Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Materialistic 5 things

...which makes me happy:
- my white MacBook, for my digital living.
- my camera (Canon EOS).
- my notebooks, all kinds:
from my work one A4, black cover
to the Moleskine Weekly Notebook (discovered it this year, I've finally found the perfect organizer )
not forgetting the small pocket one ( a clairefontaine ... like in School ) I carry all the time.
- a Bic Cristal pen, indispensable accessory to the previous items. I like its simplicity and robustness, probably the best pen Bis ever design even if it was almost 60 years ago (1950).
- a medal I've got since my early childhood.

And you, what day to day objects makes you happy ?

I've stolen that 5 things idea from Fabienne.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

LCGA

Two very interesting exhibition at the LCGA till the end of the week ( sorry or the late notice )

  • The Ice Above, the Fire Below and Other Works 2007-2009 - (January 15th - February 27th) by Clare Langan
  • Into Irish Drawing
I've posted some pictures of it on the Limerick Daily Pic Blog : http://limerickdaypic.blogspot.com.


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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Chines Portrait

If I was a fruit, I'd be a banana.
If I was a factory, I'd be a nuclear reactor.
If I was a city, I'd be Montreal.
If I was an animal, I'd be an otter, in the water craking nuts on my belly.
If I was an element, I'd be water.
If I was a building, I'd be a lighthouse.
If I was a color, I'd be blue.
If I was a vehicle, I'd be a citroen DS.
If I was an art object, I'd be Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.
If I was a smell, I'd be a salty marine breeze.
If I was a period in History, I'd be the Antique Greece.
If I was a sound, I'd be a whale song.

And what about you ?

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Spectrum Dream Jobs 2009

Like every year in february, IEEE Spectrum, published interviews of 10 engineers who have "Dream Jobs"
Worth to have a look to see what kind of better job, you could dream doing, from creating a solar plane for an around the world trip.

Some interesting thing this year, like building electric dirt-bike.

But in my heart, still none are beating those two:

  • Designer for Lego Mindstorm (Dream Job 2004).
    Lau Kofoed Kierstein: Playtime in the Land of Lego
    What He Does: Comes up with ideas for new toys; designs toys
    For Whom: Lego System A/S
    Where He Does It: Billund, Denmark
  • Mythbuster (Dream Job 2006).
    Grant Imahara (M)
    What he does: Builder for the Discovery Channel's "MythBusters."
    Where he does it: San Francisco.
    Fun factors: Enjoys working on the eclectic "MythBusters" set, which features a motorized surfboard, a row of first-class airplane seats, and a larger-than-life rubber cast of a human rear end.
    Basically blowing up stuff, in name of science... and entertainment.
  • Wednesday, February 04, 2009

    Movies previsions for 2009

    There is a couple of movies I'd like to see in 2009. Here's the list.

    • Up
      because it is the next Pixar movie, directed by Pete Docter (Monster Inc). And the story already attracts me: Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming. But at age 78....

    • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
      a David Fincher (Fight Club) about an inverted life ( born old and finish dying young )

    • Vicky Christina Barcelona
      because it's been a long long time since I've seen a Woody Allen, and I love Javier Barden. I know it's a 2008 movie but here in Ireland, there's some delay

    • The Illusionist
      because it is directed by Sylvain Chaumet, which previous movie "Belleville Rendez vous" was quite magic.

    • Synecdoche, New york
      by Charlie Kaufmann, his first movie (directed)

    • Bolt
      because in those depressed times, I need a good Disney movie


    • I also wanted to see the last Darren Aronofsky: "The Wrestler", and I did and was quite happy with it.

    Sunday, February 01, 2009

    Project 365 - Week 4

    Week 4 has been a photo-less week ( i am really bad with new years resolutions ), my excuse being upgrding my computer ( hard-drive and OS ), an overload of work at the office, and a very nasty cold... Anyway with february coming it should be all fine now.

    Here's a summary of the first month of the project with only 18 of teh 31 photos expected.

    Brickmania

    Lego Smurf castle ??   Eva.... massive build Swimming in bricks ?