January 2011
6 posts
Goodbye Tumblr
Oh Tumblr. How I hate to let you go. You and your vowel-hating ways (I’m surprised you even kept the U as it’s sometimes a vowel itself). There’s always a chance you’ll censor this post and delete my account almost instantaneously, but hopefully that’s not the case. Either way, I’m retiring you. I’m done. Your constantly crashing servers can only be...
Hiking Pu'u Manamana
Despite numerous announcements in the fashion of, “I’ll be waking up early and going on a hike tomorrow morning”, today was actually one of the first days I followed through with it. By 7am I was on the road heading towards the East side (what up!) of the island, but not before grabbing some food/water for the hike and a cup of coffee at the Coffee Gallery in Haleiwa (if...
December 2010
7 posts
Oh, Ah, Who?
Winter break finds me walking through snow to board an airplane to tropical Hawaii. Quite the contrast if I do say so. Unfortunately architecture insists on remaining present if only by preventing me from developing a normal sleep schedule (currently 6AM).
The excess of time has lead to a combination of web design for a few SLOrganizations and an renewed interest in the nerdy pasttime known as...
Of Blogs, Projects, and Bears Oh My.
Dead week has set in and sleep has taken a vacation. Yet I oddly find myself procrastinating not with rest or trivial internet surfing (okay, maybe a little), but instead with the realization of multiple web projects that have taken the backburner until now. I’ve come to the conclusion that attempting to make all-inclusive things is often a bad choice as it dilutes the end result, in this...
Keep Dead Week Alive
Two Weeks of Hip Hop (Dead Prez vs Grizzly Bear) - The Hood Internet
Got Your Money - Wu Tang Clan vs The Beatles
Never Forget You ft. John Legend - Lupe Fiasco
Take Me Over - Cut Copy
Website Redesign
In an odd turn of decisions (and even odder method of procrastinating) I decided to completely redo my website’s layout tonight. While the old layout wasn’t bad by any means, it felt somewhat overdone and overbearing. To update it was a task in itself, and to update it without breaking some part of the layout was near impossible. Whether or not I kept the same layout it had an...
Diagram Hell
1 Website redesign later and 2 diagrams later it’s 1:30AM…/headdesk.
[[Vehicle Traffic Analysis]]
[[Foot Traffic Analysis]]
November 2010
8 posts
Nobody Cares
All too often I’ve stopped 2 paragraphs into a blog post only to delete it all and start anew at another time. It isn’t that the writing is bad, but that the content less interesting for a public blog and instead better suited for personal journal given its inner-rambling nature. I’m not trying to bash on anyone I know or anyone in specific, but the problem with blogs is that...
NY[D]C
Thanksgiving was less than conventional to say the least. Despite being called the city that never sleeps, people do in fact close up shop early on Thanksgiving, leaving Gina and I momentarily lost in our search for a delicious dinner. Roaming back and forth across a weather dreary Manhattan ended with french toast at a very American diner and relocating to a 24/7 Starbucks in the depths of Penn...
N|Y|C
Despite the dangerously tall stack of homework that’s threatening to topple over and maim me, I’ve taken a short break up to NYC for the first time (sadly). All in all it’s everything I expected and more. Prior to now I’ve always claimed that after college I’d likely move to SF, NYC, or out of the country. Now I can happily say that NYC definitely is in that list...
Porject Porgress
Progress continues on my Swiss embassy for studio in Washington DC. The conceptual basis of the project began with the idea of subtracting from the cube-shaped volume of the site (creating the void space in the center) and using the building skin as both enclosure and topographical surface. I havn’t gotten the opinion of my main teacher, but my secondary Bauhaus teacher can only say it...
Just Gimme Some Good Old Coffeeshop Atmosphere
Project Progress, freezing Virginia bike rides, triple state runs, and a new job at my local coffeeshop Misha’s. Starbucks may not have been my thang but based on the 2 months I’ve pretty much half lived at Misha’s and my first (short) shift today, I think things are going to work out relatively well. Day 2 is tomorrow and my first full shift is Friday. Best part is I can now...
WatchQuite possibly one of the more fascinating short films I’ve seen in some time…
The Cathedral (Polish: Katedra) is the title of a science fiction short story by Jacek Dukaj, winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2000; and of a 2002 short animated movie by Tomasz Bagiński, based on the story. The film was nominated in 2002 for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the 75th...
