Lee-Sean Huang: “Mumbo Jumbo Maracas” from Nisma Z on Vimeo. “Mumbo Jumbo Maracas” at Southpaw in Brooklyn, NY on December 15, 2009. This was for the NIME (New Interfaces for Musical Expression) class, taught by Greg Shakar and Hans-Christoph Steiner at NYU’s ITP. Video by Nisma Zaman and Minette Mangahas.

Last night the Trustees of the Awesome Foundation New York met in person for the first time to get the ball rolling. Photo (clockwise from top left): Jesse Chan-Norris, Lee-Sean Huang, Sam Lessin, Steve Rosenbaum, Douglas Repetto, Dawn Barber, Clay Shirky, Colin Nedercoorn, Brandon Kessler, Catherine White, and Chris Dixon Reminder: Grant applications are due [...]

What typeface are you? According to this test from Pentagram (password: character), I’m Cooper Black Italic.  I guess Kylie Minogue and Towa Tei would be German Bold Italic.

While I was in “Teherangeles” visiting the family last week, I went to check out Attari Sandwich Shop in Westwood (1388 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90024). We started with a Shirazi salad, a simple and refreshing chopped salad of tomato, cucumber, and onion. Next course was Ash-e joe, a thick soup with lentils, black [...]