March 4th, 2007 § 0
I adore this ad. Not only are the models both astonishingly hot, but the copy is both believable and funny. Pink TV is a completely mainstream subscription channel in France and I can really see guys (and girls) in their 20s, struggling to come out, secretly watching the channel at home when their ‘petit ami’ isn’t around! Hot!
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February 10th, 2007 § 1
The image above comes from the Flickr photostream of a Frenchman, called Loutseu whose work I stumbled across earlier today. His photos are fantastic: a combination of macro, HDR, black and white, long-exposure and just well framed interesting shots. Of course I also appreciate the fact that there’s always a bit of french thrown in there. It makes learning easier!
I was in Leeds from last Friday. I took morning flight from Bruxelles that got me into Leeds for about 10:30. I had been planning to see my friend Helen that morning, as I was staying at her house, but she’d just started a new job the morning in question so that idea wasn’t possible. I killed some time by heading into the University and sorting out admin that I needed to do for my own piece of mind. Not completely necessary but good to do. That’s kind of how the whole trip turned out: not necessary but good to do.
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February 8th, 2007 § 2
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November 13th, 2006 § 0
I’ve run across a beautiful website that hosts a large collection of photos of New York City from around 1935-38. What’s fascinating is side by side, photographer Douglas Levere has gone out and attempted to shoot the exact same scene in contemporary (1997-2001) New York. The result is a series of astonishingly beautiful, and remarkably similar photographs. While in some shots, especially those of domestic dwellings like apartment blocks, the whole image is different. However in others not a thing, save different traffic lights, has changed. Often buildings and detritus from the 30’s has disappeared by the year 2000. My certain favorite is the photos of Seventh Ave South. There’s almost no change whatsover!
The site is at newyorkchanging.com while a gallery of the new photographs by Levere, not shown side by side with originals, is also on the same site
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November 4th, 2006 § 0
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January 16th, 2006 § 3
Developed as a way to ‘identify’ with ones clothes, the brand ‘429 Life’ uses the touchtone phone alphabet to create a subtle sign about one’s sexuality. On a phone the numbers 429 spell out gay, something you’re unlikely to have known if you don’t, you know, actually ever spell it out. The t-shirts tastefully, in tiny writing, have slogans like ‘Are You 429′, ‘429 You Wish’, ‘429 Boy’, and ‘Absolutely 429′. If you’re unsure whether you’re 429 or not, you can buy the ‘premium soft cotton’ t-shirts without any label.
Unless you’re looking it’s unlikely that you’ll see these labels, but if you know where to look for the labels from this brand – currenly only sold in three stores in the world – you’ll be in on the joke.
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July 26th, 2005 § 0
mis·chie·vous (mĭs’chə-vəs)
adj.
1. Causing mischief.
2. Playful in a naughty or teasing way.
3. Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank.
4. Causing harm, injury, or damage: mischievous rumors and falsehoods.
[Middle English mischevous, from mischef, mischief.]
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July 6th, 2005 § 1
This was yesterday and the rain was pouring, just bucketing down outside. My second thought, after making sure all the windows weren’t open wide and about to flood the house, was to run out there with my camera and an umbrella, crouch in the rain and take photos. I did, and most of them turned out crap.
Such is life. This however, in a quick stop in my dad’s greenhouse, was a favorite. It’s not perfectly focused, with the focus landing just on the sides of the petals rather than the central column, but I like it all the same. I enjoyed framing this, taking lots of versions to make sure the petals work around the edges just right.
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May 29th, 2005 § 2
From the website of the Seattle Coffeehouse Victorla’s coffee roaster comes the photoset of latte images: designs and swirls and creations from coffee.
The site was in the news yesterday because they’d decided to shut down their free wireless internet over the weekends. Laptop users had turned the place into a library by taking over all the seats for hours on end, not buying drinks, and stifling discussion and human interaction between members of the public, a quality of the shop that had been previously very highly valued.
Free wi-fi is electronic cocaine.
Every staff meeting we had, the topic of wi-fi became the most heated. The cafe had become quieter, the tip jar was getting lighter and a small minority of difficult and demanding users were making things unpleasant for the baristas. At the same time, a great number of our favorite regulars were good citizens and managed to use the wifi at length while still being friendly, sharing tables, buying stuff, flirting with our staff, etc.. Pulling the plug wouldn’t be an easy option.
But as is being reported all over the globe, Victrola is pulling the plug on weekends. If this past weekend was any indication, its the right move. The place was noisy and jumpin’ – people actually conversed! A few customers were in painful enough withdrawal that they stayed home, finding time to send email about how upsetting it was. But the overwhelming response was positive.
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