix available http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/12/new-mix-available/ http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/12/new-mix-available/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:23:03 +0000 philogia http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/12/new-mix-available/ I just posted a new mix. It is available at

www.philogia.com/MarchMix.mp3

Yes, it has some rough spots, but blah blah too busy blah excuses.

]]> http://www.philogia.com/2007/03/12/new-mix-available/feed/ Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes http://www.philogia.com/2006/10/08/marshmallow-sweet-potatoes/ http://www.philogia.com/2006/10/08/marshmallow-sweet-potatoes/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:51:00 +0000 philogia http://www.philogia.com/2006/10/08/marshmallow-sweet-potatoes/ They must have worked out ok, because there wasn’t any left after
Meredith’s thanksgiving party. Big up to Meredith and Joel for hosting
a great party with a great turkey.

If you want to create your own sugarfest, the recipe for the
marshmallow sweet potatoes can be found here.

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