http://www.iancavalier.com/spiralnotepad Pop culture, art, and random trivia equals life. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:53:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I am at The Governor Hotel in Portland, Oregon. I had to leave at the crack of dawn to make it to SearchFest 2010 on time. Which means I was awake at dark o'clock. This also means I got to see the sunrise. That almost never happens. This is the ... http://www.iancavalier.com/spiralnotepad/2010/03/09/searchfest-2010/ On the heels of my first three 8tracks mixtapes, I created a couple of hip-hop mixes at 8tracks. One is an alternative hip-hop mix with a sci-fi/samurai theme using songs from my college days (1995-2000). The other is a Definitive Jux label retrospective (2001-2009). 12 Memories: Futuristic Flow 2000 Twelve tracks including ... http://www.iancavalier.com/spiralnotepad/2010/02/07/hip-hop-mixtapes-8tracks/ I used to create mixtapes and CD compilations all the time, but in this era of streaming music and MP3s I had gotten out of the habit. However, since sharing user-crafted mixes online keeps getting easier (and legal) with new service providers, I thought it would be fun to ... http://www.iancavalier.com/spiralnotepad/2010/01/31/three-8tracks-mixtapes/ Why are advertisers using this guy's photo? Caveman Jesus (as I like to call him) is apparently becoming the ShamWow! Guy of pay-per-click ads. Yesterday I disabled Greasemonkey to unblock Facebook ads for a few minutes because I wanted to test something. Guess whose face I saw in the Sponsored area? ... http://www.iancavalier.com/spiralnotepad/2010/01/29/pay-per-click-caveman-jesus/ I've been tweeting about these things for a few days now, but I haven't posted anything here for a month, so let me collect and plagiarize some of my recent thoughts. I'm feeling sadness for Haiti (text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti) ... http://www.iancavalier.com/spiralnotepad/2010/01/23/conan-obrien-city-lights-records/ There are some good ideas here (whether you're into "resolutions" or not): "51 New Year resolutions for graphic and web designers." More ideas and inspiration to be creative: "Design Something Every Day!" Interesting: "Eight cool social media infographics." These sites are fascinating: FFFFOUND! (image bookmarking), grain edit (modern graphic design inspiration blog) ... http://www.iancavalier.com/spiralnotepad/2009/12/24/graphic-design-photography-krampus/