| Red Rock Desert |
[Oct. 23rd, 2008|12:43 pm] |
Just an update...
I'll be moving to Utah at the end of the month
I posted a new blog to provide info and pics of the southern Utah area.
check it out: kodachrome basin
If you ever get out this way, stop by and say hello.
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[Sep. 27th, 2005|01:44 pm] |
Dia de los Muertos (Day of The Dead) 2005 Artistamp call. This call is one of my favorites because of the many small and creative issues produced in the past.
If you make artistamps (faux postage) and want to sign up for this call. . . surf, don't run to:
The DOD Artistamp Call web site and be prepared for some great mail in October. The deadline to register is October 10th and the mailing must go out by the 20th.
Here a sample of artistamps I've sent to the call for the last 3 years:
Matangi Island / Cebi Jubi stamps
You can see more examples of the 2004 DOD artistamps by browsing the Gallery at Carla Cryptic's site
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| 123.5 Meme Tag |
[Apr. 8th, 2005|11:51 am] |
A new book meme circulating around the sphere is going by the name “123.5,” and its rules are these:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don’t search around and look for the “coolest” book you can find. Do what’s actually next to you.
“As Ged looked round the room his wizard's eye caught one stone of those that made the floor.”
** notes on this passage:
The stone is called the Terrenon and is described as a very ancient thing with a terrible spirit trapped inside.
I checked out this book (A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin) at the library for my son since I enjoyed reading it as a youth. I will probably read it again when he is finished as I did when he finished Lord of the Rings. |
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| New Blogs |
[Feb. 12th, 2005|09:53 am] |
Sadly I have neglected this blog lately. . .
Been putting a lot of energy and time into other projects including my new PhotoBlog and the kiyotei's den blog. Also been updating the website to clean out all the bad links and make sure the info is current.
That my story and I'm sticking to it! |
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| Mail art Slideshow and Radio Show on Studio 360 |
[Oct. 9th, 2004|11:43 am] |
There was recently a mailart call for Studio 360. The station is a co-production of Public Radio International and WNYC New York. A short description can be found here: Studio 360.
The slideshow is here: Slideshow
The radio broadcast (in Real Media format) is here:
Radio Show
The host, Kurt Andersen gushingly talked to a mailartist who sent in a piece of toast.
A good trick, but it's been done before . . .
The original toast senders, Daniel Farrell and Richard Kegler
documented this trick in the early 1990's:
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Some of their other great projects are also documented on the site.
I can't get down on Kurt too much though because he obviously loves mail art and we need all the loving we can get!
:-)
enjoy
kiyotei |
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| Customized Errors |
[Sep. 21st, 2004|03:19 pm] |
Very Interesting Error I Received While Surfing for Frogs.
I assume it was a custom error message to replace an ERROR 404... but then again, you never know!
R Tape loading error, 0:1
The page you are trying to display is currently unavailable.
There has probably been a disruption in the chuntey.
You mum might have just walked into the room, your tea may be ready or the azimuth screw may need tweaking.
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Please try the following:
Click the Reload button to rewind the tape and try again.
If your mum just walked in, try locking the door and hiding that sticky pile of magazines under the bed.
Go and have your tea before it gets cold. The page will probably load just fine afterwards.
You may need to adjust your azimuth screw.
Relax, concentrate and become one with the tape deck. Now listen to a tape as it plays. Using a small screwdriver, tweak away until the sound becomes clear and bright.
Some pages require 128k mode to load them. Select Load Tape from the 128k menu and try again. Alternatively, try loading the page into 48k compatibility mode.
If you are a Commodore user. Try removing all leads from the device, pick it up and place against an open door.
Other suggestions are removing the keyboard and placing bread inside or sitting on it and defacating inside.
R Tape loading error, 0:1
Internet Explorer |
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| Schenectady Mail |
[Sep. 18th, 2004|02:41 pm] |
Received another fine postcard from Geof Huth of New York.
This is number Idontknowhowmany because he is so prolific.
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He documents the occasional activities (that's an understatement) on his excellent mailart blog: QBDP |
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| Bumper of the Day |
[Sep. 15th, 2004|05:31 pm] |
Saw this one on my way home last night . . .
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and good with ketchup!
found it quite funny for some reason. |
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| Johnson Pipe |
[Aug. 26th, 2004|10:49 am] |
Just got back from a long weekend in Southern Utah at the Kodachrome Basin State Park. Lovely weather there, it rained BUT only for the first day. Took a shot of this red rock formation in the wee wee hours of the morning:
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Bet the indigenous people loved to hang out here.
