November 12, 2009 @ 1:17 am
HUF x OMAR SALAZAR x NIKE SB from HUF on Vimeo.
This video showing skateboarder Omar Salazar skating in San Francisco was made by Marty Reigel for HUF and Nike SB to promote the HUFxNikeSB Blazer Premium shoe and apparel line. It’s absolutely wild.
I was once this good at skateboarding.
November 1, 2009 @ 1:39 am
San Francisco’s People. Canon 5DmkII 24p from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
A great looking video with a soothing soundtrack. Philip Bloom shot this one on a Canon 5D Mark II with a 50mm f/1.2
October 30, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
I don’t know why this isn’t bigger news when I feel it should be, but apparently during Tuesday’s evening rush hour commute, a cable on the Bay Bridge snapped and came crashing down onto several cars. As of this post, repair crews are still working on getting the cables adjusted so that cars can once again cross between San Francisco and Oakland.
Thanks to the Timbuk2 blog which posted this photo above of the cable lying on the deck of the bridge. Hopefully we won’t be seeing another bridge collapse like the one in Minneapolis in 2007.
September 22, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
July 12, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
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Strange Maps has uncovered this image from the SFGate that shows the number of suicides that have taken place on the Golden Gate Bridge based on the location of the jumper. The Golden Gate Bridge is divided up into 128 poles with even-numbered poles on the West side of bridge (where there is a bike path) and odd-numbered poles on the East side (where there is a pedestrian walkway).
From the image above, one would conclude that pole 69 is the place where the most suicides take place, presumably because it is the highest point on the bridge and thus the furthest distance down to the water.
A sad infographic indeed, and one that definitely makes me think of the documentary The Bridge which I saw earlier on this year.
June 10, 2009 @ 6:25 pm
You’ve probably never seen this house, but a part of you might instantly recognize it as familiar? Why? Well, because if SFGate is to be believed, this is the house that the Up house was modeled after. The structure is permanently elevated about 10 feet off of the ground giving animators a good glimpse of what’s underneath which is probably useful for animation when the Up house flies away.
Anyway, there’s no official confirmation from the folks at Pixar, so you’ll have to take this one with a grain of salt.
