Friday, February 25, 2011

Locals and Tourists by Eric Fischer

In Eric Fischer's geotagged cities, blue points indicate photographs taken by locals, and red points are taken by tourists. Here are four of my favorite cities: Venice, New York, Chicago, and Budapest.




And here's my old home in Geneva, Switzerland. Not sure why this hasn't been tagged red, yellow or blue. Interesting that you can see Nyon at the top, and I'm guessing that's Yvoire on the other side of the lake.


Friday, February 11, 2011

The Third & The Seventh

What is amazing about this piece is that it's entirely CGI. Not one lick of film in the whole thing.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Banksy in Park City

Following up on the most recent post, seems like Banksy was just in my old backyard. There's a bunch of new graffiti that appeared in Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival.



Monday, January 24, 2011

Phineas and Ferb

Phineas and Ferb is one of the funniest shows on TV right now. It even gets props from Wired. I love when Dr. Doofenshmirtz gets behind the mic. And that song by Isabella is so sweetly sad.



Friday, January 21, 2011

Architecture in Typography by Cameron Moll

I love this architecture created with typography by Cameron Moll. So far there's only two versions of the Roman Colosseum and the LDS Temple in Salt Lake. I'd be interested to see the Louvre, the Guggenheim, and maybe a Frank Gehry or two. A range of mountains like the Tetons or the Matterhorn would be cool, too.

Colosseo: Reimagining the Roman Coliseum with type (Canon 7D) from Cameron Moll on Vimeo.

TankBot

When these things are released from Desk Pets this June for $20, I'll be getting two. At least. So they can fight.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Allstate Mayhem

I think these Allstate commercials with Dean Winters are my favorite spots on TV right now.


Great music. Fun writing. And he's Liz Lemon's old boyfriend, Dennis. Nice job, Burnett.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Evolution in SoHo

If Charles Darwin and Danny Elfman opened a store together, it would be Evolution. I first discovered this place when I lived in New York in 1995, and I still visit whenever I'm in SoHo.

Their replica skull collection is my favorite. I love how these familiar animals seem like mythological beasts without their identifying skin and muscle. Someday, I hope to have one of these sitting on my coffee table.

Hippopotamus, $1349
Tarsier, $79

Pelican, $154

Manatee, $359

Giraffe, $649

Giant Chinese Salamander, $97

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

IIB: The True Size of Africa


This gem from Information is Beautiful.

Coke's Freestyle Soda Fountain

Read about these Coke dispensers in Fast Company over a year ago. But I finally got to try one at Pei Wei last week.

Only one spout for all drinks + ice, and one touch screen gives you over 100 drink options, from Diet Caffeine -Free Vanilla Coke to Peach Fanta.

And the machine's wired so all the data goes back to Coke's headquarters in Atlanta. According to Fast Company, "The machines upload data about beverage consumption, peak times, and popular locations. Coke can also talk back to the machine, letting it know if a particular flavor needs to be discontinued or recalled and causing it to stop serving the drink immediately."