Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Virus Fonts

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The established British design foundry is selling posters of a design for only $15, proceeds of which will go to relief efforts in Pakistan. Of course, shipping to the US isn't going to be so cheap. But what a fabulous idea!

Friday, October 15, 2010

Welcome to Los Angeles - It's not smog, it's a 'marine layer'


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You can't take an American road trip much further from New York than Los Angeles. We arrived here last week and I conveniently became ill with some sort of flu/cold. Kevin insists that, "it's not smog, it's a marine layer."


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Los Angeles is known for smog, and helicopters. I am obsessing over the helicopters and need to make a video about them. It's paranoid, of course, to think they are surveilling me. But they hover over our little guesthouse and I can't put the smell of napalm in the morning out of my mind. (which reminds me, I am interested in this show now, but since i"ve barely been in New York, I was unaware of it: Dinh Q. Le at MoMA. I never think this in New York. But days go by in NYC without hearing the ghetto birds.


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One of the best things about LA is the architecture. One more cliche -- driving in LA is torture. You could probably get some info out of the guys at Guantanamo by forcing them to drive between Santa Monica and Hollywood over and over, and over, and over again. But there are really so many interesting things to look at. Would that violate the Geneva Accords?

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Yes, they do sometimes ride bikes here.

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For now, I feel welcomed, excited and intrigued.

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Except, for maybe by this New Yorker.

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