Passing Thoughts

hitrecord: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS — The Song! We made this little...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:23:58 -0600

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS — The Song!

We made this little KNOW YOUR RIGHTS ‘Schoolhouse Rock-style’ video with our friends the Gregory Brothers in collaboration with the ACLU.

The ACLU wrote this nice little post about the video here. CHECK IT OUT!

The video played nicely at Sundance, now let’s take it to the masses! Please share with your friends! :oD

VW goodness! misagarcia: Volkswagon Type 2 Bus from the...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:29:55 -0600

VW goodness!

misagarcia:

Volkswagon Type 2 Bus from the @LACountyFair Car Show #volkswagon #vw #vwbus #type2 #vwporn #pomona #fairplex #mg_vehicle_series #gabvwkey (Taken with Instagram at Pomona Antique Auto Car Show And Swap Meet)

New year, new business cards! Did this on Christmas Day....

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:05:24 -0600

New year, new business cards! Did this on Christmas Day. It’s been bugging me to not be able to hand out business cards, I ran out a month ago. I would’ve just reprinted my old ones but I felt this new card represents me better.

superamit: Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:42:19 -0500

superamit:

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.

He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks.

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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.

A few ways to help:

If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.

If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.

If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above. Thank you.

jayparkinsonmd:

My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.

tony b:

Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.

This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.

How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.

Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.

We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match.

You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.

We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.

Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.

Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.

Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.

jmak: Thanks, Steve. Posting designs like this one makes me...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:37:40 -0500

jmak:

Thanks, Steve.

Posting designs like this one makes me paranoid, because I can’t shake the feeling that it’s not original. I enjoyed the process regardless, but please let me know if somebody else beat me to the idea!

Thoughts?

The Dark Knight Rises teaser. Need I say more?

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:46:38 -0500

The Dark Knight Rises teaser. Need I say more?

Photo

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:42:21 -0500

Incredibly well done video for The National’s “Exile...

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:57:49 -0500

Incredibly well done video for The National’s “Exile Vilify” from Portal 2. I love hand drawn animation.

amandascuteblog: The Gentleman’s Guide.

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:41:58 -0500

amandascuteblog:

The Gentleman’s Guide.

Nice! vimeo: In honor of NASA’s final space shuttle launch...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:09:55 -0500

Nice!

vimeo:

In honor of NASA’s final space shuttle launch today, take a look at A Blast From The Past: Shuttle Through The Decades by our friends at NPR.

In Honor of Atlantis STS-133

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:09:19 -0500

In honor of the last shuttle launch, here’s some good[and awful] trailers to a few movies and a videogame you may love or hate.

1. Armageddon

2. Deep Impact

3. The Dig {thanks @cailyoung}

4. Transformers 3 {thanks @emrysroberts}

5. Space Station 3D

6. Space Cowboys {thanks @shiruken}

7. Hubble 3D

8. Sunshine

9. Apollo 13 [No shuttle, but honestly how could I not list this]

10. Mission To Mars

"Follow the Sun" By MK12

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:47:30 -0500

Follow the Sun

super-international:

The making of this video is right below.

Whos playing? ‘cause they’re not.

cantheboytelltime: Doctor Hoot by John Tibbott

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:51:35 -0500

cantheboytelltime:

Doctor Hoot
by John Tibbott

digitalhitchhiker: Freelance At A Glance

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:50:54 -0500

digitalhitchhiker:

Freelance At A Glance

FCP X Roundup

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:54:00 -0500

Well, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you know that Final Cut Pro X has been released. This roundup is a compilation of links I have found to be most enlightening.

Gary Adcock’s review of FCP X at Creative Cow
What’s New in Motion 5 by Mark Spencer
Larry Jordan’s thoughts on FCP X
Philip Hodgetts has a unique perspective on FCP X
Jared Abrams at Wide Open Camera on his experiences with FCP X so far
Marcelo at New Media Webinars has an “FCP X Webinar Central” you should check out.
Ripple Training also has courses on FCP X from Steve Martin available already.
Rob Imbs linked me to this video demonstrating some of FCP X.
Steve Martin has a great in-depth look at things professional editors care about at the famous Ken Stone site.
Alex Snelling, Apple Master Certified Trainer, addresses some concerns over FCP X.

Of course, I also recommend checking out Apple.com’s official FCP X page.

Compressor still exists! via @pauldv the Share menu from FCP X.

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:44:13 -0500

Compressor still exists! via @pauldv the Share menu from FCP X.

The Journey of Imagination by Wildek. Some very cool motion...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:30:53 -0500

The Journey of Imagination by Wildek. Some very cool motion graphics in this piece.

Pure Imagination.

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:23:47 -0500

Pure Imagination.

Jellyfish Lake in Palau

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:41:58 -0500

Jellyfish Lake in Palau

A little BTS @WolfEcho shot on his iPhone 4. Not used to being...

Tue, 31 May 2011 23:35:04 -0500

A little BTS @WolfEcho shot on his iPhone 4. Not used to being talent on a shoot! Took a lot of work, but I think I got what I was after for the “RAW Timelapse Workflow Tutorial: Extended” video I’m working on.