Michael E. Casey's Blog, page 9
November 8, 2009
September 14, 2009
September 9, 2009
news video: gwinnett county asks residents how to reduce budget
Video report from CBS Atlanta on Gwinnett County (and library) budget woes. Note, has a half-minute ad before report. (Could not find any way to embed.)
augmented reality
From the 3 September 2009 Economist:
Virtual reality never quite lived up to the hype. In the 1990s films such as "Lawnmower Man" and "The Matrix" depicted computer-generated worlds in which people could completely immerse themselves. In some respects this technology has become widespread: think of all those video-game consoles capable of depicting vivid, photorealistic environments, for example. What is missing, however, is a convincing sense of immersion. Virtual reality (VR) doesn't feel...
September 4, 2009
article: the future of libraries, with or without books
Books are being pushed aside for digital learning centers and gaming areas. "Loud rooms" that promote public discourse and group projects are taking over the bookish quiet. Hipster staffers who blog, chat on Twitter and care little about the Dewey Decimal System are edging out old-school librarians…
"The library building isn't a warehouse for books," said Helene Blowers, digital strategy director at the Columbus [Ohio:] Metropolitan Library. "It's a community gathering center."
As books go...
September 1, 2009
moving forward
First let me apologize for not posting in so long. Things sort of came to a halt in late June when a close family member was diagnosed with cancer. Then, literally the same day, some medical issues that I dealt with as a young child decided to come roaring back and make a most unwelcome reappearance. So, over the past two months I've been a bit busy dealing with my own issues while at the same time trying to travel back and forth between Atlanta and Philadelphia to visit a close relative...
Moving Forward
First let me apologize for not posting in so long. Things sort of came to a halt in late June when a close family member was diagnosed with cancer. Then, literally the same day, some medical issues that I dealt with as a young child decided to come roaring back and make a most unwelcome reappearance. So, over the past two months I've been a bit busy dealing with my own issues while at the same time trying to travel back and forth between Atlanta and Philadelphia to visit a close relative undergo
August 31, 2009
June 24, 2009
cartier-bresson and weegee recordings, 1958
Via PDNPulse and Boogie Woogie Flu comes this fascinating 1958 recording of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Weegee (Arthur Fellig) from an album titled Famous Photographers Tell How.
Bresson recording (MP3)
Weegee recording (MP3)
From Boogie Woogie Flu:
…you can hear Weegee talk about picture-making. It’s interesting to hear his voice, which is one of those accents you don’t hear so much in New York anymore: part Austro-Hungarian immigrant by way of the Lower East Side and part Elmer Fudd. Peter Sellers
