This is very funny. Someone took the time (wow) to create a text only version of Pac Man, like Mac games from 1986. The game starts off with this spooky prologue… “Pac-Txt! — — — — You awaken in a large complex, slightly disoriented. Glowing dots hover mouth level near you in every direction. Off in the distance you hear the […]
Entries from November 2007
Pac-Txt
November 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: games + diversions · links + bookmarks · strangeness + randomness · tech + the internet
Snow and the start of winter
November 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Snow started trickling down this AM. With the snow comes a new cottage (more coming on this), new snowboard gear (this too!), new winter tires and starting to check the backcountry snow reports. It’s all fun!! I love winter.
Tags: surf + skate + snow
A Plank desk in Washington
November 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Geoff, who works for Plank out of Washington D.C., sent me these snaps today of his new beautiful desk setup that we all drooled over. The guy has got a great sense of clean design choices / aesthetics and he really likes the ordered approach. The phone is a Jacob Jensen T5.
Tags: design + art + typography · family + friends · plank + work · tech + the internet
Flight Patterns
November 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
As I think about so many of my friends all flying towards Central America in the next couple of weeks; how strange it is to meet up in such a distant place; this really peaked my interest… Flight Patterns Air traffic as seen by the FAA. The Flight Patterns visualizations are the result of experiments leading to […]
Tags: design + art + typography · montreal + canada + the world · tech + the internet
Martinique, Nova Scotia on Sunday
November 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
This photo popped into my inbox Monday. It’s of a buddy of a buddy (John Emberly) surfing at Martinique, Nova Scotia on Sunday November 4th. Ridiculous. Would love to see this sequence. Think this closed out ? ;-)
Tags: surf + skate + snow
New cold water Wetsuit
November 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Got myself a present last weekend. A brand new Excel Infiniti DryLock 5/4/3 Hooded suit (Size L / 379$ US). Tested it out on Sunday in strong cold offshore wind and 52° F water. The suit is ridiculously warm. I didn’t even feel close to what I would consider cold. The flexibility is almost as good […]
Tags: surf + skate + snow
Huge surf for Nova Scotia this weekend
November 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
That storm coming up the coast is predicted to send some truly massive waves to the south eastern side of Nova Scotia. Sunday they are calling for … 36 Feet @ 14 seconds early in the AM backing off to a cleaner 29 feet @ 15 seconds by mid-morning. I can’t even imagine. Check the Magic Seaweed report […]
Tags: surf + skate + snow
Chris Gougeon profiled on Malakeye.com
November 1st, 2007 · No Comments
One of my best buds, Mr. Chris Gougeon, has gotten his due over at Malakeye.com. I can’t think of a better person to be profiled there; Chris has worked his ass off for the past 6 years and has impressed all of us. Go check it then post congrats on his facebook account !! “Chris Gougeon, […]
Tags: design + art + typography · family + friends · links + bookmarks · surf + skate + snow · tech + the internet
