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So Rad

2009-11-06T10:06:00.001-08:00

Refreshments

2009-11-02T08:17:00.001-08:00

The meeting I am shooting today is also hosting a desert contest

Plastic Diet

2009-10-27T06:19:00.000-07:00

Chris Jordan is known for his powerful photography dealing with environmental issues. His new Midway series is probably his most powerful yet. Baby Albatross are fed a diet of plastic by their unknowing parents. As their starved and poisoned bodies decompose they reveal a stomach full of our trash. Via: Good Problem

The Botany Of Desire

2009-10-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

I'm a big Michael Pollen fan, so I'm psyched that his book The Botany Of Desire has been made into a two hour PBS documentary premiering October 28th on PBS. Click here to check the trailer and find out when it is playing in your area.

The Future

2009-10-09T10:30:00.000-07:00

Maybe in the future this will be me, out in a canoe with my dog an a beautiful autumn day. Found among other autumn scenes at The Big Picture.

Yard Sale Score

2009-10-03T07:27:00.001-07:00

I came up on some tools at a yard sale today. Only $10 for all this.

Lunch

2009-10-02T10:11:00.001-07:00

Sal and i share lunch

2009-09-10T13:07:00.001-07:00

Red Cross Morning

2009-09-03T06:07:00.001-07:00

Donating blood

Blocked Internet Article

2009-08-28T06:54:00.000-07:00

Those who know me know how frustrated I get with blocked internet access at work. I've even contemplated getting one of those internet anywhere USB things, but $60 a month or more just isn't worth it. I read this Slate article on Corporate IT Depts with great interest. I've been lucky, or unlucky, enough to have jobs where they do not take up the entire 8 hour day, so unhindered internet access is important to me. The below quote was particularly vindicating to me.

Indeed, there's no empirical evidence that unfettered access to the Internet turns people into slackers at work. The research shows just the opposite. Brent Corker, a professor of marketing at the University of Melbourne, recently tested how two sets of workers—one group that was blocked from using the Web and another that had free access—perform various tasks. Corker found that those who could use the Web were 9 percent more productive than those who couldn't. Why? Because we aren't robots; people with Web access took short breaks to look online while doing their work, and the distractions kept them sharper than the folks who had no choice but to keep on task.

The article goes on to discuss Results Only Work Environments and how what you get done is more important than how long you spend at work. With all our time saving technology, you would think that the 40 hour work week would be a thing of the past.

Instead of working less to make the same amount of stuff we have to work more to make more stuff then go out and buy more stuff than we need to justify all the time we waste at work making all kinds of stuff we don't need.

Costs of Calories

2009-08-24T10:06:00.000-07:00

A study in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of potato chips or 875 calories of soda but just 250 calories of vegetables or 170 calories of fresh fruit.

From a Time magazine article on food.

AM Session

2009-08-22T05:58:00.001-07:00

Early morning blunt slides by Neal Wood

Collection

2009-08-21T14:26:00.001-07:00

I posted this over at MostlySkateboarding but figured some of you guys might have missed it. My parents brought all my old skate videos and magazines up to my new house and I was stoked to finally have them with me. Click on the images to see them really big. While going through my old magazines I found the first and only two issues of Journal, the short lived east coast magazine and a couple of old Alien Workshop zines. Also on the shelf are some old zines from old friend and Berrics contributor Dallas Clayton and others.

Manufactured Landscapes Opening

2009-08-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is the opening of Manufactured Landscapes and it is awesome. I remember seeing this at Sundance and being blown away. You probably already know about Edward Burtynsky but if not, check him out. Via: Triumph of Bullshit.

Food and Eating

2009-08-04T10:22:00.000-07:00

Michael Pollan has an article/movie review in the New York Times Magazine about, among other things, how Americans spend more time watching cooking shows than they do cooking. There are lots of interesting statistics most striking to me was the one in the quote below.

"Already today, 80 percent of the cost of food eaten in the home goes to someone other than a farmer, which is to say to industrial cooking and packaging and marketing."

Food for thought...

2009-07-29T07:47:00.001-07:00

We started watching Lost.

In Defense Of Food

2009-07-27T12:07:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading In Defense Of Food by Michael Pollan. There is lots to think about from this book about what we eat and how we eat. It makes me thankful to my parents for bringing me up in a great food culture with home cooked family meals every night at 7PM and a garden in the back yard. We had plenty of cookies and chocolate chips around the house, but no soda for a long time. There was very little convenience food. Any meals had to be made from scratch for the most part. Big thanks to my mom for always cooking for us.

Filming

2009-07-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

Hurts but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Sister Corita Link Round-Up

2009-07-13T06:30:00.000-07:00

Aaron Rose's documentary on Sister Corita is screening in Los Angeles and it got me thinking about her again and tracking down some interesting links. I first heard about her through this Weekend America story. This AIGA article is a good quick introduction to the artist. I also came up on three clips from Rose's documentary. Clip one, clip two, animation.

Radness

2009-06-29T09:00:00.001-07:00

I was poking around on Club Mumble today and came across two really awesome things. First is that flyer up there. I love the block print/ non flat colors. It makes me want to do some screen printing. Second is this happy graffiti. I'd like to see more of this type of stuff than ultra complicated illegible words.

Thursday Was a Good Day For mail

2009-06-20T04:49:00.000-07:00

I got the new Zoo York video and the Field Notes notebooks that I got for free after scanning a page from the new Readymade for them.

New Mower

2009-06-14T05:42:00.001-07:00

We made our first purchase for our new house yesterday. We got a lawn mower. It is an old style reel lawn mower. I found in on Craigslist and scooped it up for $40. According to my research the MSRP is $305. The above picture is the same model, but not our actual new mower. We wanted a reel mower for two reasons. It is quiet. We can mow our lawn whenever we want without having to worry about disturbing our neighbors. It is environmentally clean. lawnmowers are some of the least effeciant machines out there. The human powered reel lawn mower doesn't spew out any nasty exhaust, just sweat.

Partly Cloudy

2009-06-09T15:21:00.000-07:00

Partly Cloudy is the short before Up. It is online for now in its entirety, so watch and enjoy.

Home

2009-06-05T12:06:00.000-07:00

The French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the man behind the Earth From Above series just released his first film entitled Home. It is available on Youtube starting today and looks to be a visually stunning film detailing the human impact on the Earth. It is shot entirely from the air. If you liked Koyaanisqatsi or other nature documentaries, you'll like Home. I've watched abtou 15 minutes of it and it's really good.

Message In A Bottle Update

2009-05-29T11:13:00.000-07:00

Joe mentioned this in the comments...

Meet Artist Andy Hughes Saturday May 30, and Sunday, May 31. Meet artist Andy Hughes during opening events and special programs on Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31. All free with Museum admission.

Presentation and guided gallery tour with Andy Hughes Saturday, May 30 at 11 A.M. and Sunday, May 31
1 P.M. Roper Theater

Join us as Andy Hughes discusses his work and the importance of cleaning the beaches, as well as his book Dominant Wave Theory, which features over 150 photographs taken on beaches around the world. Then join him for a guided tour of the exhibition Message in a Bottle.