The 2015 movie tells the story of the leadup and fallout of the 2007-2008 financial crisis from the perspective of three groups of characters: Michael Burry, FrontPoint Partners and Jared Vennett, and Brownfield Capital. Though some artistic liberties were taken, it is surprisingly accurate. Even if it wasn’t, this film highlights somethings that we all […]
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It’s been a while since I finished a fiction book. I finished a technical and interesting book during the first two months of the year but long for some fiction. To that end, I just completed the novel by Haruki Murakami titled Norwegian Wood. The story was riveting and very comforting. I found myself in
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NOTE: This is an article I wrote for a previous project and am migrating over to this personal project. I just completed A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima. The manga is simply wonderful. I have started the manga off and on. But over this past week, I read all seven volumes from start to finish. Having watched
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NOTE: This was an article I posted from a previous project and wanted to keep on my personal project here. The “Why You Should…” series is a collection of our opinions on why you should give these pieces a chance. These are our opinions and we write out of love for these pieces, which range
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Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer. His approach is “less is more”. According to him, “good design”: is innovative – The possibilities for progression are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for original designs. But imaginative design always develops in tandem with improving technology, and can never be an
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So instead of following the normal inktober prompt I thought this would be a good opprotunity to practice more.
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Nick from Logos By Nick has created an excellent video on creating custom color palettes. I just wanted to give myself a reminder and a quick write up of how to do it. Setup the document: Go to –> File –> Document Properties Change the Display Units to px (pixels) Uncheck Show page border Go
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