Category: Culture
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Exploring the Abandoned: China’s Zombie Ghost Cities
Over the past few years, I’ve explored a number of small ghost towns: Centralia, Pennsylvania, and Alta, Colorado. Now, I’ve found a new abandoned area to explore: Ordos, Mongolia. Video journalist Adrian Brown recently filed an interesting report on SBS Dateline discussing the ghost towns that are being build all over China and Mongolia. I’d…
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Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: NY Times on “Generation Sell”
Quick link for today – an interesting article by NY Times writer William Deresiwicz about my generation being the “Entrepreneurial Generation“.. From Deresiwicz’s article: The millennial affect is the affect of the salesman. Consider the other side of the equation, the Millennials’ characteristic social form. Here’s what I see around me, in the city and…
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xkcd: Map Projections
I usually don’t post direct XKCD comics, despite the fact that they’re all fairly brilliant. But this one really stuck a chord for me, since I love to travel. So, where do I fall on the chart? I have an inflatable 3D globe at home, and yes, I’m very clever. Aside from that, I also…
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Photos: BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 2011 : Irina Werning
For today, a great gallery of photos put together by photographer Irina Werning. What was old is new again.. BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 2011 : Irina Werning – Photographer.
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Jill Promotes “Party Like A Culinista” on FOX 19
Congratulations to my sister Jill on her recent appearance on Cincinnati’s FOX 19! FOX19-Morning Xtra-PLAC from all things delicious on Vimeo. Be sure to check out Party Like A Culinista!
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The Deleted City: My Original Website on Geocities
Geocities, home of my original Jamfan2:Web website. Back in the year 2000, I had just gotten to college at The University of Colorado at Boulder. The web was just really beginning to hit the mainstream, and everyday users were just starting to get into publishing their own webpages. One of the first major platforms for…
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Tiny Living: My Top 5 Super Small Japanese Living Arrangements
After living in NYC for about 7 years, I thought I was fairly well accustomed to living in small quarters – studio apartment, storage everywhere, continuously optimizing my use of space. But of course, the Japanese have us New Yorkers beat when it comes to efficiently using space. After a bit of digging around on the…
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The Creators Project
Last weekend I went with a friend to check out The Creators Project in DUMBO, Brooklyn. A few shots:
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Occupy Wall Street, and Look Good Doing It: Occupy Design
In order for any project, campaign, or protest to be effective, it needs people to support it. And that means appealing to people in an interesting, engaging way, through marketing. One of the most powerful ways of connecting people in an effective marketing campaign is through visuals. Recently at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and…
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Ikea overload!
5 hours and $1600 worth of furniture from Ikea in Centennial, Colorado. Too much or not enough? In any case, completely furnishing three whole rooms for $1600 is pretty good. The trick now is to maintain the furniture – I’m pretty sure that there’s a significant amount of work that goes into maintaining the “room…
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This Is Important – Photographers Rights from the ACLU
Undoubtedly, any photographer who has done “street photography” has at one point either been hastled by the authorities for taking pictures, or has felt stress from people around them because they were in a spot taking photos. It happens all the time – you’re taking photos of something somewhat controversial, and a misinformed security guard…
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The 38th Annual Telluride Film Festival
This week I’m at the 38th annual Telluride Film Festival. So far, standouts have been “The Artist“, “The Island President” and a reshowing of “Michael Clayton“. More to come… See this image in my Flickr Photostream.
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Best Album Ever: The Avalanches – Since I Left You is being re-released!
Wooo! It’s about time – in honor of its 10th birthday, the classic Avalanches album “Since I Left You” is being re-released. After hearing this album for the first time in 2002, I’ve been hooked – it’s easily in my top 3 most listened albums of all time, and one of my favorites too. From…
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Balloons into the sky
At the PEX Summer Festival, almost everybody had their own piece of experimental “art”. One guy took en entire spool of fishing line, and attached helium balloons every few feet. He also attached LED lights to each balloon, so as the sun set, the giant string of balloons stretching into the sky turned into an…
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Photo Digging for the Wedding Slideshow: Surfing
For this weekend’s upcoming wedding, I was tasked with handling the slideshow for Shalini and Chris. While digging through photos, I found this gem, from surfing on Long Island a few years ago. Havent been back surfing in NY yet this summer, but I plan to a bit next week in SanDiego….
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Planet Bluegrass
Today marks the start of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.. with the crush of people coming into town, and the crazy spectacle of a large portion of them, it’s like being on another planet.. Planet Bluegrass… I’m delighted, and horrified. Listening to: Ghostland Observatory – Midnight Voyage
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I Can’t Wait For The Future: Airbus Unveils Transparent Plane
Through The Daily Beast and written up on The Daily Mail: Airbus is planning on making airplanes with windows everywhere, giving flyers panoramic views of the sky. Imaging flying on one of these on a cloudless night, or in the northern latitudes for the northern lights? Just a future dream for now, but I’m sure…
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PSFK Asks: Is Bitcoin The Most Dangerous Technological Project Since The Web Itself?
PSFK Asks: Is Bitcoin The Most Dangerous Technological Project Since The Web Itself? Well, they could be, but wont.
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Oops, Dropped Camera Seamless Compilation
Every drop your camera while taking video? Here’s “oops“, a geniously edited together compilation of just that occurance.. Thanks to Ben Roberts for the link. From Good.is: The short film “Oops,” by Chris Beckman, just took top honors in the experimental category of the Vimeo Awards. It’s a 10-minute collection of seamlessly woven bits of…
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Back on Radio1190 – DJing A Guest Set on Sub-Harmony
During college at University of Colorado at Boulder, I worked at the college radio station Radio1190 KVCU as both the RPM Music Director and the host of my own radio show, The Acid Lounge. During the show’s 5 year run, I had the privelege of having DJ and producer Chad Westcott on as my co-host.…