‘Facts About Projection’ by Temujin Doran

Facts About Projection from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.

Brilliant little video about 35mm projection by Temujin Doran, the projectionist at The Screen on the Green in Islington, London. The video is lovingly illustrated and the music/narration has a somewhat hypnotic feel to it, which somehow reminds me of The streets mixed with hot chip.

Enjoy!

P.S

Added this other video by Temujin, as its also very cool.

Thrills from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.

Walking The Ulster Way Slideshow (Redox edition)

Those that are eagle eyed might have spotted the small change in the sidebar under "Ulster Way Slideshow."

The video has been changed from being hosted on you-tube to vimeo, but more importantly it's increased to 12 and a half minutes after a couple people told me the last one went a bit too fast to appreciate the photos. It's hard not to reminisce while watching the video and think back to all of the good times I had while walking the Ulster Way, but the critical side of me makes me wish I had known my camera better and had taken a tripod of some description with me. Maybe next time, eh?

Anyways I hope it's not too long and someone likes it.

The tracks featured are:
1. Noah And The Whale - "Blue Skies"
2. The National - "So Far Around The Bend"
3. Band of Horses - "The Funeral"

P.S For better quality images watch the video in HD by cliking on the link below the video and clicking the HD icon.

Walking The Ulster Way (Extended) from U.W on Vimeo.

A couple of photo's from last night

I had a spare half hour before jumping on the train to head home last night, and had brought my tripod with me in the hope that I'd have time to get some night time shots of Belfast in. So with 30 minutes on the clock and time ticking I went about taking a few pictures within the vicinity of Belfast Central Train Station.

The first three shots are of The Albert Bridge which crosses the River Lagan, and a couple of light trails from passing busses at just the right time, the last two being of a foot bridge that crosses the Lagan a bit further down the river. Obviously more than five images were taken but some were plain dog dirt, or suffering from extra glare caused by the UV filter/lens protector I had on at the start.

I've a couple idea's for pictures I want to get of Harland and Wolfe cranes, Samson and Goliath, the dual carriageway and the trains at Bridge End, but they can wait for another evening when I have a few more layers on, last night was pretty frosty!!

North Face vs. South Butt

The incredulity of this story forces me to reblog Lighthiker's post on the matter. For those that didn't see the post on Roman's blog, The North Face has decided to file a lawsuit against The South Butt, a parody clothing line ran by 19 year old Jimmy Winkelmann. An extract from the San Francisco Business Times:

The jackets, shirts and shorts sport the “anti-North Face” logo and South Butt's mantra is “Never Stop Relaxing,” a spoof on San Leandro-based North Face Inc.’s motto, “Never Stop Exploring.”

Winkelmann offered to sell his business to North Face for $1 million but later withdrew his proposal after the case drew international publicity and boosted sales, the suit alleges. Now he plans to expand the manufacturing and sale of the clothing nationwide by spring 2010 and wants to sell the apparel on college campuses

Those in charge of TNF mustn't have a sense of humour, how could you not raise a smile reading through some of the ranges of clothing?

Soft Shell Jackets - Cafe' Series - Because you deserve to look good at the coffee shop - a sign of serious commitment to relaxation!

The South Butt Fleece Jacket - Mall Series - Nothing better for a visit to the mall, market, or even the occasional visit to your econ lecture.

Aside from admiring the balls of this guy who is taking on a "$7 billion plus powerhouse" the fact that he can still have a joke in his legal response to their lawsuit is just brilliant. From the response (the complete version is here):

North Face has … elected to depict the commercial undertakings of South Butt … as piracy, evoking not intellectual property issues, but crimes on the high seas.

Plaintiff’s products are perceived as being largely consumed by those who have little to no interest in living an adventurous lifestyle, but, rather, are interested in acquiring Plaintiff’s products for the status and/or notoriety they receive from being seen in Plaintiff’s expensive apparel and accessories.

I'm sure it's probably quite clear that I would agree with the above paragraph.

Surely TNF would be a lot wiser to use its time stopping the manufacture and importation of fakes rather than this? I hope Jimmy comes out of it al right and deciding to fight a large corp. doesn't cost him too much!