# ken burns (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ken burns. Page: Feed: --- ## [Mad World](https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/mad-world/) _2026-08-19 · dcairns · shadowplay_ THE MAD WORLD OF HARVEY KURTZMAN, screened at Edinburgh International Film Festival, celebrates the creator of Mad Magazine and shows there was much more to the man than just one paradigm-changing publication which permanently altered the entire flow of American culture. I didn’t know about Kurtzman’s war comics, for instance, which I now want to \[…\] ## [PAPA KNOWS BEST: “F is for Falbalas”](https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/papa-knows-best-f-is-for-falbalas/) _2026-08-18 · dcairns · shadowplay_ PAPA KNOWS BEST An A-Z of French Cinema Before the New Wave F is for ‘Falbalas’ “Why do people swim upstream and not just go with the flow?” “Because they want to know where they are going.” ~ Raymond Rouleau and Micheline Presle, Falbalas If an Oscar is ever given for Most Creative Use of \[…\] ## [All Talk](https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/all-talk/) _2026-08-17 · dcairns · shadowplay_ Interesting chat at the Film Fest. I saw ace producer Christine Vachon interviewed (above), then Ken Burns, then a panel discussion on horror. If there was anything that stopped the events from being fully fascinating, it was probably the generality. Horror is a huge subject, even if you focus on UK horror, and Vachon and \[…\] ## [John and Bela](https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/john-and-bela/) _2026-08-16 · dcairns · shadowplay_ ## [Hannah and His Sisters](https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/hannah-and-his-sisters/) _2026-08-14 · dcairns · shadowplay_ Edinburgh International Film Festival is on I went to two press shows, both films starring John Hannah. What a versatile actor he is he can play an amnesiac gangster or a talking seal. Nothing in between, though, just those two. I jest. This was not only a John Hannah double bill, but a \[ \] ## [Sporting joy, part two](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/sporting-joy-part-two) _2026-08-14 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ The New York Knicks and the World Cup ## [La Dolce Vita: Day 8, Night 8, Day 9](https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/la-dolce-vita-day-8-night-8-day-9/) _2026-08-13 · dcairns · shadowplay_ FEDERICO FELLINI IS GOING TO HELL sign posted outside the church in Rimini, which upset Fellini s mother. Day 8 looks set to be the shortest of all a single shot of Marcello collecting his girlfriend. Next thing you see they re in bed, but of course it s still daytime, Marcello is as nocturnal as \[ \] ## [Othering Heist](https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/othering-heist/) _2026-08-12 · dcairns · shadowplay_ I hadn t seen Robert Wise s ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW for close to forty years. I saw in at Edinburgh Film Guild with my friend Robert. We were anti-Wise because he recut MAGNIFICENT ANDERSONS and, worse, defended it, so we were anti the film and I m afraid were quite obnoxious about it. An example of how having \[ \] ## [Three sunny months of sporting joy](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/three-sunny-months-of-sporting-joy) _2026-08-10 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ Part one: Arsenal in May ## [What I Did This Summer](https://neilthanedar.com/what-i-did-this-summer/) _2026-07-27 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ This post intentionally mirrors Paul Graham s essay with the same title. I finally launched my YC for Politics this summer and the first class was amazing! Excited to share what went so well and thrilled to plan future classes! The first Positive Politics Accelerator class has just finished. We were surprised with how well it Continue reading "What I Did This Summer" The post What I Did This… ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/o3IOSeNztzvO) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Politicians Are The Original Founders](https://neilthanedar.com/politicians-are-the-original-founders/) _2026-06-08 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ Before Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and even AT T, there was America. America s seven principal founders — Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay — did much more than frame and write the U.S. Constitution. They created a new country and led it through its rough infancy to the foundation of the richest, most powerful nation in Continue reading "Politicians Are The Original… ## [Michael Jackson’s Notes from Tony Robbins’ Unleash The Power Within](https://neilthanedar.com/michael-jacksons-notes-from-tony-robbins-unleash-the-power-within/) _2026-06-01 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ Notes: Neil: Welcome to another episode of Quote Notes! This is a unique primary resource that was likely never intended to be public — Michael Jackson s handwritten notes inside the empty pages of the notebook he received at Tony Robbins Unleash The Power Within seminar. I love studying the greats study the greats, and this is Continue reading "Michael Jackson s Notes from Tony Robbins Unleash… ## [The Black Bottom Challenge](https://neilthanedar.com/the-black-bottom-challenge/) _2026-05-08 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ Idea: Celebrate the history of Black Bottom by investing in the next generation of Detroit leaders. Problem: Current middle and high schoolers don t see startups, politics, etc. as real career paths. Solution: Create $10K-100K scholarship programs for rising star students in Metro Detroit. Partners: Leverage top centers to give students access to the best faculty Continue reading "The Black Bottom… ## [The Positive Politics Accelerator](https://neilthanedar.com/the-positive-politics-accelerator/) _2026-04-18 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ Idea: An accelerator to help ambitious optimists get into activism and politics. MVP: A working retreat this summer in Washington DC. ~10 ambitious optimists living together for one week, each sprinting toward a specific mission in activism and/or politics. Success for our first class would mean each fellow creates one bill, pilot, campaign, or report Continue reading "The Positive Politics… ## [Lowercase Politics](https://neilthanedar.com/lowercase-politics/) _2026-01-29 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ There are two distinct ways to be