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Conrad Veidt as Cesare the somnambulist, holding Jane over the city in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)About three months ago, I picked up John D. Barlow&#8217;s book &#8220;German Expressionist Film,&#8221; and have been maneuvering the library&#8217;s checkout policy ever since! It lovingly but critically covers the movement of the same name at the start [...]]]></description><link>http://lonym.net/media/2010/german-expressionist-film/</link> </item> <item><title>LOLZ! Old Homework is Funny</title> <description><![CDATA[Anna and I have been rummaging through a pile of school work from North Park, and I found my midterm for Media Writing class &#8211; a piece on changes in security protocol after some recent school shootings in Chicago. We jimmied out these short segments as if on the radio. Note: I am not famous.
It [...]]]></description><link>http://lonym.net/podcast/2010/lolz-old-homework-is-funny/</link> </item> <item><title>Interviews at Conan O&#8217;Brien Rally</title> <description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of coverage of O&#8217;Brien vs. Leno rallies and the related frustration. I went down to the the Chicago rally in front of NBC with my friend and WBEZ web intern, Tim Mata, and this is what we found:Tim posted it to the WBEZ blog.
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Background
The [...]]]></description><link>http://lonym.net/personal/2009/the-death-of-a-mouse/</link> </item> <item><title>An Incomplete Guide to Operating Systems</title> <description><![CDATA[In the words of comedian John Hodgman, I&#8217;m a PC. Of course, he isn&#8217;t.
I think the simplest, most relevant criterion for grading operating systems are stability, user friendliness, customization, and software options. By customization I mean how much of the operating system itself you can adjust and tinker with. By software options I mean how [...]]]></description><link>http://lonym.net/personal/2009/an-incomplete-guide-to-operating-systems/</link> </item> <item><title>Naperville Indie Film Festival</title> <description><![CDATA[
Last night I took the long trek on public transportation from Albany Park to the Naperville suburbs to volunteer as a peon at a small, new film festival: NIFF. To be specific, I operated part of the Short Film Program in Room A at the Holiday Inn Select. I enjoyed the work, but there were [...]]]></description><link>http://lonym.net/art/2009/naperville-indie-film-festival/</link> </item> <item><title>Ant Chase</title> <description><![CDATA[Back when I was shooting &#8220;Polar Change&#8221;, I spent a few hours testing a macro lens that was designed for a still camera on my video camera, instead. For about ten minutes I hunched down on the sidewalk and chased this ant with my lens. The little guy went about five feet in the meantime, [...]]]></description><link>http://lonym.net/art/2009/ant-chase/</link> </item> <item><title>Large, Extra Cheese</title> <description><![CDATA[
Pizza Party, a new improv. group led by Stephanie Webber of North Park University, is performing at the Cornservatory as part of Improv Gladiators. In their first week they just barely made it out of the Cornservatory alive. They squeaked through the first round tying for 3rd with 19 pts. And in the second round [...]]]></description><link>http://lonym.net/hobbies/2009/large-extra-cheese/</link> </item> <item><title>Should I Switch? Maybe in Another Week&#8230;</title> <description><![CDATA[The past few days I have been plagued by offers to switch to an AT&#38;T broadband Internet connection. I am not interested. But wait-I am interested by these offers!
My junk mail from Friday, Monday, and Tuesday, respectively:
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My friend Joel hangs with these bluegrass folks sometimes.
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