The True Face of Winter
I woke up with grand aspirations to go on an awesome bike ride for the first time since I took my California adventure. Said awesome bike ride did happen (represented by my previous post’s picture of a scene resemblant of the Blair Witch Project), but only after checking the weather to find today would have a HIGH of 45 fahrenheit. I admittedly love cold weather, but I know I’m in for...
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All My Favourite People
Lupe’s Lasers & Cudi’s Man in the Moon II can’t come soon enough.
Kid Cudi - Scott Mescudi vs The World (ft. Cee-Lo Green) by pigeonsandplanes
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On by pigeonsandplanes
What Else is Your Love (Drake x Royksopp) by djfergieferg
That Winning Tree (Snoop Dogg x Kid Cudi x Mychael Danna & Devotchka) by djfergieferg
October 2010
15 posts
7000 Miles to the Moon
4 airplanes, 4 states, and 7000 miles later I’ve completed my round trip back to Washington DC. Funny to think it used to take people months+ to travel across the country until they built railroads. Sadly Amtrak still hasn’t figured out that trains have gotten faster in the past century. Progress has slowed to a crawl on my ongoing music project (still progressin) while another web...
Stop Procrastinating Your Dreams
So now known to some but unbeknownst to others, I’ve found myself back in California on a short but highly unconventional trip. It all began Wednesday night while talking to my friend Mandy about wishing I could fly back and visit for a bit.
12 hours later I was taking off on a plane at Ronald Reagan International Airport with a round trip ticket to return next Friday.
I’ve...
The Apple Lion Unleashed
As of about half an hour ago Apple unveiled the next step in their long overdue (by Apple standards) OSX upgrade to 10.7, dubbed Lion in their traditional cat theme. Per expectations it integrates alot of iOS (iPhone/iPad) features into their desktop operating system that should provide some interesting and somewhat worrying consequences.
First is the App Store - This seems like a very logical...
SDS #2
The weather is changing, temperatures settling. Quickly and surely summer is retreating as autumn advances with winter accelerating it from just beyond. So sit back and enjoy the Emancipator (makes me thing of velociraptors), an unsuspecting and a group I accidentally stumbled upon just a few minutes ago.
Lionheart - Emancipator
When I Go - Emancipator
1210 Safe In the Steep Cliffs -...
“Unjustified complacency is an excuse to live ignorantly.”
Life is About Having [Fun.]
A first of hopefully many posts introducing you to artists you have probably never heard of…or at least I havn’t heard of, which is good enough for me. The first artist up is NYC native pop band Fun. (yes, with a period) formed by former The Format member Nate Ruess. With an old fashioned feel and a catchy upbeat rhythm it’s one to add to the library. Second up is Elizabeth...
3M7
I’m pretty sure song’s #1 & #2 are the best thing to happen all year.
You Are Not Alone (VIKING & CJ Milling Shooting Stars Tribute) - Michael Jackson & Bag Raiders
Ghosts On A G6 (Deadmau5//Far East Movement) - Basic Physics
The Next Episode (DJ Pinto Mashup/Remix) - Dr. Dre vs Miley Cyrus Ah shit! West Coast Response to the Miley vs B.I.G (represent!) mashup. In the...
Slow Down Sunday #1
“It’s the first day the week, end of the weekend. Partying comes to a close and everyone is sitting in their living room recliner, watching views of frolicking animals and soaring birds through rainbows, marveling at the joys of life from behind their hungover sunglasses. Therefore Sunday is dedicated to more relaxed, smooth, and the occasional upbeat (but still language...
3M #6 - The Black Keys & More!
For this week’s Triple Monday Mashup we have a few songs by The Black Keys, some catchy-as-hell Katy Perry remixes (save me…), a few randoms, and a remixed Rihanna letting us know that she’s the only girl for us.
Everlasting Light - The Black Keys
Next Girl - The Black Keys
Tighten Up feat. The Black Keys - Hoodie Allen
Stay (Le Knight Club Remix) - David Guetta
And the...
Minecraft
It’s been a few years since I’ve gotten into a game enough to play it on a regular basis (probably since WoW before college), and have avoided doing so due to the amount of time I have a tendency to burn. Alas it had to happen sooner or later and I now find myself addicted to the game known to many as Minecrack.
The concept is simple: mine materials, build things. Oh, and...
Robot 2.0
Finally finished up my competition entry so now that it’s off I’m back to multitasking school and a few web projects. First up is a revision to my personal site’s layout as I wasn’t happy with how the first one felt, nor was it quite finished when I had to upload it. Below is a preliminary mockup for the main index page…still needs a bit more work (footer is still...
