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Shepard Fairey’s in town and art is starting to pop up! The grand opening of Shepard Fairey’s Supply and Demand Exhibition is Friday at the CAC.
Story at Cincinnati.com
More Photos:
OMGPosters.com: Shepard Fairey Hitting The Streets In Cincinnati
TheNobleVisions.com: Shepard Fairey ~ A HDR Photographic look at the four initial murals in Cincinnati
Shepard Fairey next Arnold’s.
Cincinnati.com: Fairey poster depicts the CAC
As part of his solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, Shepard Fairey created an illustration of the building itself. Signed and numbered, limited-edition prints of the illustration – just 450 will be made – will be for sale only at the CAC Store for $50 (profits will benefit the CAC).
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“I use the CAC building because it’s a beautifully designed building and it makes a specific connection to my show traveling to that museum, but I’m not using specific landmarks for the other pieces in the series,” he says. “The series deals with multiple themes and symbolic structures, including a bank and a factory.
This is quite an honor for the CAC. Off hand, I can only think of a few other Shepard Fairey prints that are of recognizable buildings.
Clever video using lots of T-shirts to create a stop motion video.
Read more about this and a behind the scenes video at:
Wired.com: Stop-Motion ‘T-Shirt War’ Turns Tees Into Flip Book
BNet.com: Bill Gates Joins the iPad’s Army of Critics. Steve Jobs Couldn’t Care Less
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I asked Jobs’ longtime rival, Bill Gates, what he thought of the iPad. After all, Gates has been a proponent of tablet computers for years, and he was in awe of the iPhone when it first came out. But the iPad? Gates told me he isn’t sold.
“You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard – in other words a netbook – will be the mainstream on that,” he said. “So, it’s not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone where I say, ‘Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.’ It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'”
Microsoft has tried and failed with the Tablet PC since 2001 which of course makes Bill Gates an expert in predicting the success of the iPad. The iPad like the iPhone will succeed because it breaks away from the conventional PC’s in a way that opens up new possibilities in computing. Mimicking old technology, just gets you more of the same.
Microsoft has failed with the Tablet PC because of their inability to break away from its legacy items: Windows, keyboards, and the stylus. Even their new phone is called the “Windows” Phone.
To me, Microsoft is one of the most disappointing companies around. All these years they should have pushing the envelope of computing and making products so great that they make us forget about Windows. Not because Windows is bad, but because Windows shouldn’t be the end all and be all of computing.
NYTimes.com: Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings
They call these yachts? I barely recognize these as boats, more like something you see in Star Trek. I love technology and the application of technological advances, but shouldn’t races be more about tactics than the boats?
See more photos here: NYTimes.com: Innovations in America’s Cup Sailing
HuffingtonPost.com: Colts Championship Shirts To Go To Haiti
Despite the Colts’ 31-17 loss to the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV, they can feel good that their championship apparel will be put to good use. All of the clothes made in case the Colts were to win the Super Bowl will go to areas in need in earthquake-damaged Haiti.
I think it would be a fun challenge to try to collect “championship” from every year.
NYTimes.com: After Summer Olympics, Empty Shells in Beijing
This is a little sad, but not too unexpected. Historically, once the Olympic Games end, that’s when the economic impact ends too.
To me this was the biggest surprise ad of the night. I almost couldn’t believe my eyes! It’s interesting to read how it all came about.
From NYTimes.com: How the Letterman-Oprah-Leno Super Bowl Ad Came Together
“This wasn’t done to help Dave or to help Jay,” Mr. Burnett said, “though I think it does help both of them. It was just done because Dave thought it would be funny and would entertain people. Nothing went beyond that.”
From ESPN.com: Sills, 13, commits to USC
Lane Kiffin really is getting a jump on recruiting.
No sooner had the Trojans new coach put the finishing touches on the Class of 2010 recruits, that he turned his attention to the Class of 2015.
That’s right, 2015.
Thursday evening Kiffin received a verbal commitment from 13-year old wunderkind quarterback David Sills of Bear, Del.
Is Lane Kiffin even going to be coaching USC in 2015? This kid might project well, but lots of stuff can happen between now and 2015.
Related:
From ESPN.com: Lewis: What a verbal commitment means
Did you know that the paddle wheel on the Riverfront is the “National Steamboat Monument” and that the Cincinnati Recreation Commission considers it an attraction?
It’s somewhat interesting if you’re down by the river, but I can’t imagine taking an out of town guest down there just to see it. Hopefully, with the Banks project finally on the move, there will be a lot more people walking around checking out things like this.
Here’s an old Enquirer article about the 2.8 million dollar National Steamboat Monument.
