Do what you love; love what you do. Not just the activity itself, but the results of it.
“I don’t think life is worth living unless you’re doing something you love completely, so that you’re waking up in the morning and wanting to rush to do it. If you’re doing something mediocre, if you’re doing something to fill time, then I recommend suicide.”
— Ray Bradbury, mid-1970s
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CUNY TV is proud to re-broadcast newly digitized episodes of DAY AT NIGHT, the popular public television series hosted by the late James Day. Day was a true pioneer of public television: co-founder of KQED in San Francisco, president of WNET upon the merger of National Educational Television (NET) and television station WNDT/Channel 13, and most recently, Chairman of the CUNY TV Advisory Board. The series features fascinating interviews with notable cultural and political figures conducted in the mid 1970s.
Pssst! In honor of Alan Turing’s 100th, the Kindle version of Under Angels will be FREE until midnight. GET IT HERE.
For those unfamiliar with the synopsis, Under Angels is a ghost story about a WWII codebreaker who gets driven to suicide. The tale takes place in an extension of Alan Turing’s universe, and all you computer geeks and WWII buffs will get a particular kick out of the subtle nods to Alan.
“Many encryption devices have been designed throughout Man’s history in order to facilitate secret communication, from the ancient Greek scytale to the digital signatures used on the Internet today. One of the most famous encryption machines is the Enigma machine, invented by a German engineer and used by Nazi Germany to encrypt military communication before and during World War II. The Germans placed lots of confidence in the security of the Enigma, and considered its encrypted messages too sophisticated to be decrypted by their enemies.
They were wrong. Led by a British genius named Alan Turing, an elite group of minds worked together behind closed doors to successfully reverse-engineer the Enigma system, figuring out how the machine worked. Critical Nazi messages were intercepted by the Allies and deciphered by these brilliant minds, ultimately leading to the fall of the Nazi regime and the Axis powers.”
Design and direction: Richard Hogg
Animation: Robert Milne, Ross Philips, Kwok Fung Lam
Music and sound effects: George Demure
Narration and Astro-smarts: Dr. Olivia Johnson
Producer: Henry Holland
In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
With Mark Steger, at The Pact screening and QA in Hollywood on 6/13/2012. He plays the villain in in the film, and was the dude in Tool’s Schism music video. ↓
06/13/2012, Harold’s Place in San Pedro. As featured in Under Angels.
“Mag pulled the van up to the red curb in front of a loud dive bar on Pacific Avenue, the main drag through the seedier part of town. A whirlpool of comers and goers spilled in and out of the bar while a burly tattooed bouncer, probably more drunk than the patrons, loosely checked identification. A scrappy mutt sat at his feet on the sidewalk.” — Chapter Nine
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