admin | January 26, 2010
This is random, but I thought it was interesting. Plus, I like artists and designers, and I need to get my mind off healthcare stuff. So my coworker told me he designed the look of Ken Block’s new Ford, as seen here:
The skull logo seen at 0:42 is designed by his friend, Huck. Ken Block [...]
Ron | January 8, 2010
So Avatar, the anti-corporate-excess, anti-unregulated-mercenary, anti-imperialist, anti-war, anti-materialism, anti-racism, pro-environment, sci-fi action adventure romance just passed $1.1 billion not too long ago (and stands as the fastest movie to hit a billion). Not too shabby, especially for sci-fi, which traditionally does not have wide appeal. I guess James Cameron knows how to make a movie. [...]
Ron | January 5, 2010
[I take no responsibility if you google anything in this post.] So I was reading a post on reddit about a kid who made a lot of money, when I came across a term that I had gladly forgotten long ago in one of the comments…I haven’t chatted up with any Japanese nationalists lately denying [...]
Ron | December 23, 2009
[Update] I’ve seen researched it a little more, and I’ve heard multiple complaints about the XpandD glasses. Also, apparently the IMAX version has the full cut, whereas the non-IMAX versions have a cropped cut, losing about 25% of the screen. Definitely see it in real IMAX if you can.
“Cameron’s genius is this: He makes movies [...]
Ron | March 24, 2009
Oops, almost forgot to post this up. Saw this on TOKiMONSTA’s blog not too long ago. It’s a benefit for anti-slavery, Saturday April 18th, 7 PM at 8332 Commonwealth, Buena Park, CA 90621. There will be music, a film, and an art auction.
http://www.gchope.org/my-hands-have-a-voice
What’s the proper usage for “benefit” in this case? “Cancer benefit” vs “Anti-Cancer [...]
Ron | March 11, 2009
So I was working on some documents and was starting to fiddle with fonts when I realized, “Hey! I’m on a Mac now! Helvetica should be accessible to me for the first time ever!” For all you Windows-only people who have never heard of Helvetica, Helvetica was/is the original de-facto standard font, before Arial was [...]
Ron | February 22, 2009
Nifty. His technique results in cities that look like models.
Ron | October 30, 2008
This is *so* cool. I want one!
A contest was held to design a new Dutch 5 Euro coin, and a guy named Stani won, using fairly geeky methods and only free software to come up with something that’s actually quite beautiful and modern.
You can read about his detailed methodology and his rationale at his blog.
http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html
Here’s [...]
Ron | October 22, 2008
So, I went to a variety performance about a month ago called Fall for Dance at the OC Performing Arts Center. There were some interesting dances. But the last one, called Soldier’s Mass, by The National Ballet of Canada, kind of prodded me on a topic that I’ve been thinking about for awhile, and that [...]
Ron | September 28, 2008
Dude…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-TYO0cGFmQ&feature=related
