Entries from May 2007

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Coffee Hero Logo

I’ve started my next major web project: Coffee Hero. It will be the sequel to INeedCoffee. Below is a sneak preview of the Coffee Hero logo.

Legacy Comments
Shawn
 Really like the Coffee Hero logo. Kind of reminds me of the “Buddy Christ” logo from Dogma.
MAS
When I first saw it I thought of the Raisin Bran [...]

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

2007 SCAA Conference - Espresso Road Trip

I was able to receive free passes to the 2007 SCAA Conference in Long Beach yesterday. Endless rows of coffee gadgets and as many espressos as you could drink. And boy did I drink a lot of espresso. The companies that setup booths at trade shows tend not to be slackers. These are some of [...]

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Carlsbad Flower Fields

Yesterday Lura and I went to the Carlsbad Flower Fields. You can read about it on her site.

Lura’s 2007 Carlsbad Flower Fields Gallery
Carl Melville’s 2004 Carlsbad Flower Fields Gallery
UPDATE: Carl Melville’s 2007 Carlsbad Flower Fields Gallery

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Waking Up to a Bullhorn 2007 Edition

It was exactly one year ago that a bullhorn woke me up. San Diego has the Race for Literacy, which blocks off some streets and has an 8K race for runners. This year I got up before the bullhorn. This year I got to hear numerous car alarms go off as a platform tow [...]

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Seattle Bound

It’s time to finally see another top metro area. From May 16th - 21st, I’ll be visiting Seattle. Before I went to South America, I spent a few weeks reducing my coffee intake because I knew the coffee would suck there. Now I’m in the reverse position. For the next 10 days I need [...]

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Mixing Photos With Classical Artwork

Over on Digital Colony, I was having some fun in Photoshop. Take the colors from a classical painting and apply them to a photograph. Below is an autumn photograph from New England, a Monet painting and the resulting mashup.

Photo and Classical Art Mashup

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

San Diego Snowball Sign

Yesterday I learned that you can be fined $500 and spend 6 months in jail for throwing a snowball at a car.  Didn’t know snowballs were a problem in San Diego.

Photo was taken in Mount Laguna, CA which is in East San Diego County.