Q:How can there be translation confusion between cypress and oak? Do Japanese Zen masters just prefer oak for landscaping?
Anonymous
無門曰、若向趙州答處見得親切、前無釋迦後無彌勒。
頌曰
言無展事
語不投機
承言者喪
滯句者迷
Not exactly woodworking, but if anyone is worried that kids these days don’t want to do anything with their hands, this film should cheer them up. Completely worth watching.
Come to think of it, cardboard is made from trees, sort of.
Ten Commandments
Greg Ross:
In 1928, theologian and mystery writer Ronald Knox codified 10 rules of detective fiction:
[…]
5. No Chinaman must figure in the story.
That’s why they’ll never catch me. Never!
Always looking for inspiration.
(From Grant Snider, Incidental Comics.)
Source: incidentalcomics.com
This has got to be the worst fortune cookie fortune ever.
Veritas® No-Fuss-Tool Shroud
New from Lee Valley:
This revolutionary planing accessory not only makes planing faster, it ensures the cabinetmaker’s focus remains directed solely towards the surface being produced, and not on the “quality” of the waste generated.
If only there was a version for these planes:
(Photo from いらっしゃい )
Planet Hong Kong
If you’ve never seen a Hong Kong film from the last 25 years or so, you’re really missing out. This is a great place to start, from my favorite film blog, Observations on film art, by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell.
If you’re wondering why you should check out a Hong Kong film, consider this from David Bordwell:
I take comfort in learning just last weekend what terminated Stephen Chow’s directorship of The Green Hornet. According to one report he proposed to plant a microchip in the hero’s brain and have Kato control him with a joystick. In an Entertainment Weekly article not online, director Michel Gondry claims that Chow’s plans were too far out. “Really, really crazy ideas that you would not dare bring to a studio. AIDS was involved. Plastic boobs were involved too.” That Gondry, one of Hollywood’s approved Wild Things, can find something Chow proposed over the top gives you hope.
Let me repeat that. Stephen Chow came up with an idea for an action comedy movie. Involving plastic boobs. That was too crazy for Hollywood.
(Still from God of Gamblers from Observations on film art.)
