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I stayed up too late scanning (old-school) some of the pictures we took at Reeve and Jessie's wedding, and then trying to get them working in flash...

You can view them here.

Reeve and Jessie - if you want copies of any (all?), we can send you some!

Long time...

I recorded a version of an REM song, just for kicks. Due to my technical constraints and lack of good software, I was able to use ALL of the following in the making of one song:

Audacity
Goldwave
Ableton Live (demo version)
Sony Soundforge (demo version)
And CDEx, to mp3 it, for your listening pleasure...

Luckily, the original song is good enough to withstand my abuse.

Colin Munroe

Local hero and hardest working man in showbiz, Colin Munroe, surprised me by showing up on Pitchfork today - for his reworking of Kanye's Flashing Lights...

If you want, you can see him play tonight at Clinton's.

With the lights out

Leah is in Guelph at the Jesuit retreat centre, for a week+. I have been busy at work, and also doing computer training on Saturdays...

Tonight I went to see Kurt Cobain - About a Son. It was a pretty nicely made movie about a very sad subject matter. If you haven't heard, the dialogue is all audio interviews with Kurt Cobain up to a year before his death, matched to images of places he lived and music of bands that he loved.

Globe and Mail

At the Skydome

High Lonesome Wednesdays

John Maeda moves to RISD

For one reason or another, I have been following the work (and blogs) of John Maeda for the last few years. I even went so far as to order one of his books from the Toronto Public Library some time last year (which I can't say about too many artists/designers). His work falls in the small region where art, programming, computer engineering, teaching and management all overlap. His recent writing on simplicity is both reflective of current trends, and will continue to influence the way organizations both design and manage.

Anyway - I just found out that the guy recently got the job of new RISD president... if there is any way at all to move UP from working at MIT's Media Lab, I guess this would be it. It will be interisting to see what happens next...

Here is a mini-sample of some work... or you can read blogcontent here.

One Big Coming of Age Story

but what does it all mean...

Changes

Hello world.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and new year. Leah and I are freshly back in Toronto from our journey to the South. I will update with some pictures once they are developed...
It was great to see the family, and lots of people that I haven't seen for a long time at the wedding... although there were others that I hoped to see and didn't get to... which is unfortunately the way it goes at weddings.
Reeve and Jessie were successfully married - it was a wonderful wedding and a very happy occasion. I am lucky to have yet another kickass sister-in-law.

In other news... I think this here blog is in for some changes. I am tired of it, and I think it might become more of a photo blog soon. Wait and see.