New character illustration to accompany the Owl visuals for my next gig.
Sweet Noise Podcast
I provided the visuals for the 3rd Audio-visual podcast released by Argentinian label Sweet Noise, which is now available on their website.
There are new characters on the way, so Owl will soon have company.
I like what they’ve written:
The crazy images are from Vj Mono, proyecting his fantastics graphics like a mirror!
Mapumental
Filed under: *Commentary*, Design, Politics, Web Development
Mapumental is a mapping tool to help you work out where to live, where to find a job, or where to go on holiday.
Solid State drive vs Hard disc drive
I was comparing some data today because I have to buy a new laptop and I have to decide between the older Hard disc drive or a new solid state drive that’s considerably more expensive. Is it worth it?
I was skeptical as to how much better a solid state drive would be against a 7,200 rpm HDD. I found this startup race video uploaded recently, and the results were surprising: 19s boot speed for the MBP with an SSD, and 33s boot speed for the MBP with a 7,200rpm HDD.
73.7% / 1.73x faster.
Banksy replied
I am ill in bed, catching up on some films that I wanted to watch, including Banksy’s film, ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’. I remembered that I had written to Banksy whilst carrying out a research project for my art foundation in 2005, and, that he had replied:
There are two things I regret about this email. Firstly, I should have asked him something a bit more useful. Secondly, there is no need for the word ‘fucking’ in the last sentence; I think I might have wanted to sound more bad-ass and dramatic. Now that I think about it, those kisses at the end were totally unnecessary too.
Tinchy Stryder ‘Game Over’ + guests
Filed under: *Commentary*, Film, Music, Promo
Bogotá Typography
Filed under: *Commentary*, Design, Travel, Typography
I was wondering around Bogotá in July and couldn’t help but notice all the lovely hand-painted street signs particularly in ‘La Candelaria’ district (see ‘Calle de la Esperanza’, which means, Road of Hope). But the lovely typography didn’t stop there: it was all over the district, adorned on libraries, law firms and corner stores. Besides making the area appear prettier, the reduction of cheap and generic shop signs that usually colour-clash, made the area feel consistent and particular.
Can you ever imagine London council officials naming a road after hope?




















The Future according to Google Search Results
Filed under: *Commentary*, Politics
XKCD has put together a sometimes amusing, sometimes frightening portrait of what the future may hold, based on Google search results.
This is the single most interesting thing I have seen in 2011. Even though most of it will turn out to be incorrect, timeline accuracy aside, there is a lot in there that’s highly probable.
Via XKCD