Assumptions we didn't even know we had...

A great mini-Ted talk by Derek Sivers:

Beautiful glass works

From Danish tool maker Steffen Dam.





From Cool Hunter:

The process for making the panels begins by using the traditional glassmaking method for solid objects. Dam then covers each solid block of clear glass, employing a welding torch with "either colored glass powder, a thread of black glass, layers of metal foil or thin layers of carbon." Once all of the applications have been added, the object is covered in several more layers of clear glass and each one is fused together to make one Specimen Panel—an otherworldly biology lab usually consisting of 25 or more individual glass blocks.

another one for #thingsIcovet

Amazing porcelain artworks

By Kate D. MacDowell





categorized under "things I covet"

I miss making props...

Just made an IV bag for our last day of shooting for Exit Strategy. Not bad (if I do say so myself) for a ziplock bag, a used saline solution bottle, and hand cream pump. It made me nostalgic for the good old days when I made a living as a crazed MacGyver cranking out sets and props for some of the best straight to video horror films of the 90s.

Here's some grainy old nostalgia:

I love this concept: Infographic Coins

From designer Mac Funamizu a redesign of coins based on pie chart slices.

Back from the wilds of Pennsylvania...

...from the Exit Strategy shoot. Fantastic locations. Amazing performances. The hardest working crew in show business. What more could you ask for? I can't wait to see edited footage.

In the meantime, here's a crappy iPhone photo from the shoot:
of our incredibly talented (and beautiful) actors--Erica Hernandez, and Gabrielle Senn--in our favorite location.

Mandlebulb - The Mandelbrot fractal in 3D

Inspired by Rudy Rucker (one of my all time favorite authors), the 2D Mandelbrot rendered in 3D. Amazing.