September 2010
12 posts
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Less But Better
German Industrial Designer Dieter Rams has served at the forefront of functionalist design for decades. He’s become reknown for his 30 years as head designer at Braun and for many of his other minimalist designs, ranging from record players and radios to photo/video cameras. His formidable portfolio aside, I’m more interested in his well-known 10 Principles to Design:
Good...
3M #5 - Justin Bieber Special
I can’t say I have anything against Mr. Bieber (despite my half-witted occasional jabs), but Kayla asked and I do my best to answer. Per her request here’s an interesting stew of Justin Bieber nonsense ranging from electronic remixes to collaborations with Wu Tang Clan’s Raekwon to a cover by one of my favourite current bands, Neon Trees.
Eenie Meenie (Ruff Loaderz Radio Edit)...
ITunes Ping
Rather than try to crack lackluster puns concerning Apple’s new social networking name and internet latency, I’ll just cut to the chase and say that it’s sadly lackluster at best. The idea is great, it’s just been executed in a very halfway manner. First off, they were smart to be aware of user privacy following Google’s Buzz fiasco, but I’m not sure that...
Go Go Quattro
I’m going to hell for posting the last one.
Miracles [Burno Mars vs Michael Jackson vs Gnarles Barkely vs B.O.B. vs Survivors vs Many More] - Norwegian Recycling
Raise Your Weapon - Deadmau5
We Are the People (Sub Focus Remix) - Empire of the Sun
Wake Up [ft Frankmusik] - Acid Girls
Somebody to Love Me (Ft Boy George & Miike Snow) - Mark Ronson and The Business Intl
Get Outta My...
The Leaky Bucket List
I’m pretty sure I touched on this in my previous blog, but I’m going to reiterate as the occasion calls for it:
I’ve always had mixed feelings when it comes to New Years Resolutions. I’ve always been a proponent of setting yourself goals, but New Years always seems to be a way to set yourself up for failure. There are the occasional success stories with New Years...
Preliminary Route
As I’ve gotten to thinking about cycling across the US more and more Google Maps has been my goto when it comes to procrastinating on schoolwork. After easily 10+ hours wasted in the past few months pushing and pulling various routes around I think I’ve settled on the general path I’ll take, starting in New York City and ending in San Francisco (have to go ocean to ocean...
Competitions, Marathons, and Transcontinental...
My IFHP competition entry is now moving full steam ahead with a little over a week to finish it (and 38 hours of barista slavery this week). While I ultimately wish I had more time to work on it I realize that this is a wish that nearly every architect has on every project they ever do whether actually being built or for an ideas competition. This project is definitely something...
Pro[fessional/crastinator]
It’s pedal to the metal time for my IFHP Competition entry as its now due in a mere 10 days. (Jumps out window). Here’s 2 test renderings of hte project sans-Photoshopping. First is showing the main exposed exterior portion and the second is an overly bright aerial night rendering emphasizing the algae production tubes and pools that pepper the facade and roofs.
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Three is a Charm
An odd variety of songs that go well together. Numbers 1-4 have a bit of an older feel to them that makes them great for kicking back. Good Friday is Kanye’s latest collaboration with several artists that continues to reinforce my confidence in his upcoming album. The last 3 are more upbeat electronic songs, 2 of which feature one of my favourite obscure electronica artists Hudson...
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Confused yet?
Throughout my time attending university the majority of my architecture professors have assigned readings on a semi-weekly basis. Often they’re by famous architectural theory writers like Sanford Kwinter or Kenneth Frampton, but occasionally they’re by writers who have little to nothing to do with architecture, but on rare occasion they’re on a topic that has nothing to do with...
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Due Per Favore
It’s Thursday so you know what that means. As usual I try to link to HypeM.com for link reliability and fact that in most cases you can download them by following the “Read More” link. 1-4 are laid back, 5-7 electronic, and 8-9 for playing in your Cadillac with the windows down while cruising on Higuera.
We Used to Wait by The Arcade Fire
Older Brother by Pepper Rabbit
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(Re)something
I’ll spare you a speech of epic proportions announcing the recreation of my blog. Bottom line is I accidentally deleted it while in Switzerland while messing with my account settings, possibly after spending an evening with Italian wine.
I’m now back in the US studying in Alexandria, Virginia at a Virginia Tech extension for architecture students. I’ve settled into my...