politically moderate: on purpose and by accident. — Paul Graham, The Two Kinds of Moderate, December 2019 What is the opposite of partisan politics? Where everything isn t defined by Red vs. Blue, or labeled D, R, or I? I call it lowercase politics. A mix of small l liberal, small Continue reading "Lowercase Politics" The post Lowercase Politics appeared first on… ## [How Revolutions Really Start](https://neilthanedar.com/how-revolutions-really-start/) _2026-01-26 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ What Modern Protesters Can Learn From The American Revolution If you watch Ken Burns The American Revolution documentary, it s shocking how okay most early American colonists were with being ruled by the British. Sure, there were protests in colonial America, but most colonists were willing to remain British subjects as long as they got representation Continue reading "How Revolutions Really… ## [Happy New Year](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/happy-new-year) _2026-01-05 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ And see you later ## [Looking For Ears](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/looking-for-ears) _2025-12-22 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ A playlist and a thank-you. ## [You’re Not Burnt Out. You’re Existentially Starving.](https://neilthanedar.com/youre-not-burnt-out-youre-existentially-starving/) _2025-12-21 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ “Those who have a Why to live, can bear with almost any How .” ― Viktor Frankl quoting Friedrich Nietzsche, Man s Search for Meaning Let me guess: Viktor Frankl calls this feeling the existential vacuum in his famous book Man s Search for Meaning. Frankl was a psychologist who survived the Holocaust, and in this book he Continue reading "You re Not Burnt Out. You re Existentially Starving." The… ## [Five 2025 discoveries.](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/five-2025-discoveries) _2025-12-13 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ P ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9f1jc8iCn1WU) _2025-12-13 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [The first writer I ever met](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/the-first-writer-i-ever-met) _2025-12-05 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ The great Tom Stoppard ## [To boo or not to boo?](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/to-boo-or-not-to-boo) _2025-12-02 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ (Answer: Boo) ## [Everyone's a writer](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/everyones-a-writer) _2025-11-27 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ (On TV) ## [Best Quotes from Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” Documentary](https://neilthanedar.com/best-quotes-from-ken-burns-the-american-revolution-documentary/) _2025-11-23 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ In this Note, I focus on Ken Burns' PBS documentary series titled "The American Revolution". Burns' six-part, twelve-hour series was released on November 16, 2025. My goal is to review one episode per week until the end this year. I anticipate this will take me 60+ hours of focused work. Well worth it to fully absorb the key ideas and events of the American Revolution! The post Best Quotes from… ## [A potential for misery](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/a-potential-for-misery) _2025-11-21 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ Birthdays and big games ## [Those we have loved](https://nickhornby.substack.com/p/those-we-have-loved) _2025-11-13 · Nick Hornby · A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby_ What it means when we lose people we don't know ## [Exponential Backoff in NestJS](https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/11/10/exponential-backoff-in-nestjs/) _2025-11-10 · KlaasNotFound_ NestJS has great tooling for rate limiting requests but somehow does not implement exponential backoff. Let's fix that. ## [The Joy and Pain of Writing a Book](https://neilthanedar.com/the-joy-and-pain-of-writing-a-book/) _2025-10-17 · Neil Thanedar · Neil Thanedar_ You know that feeling when you see someone else succeed in a way you want to succeed? I call it the four stages of jealousy: One of my favorite mental models is to Explore Your Emotions . Most people instinctively avoid their emotions, especially negative ones. This mental model teaches you to stop and dig into Continue reading "The Joy and Pain of Writing a Book" The post The Joy and Pain of… ## [What’s up With Small-Scale Compressed Air Energy Storage?](https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/09/12/whats-up-with-small-scale-caes/) _2025-09-12 · KlaasNotFound_ Compressed air energy storage has amazing economics at large scale. Why don't we see more modular, small-scale commercialization of this technology? ## [Sodium-Ion Batteries Won’t Free Us From Chinese Market Dominance](https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/07/09/sodium-ion-batteries-wont-free-us-from-chinese-market-dominance/) _2025-07-09 · KlaasNotFound_ Western policy makers and investors have recurring hopes that non-lithium battery chemistries might free us from Chinese dominance in the global battery market. I don't think that's likely to happen. ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9pke4o5o7rJB) _2025-07-08 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [Fixing the Pump Pressure of the Rancilio Silvia Espresso Machine](https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/06/23/fixing-the-pump-pressure-of-the-rancilio-silvia-espresso-machine/) _2025-06-23 · KlaasNotFound_ It's the solenoid valve, stupid! ## [Terraform Industries’ Business Case Doesn’t Add Up](https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/06/03/terraform-industries-business-case-doesnt-add-up/) _2025-06-03 · KlaasNotFound_ Terraform Industries says it will produce synthetic natural gas at competitive prices within the next decade. I doubt that is possible. ## [How Much Renewable Energy Do We Need?](https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/03/27/how-much-renewable-energy-do-we-need/) _2025-03-27 · KlaasNotFound_ How much wind, solar, hydro etc. would each country need to cover all of its primary energy use with renewables? ## [Relaunching This Blog](https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/03/17/relaunching-this-blog/) _2025-03-17 · KlaasNotFound_ After a multi-year hiatus, I have decided to blog again. Rejoice!