good stuff

http://www.krownlab.com/

fernandos

yo son. this bitch can draw.....ok for real. fernando cohen has an illustration style all her own - I have not seen many others do work quite as nice as hers. Check out the stuff for Target and Flavorpill specifically! And doing windows for stores in Times Square is nothing short of major. The 'Personal' section is full of beautiful pieces too. yea son. http://www.fernandacohen.com/

if you in nyc...

.....stay at the maritime hotel in chelsea, realitivly cheap. http://www.themaritimehotel.com/

durat

soooo...the day i buy a house and dont rent. these mother fuckers are gonna hook it up. So, you read Dwell magazine or whatever and they have these shower basins and bath tubs that are beautiful…but like $15k…yikes. Just not trying to spend that kind of money you know? So I’ve been researching this company in Finland called Durat® that does all this polyester-based custom formed stuff. Real fresh stuff…that rectangle tub they have is nuts though. Absolutely beautiful. Check it out… I honestly have no idea how much the stuff costs yet, but I’m sure it’ll be disappointingly expensive. http://www.durat.com/

New Gear

ok this is my really dorky side. for the film heads out there that do production, here is some new gear thats just dropped.

- the camera house has a new digital field recorder. its tape free system that centers on the DFR. it gives us images closer to traditional film and makes the workflow faster and more cost effective.recorded onto a hard drive. www.thecamerahouse.com

- new arri d-20. suppousedly arri hasnt made enough. but digitals gay anyway. www.cameraservice.com

-the hydroscope from chapman. first waterproof telescoping crane arm. holds up to 200 lbs and is super quite...chapman also has a new pee-wee dolly (pictured) which is off the chain suppousedly

-the ringlight, just like the kino-flo camino light...no heat is emmited from the light, so you can get super close and it doesnt get uncomfortable for the cocky actors. rental from www.fvesco.com

-new 18k from arri, called the arrimax 18/12 (18,000 watt par) its like a fresnels variable beam spread but the output of a PAR. it has some reflector thing , so there is no need for spread lenses. pretty fucking sweet. no more burnt hands trying to put in a wide lense anymore.

Romenkian

More than any other person right now, mark romanek inspires me. i never feel the need to say shit like this, but this dude is amazing. I have no idea why he hasnt directed a feature yet. ive watched the directors label DVD of him a few times. from his johnny cash video, to his NIN video, to jay-z "99 problems". he knows what hes doing, and his outlook on it all is unreal. go find some stuff by him,rent it or buy it.

got it got cheap.

I’m not even trying to get into like a political / energy resource crisis post. I just have been looking at the more entrepreneurial side of the ‘energy crisis’ as of late. I’m thinking that next boom similar to the dot-com era thing will be small energy start-ups that have both really dumb and really innovative ideas to completely circumvent our traditional ways for getting it. And watch out for companies like VW, Scion, and maybe even Honda to start sponsoring these little companies. It’s really like ‘virgin-territory’ for the entrepreneurial world. Something to think about. So whatever…I want to spot light this company called Sky WindPower Corp. They have the idea of placing huge tethered flying windmills in the jet-stream….35,000 feet up. Kind of an ‘out there’ idea. But their proposal would suggest it’s limitless energy at less than 2 cents a KWh.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/31/flying-windmills-could-provide-limitless-power/

random links

http://www.thatvideosite.com/ ...just sit down and watch random ass videos. goodtimes.
http://www.joenet.co.jp/casual/levi/vintage/index.html ...some good denim.
http://www.ventureblog.com/ good blog
http://www.anewyorkthing.com/wp/ aron's shit. he updates it nonstop.

VW x Google earth!

this really is a good idea. They say the electronics research lab guys from VW have been hanging with the Google Earth team to try and figure out a way to use the whole Google Earth application as an in-car/in-dash 3D navigation system in upcoming VW models. Honestly, that’s a good idea. The link below is to a little story on Engadget about it, doesn’t say too much, but you know these two companies working together is only a good thing. While I can’t say Google is most esthetically focused company, they do have almost perfect execution of their ideas, and VW is really, really doing their thing with interfaces in their cars. http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/04/vw-nav-prototype-incorporates-google-sat-imagery/

