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Bonjour!

Darren — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:15:33 +0000

6am here in Paris, the sun seems to just fall past and kiss the horizon and rise again. The weather is absolutely perfect, maybe just a tad bit on the hot side; t-shirt weather for sure. We arrived yesterday morning at around 7am and met up with an old friend from Dublin. On first impressions, Paris is pretty much everything you hear and read about; from the fashion and cafes to the amazingly beautiful women and men cruising the streets on their scooters and in their tiny smart cars (oh, those silly europeans). Every direction you look is like a snapshot out of a high fashion magazine. Besides the architecture, food is the ultimate reason why i’m here and it has definitely not disappointed, I feel like i’m oozing duck butter and coffee out of my pours. Like Japan, the culture here is laid on thick; Hundreds of years stacked and piled on another hundred years with all the transparency to see through to its shining core. Fucking Rad.

A few quick observations:

The french language is damn sexy.
French Television is not.
Moss.
A lot of corners smell like piss.
Yes, chinese people live here too.
23’00 sunset ~ 05’00 sunrise.
No diarrhea! (yet)
A lot of people shoot nikon :)

Up next: More touristy shit. (pardon my french)

Picasa Gallery (constantly updated)

Daytum : Love

Darren — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:24:18 +0000

daytum/sticboy

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Darren — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:12:34 +0000

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Darren — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:05:05 +0000

Time for a little Tea&a

Darren — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:20:15 +0000

Working from home can be quite a drag sometimes, so lately i’ve been on a mission to find some awesome tea/coffee houses to sit, have a delicious brew and get some work done; Starbucks and Coffee Bean aren’t cuttin it any more… I’m definitely the type of dude that needs people around to work, something about the negative/positive ions in random people or something. During this mission i’ve been dreaming up the PERFECT tea house for fill my ales (and voids). Welcome to Tea&a ;)

Notable tea/coffee houses in the area:

Half and Half Tea House, Tea Station, AU79, Lovebirds (any recommendations in the LA area are welcome, Wifi is a must)

Portfolio Update

Darren — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:00:41 +0000

Just a quick update today, added a few current (2008) projects to the portfolio, click the link over on the side to check it out. So far the new server is amazingly quick making everything pretty painless; seems like i’ve only had one hiccup so far (probably on my part), mediatemple is fast.

Starting work over at Imagineering R&D again on monday, super excited to get my hands into some real work again. More portfolio updates to come.

Four Eyes

Darren — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:15:08 +0000

[iPhone Wallpaper]

2009: The New Sight

Darren — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:05:23 +0000

This is the first post of 2009 on the new server, the new site and the new blog, dubbed ThinkTank, Welcome.

I Brought over all of my past post from Blogger as well as discontining everything I posted on Kontain, although both of them being quite the awesome services that they were, didn’t offer the amount of flexibility I wanted. Since changing my server over to Media Temple (mt), I figured it was the perfect chance for me to start over fresh with a new design and updated brand.

Pardon the mess while features are being added, code is being streamlined, and design is being refined, as always everything is a work in progress. If there are any bugs or nasties I need to flush out, comments are appreciated. Thanks!

Happy Two-Thousand and Nine!

Four, Three, Two, One. (Another Test Post)

Darren — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:09:41 +0000

Found on ffffound.com

I love texture in this photo; I can almost feel the thickness of each sheet of paper and the delicate adhesive ever so slightly propping up the numbers. Everything from the woodgrain and craftiness of the photo just says warmth.