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From the tin box to the ceramic jar, Ablow always targets similar subject matter, and often from memory. Although Ablow says most of his work is purely visual, with no aspirations to greater social or metaphysical meaning, his objects sometimes assume a more personal significance. In “Waiting,” which was conceived as a memento mori for a dead friend, a ponderous swath of fabric slumps above a somber procession of empty cobalt cups...
...fighting and political concerns that kept outsiders away for so long also acted as a kind of bell jar. River life has changed little since the Mekong was a major artery of French Indochina, when mustachioed messieurs shot crocodiles from steamboats while mademoiselles sipped fine wines and snacked on tinned delicacies. The journey begins in Phnom Penh, a city of wide boulevards where the Mekong meets the Tonle Sap River. The first leg starts at dawn?a six-hour ride upriver on a modern ferry to the town of Kratie. For the best views, pick a spot on the roof...
...sets up his table on the street, places a money jar atop it, puts up his sign and waits for passersby to show interest in what he’s selling. He’s not peddling used books, although he is well-read; nor is he dealing drugs, though he enjoys smoking pot from an impressive-looking bong. Rather, the protagonist played by Jason Fisher in his short film Conversation For a Dollar sells just that; he gladly holds forth on any topic brought up by a paying customer...
...news website CNet, Rob Coleman, one of the wizards at George Lucas' famously secretive special-effects shop Industrial Light & Magic, confirmed that this time around, a computer-generated character will play a lead role, not just a sidekick--a first for a full-length live-action film. (Insert obligatory Jar-Jar Binks joke here...
Bezos' latest project is designed to make it easy for Amazon's 29 million registered users to make small contributions to their favorite websites. He thinks his cyberspace tip jar could help save worthy but struggling dotcoms and at the same time sop up a little of Amazon's red ink. (Amazon gets 15[cents] plus 15% of each contribution.) But there's more to this than charity. Amazon's new feature is a forerunner of what could be the Next Big Thing on the Net--micropayments...