Archive for November, 2007
28Nov07 XXVII. L’Electro Francais
XXVII. L’Electro Francais
French electro is a bit different than German electro (which is something a machine might enjoy listening to it while going about its daily tasks) — it’s beat heavy and grimy, but is produced more like pop or rock.
17Nov07 Mini-vacation photos
15Nov07 Notes on Web Analytics Data
Notes on Web Analytics Data
1. Why did my website get posted in a Japanese chat website devoted to anime and hentai? I had 7 hits in one hour from Japan. WTF? I know two people in Japan. Are they secretly addicted to animated porn and spreading their love of my website to fellow hentai-fans?
I got [...]
15Nov07 Everything to do with distance.
Everything to do with distance.
The point of this is to manipulate your visual perspective. You can read the big text from far away (completely zoomed out), cannot read it at 33% of the size, and then can read the small text only when completely zoomed in.
10Nov07 XXVI. Mellow Electro
10Nov07 XXV. Get Krunk!, Part II
06Nov07 XXIV. Remix party
XXIV. Remix party
Indie rock mixed with disco, minimalist techno with funk, German pop with electro, and a whole lot more.
05Nov07 XXIII. Euro-house Invastion, Part III
04Nov07 XXII. Get Physical!
XXII. Get Physical!
A remix of the Get Physical Music catalogue, one of the finest progressive house labels (IMO).
03Nov07 My writing portfolio is online
My writing portfolio is online
To prove that I’m literate. I still have to scan in my article on the 2006 Mexican elections, which I’ve procrastinated on doing for onwards of a year now.
03Nov07 XXI. Esto es el electro latino
XXI. Esto es el electro latino
A mix of Latin electro. Next in the international electro series is a compilation of French electro.
03Nov07 AkzidenzGrotesk on my switchbox.
02Nov07 XX. Get Krunk!
XX. Get Krunk!
In the spirit of those rap show fliers with huge ghetto booties, diamonds and low-riders, I’ve compiled some music suitable for only one purpose. Even the Germans have come to understand the true meaning of krunk.
01Nov07 More Akzidenz-Grotesk
More Akzidenz-Grotesk
This sign was “creatively acquired” from a friend’s apartment building and has made the journey out West with me. Akzidenz-Grotesk (read: German for grotesque accident) was ironically–and unintentionally so–used for years on virtually all transportation signs in the Western world (the French had to be different and developed their own typeface for road signs, [...]
01Nov07 Akzidenz-Grotesk on my Thermometer
Akzidenz-Grotesk on my Thermometer
Doesn’t the title sound like the lyrics to a Kraftwerk song?
To explain: I discovered that my apartment building, built in the 70s, has the Akzidenz-Grotesk typeface featured on thermometers and switch-boxes.
01Nov07 XIX. Polish Gigolo
XIX. Polish Gigolo
I suppose this isn’t quite what I had in mind. Rather, I’m mimicking Tiga’s remixes of the Gigolo Records catalogue, an American house label. His mix has the title “American Gigolo”. I’m Polish, hence Polish Gigolo. I suppose this is following in the legacy of the Polish szlachta, who dressed like pimps [...]