Tag: youtube
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Breathless + Tie me up ! Tie me down !
We recently signed up for Hulu Plus. I(Chris) has been really excited about the possibility of accessing online the Criterion Collection via Hulu Plus, him being a Criterion fan. Criterion is an American video-distribution company that sells “important classic and contemporary films” to film aficionados. It is noted for helping to standardize the letterbox format for…
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Two and a Half Minutes of Art
Film and TV titles design is an art form. However, many such works have been overlooked, ignored, or forgotten. Unlike a trailer which contains actual footages, film title is often created separately from the film itself. Title art grew in 1940’s out of Hollywood studios’ desire to present a more complete list of credits and using…
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Pritzker 2010 winner – The Rolex Learning Center at EPFL: Part 2
Continuing with our nocturnal exploration of the Rolex Learning Center at EPFL, one of our local universities … (part 1 is here). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVyBgXK9rY?rel=0&w=510&h=383] Even though it was nearly 10pm, the place was still open and there were a few students studying inside. Standing in the middle of one of those open circular space, one…
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Pritzker 2010 winner – The Rolex Learning Center at EPFL: Part 1
We should have posted these videos and pictures two and a half years ago ! But this adventure is worth the wait. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIgLmDKuAc0?rel=0&w=510&h=383] One summer night in 2010, while IT was visiting, we had dinner in Morges. And on our way back to Lausanne, we avoided the highway and used local roads which pass…
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Ang Thong Marine National Park, Gulf of Thailand, part 1
During our stay on Ko Samui, we went on two speedboat tours of some of the neighboring islands. On the first tour, the highlight was snorkeling in the clearest waters around Ko Tao and Ko Nang Yuan (see earlier post here). On the second tour, the Ang Thong marine national park was our destination. The…
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The Ramakian at the Temple of Emerald Buddha, Bangkok
While touring Wat Phra Kaew (วัดพระแก้ว, Temple of Emerald Buddha, see earlier post here) in the Grand Palace complex in Bangkok, we came across a series of murals on the walls of the surrounding cloisters. The murals depict the legend of Ramakian or Ramakien, a big part of the Thai mythology. The Ramakian is a Thai…