Apple Releases iPad!

Posted by ryan as Apple, History, Technology

The time has come and the wait is over. After years of rumors Apple has released the iPad and I’m very excited to see one of these bad boys in person.

The Guy Mariano Story

Posted by ryan as History, Inspiring, Skateboarding, Style, Technology

I’m not sure how many of my readers follow the Epicly Later’d series of Guy Mariano, but its great. I’ve been seriously inspired by Guy’s skating ever since I became aware of skateboarding. I used to watch his Public Domain part and go out and attack Bradner the best I could. Ha. Seriously though, you need to watch the 10 part series if you haven’t already. For those that have, I know you will want to watch it all again. So get clicking. All of these are of course on www.vbs.tv and you should definitely look into all of the videos they have posted. Great stuff.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 1
Waiting for pop number three.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 2
Summer with the Gonz.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 3
The most warped family vacation of all time.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 4
The Girl exodus.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 5
It’s always a prison-related BBQ at Fabian’s.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 6
Can’t a dude just end on a ledge trick without a bunch of to do?

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 7
The trouble with skateboarding is the hours.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 8
Getting into bed with Jesus feet.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 9
The drug days come to a close.

EPICLY LATER’D  – LAKAI – Guy Mariano Part 10
Things are looking better.

The 50 most significant moments of Internet history by Cnet

Posted by ryan as History, Interweb, Technology, War on the Internet, Web Devlopment

So Cnet UK  has an artcle called The 50 most significant moments of Internet history. Take a look and see if how many of these moments you remember and what you find as more significant that others.

Ancestry Tracing

Posted by ryan as History, News

I just watched two shows on WGTE called HOMECOMING: SOMETIMES I AM HAUNTED BY MEMORIES OF RED DIRT AND CLAY, and AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES 2. What was amazing to me is how they were able to use DNA to trace African American ancestors all they way down to region from which they came. They were also able to narrow down which ancestor was likely to be the generation that was on a slave ship and what possible slave ship that brought them over. For those on the show who finally received information that linked their ancestry in a more definitive way than every before, they were more than delighted. Obviously knowing where you come from offers a greater sense of oneself. We are still only two generations away from treating human life like a commodity. That burden remains with us as a country. I do not know the cost of the lineage tracing that they utilized on the program, but it would be great to offer this ancestry trace for anyone of African American decent. It’s not enough, but at least this process can give back some of the information that was stripped from people during the slave trade.

Using genealogy, oral history, family stories and DNA analysis to trace lineage through American history and back to Africa, the series provides a life-changing journey for a diverse group of highly accomplished African Americans.

I recommend that you watch this show if you get a chance. Very interesting and well done.

Saul Bass and Solor Energy

Posted by ryan as Advertising, Design, Designer, Environment, History, News, Technology

Today I watched a video created by Saul Bass in 1986 about solar energy. Its interesting how these issues are being raised today and it only took over 2 decades for the discussion to become relevant. Crazy to see the part where the US dollar just crumbles away. See the video at Das Film Festival.

For those of you that don’t know who Saul Bass is, he is a designer known best for his title sequences, did someone say The Shinning.

And finally but not least, I thought this was funny.

Old School With Style

Posted by ryan as Art, Design, History, News, Style

Oh man I love old school pocket watches and antique fountain pens. So of course I was impressed with this very crazy skull pocket watch, the Memento Mori 1810 Skull Pocket Watch. When I consider how long ago this was created I’m even more impressed with it. Not enough to spend the $16,000 price tag though.

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together

Posted by ryan as History, News

They say history in the making. See the highlight reel and more here.