Last night @ Adaptation

Color Pattern


Color Pattern


I have the overwhelming urge to strangle something... hmm... what could I STRANGLE?


Sedimentary Rock


The Jungle


Brookes


Mirror


Entry\Exit


Other people's backyards


Color Pattern\Couch


Subway


Subway

Housemate Story-Time

A Bridge Collapses Before Sunrise and No One Is Around to See It Happen.

ZINK is supposed to make up for the loss of Polaroid instant film?

Polaroid's new instant mobile printer using ZINK (stands for Zero Ink) printing technology is able to be hooked up via usb or bluetooth to mobile devices and digital cameras. It prints 2" x 3" borderless prints with a sticky backing (15 prints per charge on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery) which are "smudge-proof".


Their website states that "ZINK Paper™ is at the heart of ZINK™ Zero Ink™ Technology. ZINK Paper is an advanced composite material with cyan, yellow, and magenta dye crystals embedded inside and a protective polymer overcoat layer outside, enabling true ink-free prints. We can customize the characteristics and/or manufacturing of ZINK Paper to meet the needs of a specific application and market. And, because ZINK Paper is manufactured in very large rolls, it can be produced and then finished in any size, in rolls or sheets, and on multiple base materials including paper and plastic. ZINK Paper can also be finished with an adhesive back."

If Polaroid thinks that this will supplement all the lost nostalgia with their abandonment of the instant format film, they are really wrong. While it seems like an interesting technology, and it might be interesting to hack in some way, I don't see any real advantages to this system. Not only does it require that you purchase film (in 10 print packs), but also that you carry around an accompaniment to your camera and have to remember to recharge a battery. I don't know, maybe my cynicism is poorly directed, however, I can't say that I'm really excited.

Karl was Framed

And now he's looking good and finished.

"Karl Lagerfeld Fat. Riding an Oyster to Safety", 3' x 3', Collage

Happy Earth Day, 2008!

Today in Philly

Rail to Tioga Street stop (my new home as of June 1st):


My Room:






The Loft:



I went to La Colombe Torrefaction again (this time I treated myself to the newest copy of COLORS magazine) and had an iced coffee and almond tart:


Then I went to Rittenhouse Square Park, which was packed with the young beautiful and those who like to look at them:


A homeless guy tried to blend in. Good visual metaphor I think:


And here is the Delaware:

Mercy Rocking Out

Downstairs Kids, Today, Present, and Jackie's Third Leg

But FIRST! Elaine:


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Downstairs Kids:

Today:


What two of the guys downstairs did to our plot of dirt and refuse out front. It makes it feel like spring\summer time.

Early Morning Library


Rubbertrees


Points


Classroom

Present:

Jackie's Third Leg:

LESNYC

Went into New York yesterday for a historic eating tour of the Lower East Side run by Big Onion tours. I got this woman Megan for a tour guide. She was about to receive her doctorate for her research into the public health of historical immigrant populations in New York City. She was pretty good with all the talking and pointing, and she never seemed to become overwhelmed, which I find amazing as New York overwhelms me pretty quickly. We learned about German, Irish, Italian, Jewish, and Dominican populations. After the tour, my sweet tooth led me to stumble upon this place called Rice to Riches. It is a dessert place that specializes in Rice Pudding and has all the consumer cliche signs up around the store like, "Anti-Anti-Carbs" and "I'll diet when there's none left". Besides that stuff, which I find vaguely over the top, the rice pudding was amazing and it comes in these great reusable plastic containers with a sort of stick\spoon thing. If you ever find yourself at 37 Spring Street
between Mott and Mulberry St, I'd recommend you pick up some Pecan Pie Rice Pudding.