Sep

02

Stunning Video Produced by Ahree Lee

Personal

The idea is simple, the result is stunning. On November 1, 2001, artist Ahree Lee began taking daily digital snapshots of her own face; and she has continued this project every day since.

Without doubt the most interesting video I have seen online for the past couple of months. Actually, it could have easily been presented in Paris, at the expo I went with Bonnie at the Musee Comtemporain. It is so simple, yet beautifully done. Two things came to my mind as I watched. First, one has to be incredibly dedicated and perseverant in order to take a picture of herself everyday for three years. Second, “how did she manage to take the picture at the same place/height everyday?”. She mustn’t have moved over those past three years because it seems like the background is pretty much the same the whole time. Anyways. I know there are workarounds for these things, but it takes you right back to my first point. Perseverance and dedication. Brilliant. Very well done.

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Sep

01

Book Review: Freakonomics [8.7 out of 10]

Literature / Reviews

Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingA classic in its kind. A book on the kind of economics that can only truly be described as Freakonomics. Intelligently written by Stephen J. Dubner, it is the story of the many riddles that Steven D. Levitt’s brain has been struggling to answer for the past couple of years.

Authors: Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Year: 2005
Number of Pages: 207 pages (+ Suppl. Notes)
Publishers: HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

I had just finished reading Freakonomics, and, already, I wanted more. The nonchalant writing style Dubner has in this book, and the way he tells the stories of Levitt’s numbers and studies simply makes you want to have more. It makes you want to study economics, but most of all, it gives you a whole new perspective on some of today’s problems in society. The main thing that fascinated me was the way the book was written. The surprising titles, and the even more surprising links between subject you would never have though had connections. What they have called Freakonomics. The book is filled with striking examples of the authors’ creative use of economic theory. They have also included at the beginning of each chapters in the book a glimpse of Levitt’s life, which usually links the idea of the chapters. Here are a couple of quotes from the book, which I hope you enjoy and makes you want to read it even more:

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