For a freelance assignment this weekend, I screened the new He’s Just Not That Into You. Y’know the one with many stars but most people still know it as the new Drew Barrymore flick? A central theme to the movie and the book that it’s based on is about stopping the delusional from continuing on [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 22, 2009
Rustic modern living
I have this thing about rustic design in a modern setting. Love the contrast. Check out Ace Hotel, a boutique hotel in Palm Springs CA. It looks pretty pleasing, but I’m not sure how comfortable it’ll actually be. It’ll suffice as design candy
“Austere modernism, organic forms and a dab of street culture come [...]
January 19, 2009
Fighting the Good Fight: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today’s Martin Luther King Day in the United States. It is a reminder to me to continue fighting and believing that one person’s faith and personal choices can make a difference for the world, like Joshua whose resilient trumpeting brought the walls of Jericho tumbling down.
More about Martin Luther King Jr.. More [...]
January 19, 2009
Flaming Sound Wave Visualization
This guy uses fire to demonstrate a physic property I daren’t try to explain.
January 19, 2009
Vlad Studio
Sick of staring at the morphing desktop images that came with your Mac? Ready to stick a pin in the eye from all the overly cute or busy theme based design? Transform that boring screen today. Surf on over to VladStudio for a variety of wallpaper designs…if the collection is a shoe size, it be size [...]
January 19, 2009
The Birth of Spork
Behind every momentous creation is an epic story of death, love and ultimately life. Check out Behind Closed Drawers, a story of kitchen utensils. Warning: kitchen utensil stop motion sex alert
January 17, 2009
Casu Marzu – Maggot Fromage anyone?
Leaping lizard…or rather maggots. This is pretty gross:
Derived from Percorino, Casu marzu goes beyond typical fermentation fermentation to a stage most would consider decomposition, brought about by the digestive action of the larvae of the cheese fly. These larvae are deliberately introduced to the cheese, promoting an advanced level of fermentation and breaking down of the cheese’s fats. The texture of the cheese becomes [...]
January 13, 2009
Archivist of the Yellow Peril
Check out the online version of this exhibition of a collection of cultural artifacts from the Western world, mostly American from as early as the mid-1700s, about the yellow peril, i.e. the prejudiced “oriental” view of Asia. You can also support the cause to make this collection a permanent archival collection at NYU, as part [...]
