videos / 09.06.2008 / 11:01pm/ 09.06.2008
as per a friend’s request, here is an animation from my college days. it’s all fun and games until it ends in crayola guts.
crayons
crayons
videos / 09.03.2008 / 7:44pm/ 09.03.2008
this is probably the wildest architectural group video presentation that you’ve ever seen. computational design. the idea is that, with the technology of today, we can use our abilities to engineer and compute towards creating more mathematically complex, nature-like buildings. is this useful? probably, although its too new for me to understand why it might.
classic song too by mogwai.
algorithmic architecture
algorithmic architecture
music / 08.24.2008 / 2:23pm/ 08.24.2008
shamefully, i wasn’t aware of king crimson until this year. it has been great scanning through their huge, long catalog of albums and really seeing how influential and revolutionary their prog rock sound has been. i’ve had a special connection with their 1974 release, Red, which was written only as a three piece and on the verge of breaking up (for the first time). the last track, “Starless” is a masterpiece.
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king crimson
king crimson
film journal / 08.21.2008 / 2:14pm/ 08.21.2008
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
videos / 08.18.2008 / 11:37pm/ 08.18.2008
this is a rabbit hole i don’t want to touch with a golden, 80-pound dwarf’s axe.
world of world of warcraft
world of world of warcraft
videos / 08.15.2008 / 9:55pm/ 08.15.2008
hitler ain’t having no fun when twitter goes down.
twitter hitler
twitter hitler
music / 08.15.2008 / 1:16am/ 08.15.2008
i’ve been looking for a band like errors for a while. ever since my hot love affair with battles, i have been looking for more part-math, part-dance guitar/sequence-based rock, and errors is a new spin on that genre. switching between synths and guitars, they exercise their melody and layering abilities. i can definitely hear a mogwai influence.
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errors [iTunes]
errors [iTunes]
links / 08.15.2008 / 12:52am/ 08.15.2008
an electric knife, a juicer, an iron.
beautiful disassembled appliances
beautiful disassembled appliances
film journal / 08.02.2008 / 10:14pm/ 08.02.2008
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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
music / 07.29.2008 / 11:31pm/ 07.29.2008
this is one of the most significantly fresh albums to come out in the various guitar-drenched genres of rock that i’m into this year. each track is a frenzied jubilation of various percussion instruments and tapped guitar parts. with this EP, they finally have a sound that i can attribute only to them. man, i wish this was a full-length.
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maps & atlases [iTunes]
maps & atlases [iTunes]
articles / 07.26.2008 / 12:48pm/ 07.26.2008
[to any designers reading this, i realize i'm preaching to the choir. this is an attempt to convince the unaware to take IE6 out behind the shed old yeller style.]
a lot of groups of people have hated Microsoft for some reason or another over the years. there’s the Apple fans that blame them for stealing their structure of an operating system and monopolizing it, the software developers who hold a similar grudge to the Microsoft Office software suite, and most recently, the web designers who are forced to pull their hair out trying to cater to (what i would call “broken”) Internet Explorer 6.
[oh wait, there is more...]
death to ie6
death to ie6
links / 07.21.2008 / 5:19pm/ 07.21.2008
i obviously don’t read enough movie critics and IMDB forums, because i didn’t know there was such an uproar by some over my favorite movie so far this year. i mean, obviously the circumstances of the movie are taken from the concerns of the environmentally aware, but please. it is a gorgeous, touching, hilarious, and almost wordless satirical film. each attack on the film’s motives is hilariously absurd to me.
WALL·E controversy
WALL·E controversy
music / 07.20.2008 / 5:37pm/ 07.20.2008
man oh man. i saw jerseyband last week and it was as good as i hoped. jerseyband plays music that they classify as “lungcore”, which i could only describe as horn-driven math-metal. their technical ability is mind-blowing and they also play tighter than just about any band in the world. this all makes sense to learn that they are eastman school of music graduates.
check out this song from their latest cd, lunch punch fantasy to get an idea. keep in mind that this was recorded LIVE.
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jerseyband [iTunes]
jerseyband [iTunes]
work / 07.20.2008 / 5:20pm/ 07.20.2008
valign software provides usage and cost transparency for the virtual environment. their site has a clean, wide layout that caters to their style of copy, as well as a news blog that is, once again, powered by wordpress.
valign software
valign software
work / 07.20.2008 / 5:15pm/ 07.20.2008
heralded as a multi-media musical for the john mayer generation, green eyes is a new musical that tracks the rise and fall of a relationship over time through folk-rock music and modern dance. the site has show dates, a news blog, songs, pictures, and more information about their show. all of which can be updated through their wordpress back-end.
green eyes
green eyes
work / 07.20.2008 / 5:03pm/ 07.20.2008
corazonas is a heart-healthy snack company that specializes in potato and torilla chips. working with their team on the re-design was a great experience. we tried to drastically improve the layout of the site, update the visual look, and of course, make it admin-able for easier updating. i designed the site while working as a freelancer for global media services.