Ashlinn and I are looking for a new apartment. Nothing big, hopefully 8′ x 12′. We’ve got a budget of around $36 million a month. We’re looking to stay put for a while, so a 150 year sentence… I mean lease would be nice. I would really like to feel like I made off with [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 28, 2009
Also Critical Information
Hello, I just wanted to let y’all know that you can also access this blog from adambelanger.com and you can also be notified via Twitter whenever I update. A huge amount of my traffic comes through Facebook, so I figured another outlet wasn’t a bad idea. By the way, check out this frozen treat I [...]
June 21, 2009
3 Sci-Fi Films You May Have Missed
Moon – This one may not have made it to your area yet, it’s still making the festival rounds. I saw it a few weeks ago at SIFF and I was quite impressed by both the strong story and the use of miniatures over CG. It relates heavily to the space madness seen in Solaris [...]
June 19, 2009
2 Things!
The following 2 things could make a pretty big change in your daily life. I hope you take them into consideration. 1. Mint.com presents 3 Principles of Personal Finance – This is going to seem tedious, obvious and far too basic, but sometimes reading it is the first step to actually following through with it. [...]
June 17, 2009
Best Idea of the Week?
Hey, I was just thinking. What if instead of landing on a crazy island full of mysteries, Oceanic 815 landing on a crazy PLANET full of mysteries? That’s right, LOST in outer space, on a planet that the surrounding planets can’t find, except for one asshole with a space freighter and his daughter. I know [...]
June 11, 2009
New Lamp
Hey film friends? Are you familiar with the grip/gaffer’s putty knife? It’s just like a regular putty knife, only it’s got a 5/8″ baby pin on the end of the handle, like this. Wedge that in a door frame or under a counter top and you can plop a lil’ light down. While moving into [...]
June 9, 2009
Ballard Bike Race!
On Sunday a bike race was held just a few blocks from my apartment. It’s called Second Ascent Twilight Criterium, and is obviously put on my Second Ascent, a local climbing and cycling store specializing in used equipment. As you can see, the road surface is either brick or less than pristine asphalt. The divot [...]
June 6, 2009
LOST Stuff
I’ve been using Google SketchUp a lot recently and decided to build some LOST stuff with it. My first project was the radio tower and the small building next to it from the season 3 finale. You can download it here. I also made the Pearl station, which was first visited by Paulo, and later [...]
