oh you ain't heard?

Absent

2008-09-28T21:14:00.004-04:00

Sorry, been kind of busy as of late. Haven't really had a moment to update this piece.
Fortunately, this neglect doesn't affect to TOO many people!

Anyway.
Here is a site that I like! Its nicely done and charts things like "10 best power strip designs". Also, "classic car user interfaces" as seen below:

Check more of it out here:

http://www.oobject.com/

Lots of neat stuff.
(Feltron have you seen this? Seems kind of up your alley!)

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Puns

2008-08-28T15:29:00.001-04:00

A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired.
A will is a dead giveaway.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
A backward poet writes inverse.
In a democracy it’s your vote that counts; in feudalism, it’s your Count that votes.
A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
If you don’t pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I’ll show you A-flat miner.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
You are stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.
Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.
He broke into song because he couldn’t find the key.
A calendar’s days are numbered.
A lot of money is tainted: ‘Taint yours, and ‘taint mine.
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
When you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.
If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
Santa’s helpers are subordinate clauses.
Acupuncture: a jab well done.
Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.

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Virtual Pound

2008-08-26T19:57:00.002-04:00

A clip from a local news program on some new technology for Kung Fu at the Olympics.
But watch what happens towards the end of the clip... are you serious!?! The streets have known that hand shake to be official for a long time. Now its officially official.

(That is me chuckling at the end.)

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speaking of letters...

2008-08-23T19:01:00.002-04:00

Pulled E-N-N out of the bag and there it was:

If that V had been an M...whoa!

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The letter m

2008-08-18T16:13:00.001-04:00

always catches my eye...

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Reassuring

2008-08-13T21:50:00.003-04:00

I stumbled across this on the sidewalk today. It was as if i was looking down at an Ed Ruscha painting.
Nice moment.

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Wookies

2008-08-11T11:01:00.004-04:00

Nothing screams "Take my political convictions seriously" like an inverted bus welded to a bus:

Phish MUST be in town...

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Brilliant

2008-08-03T22:37:00.000-04:00

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Lesbos and the Lesbians.

2008-07-22T17:20:00.002-04:00

Now this is my kind of humor. I can see the weekend update segment playing in my head.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7520343.stm

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Fleece

2008-07-21T12:27:00.003-04:00

My favorite part about all this, is that the BBC media player's volume goes to eleven!

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So Typical

2008-07-17T18:35:00.002-04:00

This is such a classic Yankee pick up right here...
Go after the washed up old guys! Prove me wrong Richie.
It makes sense though I guess. Get a righty that is proven against left-handed pitchers. Who would have thought the big issue this year would be the bats?
Actually for the most part our pitching has been fine. We could use a hard throwing starting lefty but, the bullpen has been pretty good.
So, looks like Richie Sexson is a Yankee.

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Who doesn't like...

2008-07-17T15:38:00.002-04:00

Animal Quick Facts

1. Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.

2. A giant squid’s eyes have a diameter of 15 inches which are the largest of any animal.

3. 3 out of 10 Dalmation dogs suffer from hearing loss due to inbreeding.

4. The African Elephant has a gestation period of 22 months while a short-nosed bandicoot gestates for 12 days.

5. The mortality rate if bitten by a Black Mambo snake is over 95%.

6. A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times stronger than humans.

7. Hummingbird’s consume half of their weight in food daily.

8. A cockroach can survive for about a week without its head before dying of starvation.

9. The whale shark has over 4,000 teeth. Each tooth is only 3mm long.

10. Polar Bears are capable of jumping as high as 6 feet and can run as fast as 25mph.

11. The ‘crosshairs’ of gun sights were made of spider web filaments until the 1960’s.

12. Mosquitos are attracted most to the color blue.

13. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.

14. Some frogs are able to be frozen and then thawed, and continue living.

15. A goldfish is the only animal that can see infrared and ultraviolet light.

16. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

17. There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.

18. The fastest bird, the spine-tailed swift, can fly as fast as 106mph.

19. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

20. A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.

21. In 1872, a virus epidemic killed a quarter of all the horses in the United States.

22. A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.

23. An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.

24. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

25. Cojo, the 1st gorilla born in captivity, was born at the Columbus, Oho Zoo in 1956 and weighed 3 1/4 pounds.

26. Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.

27. Every year, $1.5 billion is spent on pet food. This is four times the amount spent on baby food.

28. It takes a lobster about seven years to grow to be one pound.

29. Large kangaroos can cover over 30 feet with each jump.

30. Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.

31. On average, pigs live for about 15 years.

32. Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. They are immune to every type of disease including cancer.

33. A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.

34. Male seahorses produce offspring.

35. Giraffes have no vocal cords.

36. Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.