Custom Earphones

These things look a little weird to me, like the actual shape. Seriously though. who is gonna drop $800 on a pair of headphones? Here is the basic run-down: You got to your local audiologist to get impressions made of your ear canals (which I heard is a weird experience), these molds are sent to Ultimate Ears, they then hand-craft a pair of head-phones that are perfectly specific to each of your ears.....http://www.ultimateears.com/custom/item__view_item__prod-959.html

nike ID airmax

i know its been up for a few days, but its still pretty awesome. nike air max ID
www.nikeid.com

alife webstore

ok alife has put up a webstore. i never post clothing/shoes stuff, but this kinda upsets me, i know this sounds really lame, but yea. it does. i like the idea of having to go to nyc or vancouver to pick up some alife gear. now any tool can copt the alife rtft everybody-his snakeskins online. ok ill shut up. www.alifenyc.com

watch tv...anywhere

so yea. something else is help kill time and keep your asses mediated has come along. now you can watch TV anywhere. its called the Slingbox, it hooks up to any TV and beams whatever is on the TV to any webbased device loaded with a special software. just bust out your laptop or sidekick and watch your local news in russia or a movie thats on your tivo. and there is no subscription fees. cost around 250 bucks. http://www.slingmedia.com

formfitting.

a door that fits to you? yea, this one does...this is some matrix 2090 shit. this japanese company called Fukuda's is working on this door that opens just enough to match the shape of the person or thing going through it. it suppousedly saves energy by a door from not having to open time after time, also helps maintain temp in the place. http://www.snipurl.com/jp3h

sit, nuvo, sit

tired of coming home to piss and poop all over the place? well say hi to nuvo, its this robot thats like 15in's high . it dances, plays music, tells time, can shake your hand too. it respondes to 40 some odd commands. it also takes pictures with the lens mounted on its face. this thing even breakdances, spins on its head and does handstands. and he will randomonly just take pictures and send them to your phone or email. all for only 7,000 dollars! hooray! http://www.nuvo.jp

wakey wakey eggs and bakey

everyone hates waking up when your having the sicket dream, your about to get with this hot lebonease chick with money but you wake up b/c your god damn alarm. not anymore....this alaram/watch called the sleeptracker wakes you up only when your in light sleep. it has a built in motion sensor, it can tell if your in a deep sleep about to get up in them guts or your ready to start your day. but is it worth 150 bones? http://www.sleeptracker.com

the real walkman

so yea...crazy japanese people at it again. they came up with this robotic exoskeltonto to help old people and disabled people walk and lift heavy shit. its called the hybrid assistive limb or HAL. it has some kind of brains that is in a backpack you wear, and it learns to mimic the persons posture, and it has sensors to the brains so it can anticipate movements when the person thinks of them. go go gadget old dude. its gonna cost around 20 g's.i wonder if it comes in red. http://sanlab.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/HAL/indexE.html

u need a little more penguin in your life....

so my boy keith showed me this site where you can buy penguins from. they have like 15 kinds, wow im in the dark about this shit. did u know there were penguins that lived in the jungle? this is some nbc dateline shit...how is this possible? aiight. so check it out and buy yourself a cute little penguin, but beware, they are prone to run into walls a bunch. i read that on the site. http://www.penguinwarehouse.com/

a little tab will do ya.

this dude david burke (owns davidburke & donatella, a resturant in nyc that makes some wacky stuff) has come up with some kind of flavor spray that mimics the taste of high calorie foods but has no fat , calories or carbs. has like 18 flavors. ha..from memphis BBQ to pesto to chocolate fudge....say you made some eggs, just spray a shot of the bacon flavor on top, and your set. like 6 bucks a bottle at

perfect brew

nothing kills it like big head or shitty bartenders and or slow bartenders. but this might help. this thing keeps it all togther. stainless steel tap that attaches to a tap changes the flow of the beer so it hit the bottom , which in turn eliminates the reason to tilt the glass. a business can lease one for 99 bucks a year keg cooler version is like 200 and a kegorator version is like 175. http://www.turbotap.com

pee-p this

We had to talk about this, if ever you’re travelling to New Zealand, check out the Sofitel Hotel in Queenstown....Let the girls on the wall tell you what you're really packing.

new clipse

so yea...clipse has some new tracks online. about time damn for sure. no idea when hell hath no fury is gonna drop.
http://hiphophavoc.webhost4life.com/play.php?mid=957
http://rapidshare.de/files/8684837/the_clipse_-_hard_or_soft_freestyle.mp3.html

glob

aron gave in and aNYthing has a blog or a globber.
http://www.anewyorkthing.com/wp/

the future

yo..the future looks nuts. this thing by toyota is pretty nuts. its powered by litium ion batteries and can go up to 25mphs.

http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/news/04/1203_1e.html

2008!

mark warner 2008....its on! chirp chirp

nish

so yea, i browse alot of design work. and this dude is pretty good. his names steve nishimoto. check him out.
http://www.nish.net