04 Nov 08 Vote!
It is truely an exciting and historic time to be alive in America. I’ve never been so passionate about an election before but I’ve been following politics like my life depended on it. In some ways, it does…
After hearing many reports about long lines to vote, I opted to wake up early and get a head start to beat the line. I got to the poll at 6am and was the only one there till 6:40, 20 minutes before it opened. No vex though, it gave me time to think about my vote, the beauty of a democracy and what it’ll mean when Obama gets elected..
31 Oct 08 This is the 2nd year I’ve dressed up as Tyrone Biggums for Halloween…
..but the first time I’ve actually been mistaken for him. I went to a restaraunt in Chinatown with some coworkers today. We were all decked out in our Halloween gear. At one point, I had to go to the bathroom and ran into a manager. The following conversation ensued:
Me: “Excuse me where’s the bathroom”?
Her (in loud, irritated voice): “BATHROOM FOR CUSTOMERS ONLY!”
Me: “Pardon?”
Her: “BATHROOM FOR CUSTORS ONLY!”
Me: “Wait..what?”
At this point, a coworker happens to come up and talk to me
Her: “Oh…are you eating here?”
Me: “Yeah…”
Her: “Bathroom upstairs”
No more Halloween for me.
19 Oct 08 Cyphering at Mighty 4
The 10 year Anniversary of Mighty 4 went down in SF this past weekend. I only attended the Friday pre-party but heard the rest of it was pretty dope.
Here’s a few pictures of me cyphering:
Tags: breaking, cypher, Mighty 4
12 Oct 08 Fake B-Boy Testimonials
I came across this “testimonial” on B-Boy Zone, a website that sells a how-to-breakdance tutorial:
B-Boy Testimonial
The testimonial says
“I used to suck at breakdancing. Literally, suck. Ever since I got the BBoy Zone system, I’ve done so much better. I tried the airflare guide from Kujo…and I finally hit my first airflare! After 3 years of trying to learn flares, I can actually airflare now. Can you believe that? Seriously, I can already feel like I’m becoming a better bboy. You have given me so much hope for the future! Thanks.
Kishore Venkatesh. New Delhi, India.“
This is the funniest things I’ve seen all week
11 Oct 08 Twitter
My name is Ebun and I’m a twitter junkie. I thought I could try it once and move on with my life but twitter has proven to be more powerful than I thought.
As communication continues transitioning more into the online arena, twitter is proving to fill a gap unmet by social networks, instant messenger, email or blogs. While those are all useful in their respective rights, I find that twitter is perfectly aligned with my desire to make short, occasional non-sequitured blurbs. A few examples:
- Thinking out loud (”Does the ‘C’ in KFC stand for crack? It tastes..so..good”)
- Stating whereabouts (”I’m off to work, see you later”)
- Sharing a newly learned fact (”Dude! Did you know that an ostritchs brain is bigger than its head?”)
These blurbs, known as tweets, can be done with twitter except now you can share with contacts around the world and not just those within earshot. And of course, you can back those tweets with supporting links to more info.
This can be done with the other aforementioned technologies but twitter is optimized for it. By limiting tweets to 160 characters, it guarantees a terseness uninsurable by blogs or emails. By broadcasting to everyone, it trumps the repetitiveness of IMs. And because tweets are the core business, lightweight, unintrusive twitter-apps can run concurrently without drawing you into the time-sucking world of social networks.
I still like blogging (obviously), email, IM and social networks but for those short, impromptu blurbs, twitter is the perfect fix.
Tags: social networks, Technology, twitter
28 Aug 08 Obamazing!
That was such a great speech. Here’s one of my favorite excerpts:
We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don’t tell me we can’t uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. Passions fly on immigration, but I don’t know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. This, too, is part of America’s promise — the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort.
This man needs to be elected.
Tags: Obama
14 Aug 08 I don’t care what anybody says…
Men's Pantyhose
..but these will never become fashionable
30 May 08 Memorial Day Breaking Practice Session
Alex, one of my breaking crew members, recorded our 4 hour Memorial Day practice and made a clip:
I’m wearing the blue shirt and brown pants.
Tags: breaking
05 Apr 08 Nigerians are the originators of "cool"?
I was checking out Jamel Shabazz’s “Back in the Day” photography book and the introduction section talked about the origin of “cool”:
What is cool? Robert Farris Thompson writes in his 1983 book Flash Of The Spirit that cool originated in Nigeria in the first half of the 15th century. Ewure was the name given to a ruler crowned king of the Nigerian Empire of Benin. At the time, the word literally meant, “it is cool”. Thompson writes that Nigerian civilisation was impressive not only for its urban density, refinement and complexity, but also for the inner momentum of conviction and poise they maintained in the face of ongoing political oppression. Other leaders followed suit. Later in that century, a Yoruba leader from Ilobi (an area that is now southern Egabado) decided on the name Oba tio tutubi asum, which means “Cool-and-peaceful-as-the-native-Herb-Osub.” Thompson discovers cool in these different black civilizations and attributes them to a special inner drive and confidence that kept these civilizations going…
So apparently, Nigerians “created” cool? Or the idea of it was first distinguished by them. This could explain a lot…
28 Jan 08 Photo Ambiguity
Advertisement for a D.U.I. lawyer…
…or a b-boy toprocking in a cypher?
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