If you have kids or have had kids, you’re certainly familiar with the mobile hanging on a crib. This popular innovations were patterned from the brainchild of American sculptor Alexander Calder. Mobiles are “a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage…
Archives for July 2011
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
In 2005, Warner Bros. released a film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory under the direction of Tim Burton. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket, the poor boy who…
Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass
Whenever I see this photo I am reminded of a nonsensical German song the kids often sing… The first stanza is sung in correct German: Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass saßen auf der Straße und erzählten sich was. Da…
Camping Knives
Summer…the perfect time to go camping with friends and sightseeing. Perhaps go on a bike tour too up the mountains. That’s just something I missed joining in as my friends had a bike-tour overnight camping last week. (I borrowed this…
The Museum of Me (Intel)
I’ve been seeing friends posting a gallery of themselves on facebook and it does look fun. Intel made something better— a museum of me, a visualization of one’s self on facebook. (Love the background music too!) Viral video by…
Window Display
Window display that the daughter pointed to while walking to the Mozarthaus during the Long Nights at the Museum. Perhaps the soft appeal of the bears attracted her or it must be the pinkish aura…whichever, I like it too and…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Theme Music
Tim Burton alright. You’d definitely have that “dark,” mysterious, uneasy feeling hearing this as you would watching his movies. The music score was written by Danny Elfman, often working closely with Burton. Come join Music Monday and share your songs…
Flute Performer
One of the performers that I never got the chance to talk to is him…he used to have a dog around but this was taken 2 years ago and the dog is nowhere to be found…I normally would record a…
Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus, 1986 (MEMORIAL AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM)
Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus is a monument by Alfred Hrdlicka for the victims of the Second World War and the Nazi regime in Austria (1938-45). Unveiled in 1988, this memorial is located in the Albertinaplatz, near the Albertina Museum….
Pretty in Pink
I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the…
Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children (2005)
I’ve been thinking of posting Tron Legacy obviously being the latest film that is game-related that I watched but decided on one of my favorite Finaly Fantasy films. It follows the story of Cloud and Tifa, two characters from the…
Getting artsy at McDonald’s
It was lazy Friday lunch. The kids requested for a quick McDonald’s bite which I granted because I had lots of articles to finish, I didn’t have that time to cook a decent lunch. We had the usual – they…
