How cool is this?
UrbanDrinks.com is a site developed here in Portland to make your “getting-drunk-plans” easier. They’ve even added a Pub Crawl section where you can add your upcoming drunken events. This is especially handy, as we put on an annual pub crawl. They have plans to expand to other cities, so stayed tuned. Check it out ›
Killer sheep? A were-lamb? WTF? Are you shittin’ me?
This can’t be real. Oh wait, it is. And it was released in New Zealand back in March and screening in US theaters starting June 22. I’m so there. If you haven’t already seen this, you have to watch this trailer.
Also, Check out the site.
Last night was a great time as I took part in my second Midnight Mystery Ride, which also happened to be a part of this year’s Pedalpalooza.
The premise of a Midnight Mystery Ride, if you’re unfamiliar, is this:
“We meet, greet, gather and drink. At midnight, we ride to a mystery location. Not for the faint at heart.”
Every second Friday of the month, bicycle-riding freaks and geeks meet at a pre-determined location. Although this location usually ends up being a local brew-pub, its whereabouts are only posted on the website the day prior to the event. Around 10pm (ish), crowds of people on bikes of all types begin to gather at the chosen spot to load up on as much barley-pop as possible before midnight. At that time the mystery ride of roughly 150–200 people begins, which is led by one person who is the only individual that knows where we are riding to. Upon arriving at the mystery destination, which is within approximately five miles of the original meeting location, the partying commences. The crowd is comprised of everything from hipsters riding fixes to nude double-decker bike riding weirdos—My kind of peeps!
Below are a few photos and videos of last night’s ride. Unfortunately, my memory card was full, so I was only able to capture as much as I could erase. I was, however, able to get a poorly-lit snippet of a by-passer in an SUV acting-a-fool because he thought someone touched his precious vehicle. Way to uphold the stereotype, f*cktard! Not to mention he was slightly out numbered by 200 people on bicycles. Although, he did have a sweet east coast wise-guy accent.
Anyhow, enjoy my lousy, poorly-lit photos and videos as much as you can. It was pitch-black once we got there and I was pretty f*cked up, mind you. Better photos and videos next month, I promise.
WERD!
Almost daily I find myself meandering online repositories of “2.0″ish websites either to gain design inspiration or to reference the code for my own current web projects. Along the way I’ve come across some pretty interesting and random online applications. Here are a few of my recent finds:
This little application is designed to help you stop smoking by allowing you to create a widget that tracks how much money you save by quitting. It even generates the necessary code to embed the widget into your own site. Check it out ›
Imagini is another online community; however, they have taken an interesting approach to social networking — Images. I know, I know: Flickr has already done this, right? True. But the difference lies in how these images/photos are used. Through a process of selecting a series of photos based on your personal preferences, this application is able to create a personality profile, which they are branding as VisualDNA. I have to say, the profile it created for me was uncannily accurate. Once you have a profile, you can then connect to other users with similar VisualDNA. Take a look ›
I love these random uses and applications of all the latest web-based technologies.
A little magic for your monday morning.
P.S. You can make anything look super cool and mysterious in a “V” mask.
These pretty cool photographic pieces by Chris Jordan are part of a series based on various statistics. I’m not sure of the source or how accurate these stats are, but I deffintely think he does a great job of clearly communicating the sheer volume of the numbers, which might normally seem unimpactful. However, I think it could be more powerful if the mosaics created imagery thats was more provocative and delt with the subject matter. If nothing else, it’s some good eye-candy.
These works will be on exhibit at the Von Lintel Gallery on June 14th in New York. Check it out.
