Reddit: Why do people love Inglorious Basterds so much?

My reply posted to a question on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/UHMTjWqhFv Q: Why do people love Inglorious Basterds so much? A: There are many levels and intricacies to this film. The opening scene is certainly one, where you can clearly see multiple levels happening at once. Many other examples exist. Consider but one, the fact that the … Read more

Idea: Theater w aspects of cinema

Idea: a play that combines elements of movies by using live cameras which display on large screens. It’s kind of like sports as well because you don’t remove the live theater aspect, but you also have the ability to see close-ups and more nuanced acting instead of having to project, which is very similar to … Read more

Deep Springs College

Deep Springs College This educational institution is one of the only ones that really make sense to me. It only has about 30 students, admitting 10-15 each year. It’s a full scholarship school like Cooper Union. It’s 40 miles from the nearest town. Students spend a portion of their time operating a ranch which sustains … Read more

Moving Forward –> End of an era for alwinian.net 2009-2023

Like an old VHS tape, it looks like the our bespoke wordpress theme, which ran like a well-oiled steam-engine on PHP 7.4 will no longer work with supported versions of PHP 8.x It’s an uncertain future for our bespoke theme based on Gigawatt and will post an image here for posterity.

Dogs in the wild: Thoughts on the domestication of our furry friends

Dog at a campfire

This entry is published on Medium. You can find the entry here: https://medium.com/@alwinian/dogs-in-the-wild-b67e9ac95a2e A recent encounter with a bobcat while jogging had me thinking about how we must have domesticated our closest friends, dogs. While we can’t say for certain, deeper thinking about the circumstances can shift the probability in favor of one scenario over … Read more