What you see here is an interesting series by Joseph O. Holmes. No, he's not related to someone else you may know by that name. I know some of you pervs thought about him. No, Joseph O. Holmes is a photographer with an interesting style. The pic above takes you to a nicely demonstrated portfolio where he observes and takes pics of people at the American Museum of Natural History. The pics are beautiful and were taken with a very consumer level Nikon D70.
Ever notice how everything can be improved by either chocolate or cheese? If it's salty, add some cheese and it's even better! Breadsticks, pretzels, chips, everything. If it is sweet, add some chocolate and it's better. Chocolate and Cheese: they're like the yin-yang of food items.
So I went to a Chinese restaurant the other day and I chose my fortune. I can't recall with whom I attended, but there were a couple of us. Here is the thing that is funny. Say you are inclined to believe in these things. Say you go to a restaurant with another person. The server gives you two fortune cookies. If you are the first to grab a fortune, have you just set the fate for your guest?
In any case, I went the other day and I got a crap fortune (see photo). I hate when they give you these feel good fortune cookies instead of something more interesting or profound. And, we all know, I'm really not wonderful! Seriously. This reminds me of that Saturday Night Live skit. You know what I'm talking about.
I've always wanted to create ones that said something more mischievous, such as "That wasn't chicken!"
Fallingwater from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo. This is a great video of one of the world's greatest architects, Frank Lloyd Wright. It's also a wonderful example of 3D animated modeling. I can't imagine the time involved to pull this off.
I have never been to his home or works in Wisconsin. I have seen some of his work throughout the Midwest, especially Chicago. I was also lucky enough to visit his home (now also museum and school) in Phoenix during a work conference a while back. Picked up a nice Acme Pen as well. This is a fun video for any fan of FLW. If you're not a fan, you should be! He's an organic and amazing artist.
This is a cool photo I found on the Internet. Click on the photo and it takes you to an interesting page. Place your cursor on the far left side of the pic and then slowly drag it to the right side of the picture. Really cool little trick. Fun photography and Flash programming in a cool cityscape.
I wanted to take a brief moment to present another video in the "50 People, One Question" series. (This is a reblog, so click the links.) I posted this today in honor of a family friend that resides in Great Britain. Actually, they are from Great Britain, but I'm not sure exactly where they currently live. The father worked for Shell and they have lived all over the world. They have sons near the age of my brother and me that also are well traveled. I visited the family during my first trip to England many years ago. A family that my mother had made contact and friends with many years prior, during the times of pen pals. I stayed with part of the family in Great Yarmouth, an interesting little tourist town on the southeast coast.
In any case, one of the family members passed away about a week ago. This video is set in London and for some reason, it just took me back. I love the first guy's answer. He thinks it isn't creative, "I've got a shit answer" is how he starts out...
It's also an interesting question, really. "If you could wake up anywhere tomorrow, where would it be?" I'm not sure about my answer. Probably somewhere new. But with whom? Today, perhaps I would say New York City. In honor of that choice, another video in the series...
