Art I’m not just pretending to like…
Neat miniature pool built into a skateboard deck.
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Cute French Video
This video is kind of too cute. But what I found most interesting was the fact that it has a rural setting. I’m not used to seeing anything in French that does not take place in Paris. French and grain-elevators seem… wrong together.
Then I found out that this girl is from Quebec which made more sense. Also that explains the guy’s asymmetrical haircut.
Coeur de Pirate || Comme des enfants from Dare To Care Records on Vimeo.
Strangely this is not in the “I have the hots for…” category. I can’t explain it.
Handlebars with Basket.
Cool handlebars with basket built in. Via NotCot.
Mail Time
Mail Time from Luke Marvin on Vimeo.
A response to:
Video Blog #2 – Regarding Mail from Elizabeth Ashton/Elizabeth Mans on Vimeo.
Back to School
Yesterday I received my acceptance letter to Red River College. I will be enrolling in the Electronic Engineering Technology program beginning in Autumn.
Why back to school? I’ve already got a BSc. in Applied Computer Science from the University of Winnipeg but I don’t really feel-prepared/no-one-will-hire-me for a “career” yet. That is okay though. I’m kind of excited about going back.
What I really want to be able to do is to make an “entire thing”. I don’t know what I want to make but I’m very drawn to the idea of making a functioning device. Put it in a cool little case. Yeah, that’d be great.
In the past two-ish years MAKE Magazine and their Blog have been a big influence on me. I kind of look at the world differently than I used to. It’s very inspiring stuff. Everyday I read about other people doing all these really cool/pointless projects and I want to do it too. Now I see opportunities all over the place.
I’ve already posted a couple of little sketches of ideas I’ve had and I look forward to being able to follow through on those ideas.
So yeah, right now I know how to make software. This program will teach me how to make hardware. Most things I’m interested in are a combination of hardware and software so I’ll be psyched to understand both.
Le Tigre, you were loved
Today my cat Le Tigre was hit by a car and killed. It was quick. She did not suffer.
As a kitten she was found in a dumpster, covered in Mustard. She was adopted by my roommates and I when I lived in the Mansion. (See 2 posts down.) She lived the rest of her life in an equally dramatic fashion. She got “Teen Pregnant” when she was one year old, had many lengthy disappearances and had to be bailed out of “Cat Jail” more than once. Over time the rest of her fathers moved out of the Mansion and as her last remaining original father I brought her with me when I left.
She was a lover and a fighter. Those were the only two emotions she had. When she fought she fought hard with teeth and claws and did not hold back. When she loved you there was no question about it…
Trying to use my laptop from Luke Marvin on Vimeo.
Whenever she jumped or ran by you she would make this little purr/chirping noise. Often while lying in bed at night I would hear this little noise and feel tiny footsteps on my legs. I’d lift up my blankets a little. She would crawl under the blankets and turn around. I would drop the blankets once more and she would sleep there on my chest, pushing her little cold, wet nose into my neck.
This was the last photo I took of her. Just a few days ago. It was to accompany these drawings of an automatic-cat-door I had dreamed up at work a few weeks back.
I think she lived a happy life. I really did love her a lot and I will really miss her.
My Old House in COLOR Magazine
COLOR is a canadian skateboarding and art magazine. In their newest issue they’ve done a profile on the house I used to live in. ”The Mansion” (a name I coined, no biggie) has held a lot of skateboarders and artists over the years and has a bit of notoriety around Winnipeg. I made it into a photo, I’m the guy on the far left throwing up the “Peace”.
