Entries by Kyle

Chromecast is Great But There’s a Big Feature Missing

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I ordered a Chromecast as soon as I heard about it. It was $35 but came with 3 free months of Netflix streaming, which I would be paying for anyway, so it cost me about as much as lunch in Manhattan. It arrived on Friday and I’ve already given up streaming from my clunky Panasonic Blu-Ray player.

Hey Look: I Have a New Website!

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My website’s design was almost exactly the same for seven years. I built it out of the Blix WordPress theme back in 2006 and a few years ago in a fit of modernization I expanded the width of the main column. I always keep my resume updated, but mostly the site just sat there featuring months-old blog posts.

At Least The New Mac Pro is New

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After last year’s non update update, the Mac Pro is getting some real attention. This year Apple has announced a very powerful, very small, and very strange new computer. Sure, it’s an “innovative” design. I don’t really even care that it looks like a trash can or a coffee maker. My editing computer is hidden away […]

2012 Mac Pro “Update” and the Creative Professional

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There was no mention of it on stage at the WWDC yesterday, but the Mac Pro has finally been updated after almost two years. There is a slight increase in the clock speeds available, and there doesn’t seem to be a dual quad-core option available anymore. The processors are still last-generation Bloomfield & Westmere-EP Xeons. […]

Kickstarter for Ross McElwee’s New Movie

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Now Ross McElwee is on Kickstarter, and he needs your help! Although I somehow never had a chance to take one of his classes, Ross was a frequent presence around the basement of Sever Hall at Harvard. I first met him when he made an excellent cameo appearance in my film Camera Noise. Later I […]

Meanwhile Kickstarter Ends Soon!

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We reached our goal 20 days ago, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still pre-order the DVD of Hal Hartley’s new film Meanwhile through Kickstarter. The campaign ends in 12 hours. And for free you can see these two cool videos made by Aleks Gezentsvey and featuring me! This one’s about the radical, inexpensive editing […]