{"id":1515,"date":"2009-10-22T00:52:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T04:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.underwater.ca\/blog\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2018-09-22T00:07:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T04:07:53","slug":"the-joy-of-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwater.ca\/blog\/the-joy-of-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/7324626?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Joy of Smoking<\/em> is a collection of humorous video clips  about a smoker who will go to almost any lengths for a nicotine hit. This is the first prototype of my <em>Headsprung<\/em> video sculpture series that I am currently developing.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/brushing_teeth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1513\" title=\"brushing_teeth\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/brushing_teeth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/runners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1509\" title=\"runners\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/runners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dscn2173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1559\" title=\"dscn2173\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dscn2173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/head1_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1526\" title=\"head1_web\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/head1_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dscn2058_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1561\" title=\"dscn2058_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dscn2058_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dscn2065_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1562\" title=\"dscn2065_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dscn2065_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breaking apart the 5&#8243; Coby Digital Picture frame I purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cobyusa.com\">Coby Electronics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creative-technology.net\/CTECH\/Eric_Rosenthal_Bio.html\">Eric Rosenthal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/idblab.blogspot.com\">Matt Richard<\/a> for helping me out with hacking and custom fitting the LCD screen onto the manikin display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joy of Smoking is a collection of humorous video clips about a smoker who will go to almost any lengths for a nicotine hit. 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