Entries from August 2008

Become a Travel Photographer

Date August 26, 2008

Anyone who likes to take photos and likes to travel has dreamed about becoming a travel photographer.   It’s a tough field.  With digital cameras draped about nearly every tourists neck these days, plus the internet in every home,  It’s harder than ever to take a photo that people have not already seen.   Maybe seen thousands [...]

Pandora - A whole new way to hear music

Date August 13, 2008

Have you ever wished you could program your own XML/Sirius stations?   Now you can.  Pandora.com has created a new FREE online service which lets you do just that.  In a nutshell the service allows you to create your own “radio stations”.  Not just one, but as many as you could ever need.    Each station is [...]

Art Cars

Date August 8, 2008

Can’t tell you much about this.  I have no information about where this event occurred or anything else.   But It shows how art can be created anywhere with anything.
Art Car Weekend.

Fun with Scanners

Date August 7, 2008

Ever thought of doing “scanner art”?   Hmmm,,  me neither until I saw this video the other day.   According to the artist, Gary Reef, an Australian contemporary mixed media artist, there was no image manipulation done on these images.  That being the case, this is some very cool stuff and a novel idea to make cool [...]

Beijing Art Zone

Date August 6, 2008

If you are interested in contemporary Chinese art, there’s a place you must go: 798 Art Zone. Located in the northeast suburb of Beijing, the formerly state owned factory plant has become a haven for artists from home and even abroad. The area is called the 798 Art Zone and is a home to artists [...]