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For all the traffic disruptions that President Obama’s visit to LA caused about two weeks ago, one of the cooler redeeming mementos of his visit I’ve come across is this shot of Air Force One landing at LAX (click on the picture for a huge high-resolution photograph):
How cool would it . . . → Read More: Air Force One over Sepulveda Since my previous post on the history of Los Angeles rail, I’ve become even more fascinated with the history of the city. A bit of digging around online led me to this installation of James A. Fitzpatrick’s Traveltalks: I must admit, I was unfamiliar with the Traveltalks series but have become intrigued. What . . . → Read More: “Wonder City of the West” In the 20th century (you know–way back in the day…) Los Angeles had the greatest urban rail system in the world. Now a city famous for its congestion and traffic is trying to regain some of the glory of old days. And in this case–perhaps even use the same rail path! Check out this . . . → Read More: Past & Future of LA’s Rail to the Beach Just over a week ago, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa broke his elbow when he was hit by a taxi while cycling in the city. Yesterday he released the video below to thank supporters for their well wishes. He also seems to show serious support for more bike lanes in L.A. As a . . . → Read More: Cycling Support from L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa I’m loving the Tour de France right now. These guys are tearing up roads and mountains on bikes. Amazing. For those who doubt the intensity of the race, you’ve only to watch Fabian Cancellara descend a mountain from last year’s Tour: The Mozart symphony adds excellent effect. I think I gasped a couple . . . → Read More: Descending the Tour de France This is fun :) For anyone who’s ever been fascinated by science fair projects or Hollywood prop departments (I fall into both categories), you’ll appreciate this video from the New York Times. Diann Duthie is the art director for “The Dr. Oz Show” — a daily talk show hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz — that presents palatable high-level . . . → Read More: Medical Props for TV I’m not alone in my inability to consider hand modeling without thinking back to Seinfeld. But for a few people in the country, modeling palms and fingers isn’t a source of humor–it’s a source of income. Rather than go on and on with wicked puns about the profession, I’ll hand off the conversation to . . . → Read More: Lending a Hand for a Living  FILED UNDER: Articles, Pictures & Videos  TAGGED: advertising, Media, TV, work  COMMENTS: Comments are closedSaw this very cool kitchen island made of Legos in Dwell Magazine:
According to the magazine: The idea for Simon Pillard and Philippe Rossetti’s Lego kitchen sprouted five years ago, when Pillard put 500 blocks and a day’s worth of work into building a Lego-legged chair. The designing duo—–who create products . . . → Read More: Lego Island Just tried this “cloud art” using Wordle–a self-proclamied “toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide.” You can pipe in your website URL, or paste in any text. Then you have a bunch of cool control over design, layout, color, and more. Here’s one of the pictures it made for SalvoLavis.com: . . . → Read More: Wordle – word cloud art FILED UNDER: Cool Sites, Pictures & Videos TAGGED: art, blogging, design COMMENTS: Comments are closed |
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