Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear reviews the Volkswagen Golf GTI.

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David Sedaris read his Stadium Buddy story on David Letterman’s show early last year. For those of you who don’t know, David is one of the funniest writers of this generation. This story is one of my favorites. I’m not sure which book it’s from, but I heard it first on the Live From Carnegie […]

This is not a photo. Seriously.

It is a digital painting. See how it was done. Amazing, amazing work.
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Vik Muniz, my favorite contemporary artist will be showing at Moma’s Long Island City PS1 museum from February 11 through May 7. Many of you know PS1 from its summertime art raves, outdoor swimming pools, DJs and beer, but it looks like they also have great shows in the winter.
For those of you who don’t […]

Comedian Aries Spears, who you probably know from Mad TV or some kind of crappy movies, raps a little for a radio audience in this clip from Live 105. He is a comedian, but the shit isn’t funny at all. He performs a rap medley as LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, DMX, and Jay Z, […]

Jumping in with both feet, again. New host, new blogging system, complete redesign from scratch. It starts today. Signed up for MediaTemple GridServer hosting, renewed an old pMachine ExpressionEngine license from a few years ago, and broke out the sketch pad.
The plan is to make a simple, minimal design, standards-compliant code, modular CSS with […]

Holy shit. Just look at it. Look at it. Stunning motorcycle, the Ecosse Heretic. Great name. Heretic. Titanium chassis, 120ci, 135hp, carbon fiber body work, carbon fiber wheels, Ohlins Suberbike Gas forks, 6-speed overdrive transmission. Whoa.

$140,000. Keep it.
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I haven’t been drinking lately. Since I got back from NYC after the New Year actually. Not a single drink. Not a drop. I haven’t been “on the wagon” or in AA meetings, or even worried about my typical drinking habits, even though some people are. I don’t need alcohol to have a good time. […]

Today I thought of an idea. A real honest-to-goodness web 2.0, Google-buyout-typed idea. I mulled it over in my head for hours. I started spending the VC money in my imagination. Information Architecture - check, Web 2.0 design - check, Offshore Programmers - check…
I’m not one to give away ideas like this, but in this […]

My long lost friend from Australia, Sally, still sends me funny emails even though she doesn’t write those long and powerful letters that she used to. I miss them, but to be honest, this one was a pretty good substitute. The following letter is one of the funniest things I have ever read, and I […]

Since I don’t have access to flickr and I don’t have a new gallery built yet, we’ll all have to tolerate sporadic photo postings here. I recently took a bunch of long exposure shots of some architecture in Dubai. I thought I would share a handful of the best here.

Dubai Creek (this one might be […]

This is my first attempt at a fake tilt-shift effect using Photoshop. I followed this really simple tutorial. I know there are some better, more advanced versions out there, but this one seemed to do the trick.

What do you think?

I just love how these fake tilt-shift photos come. I am a little bit obsessed right now, though I am running out of suitable shots to convert. I have never gone out to shoot anything with the intention of editing them like this, but I just might start. In any case, here are 4 more…

Deira […]

It’s the Year of the Golden Pig. Should be Year of the Flying Pig. I’m off to the Shangri-La Hotel for some proper Chinese food to celebrate Chinese New Year.

There was a time back before YouTube and Google Video when you thought of a short film or animation you had to HUNT for it all over the internets, and there was a very good chance you wouldn’t find it. Message boards, P2P, Google, blogs, wherever. Back then, I was obsessed with Don Hertzfeldt, the […]

Robin asked to see a fake tilt-shift shot before and after. He suggested one of the Dhow shots. Easy enough request. Here you go Robin.
Before:

After:

I don’t know if this is interesting at all. I am not going to post anymore photos like these for a while.

I didn’t do enough traveling in my life, which is part of the reason I am in Dubai right now. I promised myself when I left NY that I would take advantage of every travel opportunity that came along.
But I have never been one to want to travel to common destinations for 4 days and […]

Yeah, I give relationship advice sometimes. Tonight I gave some to an old friend from NY, a girl that I have never been in a relationship with, but who I know very, very well. When I was writing it, I realized that I could take out a few names and it would be good advice […]

It’s in a foreign language, but you’ll get the joke.

The last bike guy is my favorite.

Oh, the joys of YouTube… and Walmart. Some coordinated guys finally found something to do on a boring Friday night in town where there’s a 24 hour store.

Good break-dancing never gets old.

I know it’s a little early, but this little news item is too good to wait to share. Apparently some smart folks down there in Mobile, Alabama caught a glimpse of a real-life leprechaun hiding up in a tree. They’ve got sketches and a magic flute to prove it. Have a look. You won’t be […]

I have been asked for DSLR buying advice three times in the last two weeks. I decided that instead of emailing everyone individually, I would take the time to compile a useful post for everyone. Since DIGG and everyone else like bulleted lists, I decided to go with that format. So here goes…
9 Important Things […]

EVERYONE linked to this video this week, and I am reluctantly jumping on the bandwagon. It’s just that this idea and this video are so fucking cool, it’s impossible not to want to build one of these yourself. The Graffiti Research Lab is responsible for a huge number of really clever, high tech methods of […]

A local Emirati friend of mine sent me the link to this video of Dhiya Al Musawi being interviewed on Abu Dhabi TV in December. Google searches for his name turned up almost nothing. From what I know, he is a very progressive, outspoken writer from Bahrain who seems to have the courage to speak […]

An interesting video on Youtube about statistics and predictions around the world that you may or may not be aware of.
Such as:
- In the year 2023, it will only take a $1000 computer to exceed the capabilities of the human brain.
- The number of text messages sent everyday exceeds the population of the entire planet.

I haven’t been a big of a fan of Firefox as most of the world has become.
I still prefer Safari for usability, and FF has never really felt ‘Mac-like’ to me.
But as more and more useful (and sometimes not so useful, but fun) Extensions get written and improved for it, I find myself wanting to […]

In a few hours I’ll be off to Jordan for a long weekend of pretending to be Indiana Jones. The main destination of the trip is Petra, 2000 year old city carved into the red rock mountains of southern Jordan. Here’s a really beautiful Quicktime VR of the Treasury, the spot where Indi and his […]