The Polar Clock v2
Check out this Flash/ActionScript clock - Polar Clock. via Pixel Breaker
May 2007
Acts at Coachella
Here's a recap of the shows we attended at the Coachella Music Festival: Artic Monkeys - video Interpol Silversun Pickups Of Montreal Tokyo Police Clup (partial) Peaches (partial) Felix Da Housecat (partial) Arcade Fire - video Decemberists Hot Chip Peter, Bjorn and John The Fratellis Girl Talk Rage Against the Machine Air Willie Nelson (partial) Kaiser Chiefs Explosions in the Sky Junior Boys Klaxons Teddybears
April 2007
Bugatti Veyron – The Fastest Car in the World
This video highlights the Bugatti Veyron - the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive street-legal full production car in the world. Here are a few stats: Top speed 253 mph It has 10 radiators 0 - 60 in 2.5 seconds 0 - 100 in 6 seconds At 230 mph the Veyron 'consumes' 10,000 gallons of air per minute, as much as the average person inhales in 4 days The Veyron's [...]
March 2007
Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre
From Foster + Partners: "The Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre in Astana (Kazakhstan) will become a dramatic civic focal point for the capital of Kazakhstan. The soaring structure, at the northern end of the new city axis, rises from a 200m elliptical base to form the highest peak on the skyline of Astana." Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre See more at: Foster + Partners
Russian Gangster builds world’s tallest log cabin
From the Telegraph: "A whimsical jumble of planking, from a distance it bears a resemblance to a Japanese pagoda, but draw closer and it seems more like a mix between a Brobdignagian tree house and the lair of a wicked fairytale character." Read the article
Our New Home
We're having our new house built in Renton. The outside of the house is complete while they're still building the inside. The whole thing should be done in June. The New House!
The Queen Anne Condo has Sold!!
It's been a while since my last post - sorry about that. My life has been a little frantic lately. In the last month we've sold the condo, I was hired full time at Microsoft and we purchased a new house! Here are a few pictures of the condo (used in the selling materials):
February 2007
Coachella 2007
Every year my friends and I go down to Palm Desert and attend the Coachella music festival. This year the lineup looks really great. Coachella 2007 Lineup (as of 2/2/07) Links: Coachella AIR Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Carnelius The New Pornographers Hot Chip
December 2006
CBC Radio 3
UPDATE #2: Thanks you to Loc Dao for posting the archive to a new location! http://cbcradio3.locdao.com/ UPDATE: Looks like the R3 online magazine is back online: http://archive.cbcradio3.com/ (Thanks for the update Sean!) While in graduate school I was fortunate enough to attend a one-day seminar examining digital journalism and convergence. One of the speakers (Sean Embury) came from CBC Radio 3 - a public radio station featuring new music from [...]
Urban Cactus – Rotterdam
UCX Architects has designed a 19 floor tower (containing 98 residential units) that will sit in the Rotterdam harbor. The building has a large number of exterior terrace/garden spaces. It looks like an interesting place to live. Urban Cactus - Rotterdam Visit UCX Architects (may want to learn Dutch first)