Check out this Eco-friendly enclosure. The Solid Wood Hard Drive Enclosure ($100-$145). It will keep your hard drive from getting banged up and it will give it a slick new look. These are handmade by two men in their Seattle shop using 100% reclaimed or discarded materials. These are one-of-a-kind drives typically house an included 500GB drive. It boasts its unique shapes with a hand oiled finish that are polished with a protective finishing wax to keep them looking great long after the drive has ceased to exist.

Keith Loutit is known for his Little Sydney series of short films, that present Sydney and its surroundings in miniature form. He basically scaled down, and sped up the film and it challenges people's perceptions of scale, helping them to distance themselves from place they know well. The videos that Keith has produced are one of wonder and and great imagination. I can only imagine how long it took for him to just put on of these masterpieces together. In an interview by "It's Nice That" it states that his work is heavily stylized, his aim is mostly documentary in nature. Keith stated I saw the combination of tilt shift and time-lapse photography as a means of creating a new style of documentary film-making. Keith is currently working on a new project called Small Worlds in which he documents the world's great cities, landscapes and monuments of the ancient world in miniature. Keith states from the interview that in a time of population explosion, impacts to our environment, and concern over limited resources our world feels smaller than ever and I hope that this work inspires people by presenting mankind as a positive collaborative force, and for people to see wonder in the ordinary.

So I came about this musician Vital from Change The Thought Blog. They posted a motion graphic video up called Airport. Which is Vital's video for his song called Airport. It was directed by TAKCOM. This video is not only interesting and intriguing but the music goes so well with the video. Vital is currently providing people with a free download of his EP which consists of 5 songs on his website. I highly recommend downloading his CD and just an FYI you should be able to download it as well on iTunes for free this month. Here is a little bit of information about Vital. Prior to starting his solo career Vital wanted to be behind the music scene, writing and contributing by recording demos for other musicians in the Bay Area. After being persuaded by the many people he met, he released two EP’s in the genre of Hip Hop and R&B.

“I never found my true self while doing what society expected me to do, I never felt at home doing what’s expected”.

Wanting to experiment more with the music, he felt it was a better reflection of himself. He then went into the studio to record his first solo album in the summer of 2008. Now, almost two years later he is now letting the world hear his music. His CD is one that I will consistently be playing and I think you should do the same.

I posted a while back ago on Playlist-08 a band called: Bombay Bicycle Club and their song "Always Like This". It's a deliciously danceable number, with an almost afro-pop melodious riff that would make Vampire Weekend jealous. Topped with Bombay's typically quivering, Devendra-esque vocals, the track looks to be a summer favorite. Bombay Bicycle Club are an indie rock band from Crouch End, London. This band is composed of Jack Steadman (lead vocals, guitar, xylophone), Jamie MacColl (lead guitar, backing vocals), Ed Nash (bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) and Suren de Saram (drums, guitar, backing vocals). They released their first full length album back in July 2009 called: "I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose". So I have been getting down on the sounds of Bombay and thought it would only be fair to share the sounds of this talented band. They are currently working on a Acoustic album that will be available on CD and Vinyl, which is due to be released in July 2010. They are also filming a video for each song with the "watch listen tell" people, at locations which means a lot to the band.

Today I decided to finally start my Flickr account to share some of the photography shoots that I have taken over the last couple of months. I personally enjoy taking photos of nature and adding a little bit of a vintage look feel to them. There is something nostalgic when being in nature and that is what I try and capture. In my mind when I'm taking a picture I can already visually see it in a different light and layer context. I don't only just take nature shoots but that seems to be what I enjoy taking the most at this point. I'm still in my infant stage of photography and I look forward to learning more techniques and getting inspiration from others. In the meantime enjoy some of shoots. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think. If you want to add me to your Flickr account click here to add me.

I have been viewing a lot of photographers lately and I came upon Anna Verlet. Who I found her work to be amazing and translucent. Anna goes about her work with an admirable delicacy and there seems to be something so nostalgic and pure in the air of every shot. (abduzeedo.com) She takes a lot of unique and analogue type nature shots. Which I'm a fan of this style. I have been enjoying the vintage style and the still look of each shot. Many of them look like it was a not so sunny day and it was a little bit hazy in the morning mist. I highly recommend taking a look at more of her work because this girl has some great photography skills.

Check out more of her work on flickr or see more from Anna and give her a shout on twitter or facebook.

Last Thursday when I was in Ohio I played at a Sushi Spot called: Kasai. Nice place. I had an amazing time eating good sushi and playing with my DJ friends from back up north. Dom and Diddle both played some good tunes to keep me listening while delighting in my decadent sushi. If you didn't get a chance to listen to the live stream of my set then don't you worry your little self's because I recorded a mix the night before. So have a listen to Thoroughly Raw or download the set here.



Cover Art by: Damion Schweizer

So I was catching up on things in the world from being on vacation and I came upon two Nike's concepts. So I thought I would share them with you. The first was the Nike Sneaker Wire frame Sculpture that was made by Benedict Radcliffe. According to the artist, it took 2 months to finish the shoe. Nike Air Max 1 wire sculpture was constructed entirely out of bent steel rods. According to SneakerFreaker.com Radcliffe was commissioned to create a whopping 3.5 meter long giant Air Max sculpture for the Dizzee Rascal Air Max 90 launch at Nike Sportswear’s 1948 space in London.

The second thing I would like to share is the Nike Music Shoe it features Tokyo DJ duo Hifana playing with different Nike shoes by bending, twisting and bouncing. This video is pretty interesting when you think about it. It has to have some kind of sensor that then sends the signal to a programmed sound. It's quite fascinating how they worked their music in playing with shoes but I will advice that the shoe is sold at retailers but will NOT make music when bent or twisted. These are two interesting things to get you interested in the Nike products.

In being that it's 2010 we have seen that phones are now becoming more like little desktops in our hands. We have also over the years gotten use to having a camera built in to our phones. But now with high tech phones you can do more than just take a picture. In having a phone with the rich software applications that run on devices like the iPhone and Android, you get lots of cool new ways to put your cameraphone to good use.

Cameraphones are becoming a form of digital photographic memory, in which you can take a picture of basically anything that interest you. Now, with the right apps, you can also use your phone to scan barcodes and store them, and even translate and recognize text. You can even map out the location that you took the picture at and share it with multitude of social networks.

Google Goggles is a brand new application for Android phones that lets you search the web with an image. You just point your phone at an artwork, a book, DVD, or CD cover, a landmark, or a logo, and Goggles will return search results for that item. You can even point your phone at someone's business card, and Goggles can automatically add that person's name, address, phone number, email address and web site to your address book. Eventually, Goggles will be able to translate written text as well. So you could point your phone at a sign or menu in another language and get back Google Translate's translation.

What I am liking about the new cellphones like the iPhone and the Andriod is the barcode scanner which can scan a barcode on any product and give you prices from all over the web as well as retail outlets near you. Google Shopper is a similar application on Android: point your cameraphone at either a barcode or a book, CD, or DVD cover, and Shopper will show you prices and review of that product from around the web instantly.

Then their is the square bar code called QR Codes, are becoming a popular way to transmit information like web links and phone numbers directly to a phone without any typing. If your local coffee shop has a barcode in the window, for example, you could scan it on your phone and can instantly find reviews and more information without tapping a key.

Their is also a application that works on the Android that lets you store images of membership cards or big box store club cards that you use over and over again. Instead of crowding your keyring with your grocery, pharmacy, and movie rental place club card, take pictures of each one and store them in an image file on your phone. Then you can just have them scan your phone and Bam! You just saved tons of space on your key chain



Via Source: FastCompany.com