http://www.benhider.com/blog Photography, Art, Music, Ben Hider, Food, Tibet, India Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:22:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I actually managed to see the "Hey Hot Shot" exhibit this week. Its pretty good, although I did spend more time looking at framing than images (probably due to my upcoming thesis show). If you haven't visited the 20x200 site for a while, you should take a look and see ... http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/jen-bekman-20x200/ Although it is a kind of interesting new way of working with Video (ignoring phrases like "space time fusion algorithm," and "novel multi-view stereo technique."). Kind of like HDR photo's, but in a moving image. See their website here and the gizmodo post here. Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a ... http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/serious-nerd-alert/ http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/working-in-the-studios/ I remember watching airwolf as a kid in England and thinking that the actor who played Dominic Santini was old back then in the '80's. Well, he's still kicking and has 3 movies set for release in 2009, including one called Death Keeps Coming! An appearance he made on breakfast ... http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/ernest-borgnine-gives-secret-to-long-life/ And then I couldn't resist posting this video where he tries to work out what art is. http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/ali-g-interviews-us-olympic-president/ http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/cat-power-and-eggleston-cameo/ We are huge fans of the show "Intervention," and this week was one of the best so far. Allison had an addiction to a version of dust-off. She inhaled up to 10 cans of the stuff a day, which besides the impact on her health, must have cost her around ... http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/intervention-allison-addicted-to-dust-off/ http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/chinatown-photos/ I first heard of Anthony Parrino when I was just a wee freshman at SUNY Purchase. George Parrino would tell us stories of how his cool son would carry around a copy of the Diamond Sutra in complete awe of its teachings. There was very little scarier than George on ... http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/baby-parrino-enters-the-blog-world/ Rey came back to the press tent during All Points west, and told me that he had complimented a woman for having such a nice moustache, before he realised it was Marisa Tomei. None of our guys caught a snap of her for the websites, but one has got out ... http://www.benhider.com/blog/2008/08/marisa-the-mustache-tomei/