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Quote of the ummmm week

“It’s a very strange paper. There is a core that is competently done; it’s a review of the various functions of the mitochondrion, and 90% of it is useful, detailed stuff. It’s a bit outside my field, but what I could follow seemed reasonable. But then…oh, man. Every once in a while, it just goes cockeyed and throws out these incredible non sequiturs, making bizarre assertions that are unjustified by the evidence. If Norman Bates were the author of this paper, I’d be able to tell you exactly which parts he wrote while wearing a dress.”

(PZ Myers, over at Pharyngula, and thanks to Nick for calling it to my attention)

Jackleg video

I’ve been thinking about presentation of still images via animation, considering both the technical wherewithals and the aesthetics of visual and audio production (voiceover? textover? music?). This realization of Hine photographs from ScrappyGater provides a lot of food for thought:

Personally, I’d rather hear than read those captions and screens of text, and I’m not sure what I think about Ashokan Farewell as accompaniment (though it’s a marvelous tune, applicable to just about anything reflective or heart-wrenching).

…and ScrappyGater (Michael Jeffries) has a fistful of other Productions that you’ll be greatly Informed by. Note especially his not-still-image videos Ya Don’t Fool with the Ingledoos (which isn’t embeddable, but you’ll probably be glad you clicked, unless you’re a snake fancier) and Uncle Buddy: Jackleg General Contracting Hour, both of which carry me back to Old Virginny, fer shur.