Tuesday, October 6, 2009

First Exercises with Processing

Just two exercises I did as a homework...
This one is more abstract (just click until you're satisfied or press any keyboard key to erase everything):

Triângulos

And this one is just plain silly (the idea was to learn how to do something a little bit complex and attached to the cursor...)

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have fun! XD

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Robert Capa

I did a review (well, not exactly, more like a biography with comments from the guided tour) on the exposition of Robert Capa, here in Budapest.
It's in portuguese, and you can read it here:

arteportodaparte.blogspot.com

About about what I thought... well, it's a really extensive exposition, well-covering the life and work of the photographer. I usually don't go to photography expositions (I tend to choose the ones more close-related to drawing and painting), but I must say I truly loved what I saw. It made me look at photography in a different way. It's impressive to see his passion for war photography... and to think he only started taking pictures for a living because "it seemed interesting, let's try it" (he originally wanted to be a journalist). He seemed to be in the center of the action all the time, and you can see he showed war in such a "humane" way... I mean, the subjects he captures are always so true to themselves, so natural and in such difficult situations and environments, that you really feel he captured perfectly the human side of war. He didn't go to concentration camps, he didn't shoot the airplanes that bombarded the cities... He was always with the people, for the people and in the center of the action. He showed the world what war was all about. Not statistics nor technological advances and machinery... but people.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

A part of a building falls in Kaldy Gyula!

Firemen were trying to understand the cause of this accident that ended up with a car completely durty with dust!!!

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(lol, yes, it was not that much of a deal... the car seemed quite ok when he passed by my window... since then, me and Eni found another building near here that has a warning sign for people to know that if something falls in their heads, it's their own responsibility, they have nothing to do with it. Nice!)

Friday, October 2, 2009

Mgaaah, my face is all over the place!

...at least in the beginning of the video at tv.up.pt, regarding our animation workshop with the fantastic Geoff Marslett!
here, take a look:





(and damn, I really need to correct my posture at the computer...)

Monday, September 21, 2009

Mushrooms a la Carolina



Hey, look! I made up a vegetarian recipe! (and it was really good)
If anyone feels like trying, here it goes (from what I can remember...):
Make curry rice.
Aside, put some olive oil and half of a chopped onion in a frying pan. Use one or two chopped garlic clove.
Slice a few fresh, white mushrooms (I used 5) and let them cook in the pan for a while, before putting half of a small chopped tomato.
It's time for the salt (more or less, it depends on the quantity and your own taste) and some spices. I used one tea-spoon of cumin and two tea-spoons of "sweet" paprika (it means it's not "hot")... and one hint of cinnamon, but I'm sure many of you will disagree ;)
As soon as the mushrooms are almost done (they will get a little bit darker), add the soy beans (I used half of a 200g can), let them cook a little bit and throw in the pine nuts. A few minutes must be enough, so that they won't be too hard nor too soft.
To end, spread one thin slice of cheese and let it melt while you stir the food.
Et voila!
Enjoy ;)

Friday, September 18, 2009

My animation class!



The teacher asked us to write our names in the board and draw a little caricature next to it, so he could memorize who we are.
In the meantime, all the other classmates drew as well, for us to know their names...
Everything is finally starting!!! I can't wait to learn the basics of stop-motion animation, like making a puppet, the sets, and learning how to move it...

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I love Overbooking!!!

That's right, you read it correctly... due to overbooking, I was upgraded to business class! (as in first class)
Fancy!
So I sat in my seat, and the pilot said the plane would have to wait about 20 minutes before taking off. The steward came right away, asking if we would like to have some water in the meantime. Fine until now, nothing special.
We were flying for about one hour when he came again, asking if we wanted newspapers and magazines... and about half an hour later we were asked if we wanted some "aperitif", which I refused because I thought it had alcohol. The man next to me, however, asked for a tomato juice. It was so weird that when the steward said "miss, are you sure you don't want anything?" I also asked for a tomato juice. And he also brought some peanuts and things like that.
(I must say the tomato juice really was... tomato juice. With salt and pepper to add and all... blargh. It was for free, anyway!)
Some time later, he had these tweezers and he was holding little towels all rolled up. Of course I said yes, completely confused looking at that strange thing "fancy people" use for something that was a mistery to me. Ok, luckily the man next to me knew it was to clean the hands (it was warm and soft, and with a hint of a fruit perfume), so I copied his gestures XD
And then, came the lunch! (around 4.30pm?)
We had to choose between 2 meals, I chose fish. Ok, not "fish", it was "Stone Bass confit with Sparkling Wine and Leek Risotto" (Cherne confitado com Risotto de Espumante e Alho Francês), and we were given the choice between several little fresh, warm breads.
In the tray there was also the traditional butter, and something delicious that was President Camembert Cheese.
And there was also an appetizer, "Pastrami with Radicchio and Romaine Lettuce" (Pastrami com Radicchio e Alface Romana), with some great apple and lemon sauce (so I think).
Oh, the alternative to the fish was Roast Pork with mushrooms (Porco Preto no forno com cogumelos).
The desert followed, "Traditional Portuguese Dessert with Mango" - Sericaia de Manga (I never heard about it, lol)
And finally the coffee which was also supreme.
So you see, the overbooking was not such a big deal.. at least not for me! (and the guy that was at the last minute separated from his wife and two young boys didn't seem bothered to be in business class either, lol)
Thank you TAP for such a pleasant flight... it was the best trip to Budapest yet!


Lisbon from above


sunset in the clouds