I met this guy named Mike at a party. He’s a lawyer by day and a painter by night. But not just any painter, a Microsoft Paint-er. Check out his blog where he posts his MS Paint creations. I must say, it’s pretty badass. mikedraw.blogspot.com. Some examples are below.
The inside of a rental van. I’d say it’s moved its fair share of things with sharp edges over the years…
I saw a filming of “Life on Mars” the other day while on my way to work. I snapped a photo that didn’t seem too interesting at the time - an old-fashioned fire truck and police car, some extras dressed in 1950s garb, a big crew - the usual. But check out what I saw when I blew up the photo (below). Either there’s a scene that features the invisible man, or it’s a stunt man who’s going to be set on fire. My money’s with the fire one. Any viewers of Life on Mars want to let me know if I’m right in the coming weeks? Does anyone even watch that show?
Computer: Enhance! Enhance!
This video features a friend of a friend’s brother who’s a writer for The Sara Silverman Program. DO NOT WATCH THIS AROUND OTHER PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME. Also don’t watch it if you’re under 18 or easily offended. If all this hype makes the video seem more exciting, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. And don’t say I didn’t warn you.
I’ve gotten pretty quick at blasting through a photoshoot in Lightroom to select my favorites, do some basic color correction, and spit out some jpgs. So I thought I’d share a sped-up video of the process from a recent blind tasting at the Snooth HQ. Enjoy!
Say it ain’t so! Looks like they’re finally pulling the plug on that aging Sony PSP billboard on Houston Street.
I had a wonderful and totally not-terrifying experience at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday.
Among the bevy of things I’ve learned while working Snooth, one that caught me off guard (even though it’s pretty much the entire point of the site) is that it IS possible to know a lot about wine and not be a dick about it. I guess for a number of historical reasons, being “into” wine is seen as a pretty snooty endeavor, but the more I think about it and the more I learn, you can geek out about wine as much as you can geek out about anything.
Gregory Dal Piaz - a fellow Snoother, a Master of the Domaine (wait, that’s actually pretty funny), and a genuine nice guy - first got me thinking about this when he referred to his peers as fellow “wine geeks” rather than what I was expecting him to say - “wine snobs.” (True, while a snob would probably never admit to being one, it takes a true geek to refer to him/herself as a geek - it’s a basic tenant of Geek Pride.) So when Greg dropped that g-bomb, everything just became a lot clearer for me.
As with any topic, hobby, sports team, or other endeavor that inspires geeking, wine offers all the back-story, trivia, subtle distinctions, and of course - enjoyment - that makes it hold up as a pretty enjoyable thing to geek out about. Plus it can get you shitfaced. (Let’s see you try THAT, stamp collecting.)
So anyway, all this is what’s swirling around in my head as I read Greg’s latest blog post on the Snooth Blog, covering a blind tasting of Pinot Noirs for Thanksgiving. There’s a lot of no-nonsense, entertaining, and enlightening discussion about these wines (as well as a few well-placed curse words), and it’s all especially entertaining because nobody knows what they’re actually drinking until after all the reviews are done. Hence, none of the snottiness and all of the geekiness. It’s a lot of fun to read. (The photos are pretty good too. I’m just sayin…)
Geeky but fun question - how long has it been since you’ve restarted your computer? (If you’re a Mac user, the best way to find out is to open up the “Terminal” program inside your Applications > Utilities folder and type “uptime” without the quotes, then press return. Shazam.)
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Do you ever have days when you feel privileged to know people who can make stuff this awesome?
Check out the trailer for Jason Pollock’s new documentary, “The Youngest Candidate.” Trailers don’t get much better than this.
PS - check out the movie’s website, http://www.theyoungestcandidate.com. It was designed by Shepard Fairey. Don’t know who Shepard Fairey is? He’s the guy that designed this. ‘Nuff said.
Ever wonder how creative professionals at a big ad agency goof off during brainstorming sessions? Check out markercomp.blogspot.com to see more. Full disclosure: this kicks ass.
Here’s another cross-post with the Snooth blog. I promise I’ll be adding more to this site in the near future, or Snooth isn’t a made up word!
If anyone’s curious, here’s some of the stuff I’ve been up to at Snooth.
Some very encouraging news coming from America these days. There’s not much particularly insightful information I can shed on the situation except to mention that from a branding perspective, it’s finally time to ditch the Obama “O” logo as fast as possible. It was a great symbol of change and it’s served him well, but to McCain supporters (who make up slightly less than half of our country) I’m sure it remains a strong symbol of their opponent. It’s time to switch back to the good ‘ol American flag - one of the most powerful brands in the world - and move forward as one country with one brand.
When I saw this satellite photo of Mount Everest, I couldn’t not put a tilt-shift effect on it. The result is pretty cool:
Palin Failin:
Yesterday was a pretty cool day at Snooth. Among a slew of usability improvements we rolled out, we launched the Snooth Pulse - a real-time geographical measure of what people are searching for on Snooth. I hope you’re ready to have your mind blown.
We also added a Features page, which basically gives people an overview of Snooth at a glance, and showcases a pretty nifty video I put together. That’s right - I just said nifty.
Exclusive photo of John McCain’s notepad from last night’s debate:
