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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Brushes App – The one reason I want an iPad

31-Jan-10

Jorge Colombo’s art got a fair amount of attention last May when the painting shown in this video was published on the cover of The New Yorker. His work was highlighted again last week, in the short segment featuring Brushes for the iPad during the Apple announcement event. You can see more of his work [...]

panoramic kitchen

28-Jan-10

panoramic kitchen, originally uploaded by normnode. Completely distorted perspective. Marvelous.

all the way around

19-Jan-10

all the way around, originally uploaded by normnode. Still having fun with Pano. The perspective starts to get a bit quirky, but I like that.

Hilarious, extreme coffee snobbery.

10-Jan-10

How to Brew a Good Cup of Coffee from Ben Helfen on Vimeo. I probably shouldn’t categorize this post as one about food; don’t try following these instructions, whatever you do. If you take coffee seriously – really, really, really seriously – then you must watch this.

Hydrant, Lake and Carlmont.

08-Jan-10

Hydrant, Lake and Carlmont., originally uploaded by normnode. Many (perhaps all, I haven’t checked) fire hydrants in Belmont have cool custom paint jobs. My neighborhood is blessed with Smokey.

Side view

08-Jan-10

skbk_0003, originally uploaded by normnode. Design development for a backpack that requires no shoulder straps? Or for the magical hairstyle that looks the same when viewed from the front or the side?

Pulgas Water Temple Panorama

06-Jan-10

Pulgas Water Temple Panorama, originally uploaded by normnode. Pano is an app for the iPhone; it makes it reasonably easy to shoot a sequence of photos for a panorama. The results are far from perfect, which makes using it all the more fun and charming.

In Water Dog Lake Park

05-Jan-10

In Water Dog Lake Park. I liked the odd perspective of this scene. And the silvery, leafless trees.