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Moneyball
Last night, I watched this "Moneyball" movie. It
was a quite ok movie. I like when in Hollywood
they do proper movies: you watch them for two
hours and you enjoy the story, the actors, songs
and all the rest. Very decent.

Apart from that, the plot and things (based on a
true story) was also fascinating. A very odd choice:
to make a movie starring Bred Pitt on
sabermetrics. Very odd, very interesting, very
nice. I know nothing about baseball but it was a
couple of hours really nice. I've got triggered on
various thoughts and this doesn't happen often
Here the link to the trailer: http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=AiAHlZVgXjk
Here the link to the trailer: http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=AiAHlZVgXjk
Here is Kerris Dorsey performing Lenka's The show
song:
Chicago, IL, United States
And in order to buy wins, you
need to buy runs...
Last night I watched this "Moneyball" movie on the
plane. Nice one. I would classify it within the
"freakonomics" family of things. Hard numbers to
explain silly things of life.
Freakonomics is a very nice book + website +
movie + radioshow + a lot of other things. Here
you go: http://www.freakonomics.com/
And here some nice quotes from "Moneyball" (http:
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball)
Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fkKCNXbtmcY&feature=related
terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to
buy players, your goal should be to buy wins.
And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs.
You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. The Boston
Red Sox see Johnny Damon and they see a star
who's worth seven and half million dollars a year.
When I see Johnny Damon, what I see is... is... an
imperfect understanding of where runs come
from. The guy's got a great glove. He's a decent
leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. But is he worth
the seven and half million dollars a year that the
Boston Red Sox are paying him? No. No. Baseball
thinking is medieval.
They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I
say it to anybody, I'm-I'm ostracized. I'm-I'm-I'm a
leper. So that's why I'm-I'm cagey about this with
you. That's why I... I respect you, Mr. Beane, and
if you want full disclosure, I think it's a good thing
that you got Damon off your payroll. I think it
opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities.
(Peter Brand to Billy Beane in Bennet Miller:
"Moneyball")
' sukhumvit. 49 '
A Man on a Yellow Chair
Some nice chitchatting last night.
Sony may lose money on its television business in
2011 for its eighth consecutive year. In November
it halved a previous sales forecast to 20m
televisions. This might be a good thing: Sony loses
$80 on every set it sells.
(The Economist, Jan 21/27)
Do you remember Sony? It was only ten years ago,
but it looks a century
Neil Churcher says: Sony only made the one
mistake. That's all it takes.
Eh... Pretty good metaphor of how life works...
Rama IV Rd
This (very true) concept is inscribed on Marcel
Duchamp's tombstone.
In our case it wasn't people but fish, to be precise,
a seabass.
Very good indeed. Here the visual of the whole sad
(but delicious) story: http://www.facebook.
com/media/set/...
Besides, it's always other
people who die.
Japan
I feel shameful.
I was shaping up a little folder on Sori Yanagi, who
died about a month ago. Not so known in the
West, but actually one of the most influential
designer ever.
Actually, I have to admit that I am not really
knowledgeable about design. I know things, but
much less than I should.
So, it was a nice opportunity to get to know some
more about this old chap.
Now, imagine I am here, trying to find the exact
year of production of his famous "butterfly" stool,
and my eyes get on the "elephant" stool (picture
here above). In that moment I understand that I
am actually sitting on a Yanagi stool.
I come often to Racha's house and for years I
always used and appreciated those stools without
knowing that I was sitting on a very important
piece of design.
Well, given the cost of Vitra's stuff, let's say I have
been sitting on a perfect reproduction of a very
important piece of design.
Not to mention that Yanagi designed this thingy
not last week but in 1956. More than 50 years ago.
Very cool.
Here some other images about his works: http:
//www.facebook.com/media/set/
Here some basic info about him: http:
//tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/.../seeing-
things
And here the link to his website: http://www.
soriyanagi.com/uk/start.php
New York, NY, United States
How many $$$ for your face?
