First game of the softball season…rains of course. So I made up time painting and designing some stuff i put on the back burner lately.
Also finished up this piece to trade with Anguiano Art.
Kickstart the Shepard Fairey biopic – OBEY THE GIANT
Remember that film about Shepard Fairey that was on Kickstarter last year for about a day before the project disappeared? It didn’t actually disappear. Actually, a crew went and filmed the damn thing. Now they are back on Kickstarter looking for some funding to finish post-production. The film, OBEY THE GIANT, is directed by Julian Marshall, a 21-year old student at Shepard’s alma mater RISD. OBEY THE GIANT tells the true story of Shepard’s first major billboard takeover. It was an assignment for a class at RISD where he had to illustrate the words from a fortune cookie. His fortune read “TO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THE DAY IS NO SMALL ACHIEVEMENT.” So he took that and ran with it. I could say more, but the trailer is one of the best things I’ve seen all year and so I don’t want to spoil it anything.
Julian is looking for another $30,000 to finish OBEY THE GIANT. The entire thing has already been shot. It would be a shame if the project never left the editing room. Can you help? As usual with Kickstarter projects, there are some great prizes in it for you if do. Click here to visit the Kickstarter project page to learn more about the film and pledge your support.
Here’s the trailer along with some words from Julian and the film’s producer:
Reblogged from Vandalog – A Street Art Blog » Kickstart the Shepard Fairey biopic – OBEY THE GIANT.
Pebble – Bluetooth connected watch for iphone
Hey iPhone users: how many times a day do you take your beloved device out of your pocket just to check the time, change the tune, check email or see who’s calling? What if we wore some kind of notification device on our wrists — let’s call them watches — that could connect to your iPhone to do all of the above and more? And what if it didn’t cost an arm and a leg?
Smart watches aren’t exactly a new notion. In the past year we’ve seen and reviewed several: the InPulse, the WiMM One and the oddly-named I’m Watch. But they were all powered by Android, or connected to Android smartphones only.
iPhone owners were out of luck — until Wednesday, when a new smart watch by the guy behind InPulse (Eric Migicovsky, above) hit funding site Kickstarter. Dubbed the Pebble, it’s the first smart watch that can form a meaningful, long-lasting relationship with your iOS device, as well as Android.
And it’s nothing if not popular. The Kickstarter campaign asked for $100,000 in funding; it got that in the first two hours. By day’s end, the device had more than $500,000 in pledges.
What’s so smart about the Pebble? Well, for starters, it doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. Other smart watches offer color screens as if they’re trying to be a mini-smartphone. The Pebble lets your iPhone do all the heavy lifting. Its simple e-paper display — much like the original Kindle — is viewable even in direct sunlight, which is pretty necessary for a watch.
It is also releasing its software kit to developers, so they can create their own iPhone app-linking apps. Out of the box, you’ll be able to see incoming emails and calls, track your run and your bike ride via your phone’s GPS, as well as use your watch as a remote for the music app on your phone.
That feature alone seems worth the asking price — which, by the way, will be $149.
Check out the video below for more, and let us know in the comments: would you wear this?
Original Article Posted on Mashable
Caine’s Arcade
Undoubtedly the most awesome and inspiring thing i’ve seen in a LONG time. Imagine once this kid gets his hands on a welder.
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