movie: duplicity

the great thing about duplicity is not its cast-- though seeing paul giamatti and tom wilkinson spit at each other in slow motion is a treat-- it's the effortless dance of genres, from spy thriller to comedy to romance and drama. see it!

tonight's dinner

• wasabi goat cheese
• beet roots with almond vinaigrette
• eggplant, broiled with miso
• duck, stuffed with rice, beans, chinese bacon and sage and roasted whole
• purple potatoes roasted in duck fat
• beet leaf and pea tendril salad
• nina's chocolate mousse

animated graffiti by blu in palermo, buenos aires

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

i hope (random musings)

that steve busceme is truly twittering
that there will be more manhattan
that google voice will deliver
that roku will kill rcn
that kogi comes to boston

kutiman mixes youtube

a remarkable video mashup! original thru-you. unofficial mirror.

PDN's 30 2009 Gallery

on blogger

i do like blogger, but it could be so much more.

LIFE photo archive

LIFE archive is astounding. ny's fulton st in the 1880s. life in a ny tenement during the great depression, a couple of blocks from where i used to live. ny life not too long ago. and there are millions of others!