Graffiti inspired
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:11 pm (The Funky Olive)
One thing that has always intrigued me in urban areas — well, really in all areas, is the colorful paint can art sprawled on walls, signs, mail boxes etc around town. It’s really quite a problem here in our city, as most of it isn’t the cool art that people don’t mind seeing, but rather a lot of gang tagging. But one day this past summer, Mr Funky and I were out near the canal walking our old black lab Brutus (laid to rest October 1, 2008), and we came upon this tunnel that was not only flooded from all the rain we had been receiving, but it was also flooded with all of this wonderful colorful artwork. I was so glad I had my camera to snap up some shots of it! I think the Jerk with a Camera dude would be impressed with me for being shutter ready that day! Both sides of the tunnel were painted, and I’ve used parts of each of them to make some really funky Flip Minos in The Funky Olive Shop.
- Graffiti Flip Mino
Is that not a wickedly cool looking piece of video producing technology or what? These little ultra slim pocket-sized Flip Video Mino camcorders has a handy USB arm that flips out and hooks up to your PC or Mac which charges the built-in rechargeable Lithium Ion battery, and lets you use its built-in software to easily view, edit, and upload video and photos to favorite sharing sites. They record 60 minutes of VGA-quality video, perfect for youtubing, facebook and myspace. And with a price of only $179.99, they’re sure to be flipping about under many trees this year for Christmas!