June 9th, 2010 | Published in Design | Comment
In the spirit of my Small Worlds post, here’s a short by Sam O’Hare entitled, The Sandpit.
“A day in the life of New York City, in miniature. ”
Do note that for the best effect, you should see this piece in HD and full screen.
PS. If you are interested for a description of the shoot, camera, lenses and workflow, go here.
August 6th, 2009 | Published in Style | 1 Comment
I had this growing interest lately of getting myself a bike. It’s been a minute since I’ve had one to be honest. I remember having fun w/ my generic-BMX back in the P.I. with my bowl-cut. I remember going through the streets with our generic-BMX crew and hoping over speed bumps; making ramps; and eating it hard on the pavement filled with small rocks and pebbles. We were fortunate we didn’t crack our skulls as we got mad air most of the time, only to be brought back down to Earth by the Law of Physics.
Anyways, check this video out by Rocketboom correspondent Ella Morton when she interviews Josh Hadar about his hand sculpted custom bicycles.
PS. For owners who are bike officianados, road or mountain bike? In terms of riding versatility for street, hills, dirt, etc. (I’m guessing mountain?)
December 30th, 2008 | Published in Photography | Comment
Jackie Robinson Steals Home, originally uploaded by stechico.
One of the primary reasons why I’ve grown to love the Dodgers.
Baseball World Series
Subway Series: Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson charging wildy fr. 3rd base as unwary NY Yankee catcher Yogi Berra squats behind Dodger batter during Jackie’s steal of home plate in the 8th inning of the 1st game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: September 28, 1955
Photographer: Ralph Morse
This photo is from the LIFE photo archive hosted Google here. It’s very nice of them to do this as more people can reflect back to the great images that Life has taken over the years.
October 7th, 2008 | Published in Design | Comment
With all the current initiatives of getting people to go out and vote for this upcoming November, I got an idea for another DIY project. Thinking of inspiration, I happen to like how the “LOVE” sculpture by Robert Indiana stuck out. One of the tasks I needed to get me started with the project was to find the type used for it.
After a while, I found a post in the Typophile forums which fortunately was the same subject as my quest. From this, it seems that Clarendon Black is a good starting point. Though close, some tweaking will still have to be done by hand.
Anyways, that’s one task down. I’m just hoping I can finish the project weeks before November. It’ll be a nice Design workout.
PS. Here’s a poster of Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture in NYC if you are digging it for your digs:
September 30th, 2008 | Published in Music | Comment
Definitely class and still trail-blazin’, here’s Q-Tip performing at The Knitting Factory NY last night to preview his new, upcoming album Renaissance. Other than the show being FREE with a SMS RSVP, Busta Rhymes surprises everyone and smashes the show.
Update:
Speaking of Renaissance, there seems to be a leak of an old collabo that Q-Tip did with D’Angelo. Here’s the track “I Believe” which is rumored to be in the new album. Source via Press Play Fashion Forward.
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