37. An albatross can sleep while flying.

38. A mosquito has 47 teeth.

39. Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

40. The sex organ on a male spider is located at the end of one of its legs.

41. Armadillos, opossums, and sloth’s spend about 80% of their lives sleeping.

42. The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

And now you know.

Lakai Vid Intro

2008-07-08T19:29:00.001-04:00

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Fast Cars

2008-07-07T20:38:00.007-04:00

For those of you who know me, know that I love my car. I spent quite sometime looking high and low for her...
Lorraine, my beautiful baby:
Mercedes Benz 300 TE

From time to time, I dream about a 2 or 3 car garage and wonder what type of car I would put next to her. (Given I had an endless supply of cash of course!).
For this post, I am going to focus on fast cars that have caught my eye.

When I was younger it was the 911/ 912, but forget all that... this is the one:

Porsche 928 s4

If Steve McQueen drove one, then you know it was as fast as it was cool:

Ferrari 250 GT Lusso

Had to show you the back side of this one... (This one also gets points for the model lettering. Wink.) :

MG C GT

Not just because I hale from New Jersey either. This car is not playing. Plus remember the late 90's when all cars looked like pain reliever gel capsules? This is a 96. They kept these lines through 2000.) :

Cadillac Eldorado ETC

Man oh man how I do like those Benz:

Mercedes Benz 280 SL

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Sound of Color

2008-07-05T21:20:00.005-04:00

Has anyone else heard of this?
I stumbled across it searching for The Raveonettes on You Tube.
The idea is 5 bands do a song based on color and then 5 different directors do videos for the tracks.
I guess the Gap and Rehab commissioned this, but I kind of had to do a little detective work to find them all. (www.soundofcolor.com gave me no response!)
So, if you haven't checked this out already, here is the Sound of Color...
(My fave is The Raveonettes take, so I'll start there.)

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Art Omi

2008-07-01T08:57:00.006-04:00

Last week I went upstate NY to an artist's compound on an old farm called Art Omi.
There is a newly built visitor's center there, complete with a nice little cafe.
The sculpture park spreads out over several acres and the pieces are built into every nook and cranny of the land.
I was up there helping to reinstall a piece, so I only had so much time to check out the other works, but here is what I saw:

the visitors center

the piece I was helping to reinstall

buckshot on suspended metal
a planed tree that stretched out into the swamp (unfortch the water has rotten out sections hindering any safe distance)
clever use of space and time

some good
some bad
some irreverent (I love it)
and the plain ole cheeky

this is right out in front of the visitor center. interesting how its form seems to change according to your perspective.
this is from inside.
from behind it reminded me of an evening gown.
no?

These are just a few of the things to see up there. I probably only saw like 30% or so. Also they do artist residencies.
If you have any free time, I would say its worth it to take a nice little day trip there. Pack a picnic and head upstate!

Art Omi

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new adproach

2008-06-30T17:33:00.003-04:00

Check this out:

http://www.thisistheindexpage.com/

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Euro2008

2008-06-30T08:56:00.002-04:00

Nicely done...
Beating Germany is no small feat.
Spain now joins France as the only other european team to win 2 championships.(Germany has 3.)

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Process

2008-06-25T08:13:00.002-04:00

no?
this is how I do.
no?
(questions.)
two people read this dang thing anyway.

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Mars Black

2008-06-23T23:37:00.005-04:00

no?
this painting haunts.
no?
(questions.)
Sargent owns souls.

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Harley, Harley-Davidson

2008-06-19T08:48:00.009-04:00

Wouldn't mind having one of these lying around. Never been the hugest Harley fan either, but this model right here is extremely attractive...
Other bikes that have caught my eye:

yeah. definitely like Honda...
oh and that bike in the window at BDDW.

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Kuma

2008-06-17T15:30:00.002-04:00

This cracks me up...
It also reminds me of one of my favorite video games of all time. Tekken.
Love that game!

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Classic

2008-06-16T13:06:00.002-04:00

This never gets old...

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Storytelling

2008-06-16T12:49:00.002-04:00

Peter Callesen.
Check more of it out here:

www.petercallesen.com/

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Hipster- Hop

2008-06-11T11:17:00.004-04:00

Hmmm, what to make of this? Is this updated classic or Three Six Mafia in American Apparel?
Personally, I have decided that I am not mad at either answer.

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Ruler

2008-06-10T19:54:00.003-04:00

Mike Vallely is a pioneer. Most of the top young bucks today could only dream of doing most of these tricks... He also happens to be from Edison, NJ.

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Stray

2008-06-10T13:00:00.008-04:00

Good decision coming back for one more season. Thanks for a heck of a career.