More photos available on the family website at: Kodachrome Basin including a few shots of Bryce Canyon and my little brother the trickster:
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Bon Jour,
kiyotei |
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| Tom Ridge Read My Mail Art! |
[Aug. 13th, 2004|03:43 pm] |
I retrieved my mail from the P.O. Box today and noticed that it had been sliced open on one end and taped back up with a piece of fluorescent green packing tape.
The official-looking emblem on the tape was an eagle surrounded by the words U.S. Department of Homeland Security. There are also large letters reading U.S. Customs on the tape.
They must have been freaked out by the return address from Turkey and the 2 CD-ROMs inside. I hope the agent enjoyed reading the documentation from Sinasi Gunes' mail art call: Watch.
The mail art call on the theme of being watched is quite ironic eh?
The web site for the call including docs is here:
http://www.simulasyon.net/watch/
Check it out - Good stuff there.
Here is Mr. Security himself with my mail:
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P.S.
Sinasi Gunes has a new mail art call which follows:
Theme: Woman and Ecology
Deadline: June 30,2005
Media: Photographs, emails, cartoons, collages, poems, visual poems,
paintings, prints, digital images...
Size: Postcard size
Send to: Sinasi Günes
Abide-i Hurriyet Caddesi
Arslanoglu Apt.80/18 Sisli / Istanbul TURKEY
E-mail: sinasig@v...
No selection, no fee, no return.
Works will be displayed on this website.
I suggest you send him something soon so you can have your privacy invaded too!
kiyotei |
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| FDTSL |
[Jul. 26th, 2004|09:58 am] |
My brother-in-law turned me on to this website animation on Friday.
It's called JibJab and it is Falling Down The Stairs Laughing funny.
What's cool about it is the way the bust on Democrats and Republicans in equal proportions.
Check it out: www.JibJab.com
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| Whirlwind weekend |
[Jul. 22nd, 2004|06:08 pm] |
Thursday
Cedros Gallery Night in Solana Beach. The art galleries stay open late and serve wine and food. It was cool checking out all the artwork and then grabbing a plastic cup of red wine and wandering down to the next gallery on the block. The best gallery was Trios where I bought a cool longboard shaped clock for my daughter the surfer. Then it was off to Belly Up for a night of great Reggae bands. Danced and jammed and crashed hard.
Friday
Bike ride on Coronado Island. Started at the Wet side of the Naval Amphibious base ( where the Seals train) and shot north under the bridge and onto the ferry landing. Stopped to eat lunch at Peohe's restaurant. The poopoo platter was excellent but the meals were only fair. Awesome views of the San Diego skyline make it worth a stop. Continued west past the dive bar strip and cruised by the main gate of North Island Naval Station. Popped out of the adjoining neighborhood onto the beach route and enjoyed a great view of the surf and tons of sun-bathers. Turned east again near the Hotel Del Coronado and returned to our point of departure.
Trivia note ** The ice plant covered sand dunes near the Hotel Del spell out the word "Coronado" which you can see clearly from a plane if you're landing at North Island (as our presidents do from time to time).
Saturday
1st Annual Barrel Wine tasting sponsored by Meritage Wine Market in Encinitas. At the entrance you receive a Riedel glass (almost worth the price of admission). It was a charity event to aid the make a wish foundation. Over 30 wineries had barrel tastings set up in a field adjacent to the shopping center. Barbed wire and cattle were bordering the field and I nervously (and unnecessarily) scanned my path for cowpies. My favorite wines were BV Georges De Latour 2001 Napa Valley and Baldacci Cabernet 2001 Stag's Leap. It was a hot day but we took our chairs under some trees and sipped and snacked in the shade. Then shopped at the local market for our weekly groceries. I bought a "mango nectarine" which I've never seen before. It was so juicy and sweet. Wonder if it is a Frankenfood?
Sunday
Drove to Laguna Beach and hiked the 5 mile round trip from Aliso State park entrance to dripping cave. The hike was a bit hot but the scenery and cave were definitely worth the effort. I caught a small king snake on the way down which was cool. That makes two I've caught and released in the last 4 months. Didn't see any rattlers (funny cause king snakes will eat them). Dinner at Zibibbo in Carlsbad was awesome. The waiter didn't have the half-bottle of wine I requested so he said he'd sell me a full bottle of Montefalco Meritage at 30% off. I said sure, if you'll have a glass with us. To my surprise he said okay and we had a pleasant chat. His name is Sylvio (a real Italian) and it was late so we had him largely to ourselves. We picked his brain about the business and his native country. The wine was spectacular. Afterwards . . . stuffed, we declined dessert and were forcibly fed a marvelous tiramiso at no extra charge.
