Big Blue
I haven’t had much opportunity to take the new cam out for some shots yet. Been basically staying at home either to work or because we’re trapped watching a 3-month old. But I was taking a break today and decided to try taking some shots off my lanai. There you have it guys. That’s the view you’d get paying close to a half-million dollars for a condo unit in Hawaii. Gorgeous huh? Yeah it’s a concrete jungle over here in the heart of Honolulu but believe me, this view could be a lot worse. At least it’s a...
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Kingston has reached the 3month mark. This is where he’s supposed to magically wake up from a crying ball of non-responsive jelly into a small toddler that’s supposed to sleep through the night, laugh at funny faces, and start getting curious things into his mouth. Well, he hasn’t quite done those things yet but there’s signs he’s coming around. He’s slept through 1 night so far & the babysitter tells me he actually DID laugh when being tickled the other day. I take him home each evening trying to make...
read moreTweenbots
Here’s a cute little social experiment where a little autonomous robot is set out into Central Park guided only by random passerbys. Neat little happy story. Check out the video on their page. (via Tweenbots)
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This flu remains persistent. I might wake up feeling pretty good, but an hour or two into the day I start feeling crappy here and there. It might be something where like I feel my sinus burning slightly, or I feel a dull ache in my right lower jaw. What’s irritating is that it’s not so horrible I can’t function, BUT it’s JUST enough annoyance that I just don’t feel like working at all. A client of mine summed up the problem pretty well yesterday. She suggested my muse just wasn’t available to me now when...
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Who say’s nothing is free? Here’s a good compilation of resources where you can get free vector graphics for any art projects you might have. Vector graphics allow you to stretch, pull, yank, enlarge, recolor, etc without any degredation in quality. (via Tutorialblog) I’ve recovered about 90% – 95% of my flu. There’s a lot of hoopla these days over the swine flu. Who knows what type I had…I’ll just call it the “sucky flu” because it really sucked ass. There were times I really wished to...
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The doctor said I have the flu. Nothing I can do about it except to let this virus run its course. Ugh I’ve never felt this bad in years. There are moments I honestly think killing myself would be a relief I swear. I picked it up from my boy. EVERYone has been telling me the same thing, “this is but the first of many flu’s you’re going to get up until he passes 3rd grade”. Great. He’s going to get sick for 2 days and then pass it on to me where I’ll get sick for 2 weeks. That’s just what...
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I’m a sick as a dog. Fever, headache, cough, dizziness…the gamut of fun stuff. It’s a relapse of the flu I had a week back I picked up from my little boy. Such as it is, I’m not getting much done lately. To my clients… please accept my apologies for any delays to your projects. I’ll do what I can to jump back on the projects as soon as possible. Students in my 112 class. There will be no class tomorrow (April 22). Please continue making progress with your Flash projects and we’ll work towards...
read moreGood Logos
Athough not particularly new, I’ve always admired Hawaiian Air’s logo for quite some time now. I can’t seem to find information on who designed it though. Anybody out there know? It’s got a good balance – while it uses very common symbology I see all the time with Hawaiian logos, this one with the profile of the woman feels very friendly and positive to me. The colors is nice too…especially set against the tail of their planes. The type feels a little retro to me. Although I do like the weight of it next...
read moreScreamers
This was an experiment to see how many of you I could get to yawn while looking at this image. Pffft, bullshit you say? You’re right, this was actually a photo from the collection of photographer Peter Funch who apparently stakes out New York City streets two weeks at a time taking photos and then composites them into a single image using Photoshop. I like some of the other patterns he has…the ones with all the nurses walking around, all the homeless people pushing their carts, or the one where the pimp was caught with all the...
read more50 Photographers
Whilst I’m in the photography mood lately, I thought I’d mention this list of 50 Great Photographers put together by HONGKIAT. I looked thought a few so far and you can color me impressed. I’m still not sure why great photographers feel like they have to rely on annoying Flash websites with bizarre navigational puzzles you have to try figure out each time, but nonetheless these photos are truly inspirational. It really gets me amped up….when is my camera coming in the mail damnit!
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching