While Star Trek might have been the inspiration for the cellphone and the iPad and numerous other inventions, there is a noticeable lack of messaging, social media, or even constant chirps on the cells. The lack of computers running scheduling and communication on the Enterprise is interesting to note. While the first Star Trek communicator, in [...]
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Picard Never Took a Text Message: Star Trek, Technology, and the Absence of Social Media in the Future 13 comments
“Where were you?”: God and Grace in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life Leave a comment
It is a beautiful thing that the Yukon Film Society was able to bring us “Tree of Life” through their new Available Light Cinema incarnation at the Yukon Arts Centre once a month. Even more amazing was the swiftness. Whitehorse is not known as the place where new good films come quickly–but the YFS have [...]
The Other “Hijacked Airliner” Story: Whitehorse, Yukon 9/11 Leave a comment
It was the only airplane to emit a hijacked signal on 9/11/2001. It was heading to New York City, from Seoul, via Anchorage Alaska. Fighter jets were scrambled. A whole city, Whitehorse, was given 15 minutes warning that a hijacked plane was heading to their small airport, an airport just above the center of [...]
Is there no Sincerity in a Marketing Director? 2 comments
I was lucky enough to get a dream job: being a marketing director for the Yukon Arts Centre. The Arts Centre is a venue for a lot of non-local acts (and does host lots of local acts and artists as well) that come through Whitehorse, and into the communities. It encompasses not only the actual [...]
The Observer Observed: Kelly Richardson’s Twilight Avenger Leave a comment
I got a sneak peek at the opening of the Yukon Arts Gallery show today. I wanted to see what was happening…the ad my predecessor had put together for the show was intriguing. It had a green stag in the forest looking at you. It’s Kelly Richardson’s installation. I went into the room where the [...]
Characters with Something On Their Minds: the brilliant writing inside Deep Impact 1 comment
Recently, I re-watched Deep Impact, one of two “asteroids-going-to-hit-Earth” movies that came out simultaneously (the other being, the poor-in-comparison, Armageddon). Deep Impact builds slowly, and has amazingly drawn characters. It’s worth it to watch just to pick up some tips on character development. These are my thoughts after watching it. 1. Every character in the [...]
Have You Met Liz? —the Importance of Meeting Your Candidates Leave a comment
I haven’t been to a political rally before. I went to the NDP rally just to see what they were like, and because I had met Liz Hanson. Meeting a candidate makes a difference. Perhaps you, candidate, wonder what all that door knocking is for—or you, a citizen, are annoyed by all the door knocking [...]
“Amina” Acid and the Ballad of Bill of Tom: deception in the pursuit of activism Leave a comment
What to make of the sudden revelation that two prominent lesbian bloggers, both activists, were really men? Tom MacMaster, an American student studying in Scotland, his subject Middle Eastern Studies, created the blog “Gay Girl in Damascus” as a way to give himself a voice in the debates about what was going on in Syria, [...]
How to Run Your Life as a Creative Professional–JC Herz’s Wisdom and Advice Leave a comment
Found this at Boing Boing (a site that’s like the proverbial treasure chest in your attic, full of both good and whimsical stuff). On May 6 2011, J.C. Herz gave the commencement speech at Ringling College of Art and Design, in her words, “the #1 art school in the country for computer animation and game [...]
X-Men vs. X-Men: First Class Leave a comment
Okay, I just had to re-watch Brian Singer’s original X-Men (2000) after seeing X-Men: First Class. I wanted to see how these two movies played off each other. Call XM:FC what you want–origin story, prequel–it still has to be a good movie. And I think Singer’s original X-Men is a much better movie than X-Men: [...]
