December 2007
26 posts
“From way up on the 100th floor the people look like nothing more than ants, just bumping into one another. If you grew up way too slow in a small town under snow then you get a little nervous around people that you never met. I watch the players play their parts with eager wanting hearts. Such an impressive cast of cunning improvisers. Mister director tell me what’s my...
Dec 30th
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Dec 25th
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Trajan is the Movie Font I guess its a bit like Papyrus is the Asian restaurant font
Dec 24th
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Dec 21st
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a day at Boatrock
Jeff topping out Watchdog [V4] December 17 Had an opportunity to spend a great day out at Boatrock with Jeff. The temps were in the low 50’s high 40’s with ZERO humidity…..the rock was sticky like fly paper. Conditions being so perfect it wasn’t a surprise that the sends would be plentiful, and big. Jeff made quick work of Bob and Curt’s Slab [V6], and I managed The...
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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mmmm, bottled water →
an interesting article on the evils of bottled water, some fun facts: + Producing the bottles for American consumption required the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil, not including the energy for transportation + Bottling water produced more than 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide + It takes three gallon of water to produce one gallon of bottled water
Dec 21st
hooray, flickr stats
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
music of 2007
t, only because I’m bored and stuck in Starbucks [oi] for a while. A list of albums conveniently sorted by iTunes Climber: Nelab Aaron Sprinkle: Lackluster Track a Tiger: We Moved Like Ghosts As Tall as Lions: As Tall as Lions Copeland: Eat, Sleep, Repeat Anberlin: Cities José González: In our Nature This Day and Age: The Bell and the Hammer Honorables The Shins: Wincing the Night Away...
Dec 19th
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cherished objects
I’ve talked about this before, and I’m not sure what’s bringing it to mind, but its a topic that I believe is pertinent especially in todays “throw away” culture. This is the idea of the cherished object, or at-least thats what I’ve been calling it in my mind. I’ve thrown this phrase out there as my design philosophy lately, but really, what is a cherished...
Dec 16th
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sweet Portland based glass artists
Dec 16th
baddesigns.com →
does anyone else find it funny that this is a badly designed website? it seriously amuses me how many human factors websites make my eyes bleed
Dec 15th
oi
the unfortunate fact is that I had to delete my recent post of a Gluzman rap about materials…..audio entries apparently FUBAR my layout…Oi
Dec 12th
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a little late climbing update
Its been quite the busy end of the semester school wise, buts its been quite the good climbing season as well. Lets take a trip back in time and start: November, 11 Had a great day out at Foster Falls with Ryan and Trey. The temps were perfect and we started the day out of Standing Room Only 5.11a ***, and I got the flash and my hardest ascent to date. Trey cruxing out on Rode Hard 5.10d ...
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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In honor of the day of my birth, 21 years ago
Dec 9th
“If one worries about style, one does not have it”
– Lella and Massimo Vignelli
Dec 7th
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for travis, video as documentation
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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in reflection, it was the bugbear
be my conscience when i have no one to defend all the letters have conspired to do me harm he is elusive no to mention sweet peering over my beds edge i spot his feet who would have know how long he would have wait not me that is implied i feel he’s earned my respect to reprobate i’m all tucked in bed my eyelids feel like lead i can almost see him start to salivate...
Dec 3rd