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Yankees vs Marlins
Author: Jeffrey Donenfeld
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Passing over
Passing over, originally uploaded by jamfan2.During the baseball game at Shea Stadium tonight all these jets from LaGuardia airport were taking off and flying right over the stadium. It was a fantastic sight….
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World Cup France vs Korea
World Cup France vs Korea, originally uploaded by jamfan2.Sunday as I was walking to Union Square, i notice a bunch of people on the street watching the France – Korea world cup game. I pulled up a chair and watched the second half. It was a decent game, and great sitting outside watching it!
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US Open Golf
US Open pass, originally uploaded by jamfan2.Yesterday Sara and I went to the US Open out in Mamaroneck, NY. Fun time, we walked around the course for couple hours, drank pepsi, ate hot dogs and warm salted nuts, and then settled at the 18th hole to watch a couple pairs finish up the course. The golf was good to watch. It was especially great, however, to just get out of the city and get out to the country, walk around in the grass, chill out, get some fresh air and exercise. I think that was the best part for me.
Also of special note was the intense tv coverage infrastructure. At this kind of event, its especially apparent how much really goes into broadcasting a live sporting event worldwide. The golf course is basically open land, and NBC has to pretty much build an communications network from the ground up, which has to support multiple fixed cameras, multiple roaming cameras, variosu camera teams, wireless linkups, remote interviews, studio setups, blimp cameras, commentators etc.. all live, in real time. I think the fact that its on a golf course makes it even more amazing. For other sporting events, such as the US Open Tennis, they all ready have much of it built. The stadium is built for media support, and so are the surrounding structures. But for golf, you’re really just dealing with open land.
So, I was especially facinated at all the tech happenin around us. It was cool seeing the guerrila teams of roaming cameramen try to get a good position on the players and set up the wireless linkup in time.. and it was awesome seeing the crane camera guy do his thing. Equally amazing were the super intensity scaffolding structures they created.. they had giant bleachers, camera towers, entire broadcast studios, ac plants, concession stands and convention halls, all temporary, amazingly complex, and made out of scaffolding.
Ok, thats my bit about the US Open. It was a great day, and unfortunately, i didnt get ANY pictures…. nobody did. I guess in an effort to keep beeping and flashing down, they prohibited anyone from bringing cameras or cell phones into the club.. it was intense.. we had to go through metal detectors, and then check all of our contraband electronics at the train station. But it did heighten the relaxatlion a bit.. no stupid people not silencing their phones, and no flashes going off everywhere. Hence, the only actual “proof” i was there is this scan of my ticket.
If you have any pics, let me know!
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Lobster bake at rock center
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Nostalgia: Mexico
169-6941_IMG, originally uploaded by jamfan2.Ahh, college. As you may or may not know, i’m slowly uploading my complete photo archives to flickr.. In the process, i’m getting to check out all sorts of random/lost photo sets. Just found these from me and Steve’s little roadtrip to mexico.
Having spent the previous day skipping class to snowboard in Vail, Steve and I woke up Friday morning and decided it would be a good idea to skip another day of classes and drive to Mexico.
Friday mornin we woke up and got in my car, a ’95 Toyota 4Runner with around 100,000 miles on it. We drove through outlet stores, Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs, CO, Albuquerque NM, Santa Fe NM and finally El Paso TX. We arrived friday night, parked in the lot of a comfort inn, and spent the night in the back of my 4Runner. Next morning, Saturday, woke up, ate the free continental breakfast at Comfort Inn (we were kind of guests…), and walked over the border to Juarez, Mexico. Spent the day walking around, ate some lunch, drank some beers, bonded with locals. Saturday night we drove to Hueco Tanks TX, and then made a b-line for Roswell NM. Sunday we woke up bright and early on the side of the highway outside of Roswell and rolled into town. Spent Sunday in Roswell talking with locals about sightings etc, at with some local Aliens, viewed them in their natural habitats, and then drove back to Boulder. We were back in Boulder by midnight, and woke up for class Monday morning. In all, a decent weekend. -
>Tenerife Location
Hard core. Using google earth, i managed to re-create my location and perspective. It was really quite eerie panning around that area with google earth, and then getting to see what was beyond the hill in the background and how everything is situated..
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Tenerife Location
Hard core. Using google earth, i managed to re-create my location and perspective. It was really quite eerie panning around that area with google earth, and then getting to see what was beyond the hill in the background and how everything is situated..
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Apple Store Fifth Ave Opening
Listening to: DJ Mark Farina – Mushroom Jazz 4
Just got back.. from the grand opening of the Apple Store on Fifth Ave, NYC. Jill and I finally got in, after waiting in line for 3 hours, and it was fantastic.. there were about 15 staff member outside clapping and cheering as we went in, and they were handing out amazing grand opening tshirts to everyone! We went straight to the Macbooks, naturally, and Jill and I even got to play with photobooth on a new black Macbook.. fun and exciting. We watched them raffle off a macbook, as we dropped our names in the hat for the next hour.. guess we’ll see if we won one tomorrow. Also, as we were getting ready to leave, Robert Smigel, along with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog came down the stairs, with film crew in tow.. Jill got to pet Triumph, and I took pics and video!
Update Update!
Just found out, we were in the same room as Kevin Bacon! As we were being entertained by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the man himself, Kevin Bacon was chilling out right behind us! Check out this cameo video footage in Richard Blakeley’s movie of the opening. -
Doin’ what I can…
Listening to: Arman VanHelden – Enter The Meatmarket
Lately, as you may have noticed, my blog has turned into a mediablog/photoblog of sorts.. thats pretty much all i’ve had time to post lately, and you know what they say a pictures worth….and a video for that matter. All of my photos are being posted to flickr as well as here. Flickr is seriously addictive, as you may have noticed for me…
This afternoon Jeff s and I are going to check out the new apple store opening.. i hear they are giving away a mac-book an hour for the opening.. and commemorative tshirts!