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| Spam Champs |
[Jul. 8th, 2004|09:27 am] |
I don't like Spam in my inbox, but I don't mind it from a can.
Me and my son entered the Spam cooking contest at the Del Mar fair this year and we won fifth place! (my boy was glad we didn't win 4th because the ribbon was pink!)
Of course he was too shy to accept, so I had to mug it up all alone for the camera
Here's the recipe if you are ready to rock your taste-buds . . .
Mango Glazed Spam
12oz can of Spam
1½ cup white wine (chardonnay or sauvignon blanc)
2 Tbl Dijon (or brown mustard)
1 Tsp parsley
1 Tbl Chutney (or mango jam)
1 garlic clove
1 mango (chopped into square pieces)
Slice the Spam into quarters and then cut into ½ inch slices.
In a 12 inch frying pan add 1 cup wine (reserve ½ cup), garlic, parsley, chutney, and mustard and mix well. Bring to a boil on high heat. Add Spam and reduce heat. Cook uncovered on medium heat until sauce thickens, then turn Spam pieces and add remaining wine. Continue cooking on medium heat stirring occasionally. When sauce turns into a glaze and very little moisture remains, remove from stove. Total cooking time is 10-15 minutes. Garnish dish with mango pieces and serve Spam with cocktail toothpicks.
Yum Yum - eat it up. |
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| Google Bombing SEO contest |
[May. 28th, 2004|01:49 pm] |
Nigritude Ultramarine?
The experts are competing, with the goal of optimizing a webpage for a non-sensical phrase: 'nigritude ultramarine'
Seems like a good way to test your SEO theories.
Here is an article about the contest.
Who's winning so far? As of 28 May, this site: Nigritude Ultramarine is the champ. He has been accused of unfair Spammage but hey, that's the way the Net works....right?
I'd never stoop to those kind of tactics. I just battle my comps with old-fashioned methods. Like inserting keyword links such as San Diego Web Design into as many message boards, blogs & pages as possible. |
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| Phoenix Haiku |
[May. 10th, 2004|05:04 pm] |
Tree hop yellowbird
Devilwood Acropolis
inferno hatching
Just one poem inspired by the
Random Word Haiku, a poetry machine that automatically generates a Haiku of random words. |
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| Sun Flare |
[May. 3rd, 2004|09:22 am] |
Sent this postcard to Ingram Texas for the Solar Flare mailart call. It was made using recycled cardboard from a Wheat Thins box and corrugated paper from a light bulb package.
I spray painted the light bulb paper with black paint and then painted the red and yellow patterns using Testors paint markers. Then I cut round holes into the corrugated paper and used a glue stick to paste the digital eyes on to the back. The eyes were created with the Adobe Photoshop application using a bevel filter and lens flare filter (35MM prime) for the highlight. I sealed the front of the postcard with a clear enamel spray paint and used spray adhesive to glue the cracker box to the back of the card. Then I trimmed off the excess and wrote the address info on the box with permanent markers.
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Solar Gila
What is it that excites you about the sun, about sunlight and shadow, about the sun as a star, about the nourishing qualities of sunlight, about the sun as the origin of all color in our lives? - This is the question posed by the person(s) hosting this call. Read about it and many more mailart calls at: kiyotei's den -(updated weekly) |
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| Underway, Shift Colors! |
[Apr. 20th, 2004|05:28 pm] |
Sent 3 ATCs to Fraenz Frisch in Luxembourg for trade including "The Dogwatch" which was created using markers on special paper with cloud-like textured graphic.
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Check out some of Fraenz's ATCs at: His Humble Page |
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| Crystal Feather -- yeah yeah stupid name |
[Apr. 16th, 2004|02:15 am] |
So ZI found crystals on a peacock feather, what a trip!
This a series of 6 ATCs. Images are digital collages printed on high quality photo-glossy Kodak paper at 600 DPI. Only spent about three hours on the design. More cheap digital crap from me!
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| Pseudo Haiku |
[Apr. 14th, 2004|08:06 pm] |
Made a series of 6 ATCs. Images are digital collages printed on high quality photo-glossy Kodak paper at 600 DPI. Made to trade with other digital artists.
Want one? email me at: kiyotei@beer.com
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| Papa Legba Dances |
[Apr. 13th, 2004|10:56 am] |
Sent 2 original ATCs including Papa Legba Dances (Acrylic paint on velvet) to Modesto, CA in a trade with the artist Aileen Roberts. Check out her website for a large variety of Art and Trading Cards:
Outside the Margins
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