tamashii

AirFrance-med.m4v

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:59:50 -0800

A Corsairfly 747 from Paris lands at the Princess Juliana Airport in St. Maarten. This one was actually rather high considering other videos/accounts I've seen previous to our trip there.

I wish I was a bit further back to catch it in comparison to how low these planes come in over Sunset Beach as they land. It is quite exhilarating to have one of these fly overhead at such low altitudes.

Two-Headed Horror

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:23:46 -0700

My 2007 Halloween costume. This was taken at my work during the costume social.

I make my own costumes for Halloween and I think this was one of my best ideas.

many moons

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:18:16 -0700

it has been a long time since i have made a post here on this blog. unfortunately, the frequency at which posts occur will not increase here. mostly because this blogging thing has become a bit of a "meh" thing for me. well, i'm lying... but not really... you see, that whole "i am jealous" thing has my blogging focus by the short hairs and doesn't look like it will let up anytime soon. speaking of...

festival attendance

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:52 -0700

just found out i am gonna be able to attend sxsw interactive this year. i have lived in austin for quite some time and have never made it. well, this year is my year. finally get to see all them faces to the blogs i read/post to.

two-fer

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:52 -0700

monster 62's story went up late last night with monster 63's just being posted (imagine this post isn't some 45 minutes into the 20th). i am seriously considering what it would take to get me to design ranch this year. my wife says i should go. stefan bucher even has a presentation and workshop this year. my first "boss" might even be there -- he did create the thing, afterall. twitterific seems

tardy tales

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:52 -0700

failed to post monster 64's story yesterday, but posted it today along with monster 65's. back to work.

super typo

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:52 -0700

monster 66 gets a tale. --- on feb. 6, 2005, i made a post titled super bowel. the 'e' in bowl was intentionally added to describe my thoughts on the year's commercial offerings (being that the super bowl is supposed to be the king of commercials). i thought i was being clever. as it turns out, at least once a week, i have someone do a search on the super bowel. however, they mean bowl. they

quick stop

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:51 -0700

monster 67

battle soul

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:51 -0700

what does that title mean? well, i decided to play a little experiment. at the beginning of generating this post, i selected to randomly shuffle through a personal smart playlist in itunes (songs with 3+ stars, limited to 60 minutes and no song played within the last 3 days). the first song to play was "battle without honor or humility" by tomoyasu hotei (of kill bill fame). using the first word

herculean angel

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:51 -0700

wow... 4 stories i haven't posted the links to. man, i suck at blogging. used to, i would blog every day. sometimes twice a day. just to throw something new up. either i've become very boring or blogging isn't as exciting as the multitude of other websites i visit in a day. like the daily monster. Monster 70 Monster 71 Monster 72 Monster 73 uhm, that's it for tonight. i'm going with i'm boring.

space angel

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:50 -0700

iconfactory is one of the kewlest icon sites around, pwning just about anyone on mac interface design. they have icons, desktops and even software available for your consumption. i was overjoyed to finally get a copy of iconbuilder and i dare say i haven't disliked a software package coming from their ingenius workers. enter frenzic - the first game from iconfactory and artis software. "a

sxsw - day 01

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:50 -0700

friday is day one for the interactive festival portion of sxsw. so far, it's kinda boring. maybe because the actual "party" doesn't get started until tomorrow (all the panels that have the important people start saturday). i mean, this is just the sign-in/registration day, after all, right? so, i made some buttons (it's my thing) to pass out at the event. mostly to yh!ers and those whom are part

sxsw - day 02

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:50 -0700

day 2 here at south-by. much better. incredibly better. the panels are really working for me here. first one at 10am: writing, better. great tips, advice, general knowledge on what one can do to just write better. i really felt like i got something from this panel. next up: after the brief. another really informative panel. there is a lot i need to do to improve getting inspiration. some great

sxsw pics - day 02

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:49 -0700

none of these pictures are posting worth a damn. at all. so... uhm... just imagine the pictures with my ever so helpful descriptions of them. me. zeldman. motorola startac. the masterful, kevin cornell. flat hicks. i forget why he couldn't show, but damn if this wasn't the funniest thing to see on stage during a panel (which was jason santa maria's and rob weychert's panel on inspiration --

sxsw - day 03

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:49 -0700

just a real quick post for now. gave out a good collection of buttons today (in no particular order): jay west (was actually last night while in line - staff photographer for sxsw) dave amos maximo stephani emily pepperman dan cederholm john marstall brian brasher cameron adams paul mckey stuart constantine brian fitzgerald ian lloyd patrick lauke on a side note, i had a really great talk with

sxsw - day 04

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:49 -0700

some kick-assery panels today. i can tell, however, that the conference is winding down. they're starting to lose their luster. i did end the day with likely one of the best experiences from the event: getting strangled by douglas sarine. that's right. a ninja. but not just any ninja. the ninja. he so looks forward to killing all of us soon, i had no choice but to oblige. who knows how many

murder 3000

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:49 -0700

a quick post to talk about the new link in the sidebar over there. the one for iconbuffet. i have been a member of the free delivery service for as long as i can remember the "service" being put into action. the fine chefs over at ib have since come up with a new system and site to accompany. it looks really great. works cleaner. uses ajax. seems more community-centered. free delivery is a fun

young velveteen

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:48 -0700

while not officially a part of the motodiva birthday haiku challenge, i thought i'd slap some words together. using the subject of wikipedia's daily featured article: with pashtun prowess she attacks another year not a scratch on her --- post title: "young lust" - pink floyd (the wall) "velveteen" - yoko kanno (ghost in the shell - stand alone complex o.s.)

smile athena

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:48 -0700

wikipedia's daily featured article really sucks today. but that's my plan for these haikus, so... here goes. one diva's power would wipe alexander's rule ottoman too slow --- post title "smile" lily allen (smile) "athena" dj tiesto (parade of athletes)

100 deaths

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:48 -0700

this past weekend, i attended the design ranch. i truly regret not going to any of the previous 6. a complete retreat/camp for designers; totally worth every penny (and a pretty one at that - for me). this year is my year of finally getting off my ass and being a designer and not just playing one on tv. so far, i think i am doing pretty well at meeting that goal. i had been interested in the