Monday was the beginning of winter quarter here at UCSB and my break officially ended. Over break I kept relatively busy. I spent two days working with Kevin’s help on some hand made Christmas presents (which involved an insane number of trips to Ace Hardware for materials). I spent a lot of time in LA […]
Author Archives: Liam Keane
Kindling the Fire
December 5, 2005 – 2:03 pm
American author Washington Irving once wrote “Christmas! ‘Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart.” With that in mind, I decided to do a little kindling myself. My friend Carlyle and I made a trip to Camino Real, where we picked up our […]
The IMDB Top 250
December 3, 2005 – 6:02 pm
The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) is a website run by Amazon.com that catalogs information about films. Users are allowed to register and rate movies, giving 1-5 stars. The 250 most popular movies are kept in a list. The Wikipedia article on the list goes into more detail:
Only theatrical releases running longer than 60 minutes with […]
Global 2 Final
December 1, 2005 – 6:10 am
Yesterday was my Global Studies 2 final exam. That one kind of snuck up on me. The situation kind of reminded me of the movie Toy Story:
Ok, uh… oh yes. One minor note here… Andy’s birthday party’s been moved to today.
I know I shouldn’t have been surprised since it was in the syllabus but […]
I Voted
November 9, 2005 – 10:37 pm
Yesterday I voted for the first time. It was pretty exciting to get a ballot and fill it out. My appreciation of the event was increased because a few days prior, my sociology professor had shown a documentary that illustrated the end of South African apartheid and focused on the momentous occasion it had been […]
Desmond Tutu
November 5, 2005 – 8:39 pm
On Friday, I went to see Desmond Tutu at the Arlington. Desmond Mpilo Tutu is an Anglican Archbishop from Cape Town, South Africa and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. As Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches, Desmond Tutu lead non-violent opposition to the South African government’s system of apartheid. After […]
Color Like No Other
October 31, 2005 – 4:34 am
This is by far one of the coolest ads I’ve ever seen (watch it here). Sony released 250,000 Superballs down a street in San Fransisco. The visuals are amazing!
In an age when CGI is commonplace, this makes the commercial all the more extraordinary. Every single frame was shot over two days - with the main […]
Video Sharing
October 23, 2005 – 2:55 am
YouTube.com has been called the flickr of videos. YouTube allows users to upload videos and share them with the world. The streaming videos can also be tagged for searching and sorting. Here’s my question: what online social network will be the first to implement a video sharing service? Earlier this week, Facebook.com started its “My […]
Procrastination hack: “(10+2)*5”
October 22, 2005 – 11:05 pm
I’m giving this article’s advice a try. Time to get back to work.
Support Direct Relief
September 8, 2005 – 11:49 pm
I modified an image from The Brian Alvery Weblog and am releasing it for use in supporting the victims of Hurricane Katrina:
Feel free to add this code to your site as well (hotlinking is ok):
<script type="text/javascript"><!–document.write(’<div style="position: absolute; left: 100%; top: 0px; overflow: visible; height: 120px; width: 120px; margin: 0 0 0 -120px; padding: 0; […]
LiamKeane.com
August 30, 2005 – 6:22 pm
Hey! Welcome to LiamKeane.com! My name’s Liam Keane and I’m currently living in Santa Barbara, California. I decided to start this site and as of now, it is currently in development. LiamKeane.com is powered by WordPress and is hosted by Dreamhost. I am an aspiring web developer and film director and I attend UCSB. I […]