bethel maine 122' snow woman

this is taking foolheartiness to a new level...
http://www.bethelmainesnowwoman.com/gallery.html

Finally Nextflixing for Mac

Being a long time part of Apple-dom, I must accept that the majority out there will not understand why they are missing out. The irony is, I enjoy the inadvertent underdog aspect and relish in the undescoverd superiority of the Best Platform that is Mac. But being at the top has its drawbacks. The software, tech and product worlds produce things for PC and rightfully so, due to marketshare and profitability. So it's not uncommon to have to wait for, or never to see, features and products that the PC world enjoys. One example it the "watch inswtantly" option on Netflix. With I'm veyr happy to report is now available on Mac.

I had to wait, but Mac is accknolwedged! I think I'm finally happy.

Hope & Hopeless

Shepard Fairey, is well known for the Obey Giant Propaganda phenomonon that he began with a casual sticker out of RISD many years ago. This year he's become something of a cult hero with his poster promoting Obama/Hope. The image has been seen litereally everywhere and seems to have become iconic image of Obama's campaign and victory.

It's nothing short of amazing to see the hillarious riffs on the theme of a single poster.

And now, he's excited to do the cover of Mad Magazine.



OBEY ALFRED E. NEUMAN - Boing Boing

Dad and kids make Star Wars VII

Check out the amazing Star Wars VII sequel made by awesome Mark Lucier and his awesome kids Alex and Noah.

Rainbow connection

I was reminded of the phenomenal rainbow from last year's burn. Everyone there witnessed two 180 degree arches of the boldest and brightest rainbow imaginable. Some claim to have seen a triple rainbow, though it was fleeting if there at all. However, I saw a bizarre echo of colors under the first rainbow - which I've never seen anything like it before or since. There were 3 to 5 faint stripes of vibrating color in the 2 o'clock position of the arch. I've spoke several others about it
and most didn't see it, but I know it was there. Since then, I've had many conversations about that moment, and it seems that a collective feeling of awe prevails from that special occasion. So I've been wondering, what exactly creates a second rainbow?

Wikipedia offers "Secondary rainbows are caused by a double reflection of sunlight inside the raindrops" and as a result "the colors of a secondary rainbow are inverted compared to the primary bow."

"A third, or tertiary, rainbow can be seen on rare occasions, and a few observers have reported seeing quadruple rainbow" Echoing stripes below the first arch are very rare, but can happen too.

And I'm happy to learn that I wasn't imagining things, there is infact something called Supernumerary Rainbows "caused by interference between rays of light following slightly different paths with slightly varying lengths within the raindrops" It's the result of constructive and destructive interferences. "The very existence of supernumerary rainbows was historically a first indication of the wave nature of light". Evidence that light is a wave! That is so cool. Here is a Flikr pool of supernumerary rainbows.

Mother nature is the ultimate effects coordinator, and she sure got the invitation for 2007: First we saw the full lunar eclipse at midnight monday night, then the rain shower in the high desert and legendary rainbow that followed, and let's not forget the fierce dust storms while everyone was packing up and leaving.

Nearly a week before leaving for the Burn '08, can't wait to see what's in store this year...

Live simply.

A nice post on neatorama discussing how materialism might actually make you unhappy.
read

Beckhead

I just bought a ticket to see Radiohead at the first Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park (8/22). Beck goes on before them - I think I may explode with joy.

Things We Think About Before Sleep

I'm just learning about Trollback+Co but after seeing their "Things We Think About Before Sleep" video I'll be watching closely. They challenge their designers, Tetsuro, Peter, Anna, Paul, Emre,
Christina and Tolga, to create short films that capture the semi-conscious thoughts they have as they drift from wakefulness to the realm of sleep. The music selections we're awesome too.

Get ready. Get Set. Twitter!

twitter_screen
Originally uploaded by Superaverage

It's been over a year since I've heard of people using Twitter and it seems to be picking up momentum. I watch trends and call myself an "eventual adopter". It may seem like another web-based fad that sucks time from the real world. And true, it's not for everyone. But it is for people that are online and social already. And after 1 day, I like how already I'm tied in with friends near and far.

For those who are unsure about what Twitter is wikipedia describes it as:

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as tweets) which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

And for a great explanation of how and why Twitter works see the Twitter In Plain English video from CommonCraft.

Cool car for me one day

Cool car for me one day, originally uploaded by Superaverage.

It's been 9 years since I moved to SF, and therefore since I've been car-free, but I still fantasize about having one. And I'm always looking at cars. Not unlike a kid who dreams with wonder about new video games. A candy isle. Outer space. At the age of 10 I was sure I needed a Super Fast Corvette. It blew my little mind and having one would say "success" fairly well. Though I no longer feel that way about 'vettes I still dream about cars.

Over the years I've dreamed about a million cars. But in reality, my cars have been a short list of lack luster beauties like the '66 Chevy Biscayne, the '82 Honda Civic sedan, and a '92 Trooper. However, the one I left behind in Georgia, my last car, my favorite, was a 67 Chevy Malibu. A small but mighty 285 engine and the vintage color of turquoise. Not blue or green. Turquoise. That color was an enigma. One day I would be absolutely were it was green, a cloud would pass and it changed on before my eyes. It was a good car. Wide bench seats made for awesome drives to the beach.

But anyway, I digress. I loved the car. I love cars in general. And if you asked me today, I'd get this Alpha Romeo that I drove by on my way home tonight. Maybe not in red like this one, but it's awesome none the less. Isn't it?