Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Currently in Development

New TechniqueI’ve spent some time lately fooling around with my digital camera, and thinking about how its immediacy and next-to-nothing output cost (after the original cash investment) have impacted how I perceive my surroundings. That’s lead to some new techniques in Photoshop, a new approach to the imagery that fuels my visual vocabulary. I’ve got a handful of new pieces in development, but right now, here’s a sampling.

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Drive, He Said

Lexus RX 300It’s definitely a driving life here in Los Angeles, and as a result, I spend a lot of time sitting in my rental car, staring at the backsides of other people’s automobiles. I’ve almost never been the sort to notice one car over another, but in the past few days I’ve been struck by how many Lexus RX 300s there are out on the Southern Californian roads. And also by how attractive — in a suburban kind of way — they are too. If I had to haul a kid to and from soccer practice, or even drive a date to the Olive Garden, well I guess I’d want to do so in an RX 300.

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How to Get Around in Los Angeles

There’s a lot of driving to be done in Los Angeles, and it drives me bats. One of the major reasons that I love New York so much is the fact that the whole city is accessible to pedestrians — most of it anyway. All this time spent in cars in this city is mind-numbing to me.

Anyway, I hope to have a Journal entry detailing my relocation to this city posted sometime soon. It’s been really hectic for me, so thanks for your patience.

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The Color Orange

Here’s another reason I like Blogger so much. They make judicious use of the color orange in their quite-well-designed logo. In fact, it’s one of the few free Webmaster tools whose badge I’m not embarassed to display. Happily, it nicely matches the Subtraction decor.

Blogger gets another plug out of this!

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