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Popular Noise

2008-06-09T16:45:00.004-04:00

You should definitely get with this. It is multi-media brilliance in a pleasing limited edition package.
Invest in this, and you are supporting several disciplines of art all at once! Don't sleep.
For more info, including an upcoming release party, go to:

www.popularnoise.net

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A-Z Collection

2008-06-09T16:15:00.004-04:00

This Sat. was my birthday and one of my good friends brought me a very nice gift produced by one of his good friends.
These really cool pendants:

Personally I am digging on the "NY State" shape, but there are several to choose from included in a graphic catalog:

This is merely a detail of the A-Z Collection as the line boasts a full collection of good looking Men's Wear.
The line can be found in all the well curated boutiques around the globe.
Also, check it out online here:

www.a-zcollection.com

And now you know.

64

2008-06-06T12:58:00.004-04:00

Today marks the 64th anniversary of D-Day.
In order to commemorate this historic event, here is a link:

www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/sfeature/sf_info.html

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R.I.P Bo

2008-06-02T15:22:00.000-04:00

"I am owed. I've never got paid," he said. "A dude with a pencil is worse than a cat with a machine gun."

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R.I.P Y.S.L

2008-06-02T11:24:00.000-04:00

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Classic

2008-05-30T11:34:00.000-04:00

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ICFF

2008-05-19T18:14:00.000-04:00

What a gigantic paradox this show is!
Never knew that I could be simultaneously overwhelmed whilst being completely underwhelmed.
(A complete newbie to ICFF for sure.)
It wasn't all for naught as I was completely blown away by one piece there...

Periodic Designed by One & Co for Council Design:

Detail:

This sucker is made out of metallized reclaimed lumber. Wholly impressive when considering the process of plating something non-metallic. This sucker was most likely bathed in Nickel or Copper before it could get the Silver! My guess is, this is why it is named Periodic?
Knowing that this is not an easy process (plating most things is not) I had to ask the price point...
Somewhere around $45,000.00.

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Damn Yankees

2008-05-16T14:23:00.000-04:00

Well its been a long while since I remember seeing this:

TEAM	W	L	%	GB
Tampa Bay	24	17	.585	-
Boston	24	19	.558	1.0
Baltimore	21	19	.525	2.5
Toronto	21	22	.488	4.0
New York	20	22	.476	4.5

I then wondered when that actually was...

April 6, 1998...was the last time they were in Fifth place. They were 1-4.
The last time they were alone in last place after 19 games (like this year), was April 21, 1997...and they had the exact same record, 8-11.
June 20, 1995 was the last time they owned last place anytime after April. They were 20-29.

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Just fire!

2008-05-13T10:28:00.000-04:00

Well well well... more reason for excitement!
Ratatat releases Mixtape Vol. 2!
For a sample please click here:

Notorious B.I.G. : Party and Bullshit (Ratatat Remix)

AND it seems as if the fellas are going the prolific route, as they announce a new record to be released for July 8th on XL!

LP3... makes sense!

Also, it is rumored that they will release another single from the forthcoming record LP4!
That is a lot of exclamation.

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Hearts on Fire

2008-05-09T17:44:00.000-04:00

I have a feeling, I know what will be getting the kids on the floor this summer...
A few years ago I saw these guys play at the Tribeca Grand. It was fine.
This track isn't my most favorite on the album, but it is good none the less.
The record is equal parts new wave, dance rock and shoegaze with a touch of freestyle.
Makes sense being that it was produced by DFA's Tim Goldsworthy.
Well done Tim!

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J'adore

2008-05-09T17:20:00.000-04:00

I've got a real soft spot for this beauty:
Set of four Jacaranda chairs with curved backs and cane seats. Designed by Joaquim Tenreiro, Brazil, circa 1960. 20" L x 22.5" W x 29" H

These are available at R 20th Century and are not cheap.
And now you know.

The Cast

2008-05-09T17:06:00.000-04:00

A few months ago, I stumbled into a small subterranean shop/showroom on Ludlow St. called The Cast. I met one of the owners who was extremely helpful and a very cool guy (dude is originally from down the shore, so it goes without saying...). If I had any more money, I would have walked out of there with a custom suit. I believe they have since moved their showroom into a different space, but you can check out their stuff here:

www.thecast.com

Do not miss the amazing "Jaw Ashtray" which is a collaboration with Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons.
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Cheap Time

2008-05-09T16:37:00.000-04:00

Only one song is over three minutes (by three seconds) on this romp of a record!
This one is called Glitter and Gold.
Enjoy...

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GTA IV

2008-05-07T18:51:00.000-04:00

Those of you who know me, know that I am a gamer. So it goes without saying that I went out and bought the highly anticipated and latest release of the Grand Theft Auto series. While playing with a friend recently, he informed me that I could take a helicopter to the Statue of Liberty, jump out and get into the statue. He said that supposedly, I would find something of great interest. Lo and behold, the beating heart of Liberty City....

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