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ANTONI GAUDI

1852 - 1926

Antoni Gaudi was a Spanish architect who worked primarily in Barcelona.
His famously unique style is one of sumptuosly flowing, earthy, and tactile organic forms incorporating a natural/nonrectalinear engineering logic.
The most famous of his works is the Sagrada Família cathedral,
which he began working on in 1915, and remains in progress today.

Photo by Darek ( dar_wro ). (copyright)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61710377@N08/5927810606/

Photo by David Ayton. (copyright)

Photo by Jay Lee ( baldheretic ). (copyright)

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"A little too much chocolate is just about right."

Unknown

2013 / 05 / 25

NIKE MAGNET COMMERCIAL

by NIKE

Nike marketing periodically comes up with the greatest adreniline pumping athletic inspiration.
If one can ignore all the Lance Armstrong mess...this one stands as one of the best.
The energy current and almost hauntingly beautiful American landscape cinematography
makes the the hairs stand up on the back of my neck,
and even years later, still psyches me up to go for a long ride.
Great ending too. :)

2013 / 05 / 13

OTTO IN THE DAISIES

by Carol Mikkelson

A beautiful and smile inducing shot of pure dog joy.

In addition to her Flickr site, and blog,
Carol Mikkelson has more fun pooch shots at her dog photography site Fetchin' Photos:

Where she offers her services capturing photos of your furry best friend.

2013 / 04 / 29

ALL IS FULL OF LOVE

by BJORK

Fantastic video.
It still holds up amazingly well over a decade later, which is particularly impressive for video,
and even more so for sci fi concept/effects work.
Regardless wether her distinctively impressionistic style of work tickles your fancy,
Bjork is a fascinatingly unique, talented, multifaceted, and innovative artist.
There's just no one else quite like her.

Directed by Chris Cunningham.
Written by Björk.
CG by Glassworks
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Famous Music.
® 1999 Björk Overseas Ltd/One Little Indian Ltd.

Interesting video on the making of the video:

Music video DVD on Amazon

Music MP3 single on Amazon

2013 / 04 / 28

ALFONSE MUCHA

1860 - 1939

   

Alfonse Mucha
was an extremely prolific Czech illustrater and painter whose uniquely gorgeous commercial work famously defined art nouveau style illustration, though he himself disagreed wth the art nouveau definition being applied to his work, and was less interested in the commercial work for which he recieved such acclaim, than his fine art painting, which was much more important and worthwhile in his view.

( Some manipulations have been applied to these images
to account for fading / reproduction lossiness.
The artists original work may have been less high contrast / color satured, more pastel in their original character. )

The Mucha Foundation - Run by his descendants.

MUCHA
the book
by Sarah Mucha
Wife of the artist's grandson and trustee of the Mucha Foundation.

2013 / 04 / 25

GOPRO BEST OF

By GOPRO camera

Excellent video compilation starting with beautifully shot landscapes
transitioning to really cool footage of adreniline pumping action sports.
Good stuff.

From the YouTube video description:
Shot 100% on the new HERO3® camera from ‪http://GoPro.com.
The Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro, ever. No expense was spared during its development, resulting in a GoPro that is 30% smaller, 25% lighter & 2X more powerful than previous models. New resolutions and frame-rates include 4Kp 15, 2.7kp 30, 1080p 60, 1440p 48, 960p 100, 720p 120 and 12MP burst photo capture at 30 fps. Yes, for real.
Sit back and enjoy the HERO3: Black Edition in all its glory. #GoPro
FEATURED ATHLETES (in element, location & order of appearance)
SNOW: (Mt. Cook, New Zealand) Tom Wallisch, Eric Willett, Julia Mancuso
SKI BASE JUMP: (Earnslaw Burn, New Zealand)JT Holmes
SURF: (Tahiti, French Polynesia) Kelly Slater, Anthony Walsh, Manoa Drollet
DIVE: (Vava'u, Tonga) Mandy Rae Krack, Erin Magee, Ashleigh Baird
MTB: (Queenstown, New Zealand and Squamish, BC, Canada) Aaron Chase, Mike Montgomery, Kelly McGarry, Brett Tippie
KAYAK: (Turangi, Taupo, Aratiatia, Whangarei, and Maruia in New Zealand) Ben Brown, Rush Sturges
MOTO: (San Francisco, CA)James Rispoli, Josh Herrin, Jake Ellington
AEROBATIC PILOT: (Queenstown, New Zealand) Chuck Berry
MUSIC: OVERWERK - "Daybreak" (GoPro HERO3 Edit) From the upcoming EP "After Hours" Download the song FREE here: http://on.fb.me/SZlDsY
SPECIAL THANKS!
DIVE:
Kirk Krack - Performance Freediving http://www.performancefreediving.com
Dolphin Pacific http://www.dolphinpacificdiving.com/
Riffe http://www.speargun.com
Aqua Lung http://www.aqualung.com
Suunto http://www.suunto.com
Andy Casagrande http://abc4explore.com/
SNOW:
MAP Productions Ltd http://mapproductions.co.nz/welcome/
The Northface http://www.thenorthface.com
Heliworks Helicopters http://www.heliworks.co.nz/
KAYAK:
Ngati Tuwharetoa Te Runanganui o Ngati Hikairo ki Tongariro
SURF:
The Drollet Family http://matarai.com/
Todd Glaser http://www.tglaser.com/

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Of those who say nothing, few are silent."

