Metal Heart
Great tilt-shift video that makes monster trucks look like matchbox cars.
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High quality YouTube video hack
I’ve known about the ability to watch high quality YouTube videos for a while now and even have my account preference set to it. But I didn’t know of a way to actually embed the high quality version of a video, until now. Kottke has a post explaining how to embed a high quality YouTube video into your site.
13 Ghosts II
A strong line of thunderstorms moved through the area today which consisted of some impressive cloud formations. What really struck me was the rate at which the clouds were traveling. So a whipped out my point and shoot and captured some footage.
With the release of the Ghosts I-IV album a few months ago, Nine Inch Nails has been holding a film festival on YouTube. The idea being to take the tracks from Ghosts and apply imagery you feel fits the tracks best. And since the album was released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license, this is a legit use of the music.
I thought my cloud footage fit nicely with one of the Ghosts tracks, so this is my submission.
Dateline: Mario
Dateline: Mario from Eric Grissom on Vimeo.
NIN : Echoplex – Live Rehearsal
Good Eats – Tea
I’ve always been a fan of the Food Network show Good Eats with Alton Brown. I like the simple and straight forward approach to explaining how the cooking world works. And recently, I’ve become a big Tea fan. Here’s two great videos of a good eats episode where he explains the nuances of tea.
NIN : Letting You – Live Rehearsal
NIN : 1,000,000 – Live Rehearsal
Weezer cover Radiohead’s Creep, live in Portland
Weezer cover Radiohead’s Creep, live in Portland from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Code Swarm: Python
code_swarm - Python from Michael Ogawa on Vimeo.
Visualizing the commit history of the Python scripting language project. (via Chris Glass)
David Byrne: Playing the Building
Playing the Building is a fascinating project by David Byrne where he hooks up an old pump organ to the The Battery Maritime Building in New York. Various motors are attached to the different pipes, radiators and other metal structural elements of the building, each giving off a unique sound when the corresponding key on the organ is played. (via Greg O’Keeffe)
Big Ideas (don’t get any)
Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo
Now this is pretty awesome. It’s a remix of the song “Nude” by Radiohead using old malfunctioning electronic equipment.
Steve Jobs on Paul Rand
“I asked him if he’d come up with a few options. And he said “No, I will solve your problem for you. And you will pay me. And you don’t have to use the solution; if you want options, go talk to other people.””
Conversations with Paul Rand
“You never call it art. Art is if you’re lucky.”
Driving Rain
Driving Rain from Jim Barraud on Vimeo.
Outside the Media-Hive office window.
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Media-Hive Company Site
A little over a year ago I did a refresh of the Media-Hive company site. Based on the original design direction by Greg O’Keeffe, I set out to tie together loose ends of the previous site and simplify some of the information architecture.
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Instagram
Over the past few months I’ve been obsessed with a little app called Instagram. It’s an app for the iPhone that lets you take square format photos, apply a filter, then post to multiple services such as Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and others.
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Nine Inch Nails : Wave Goodbye in Holmdel, NJ
This past Saturday I had pleasure of attending the NIN/JA (Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction) show at the PNC Bank Arts Center (Garden State Arts Center to those of use who know better) in Holmdel, NJ. It was a big day for me as I had been looking forward to this day ever since I purchased the tickets a couple of months ago.
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Manifest – Two Months Later
It’s been two months since I released my first Wordpress theme, Manifest. And in those two months the response has far exceeded my expectations. Which honestly wasn’t that hard since I didn’t really have any. Since it’s release, Manifest has been listed on various Wordpress theme blogs and used on countless personal blogs. It’s also enjoyed over 1100 downloads. Which still boggles my mind.
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Manifest & IE6
One of the key features of my recently released Wordpress theme, Manifest, is that IE6 is unsupported. This hasn’t been an issue with the vast majority of people using the theme, but there have been a couple of comments and emails asking about IE6 support. I figured I’d clear the air on the subject.