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Shopping: DealTime. Prince engine like Froogle.
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Video: Brainstorm (1983). 106 min. Directed by Douglas Trumbull. w/ Christopher Walken (Dr. Michael Anthony Brace), Natalie Wood (Karen Brace; The Searchers, Rebel without a cause), Louise Fletcher (Dr. Lillian Reynolds; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest). A team of researchers has developed a method to record thoughts and emotions. The government quickly becomes interested to use the technology for military purposes including torture and brain washing. After the project leader Lillian dies from a heart attack and records her death, he colleague Michael almost dies when he watches it. The tape is locked away and Michael becomes obsessed with finishing to watch the tape as well as to destroy the technology. He gets help from his wife Karen. Great idea for a movie. Some scenes are B-movie-like, however. The production almost stalled when Natalie Wood (wife of Robert Wagner) drowned in an accident in 1981. Overall rating: 7 out of 10.
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Travel: Motel.com: Search engine for motels. Allows Map Search.
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Music: Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchitananda (1971). Satchitanada is a devanagari compound of three Sanskrit words, Sat, Chit, and Ananda, meaning True Being, Pure Consciousness and Bliss, respectively. The expression is used in Yoga and other schools of Indian philosophy to describe the nature of Brahman. Satcidananda is also a monastic name for a number of Hindu gurus, sadhus and ascetics of different Hindu philosophical schools and lineages, e.g., Swami Satchidananda (1914-2002), 'father' of Integral Yoga.
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Life: Bits and pieces of 'smart' conversations: Overheard in NY, Overheard in the Office and Overheard on the Beach. As funny as real life can be!
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Travel: Public Routes. Directions for using public transportation. Has many ads and is not very user friendly at this point. UPDATE 6/14/08: Interface improved.
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Philosophy: tai chi - do: free resource related to tai chi. Includes a tai chi netguide with explanations of forms.
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DVD: Rebel Without A Cause (1955). 111 min. w/ James Dean (Jim Stark), Natalie Wood (Judy), Sal Mineo (John 'Plato' Crawford). Directed by Nicholas Ray. Rebellious young man seeks friends in his new home town and falls in love with rebellious young woman. Film has typical 50s feel. Probably important for its generation, but no real surprises. Sometimes pseudo dramatic. Overall rating 5 out of 10.
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Art: MoMA, NYC, 2/10/07: 1.) Doug Aitken (b. 1968): Sleepwalkers. Featuring Tilda Swinton, Donald Sutherland, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Seu Jorge, and Ryan Donowho. The artist's first large scale exhibition in the U.S. 2.) Josiah McElheny (b. 1966): Projects 84: Alpine Cathedral and City-Crown. Model-scale landscape of two abstract, crystalline structures, comprised of hollow glass modules. Follows the theme of Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) and Bruno Taut (1880-1938), who believed in the spiritual qualities of glass and envisioned a brave and perfect new world of glass buildings illuminated in color. Scheerbart was a visionary Expressionist architectural writer and inventor engaged in avant-garde circles, Taut was an architect. 3.) Vik Muniz (b. 1961): Narcissus, after Caravaggio, 2005. Photograph. New MoMA acquisition. Arrangement of pieces of junk to mimic a painting by Caravaggio.

Vik Muniz: Individuals, 1998
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