Thomas Neill

2013 / 04 / 22

EARTHRISE

by NASA and the Apollo crews

Photos by the Apollo astronauts/NASA.
( Some manipulations applied. )

On December 21, 1968, Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell Jr., of the Apollo 8 crew became the first humans to leave Earth orbit and observe our home planet from far enough away to see it in it's entirety as a globe.
They continued out into space and entered the Moon's orbit on December 25th, looping 10 times around it before returning home on December 27th.
That 240,000 mile journey into deep space, a distance approximately 30 times the width of the Earth, roughly 30 times farther away from Earth than any human had traveled before,
and around the dark side of the Moon where no communication was possible,
was perhaps the most frightening, risky, and nerve-racking adventure ever attempted by man.
If the Earth was the size of a basketball, the Moon would be the size of a softball and about half the length of a basketball court away.

It's hard to imagine a more hair on the back of the neck raising feeling than sitting precariously in a flimsy little eggshell of a bleeding edge technology craft out in deep inhospitable space, staring back at safe Earth visible as only a tiny blue ball 240,000 miles away.

On July 20th, 1969, while Michael Collins manned the orbitting command module, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and stepped out of their craft to become the first humans to touch the surface of another planet.
Less than 200 years earlier, (or a little more than 2 lifetimes ago), riding a hot air balloon, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier was the first human in mankind's 200,000 year (roughly 2000 lifetime long) history to rise above the Earth's surface.

Man has gone beyond Earth orbit only 9 times, on the Apollo missions 7-17, 1968-1972, and touched the moon on 6 of those missions. The last was Dec 11, 1972.

2013 / 04 / 19

THE FIRST HONEST CABLE COMPANY

by Extremely Decent Films

A brilliant parody that's not really a parody.
( Warning - Contains some foul language. )

From the YouTube video description:

Your Local High Speed Internet & Cable Provider gives it to you straight.

EXTREMELY DECENT
is a sketch comedy group based out of Los Angeles, CA.
Our popular videos include
"The First Honest Cable Company," "Gollum vs. Smeagol Rap Battle," "A Canadian Mugging," and "Mind Readers."
We specialize in taking silly situations very seriously.
Please be sure to SUBSCRIBE and check back for a new video every Tuesday!
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/c48d7fs
Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/btuzwt2
Hipsters click here: http://tinyurl.com/bpq4gcp
Writers: Nick Smith & Brendan Rice
Starring: Nick Smith
Cinematography: Joey Rassool
Graphics: Brendan Rice & Mikey Caro
Animations: Mikey Caro
Director and Editor: Nick Smith

2013 / 04 / 02

TINY COTTAGE on a TRAILER

by Rowdy Kittens

Tammy Strobel and Logan Smith
live in a lovely 128 sf wood cottage custom crafted on an 8' x 16' trailer
which they recently moved from Portland to an acrage in Northern California.
The home was designed by Dee Williams of Portland Alternative Dwellings ( PAD ),
and built by Katy Anderson.

Tammy and Logan are active proponents of living small and simple.
Their websites, Rowdy Kittens, and Smalltopia, provide fun and more in depth details into their minimalist lifestyle / ideology.

Tammy Strobel's book on Amazon.
( She also has more ebooks at Rowdy Kittens . com )

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Rabbit," said Pooh to himself.
"I like talking to Rabbit. He talks about sensible things.
He doesn't use long, difficult words, like Owl.
He uses short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?' and 'Help yourself, Pooh'."

Winnie the Pooh ( A. A. Milne )

2013 / 04 / 01

TOSHIBASPHERE

A groundbreaking new game console from Toshiba.

With 12 core 3.5 Ghz processors, 4GB DDR5 RAM graphics card, 5 HDMI ports, no cables,
and revolutionary new STROBIX IR motion detection, this incredible new device from Toshiba lets you play amazingly innovative games such as
"Pet the Dog", "Let's Travel", "Organic Farming", and "Contract Negotiations - Union Labor".

It's simply unbelievable!

Price yet to be determined. Available April 1, 2013.

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