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Type is Art - Posted on 2008-11-13 11:28:26

Get creative with the fundamentals of typography!
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Check out one of my better attempts, Apple:

Material Sounds - Posted on 2008-11-11 09:40:05

From Julian Barnes' novella, The Pocupine:

Those inside the demonstration could distinguish from nearby the different notes that were being struck: the dead, dully echoing sound of aluminium on aluminium, the higher, more martial cry of wood on aluminium, the suprisingly light mess-time call of wood on iron, and the heavy, road-mending sound of aluminium upon iron.

Respect at The Stone - Posted on 2008-11-10 12:11:12

Saturday, November 8th

(Thanks to Chris Wicks for the photos.)

Click here for more, including pics of the Wierenga Manoeuvre from the same night.

Obama - Posted on 2008-11-05 15:20:13

What an amazing night.

Jen and I watched the the election results pour in at a bar on 19th St until about 10:30pm. We knew Obama was close when CNN projected Pennsylvania and Ohio for him. We took the train back to brooklyn thinking we'd be up all night waiting for a result. Walking from the train stop in Brooklyn towards our apartment, we heard an enormous cheer coming from a restaurant at the end of our block. We ran up to the windows (the place was packed) and were able to see CNN's headline "Barack Obama elected President" - people were cheering and hugging and crying and laughing. We headed back home to watch the McCain concession speech (VERY well done, indeed), but the sounds which shook Fort Greene drew us back outside, and we found the street FILLED with people (Jen and I guessed around 1000 in that one intersection alone). Total celebration; drinking on the streets; people were jamming on drums and pots and pans; chanting abounded.

In an effort to hear Obama's acceptance speech, several of us squeezed into a small hair salon called Snip Snap. We watched the speech and tears were flowing. Obama's speech was absolutely stirring. My favorite moment was when he subtly referenced the Sam Cook song, A Change is Gonna Come:

"It's the answer that—that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America."

Certainly, there is hard work to come for President-elect Obama, but the rest of us can breathe a little easier knowing that the course we've been on over the last 8 years might finally be changed for the better.


Some pics from last night's impromptu Fort Greene Victory Celebration:

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