by Pier Marton | Nov 8, 2021 | Afri, Art, Asia, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, France, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, STL, Violence
30th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival In-person and virtual screenings NOV 4-21, 2021 Program is available as a PDF Once more with 405 films from 75 countries (!), the world-class international festival takes place for its 30th anniversary โ this...
by Pier Marton | Oct 26, 2015 | Future Tech, Health, Now
ADDENDUM AFTER USING IT I am amazed by the amount of data it provides me for a swim, recognizing which stroke I use, the velocity and timing for each stroke, the time for each lap (and the number of strokes) and each flip turn, and much more. I donโt believe any other...
by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2015 | Action, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Food, Future Tech, Genocide, Human Rights, Ideas, Idรฉes, Native, Sci/Nat, Time, Violence, Wars, World
โIt is estimated that every hour three species are lost forever; thatโs 70 a day, 500 a week, 27,000 species ever yearโฆ which would make it the fastest mass extinction in our planetโs history. There is no doubt about the cause, itโs us.โ โ Andrew Marr โThe sixth...
by Pier Marton | Mar 13, 2014 | Art, Death, Future Tech, NON, Sci/Nat, Sound, Spectacle
โWhat we knowโ from art, science, philosophy: bubbles ready to be poked. Life is not what we think it is; the door is ajar. More on one of my websites. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)...
by Pier Marton | Feb 4, 2014 | Future Tech, History, Objects, Tech, Time
โ Obsolescence and Coolness in One Package โ With 128 KB RAM, 64 KB ROM, a single-sided 3.5ย inch 400 KB floppy drive, a 1-bit 512ร342 pixel 9 in (23 cm) CRT b&w monitor, a mouse, โSystem 1.0โณand Finder application and a couple of applications like MacWrite and...
by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2013 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Death, Doc, Eco, France, Future Tech, Games, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Review, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Software, STL, Time, Video, Women, World
Amongst 350 films at the St. Louis International Film Festival, there are of course a great many moreโฆ below isย a short selection of some seen and some unseen (guesses) films I would recommend. I will post others (after the festival during which I was โkidnappedโ by...