First off, I’d like to welcome WAL*MART—er, Walmart—to 2005! It seems the neighborhood-munching behemoth’s nearly two decade old logo wasn’t friendly enough to represent the company in this brave new world. Second, I wonder how long it took to develop this logo. Ten minutes? Fifteen? It probably took a year of focus groups consisting of [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, advertising, business, design on August 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
Panel Van, originally uploaded by ASurroca.
This is the first HHR panel Van I’ve seen. I almost thought Chevy had decided not to make them. And now that I know they did, I almost want to get one, slam it, paint it flat black, and have pinstripe artwork added to it. Almost.
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
Trampoline, originally uploaded by ASurroca.
So, I inherited a trampoline from my brother today. With three people working, it took all of 10 minutes to install it!
I also put in a firepit to go with the barbecue I already have there. I guess my backyard is really shaping up into something pretty cool.
Sadly, I won’t be [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
Painting my Door, Part 1, originally uploaded by ASurroca.
I’ve got sliding door in the computer room that’s still filled with drawings left behind by the previous owners’ kids, and I’ve decided to paint over them…not with paint, but with my own artwork, of course.
First of, I’m testing to see whether or not the Sharpie fades [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Bill-O Offensive? Hmm.., originally uploaded by ASurroca.
Came across this while perusing podcasts. If the image offends me does that count?
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Marquee for Jesus, originally uploaded by ASurroca.
So, this truck in front of me has a tiny LED marquee under its license plate with a mesage about being saved by Jesus. Oh Bible Belt, you always find new ways to amuse me.
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
You might (or not) remember Chevrolet’s concept car from a few years back, the Nomad. It never made it to production, but a similar car might thanks to Murat Günak, former design boss of the Volkswagen Group.
Günak co-founded a new auto company, Mindset and made the Six50, whose purpose is to buck the trend toward [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, business, design, technology on June 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »