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Modern art is a disaster area.

Noël — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:23:29 +0000

The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little.

Banksy

WordCamp This Saturday!

Noël — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:11:19 +0000

Being an Automattician and all, I’ll be attending WordCamp this Saturday the 16th.

As lorelle mentions, there are also quite a bit of wonderful treats surrounding WordCamp, like a WordPress Genuis Bar and a WordPress Charity Scavenger Hunt!

I’m extra excited to go, since somehow, they missed it, and are allowing me to present! There are going to be some really amazing speakers, like: Jane Wells, Andy Skelton, Andy Peatling, Alan Levine, Tantek Çelik, Noel Jackson, Joseph Scott, Lloyd Budd, Mark Jaquith, Stephen O’Grady, Jeremy Clarke, Aaron Brazell, Sam Bauers, Will Norris, Liz Danzico, Chris Lea, Tom Coates, Chuck Lewis, Stephan Spencer, Steve Souders, and more!!!!

Goodbye Hana

Noël — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:32:53 +0000

Taken with a Canon G9

From some notes scribbled at the pool:

The sound of ocean waves hits you the moment you open the door. Like a wash of relaxation and solitude you soon realize that you are indeed being bathed in not just sonics but lifewaves of a very different kind of energy.

You go to bed, partly from exhaustion, but mostly from the hypnosis of the visual and sonic landscape that you have been drenched in.

Your first day begins in a bath of pure happiness. It was the first time you awoke rested in years – years! You grasp for a clock, yet realize that they have been removed from the room. Your watch, resting in the bottom of your carry on bag reads 8. You are awake and rested at 8am. (What has gotten into me?)

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Leaving wasn’t painful, as I knew that I would go home with the one I came to relax with: my new and wonderful wife.

Wrapup, “I kissed a bride.” Edition

Noël — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:17:12 +0000

I’m now on a plane headed for the pacific rim. You will not see me or hear from me for 6 days.
Dean blogs!
Stefan Sagmeister is my hero. His TED talk was great. His book “Things I have learned in my so far,” is amazing. Here’s an article about him.
I got married. It was the happiest day of my life. Pictures are forthcoming.
I got a new job. I’m extremely honored. I’ll explain more, when I’m not busy sipping coconut juice and eating fresh pineapple while the natives give me hot stone massages.
Draplin vs. USA I can’t explain how close I feel to these words. I mutter this stuff every day.

I’m getting married Saturday.

Noël — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:55:48 +0000

And she couldn’t be more beautiful, smart, and loving…

Thank you all for your support and love. It’s going to be one wonderful day!

This also means I’ll probably be off the radar for quite a while. See you then…

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An Impressive Wedding

Noël — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:48 +0000

With my wedding just a week and three days away, I decided to show off the hard work we put into our letterpressed wedding invitations. You can check out the writeup and pictures over here at eight6.

Grandmaster Flash’s Memoir

Noël — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:25:58 +0000

Which eventually led to you coming up with a technique that’s pretty much paved the way for all the D.J.’s and turntablists to come. What did you feel like the first time you were able to make it work?
When I first did it, I called up Disco B and EZ Mike, and I was like, “Listen, I got something, I got something.” And when they came down, they were like “What the fuck is this?” And I was like, “Watch what I’m doing, ya’ll, please watch what I’m doing.” But they just could not grasp it. I went on to doing it in different parks. I figured if I was playing the hardest, best part of these different genres of music I would have people on the ceiling, but people were just like “What the fuck are you doing?” I went home and I cried, cried, cried, cried. Nobody got it! I tried to go to different clubs, get on for five or ten minutes, and I heard excuses like “My boss will fire me, I hear you ruin records, I can’t let you touch my stuff.” It was just ridicule after ridicule after ridicule. I was a geek for a long time. [Laughs.]

[via TMN]

Amazon Is Down

Noël — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:47:46 +0000

For the first time in my life, that I can remember, Amazon is unreachable.

Can you remember the last time Amazon was down for the count?

Stephanie

Noël — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:57:35 +0000

I get to marry her, in 44 days approximately. :)

I love my fiancée

Noël — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:06:04 +0000

I’m getting married July 5^th (two months from today), To this beautiful woman (yes, that’s me on the right, her on the left, :P)

Our invitations are getting letter-pressed. I’m giddy.