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glu — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:07:23 +0000

Michael Bay’s letter to projectionists

glu — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:32:15 +0000

A letter from Michael Bay to movie theater projectionists is floating around the internet today. Bay is the second director (see also Tree of Life director Terence Malick) in recent weeks to communicate publicly and directly with theaters in regards to projection practices.

Transcript of the letter:

Hello I’m Micheal Bay, Director of Transformers -

Dear Projectionist,

I’m proud to have you presenting Transformers — Dark of the Moon. We worked very hard to make this the very best 3D live action film.

To help counter the recent trend of audiences being underwhelmed by ‘dark dingy’ looking 3D, we have invented various post production processes never before used in this format to enhance sharpness, improve contrast, and render more vibrant colors.

In it critical your projectors play the brightness levels specified for the best results. We also have created a new “Platinum 6 version” of Transformers, for the ultimate in 3D experience, to be played in auditoriums capable of 6-foot lamberts of light on the screen (available to certified auditoriums only).

We are all in this together. Your theatres invested a lot of money in this equipment and we work very hard to deliver a great experience. Projectionists are of ultimate importance because your expertise defines the audience’s experience.

Let’s make the audience believe again.

All the best,

Michel Bay

The average color of the NYC skyline

glu — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:42:04 +0000

Neat web site nskyc.com/ represents the average color temperature of the New York City skyline via a colored tile. Every five minutes, a new photo is snapped and a color calculated. Mousing over the tiles reveals the color in hexadecimal format.

Visual List of Thesis Theme Fonts

glu — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:17:19 +0000

As of version 1.8, Thesis includes not only the standard set of core web-fonts but also 28 new web-fonts from the Google Font Directory. With such a large list to choose from, I was pleased to find a great post at themeBIG with outputs of all of the fonts used in the thesis theme.

palm orange vignette

glu — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 06:06:02 +0000

Daily Photo November 25, 2010

glu — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:31:11 +0000

Random Video: Brooklyn Bound L Train

glu — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:31:59 +0000

Daily Photo: November 18, 2010

glu — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:16:54 +0000

Summer twilight on San Francisco Bay. On a catamaran chasing the sun as it dips below the golden gate. Departing from Jack London square

Daily Photo: November 17, 2010

glu — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:50:21 +0000

clouds and bars

Warning analog medium – keep away from children

glu — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:15:17 +0000

seen on a newspaper stand in san francisco.

taken on my iphone 3g.