http://peter-brannan.com/weblog2010 Web Log 2010 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:11:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In around 3 weeks, I am taking off on a 10,000 mile 7 week, cross country road trip. I recently sold my 645 setup to get Fuji's sleek new retro rangefinder style digital the X100. It's 12 megapixels with ISO up to 12800, and a tack sharp f2 fujinon lens. ... http://peter-brannan.com/weblog2010/2011/06/08/10000-miles-is-a-real-long-drive-in-a-car/ I am always blown away when a teacher tells me that something, that I would have previously considered heresy in the scientific sense, is now being considered as plausible due to new innovations of modern science. It really completes the circular nature of things. These ideas that seem common sense, we complicate ... http://peter-brannan.com/weblog2010/2011/01/12/on-lamarck-and-flexible-paradigms/ His voice reminds me of the guy from Danielson Family. The album is pretty terrific. http://peter-brannan.com/weblog2010/2010/12/30/avi-buffalo/ I really like what this RSA is doing with animating illustrations of philosophers ideas from lectures. This one is from one of the great thinkers of our time Slavoj Žižek. You can see the entire, but admittedly less entertaining lecture in it's original form here. He has a way of bringing a lot ... http://peter-brannan.com/weblog2010/2010/11/28/zizek-first-as-tragedy-then-as-farce/ Just updated my project for the first time after retrieving a roll of film shot over the summer that I thought I lost. I now have 9 pieces that I am fairly happy with, which I am going to pair in contrast with images of affluence that I plan on ... http://peter-brannan.com/weblog2010/2010/11/20/recession-proof-2/ Just saw this guy last night at Paper Tiger's Annual party "Culture Control." He's an eccentric looking guy, spends most of his time on the stage turning nobs, and some of his songs are pretty terrific, reminiscent of Of Montreal, and on his opening song of the show he broke ... http://peter-brannan.com/weblog2010/2010/11/08/jon-timm-at-paper-tiger/