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Why has no one made a modern Cinématographe yet?

( Gear and misc and originals and photography and video )

In the late 1800s, French inventor Léon Bouly made a device called a Cinématographe (Cinematograph) that could both function as a film camera and a video projector. So you could go out and shoot, bring the camera inside, invite the friends over, and project your movie. How cool is that?
Modern digital projectors are getting smaller [...]

Burning Man 2008

( Music and diy and drumming and misc and photography )

Burning Man was incredible. If you went to a museum, any museum, you wouldn’t see as much art per square foot, it wouldn’t be as interesting or interactive, and it wouldn’t be free like it was here. There’s nothing like wandering the desert at night and stumbling upon a giant 5 story rocket you can [...]