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Birthday trip to Wales

rog — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:27:29 +0000

At the start of may a group of us went to Wales for my friend Tom’s 25th Birthday, I’ve been meaning to edit the footage together for ages and finally got round to it this weekend. I’ve never edited or colour corrected anything in final cut pro before. I found once I got the basics, it wasn’t too difficult to achieve what I wanted.

I can’t wait to make the next one, i’ll shoot a lot more footage for it. I’ve certainly got my eye on a 7D.

A Journey through Asia

rog — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:11:37 +0000

Late this year or early next year i’m going to be travelling on the trans-siberian from Moscow to Beijing and then i’ll be travelling around asia. I just found this beautifully edited video that excites and inspires me. Whilst I can’t guarantee that mine will look as good as this, i’m definitely going to be documenting the journey all the way.

Letter Cult: Folded Font

rogthefrog — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:54:12 +0000

Letter cult: Folded Font

(via ilovetypography)

The Atlas of Hidden Water

rogthefrog — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:50:05 +0000

A map (pdf) published by new scientist magazine documenting the worlds hidden water supplies.

(via bldgblog)

Brokers with hands on their faces

rogthefrog — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:48:53 +0000

I just stumbled on the brokers with hands on their faces blog.

(via subtraction)

RIP Muxtape

rogthefrog — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:56:16 +0000

Justin from muxtape has written on the muxtape home page his experience of dealing with the RIAA and the record industry giants.

“Around the same time I got a call from the VP of anti-piracy at one of the majors. After I picked up the phone his first words were, “Justin, I just have one question for you: where do I send the summons and complaint?” The conversation picked up from there. There was no summons, it was an intimidation tactic setting the tone for the business development meeting he was proposing, the true reason for the call. Around the same time another one of the big four’s business developers reached out to me, too.

It’s a really interesting read that comes straight from the heart. The great news is that this isn’t the end of muxtape and it will support smaller bands looking for their break. I’m looking forward to seeing what comes out of muxtape and will be recommending all my friends bands to sign up to it. I’m confident that this will be really, really good!

For now there is Favtape

The Old House and the Sea

rogthefrog — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:49:23 +0000

Another Interesting article from The New York Times about a 23 bedroom, 103 year old mansion in the Narragansett Bay.

“In 1961, when Mr. Wood bought the house with his ex-wife Joan, who is also an architect, for $3,600, it had been empty for two decades. All of its 65 windows were smashed, and its slate roof was wide open to the sky. Vandals had been creative: on the second floor, the interior shingles were embedded with marbles (they still are), which had been blasted there by some sort of firearm.”

Sounds like they have a really nice community there. It’s really nice that this house is being used by people that really appreciate it, instead of it being a rich mans play thing. If only more people thought like Mr. Wood.

A House By The Park…

rogthefrog — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:07:25 +0000

A House By The Park is the latest blog by Mike Davidson, it’s a really nicely written real time account of his experience in designing, planning and constructing his new home in Seattle. He has written more than 20 posts so far so there is quite a bit of catching up to do if your not already following. Definitely worth the read, i’m looking forward to watching this story unfold.

Vertical Gardens

rogthefrog — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:25:23 +0000

Some really cool vertical gardens by Patrick Blanc. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Also did a search on flickr and found some even better pictures of his work.

Quote from Patrick Blanc’s Website:

“The Vertical Garden, known as Le Mur Végétal in french, was conceived after many observations in natural environments. The Vertical Garden relies on a new way to grow plants without any soil”.

Vertical Gardens in Madrid