emarchak
1. A common unit of measurement in typography.
It is more properly defined as simply the current point size.
2. Current points in the life of Erin Marchak
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Amadi Talks: Siri Failures, Illustrated
People have suggested that this about a lack of female programmers. I don’t think it is. One doesn’t have to be female to know that if you’re going to provide your customers with the benefit of the doubt that they’re adults and will give information on where to buy condoms, beer, the names of local escort companies and “tongue in cheek” locations for hiding a dead body, you should provide information about health clinics, especially when customers know their full names and basic locations. I don’t think you need females on your programming staff to know that a person can go to an ob/gyn for birth control, not just a “birth control clinic.” I don’t think that it’s necessary to be female to know that rape is a violent crime and that a rape victim will need a hospital and/or the police before they need a “treatment center.” This isn’t just about gender. This is about something more esoteric and far far less simple to explain.
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Akira Kurosawa sets up the shot of Toshiro Mifune’s death in Throne of Blood (1957) (via)
“In order to write scripts, you must first study the great novels and dramas of the world. You must consider why they are great. Where does the emotion come from that you feel as you read them? What degree of passion did the author have to have, what level of meticulousness did he have to command, in order to portray the characters and events as he did? You must read thoroughly, to the point where you can grasp all these things.”
-Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography
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“All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.” (Jean-Luc Godard)
Some films try to be all things for everyone, while others aspire to be plot-twisting game changers. We very rarely see films that attempt to take a simple plot, with empathetic characters, and execute it perfectly. Drive was one of those films. The fantastic 80s throwback soundtrack is an extra bonus. -
This is entirely how I feel right now. A rather nasty bike accident has left me a little worse for wear. But I survived it, and had the best halloween make up there ever was.
(I’m a huge fan of Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half. Nine times out of ten, she hits on something entirely relatable and touching with her adorable stick figures and frantic writing. She’s one to keep an eye on.)
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crying
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My notes from Terry Gilliam’s 10 lessons
3. Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in.
Being an...
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yummy color palette… not a fan of the strange things hanging from the ceiling, but all the other...
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Above: The partial set from Citizen Kane consists of a foreground doorway and the butler (Paul...