If you are reading this, your face is not just a face.
It's a fb face. And, since yesterday, it has a public
and given value.
If Facebook has 845 million users and it has an
(apx) $100 billion valuation, that's $118 per face.
In this precise moment, me writing and you
reading are defining a $236 (118 + 118) value for
the company.
More Saint Sebastian images at: http://www.
facebook.com/media/set/
(this one here above is a Pietro Perugino's Saint
Sebastian).
Bangkok, Thailand
I always thought of this idea of not smoking
because otherwise you die, quite funny. Like if
non-smokers were not dying as well
Anyway. In Bangkok you can collect the cigarettes
packages because they all carry some incredibly
cool medical images (like the one here above).
The whole collection is made out of 12 images,
one more fascinating than the other
"My voice is getting lower and lower because I
gave up smoking" he said. "I expected it to rise but
it's gone the other way. I would like to take up
smoking again when I'm 80. I may be on the road
then, and it's one of the things that invites me to
tour again - smoking on the road."
(Leonard Cohen, aged 77)
Don't smoke otherwise you
die.
The Space of Writing
In these days there is a very nice exhibition on
Marcel Broodthaers at MAMbo in Bologna.
He is not so famous, but he is one of the most
influential artist of the European XXth Century.
Here some images of his works: http://www.
facebook.com/media/set/
To start to understand him, you can listen to this
very special interview. Mr. Broodthaers
interviewing a cat (in French & cats' language):
http://www.ubu.com/sound/broodthaers.html
I love this quote:
I, too, wondered whether I could not sell
something and succeed in life. For some time I had
been no good at anything. I am forty years old...
Finally the idea of inventing something insincere
finally crossed my mind and I set to work
straightaway. At the end of three months I showed
what I had produced to Philippe Edouard
Toussaint, the owner of the Galerie St Laurent.
Australia
Top five regrets of the dying
A very nice article on the Guardian: a nurse has
recorded the most common regrets of the dying,
and among the top ones is 'I wish I hadn't worked
so hard'.
Here are the top five regrets of the dying:
1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to
myself, not the life others expected of me.
'But it is art' he said 'and I will willingly exhibit all
of it.' 'Agreed' I replied. If I sell something, he
takes 30%. It seems these are the usual conditions,
some galleries take 75%. What is it? In fact it is
objects.
(Marcel Broodthaers)
Maison & Objet
Cool Cardboard
2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my
feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
Read the article at: http://www.guardian.co.
uk/.../top-five-regrets-of-the-dying
Here is the link to see the original drawing by Saul
Steinberg (image above) + some more of his
stuff: http://www.facebook.
com/media/set/...
Macchu Picchu, Peru
Alturas
Nice exhibition at CCA: Alturas de Macchu Picchu:
Martn Chambi lvaro Siza at work. Curated by
Fabrizio Gallanti, set a tension between Siza's
sketches and Chambi's
Generally I am not so fond of Campana's brothers
work. But this set up they did in Paris (where they
were awarded some "designer of the year" award)
is actually very nice.
Here some more picture of this spatial installation:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/
And here is the link to Maison Object site, where
you can get the video + lots of other stuff: http:
//www.maison-objet.com/en/createurs-annee-
2012/
photographs.
Here the link to the exhibition: http://www.cca.
qc.ca/.../1609-alturas-de-macchu-picchu
Here some more images: http://www.facebook.
com/media/set/
Fabrizio writes:
Producing images means taking possession of
reality, appropriating what unfurls before our eyes
and turning it into a subjective account. Some
modes of representation, although mechanical or
otherwise considered objective, possess a
narrative force that allow us to share an
individuals viewpoint. While we recognize a
familial resemblance with tangible objects a
wall, a tree, a face we often unconsciously skip
over the action of the person who framed, carved,
selected, or assembled it. The author who, in
short, composed the image.
The rest of his text at: http://www.abitare.it/...
/alturas-de-macchu-picchu-cca/

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