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Hole in Williamsburg
Hole in Williamsburg, originally uploaded by jamfan2.I was walking to the sugar factory in Williamsburg, talking to chris on the phone when I foun this impassable hole in the middle of the road.
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Coldcut and Blockhead Irving Plaza Setup
Coldcut and Blockhead Irving Plaza Setup, originally uploaded by jamfan2.Coldcut’s table is in the back.. they had the most intense amout of gear i’ve ever seen.. and their whole audio show was tied in with their video show.. everything synched up.
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>Blockhead at Irving Plaza
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Rockin out on the decks with video… it was cool hearing their samples..
Wednesday night, I worked for Giant Step at the Coldcut/Blockhead show at Irving Plaza.. it was fantastic, cool seeing blockhead, and coldcut’s performance was insane. -
>Weekend in Baltimore and DC
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Ah yes, a few weekends ago I hopped on the Chinatown Bus and headed down to Baltimore and DC to hang out. Chris actually beat me to the punch on this one, and posted a fantastic synopsis of his trip, which you can read on his blog.
Also, feel free to check out my flickr pics..
(you gotta be signed in and on my “friends” list to see a lot of them.. if you’re not, sign in to flickr (or get yourself a flickr acct first), then click here to see my profile, then click the link to add me as a friend, and i’ll add you back. (provided you really are a friend..)Also, here’s some essential nutritional facts.. quite complete, i say.
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>The Crew at Ken’s Cabin
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Yeah so, i havent posted in a while, but that doesnt mean i’m gone. just been super busy with work, and as far as putting stuff on the web, i have! I been quite addicted to FLICKR lately. I bought a pro membership, and am currently in the process of uploading ALL of my old pictures to it (although most are ‘private’, its still cool to have them online for myself). I’m up to about 7800 now, after month 2 of being a member, and i’m waiting for next month to put more on, because i allready filled my 2gb monthly quota this month! Anyway, i’ll be making a lot more pics “public” and “friends only” soon.. just have to find the time to troll through all the sets and add captions and descriptions, change the sharing levels etc.. 7800 is a lot of photos to get through… and i’m only halfway done.
Stay tuned.Also, stay tuned for a pic or two from my sister Jill’s college graduation!
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The Crew at Ken’s Cabin
Yeah so, i havent posted in a while, but that doesnt mean i’m gone. just been super busy with work, and as far as putting stuff on the web, i have! I been quite addicted to FLICKR lately. I bought a pro membership, and am currently in the process of uploading ALL of my old pictures to it (although most are ‘private’, its still cool to have them online for myself). I’m up to about 7800 now, after month 2 of being a member, and i’m waiting for next month to put more on, because i allready filled my 2gb monthly quota this month! Anyway, i’ll be making a lot more pics “public” and “friends only” soon.. just have to find the time to troll through all the sets and add captions and descriptions, change the sharing levels etc.. 7800 is a lot of photos to get through… and i’m only halfway done.
Stay tuned.Also, stay tuned for a pic or two from my sister Jill’s college graduation!
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>Poolside
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Chris was in town this weekend, and his job paid for him to stay at the Gansvoort Hotel in the meat packing district of NYC. So we did the only natural thing.. chilled in robes by the pool and read the paper. Also, had a few drinks on the rooftop.
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>Rooftop Vents
>Listening to: Jamiroquai – Dynamite
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This evening, a group of us got together at Jesse S’s apartment in the East Village, NYC to have a little sunday dinner, chill on the rooftop and fire escape, drink some wine and proseco, and just chill out. It was a fantastic afternoon, and the weather, food, and company were perfect. We even had three sets of siblings!
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Britney Spears giving birth
Listening to: Soundgarden – Superunknown
Ah, last friday, Jill and I went out to Williamsburg, to see “The Birth of Sean Preston” by Daniel Edwards, featuring a life sized sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth to her son, Sean Preston, on her hands and knees, gripping the ears of a wolf skin rug. In pink plaster. Incredible. I’d been reading about this whole situation for weeks in gawker, boing boing etc, and it was a fluke that I was checking out Pink Is The New Blog, and read that the opening was that night! A quick call to Jill, and we were off on the (L) train, flying over to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to witness the spectacle, and drink free beer.
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>RJD2 @ The Guggenheim
>Listening to: Nicolas Matar – Tropicalism
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Last night, Kat and I went to the Guggenheim Museum for the Flavorpill First Fridays event, with RJD2 DJing… was a great party, especially since we were drinking for free, seeing a ton of cool people, and listening to great music…. The Guggenheim was a n incredible place to have this kind of party.. so many people there, and it was great wandering around the spiral ramp with hip hop beats wafting through the air.
This picture is a composite of 6 seperate pics i took. No fancy tricks, i just went midway up the ramp, rested my cameara on the guardrail, and tilted it a little after each pic. You can see the seams where the pictures merge. Since i was using just a normal camera with a normal lense, and not really paying too much attention to uniform metering and focus, a lot of the lines don’t line up. I didnt try to correct this too much in photoshop. But its a 180 Degree vertical panorama, going from looking straight down to looking straight up.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGdQOCV-4YY]
Also, video of RJD2 on the decks… good stuff, and you can see him using the turntables to controll the digital audio stream from his laptop. Cool.
