Jested Telecommunications Tower and Hotel – Cold War Modern.

Coldly beautiful.

“We’re expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to watch them. This new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio which we hope will provide you with a cleaner, more powerful viewing experience. And don’t worry, your 4:3 aspect ratio videos will play just fine in this new player. ” —YouTube Blog

“The cachet of widescreen should do wonders to bolster YouTube’s already high reputation for quality. Suddenly, watching a cat flush a toilet in 4:3 doesn’t seem right.” —Ken Broomfield, After Effects artist and developer of the iRider browser.

On the other hand, it does look a whole lot better fullscreen than it used to.

I’ve finally gotten around to putting some of my current work up on the site. Take a look and let me know what you think of the way it’s presented. I’m still working with Hank to finesse it; for instance, I’d like you to be able to leave comments. Now comments are working. So leave some, already!

To your nose, mouth and memory, that is. My darling sister Alexandra tells me that you can recreate the sensation of being five years old and greedily looking down into your loot bag by eating a Reese’s Fast Break candy bar, rinsing out your mouth with a little bit of water, and immediately chewing a piece of Orbit Bubblemint gum. I haven’t tried it yet; comment here if you do.

Pretty close to Taxi Yellow, I think.

R253/G198/B79

C1/M20/Y78/K1

Go and make something with that!

Clever social commentary v.s. reality. Gee, I wonder which will win?

You still suck at Photoshop. Season 2, by popular demand. This week: Smart Objects. Go Ronnie Go!

Deke McLelland has lost his marbles. Guess he’s lived in Boulder too long.

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