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My new favorite band.

Okay, maybe not most favorite, because honestly, what band could be better than Pink Martini or the Dixie Chicks? But, they’re pretty damn good, and they play latin music, which I love. The band’s called Picoso. I heard them initially on Friday night when I was at the

Fuckers.

All of them. Excuse my French, but I hate Karl Rove. And how the “Christian” right can honestly believe that this man embodies any semblance of moral principle is beyond me. Rove Case May Test Bush’s Loyalty to His Closest Aides By DAVID E. SANGER Published: July 13, 2005

Cool interface.

A great Flash interface at Design Within Reach (browse one of the catalogs). Found while looking for folding inspiration for the household vessel I’m creating for my industrial design class….

Design.

So, I was thinking I might start posting design observations here. My first entry will be about a bad, bad UI, one caused by human neglect, mostly. It involves Seattle’s Metro buses. I usually catch the 31 to get home from the grad studio and have missed it a

Hmmm, I think I have my thesis idea...

Working on something related to this. I just started working on this project as a research assistant; I think it could be a really good thing.

I think I want to be an architect instead....

I’m taking an urban design class this quarter and I really like it. So much so, that I’m toying with the idea of applying to the UW’s M. Arch. program when I’m done with my MFA. Then I can do things like this. I’m also

I love TypePad, but....

I think this site – Flickr – handles photos better, but it’s lacking the über-cool blog feature. Anyway, grad school is going well. I’ll be starting on my thesis this summer (fingers crossed). I’ll also be working as a research assistant on a very interesting project. I’m so

A busy but happy year.

Part of living in the Seattle area is being nimble in terms of your work situation and Will finds himself, once again, changing positions. After a two-month stint with Beon Media, he is now starting a contract project as a product manager with Onyx Software Corporation. Located in Bellevue, Will’

F-stops and shutter speeds.

I just got a new digital camera (Canon EOS Digital Rebel) and am using it to finally learn the technical aspects of photography. Here’s a photo I took tonight of the Space Needle from Kerry Park which is about a 10-minute walk from our house. aperture: f 5.6

Write Your Own Damn Fortunes.

A project done for my graduate seminar with Prof. John Rousseau. Project guidelines: 01. Two of three fortune cookie fortunes (handed out in class). 02. Contextual, semiotic, or linguistic improvisation; extend, subvert, change. 03. Typography only, no image. 04. Improvisation and experimentation. 05. Worthy of engagement. I decided to explore