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Friday, March 20, 2009

Uncle Jim (63/365)

Uncle Jim (63/365), originally uploaded by Headphonaught.

Finally got round to uploading my "missing' Project365 pic... the one with my Uncle Jim in it. It was good to see him when he popped round.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Loving me some... Ray Lamontagne

Lovely!

Loving me some... Coca Cola Happiness Factory

I love this ad... It is so dense with style, design & characterisation.

Oh and I know I've posted this before but... here's the "full movie" version:

Yes its an ad... but its a lovely ad!

Things to inspire... 19th March 2009

Popped into the library while the we'ans were at the "Rainbow Club" at a local church. Was looking for inspiration and think I have found it in the following tunes:

"Poor Man's Heaven" by Seth Lakeman
"Till the sun turns black" by Ray Lamontagne
The Script... and
"Only by the night" by Kings of Leon

...and the following books:

"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi
"Pattern Recognition" by William Gibson
"Star Wars - The force unleashed" by Blackman, Ching, Dazo, Nichols & Atiyeh; and
"Batman - The man who laughs" by Brubaker, Mahnke, Zircher & Sowd

I got the 4 CDs for the price of 2... because I borrowed a book for each CD. Nice encouragement to read... certainly for me.

What has inspired you... lately?

Had a wee play about with Google's Street View... and I have to say I love it. So I thought I'd give you a wee tour of three of my fave places in Glasgow.

First off (above) is the Caffe Nero we meet up in when we gather. As you can see it really is on the corner of Hope Street and Waterloo Street.

Next up is my fave record shop... Fopp. Many a lunchtime has been spent in there digging through the sale racks. So glad its still there.

Lastly... if you look to middle of the pic... where the perspective meets... at the end of the street... is Borders on Buchanan Street. I can usually be found around lunchtime in the Starbucks of this wonderful media establishment... partaking of whatever drip is dripping.

So that's me, what about you???

Here's the community challenge: Find three fave places on Street View and post them on your whatever... leaving a wee link in the comments as you go.

[ more on Street View ]

This is cool :: improve everywhere's Subway Art Gallery Opening

Another stroke of genius from improv everywhere :: The Subway Art Gallery Opening...

For our latest mission, 50 Improv Everywhere agents created an art gallery opening on the 23rd Street subway platform in Manhattan. We put up 30 placards next to objects in the space (pipes, electrical boxes, signs, advertisements), transforming them into works of art. The gallery included a bar, a coat rack, and a cellist.../

For more... go here.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Sony MDR-XD100-Stereo Headphones

Prior to recording the wraps for the second half of Mark Berry's interview for the something beautiful podcast tonight... I noticed that Stewart has the same headphones as I have - Sony MDR-XD100-Stereo Headphones. It was a bizarre moment of serendipity and jinx.

I have to admit I am particularly fond of these headphones for non-iPhone use. They feel good, have a lovely rich sound quality and emanate a real Cyberman aesthetic... making them well worth their pricetag of approx £14.

Looks like I am not alone in thinking so.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The last 36 pics from my Project365

The last 36 pics from my Project365, originally uploaded by Headphonaught.

I feel like I have some form of creative "block"... I just don't feel inspired just now and I don't know why.

That said... I love the whole "Project365" and feel it is helping me fight my way through this creative malaise that I feel.

I have 74 pics in my Project365 set... albeit I should have 75 to date - I need to upload a pic with my Uncle Jim from my Nikon.

Have a wee look-see, if you haven't already, and leave a wee encouraging comment.