Tag: sketchbook
Dusted off the old sketchbook, but didn’t have patience for anything fancier than mechanical pencil:
They barely got any lines in the latest Potter celluloid. Here’s hoping we see more of them next time. (As seen on Fleen: Elsewhere, others are rendering Rowling’s characters as a run-up to Deathly Hallows. Saturday is Order of the Phoenix day, hence this particular doodle.)
I had an idea for a doodle just now, but couldn’t find my sketchbook on my desk.
Guess I’ve been busy.
A famous computer scientist weighs in on Dan’s research idea.
While I was in Vancouver, I got into the habit of finishing my day by taking my laptop down to the conference floor (where there was free wireless, courtesy USENIX). On Wednesday night, at around 10pm, the floor suddenly came alive with the sound of the grand piano in the foyer. It was clearly not someone hired by the hotel (the official pianist could be heard distantly in the bar, accompanying a dreadful braying version of “Too Damn Hot”); the unknown pianist was noodling around, pounding out some seriously grandiose chords.
After a while, I realized the barrage of harmonious key-mashing was the “chorus” from Ben Folds’ “Trusted”. Ever more curious, I picked up my PowerBook and wandered down the hall, where I found Ping, iPod earbuds trailing from the sides of his head, picking out the song!
No mean feat.
It was a shame, then, when the night manager came by and kicked us out.
Lesser-known hazards of the churrascaria.
