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I made a filter with an exacto knife, an old Rome Snowboard catalog and some medical tape on a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 and this is what I got from the traffic lights and cars on my block.

Baked a chocolate chip cookie on top of an Oreo. Result? Too much cookie for one stomach to handle.

Thunder and snow in Time Square post movie night.

"The Hot Josh" celery root-carrot cake, blue cheese buttercream, citrus-tinged buffalo chicken. Yes it's essentially a Buffalo Chicken Cupcake! Available at New York City’s First Urban Indoor Pop-Up Park next Saturday, 1/29 at PARK HERE (201 Mulberry).

Coming home from the Bronx Zoo [Flickr Set], Harley discovered a baby sugarglider has been rejected from the nest. The parents just ignored it while it played around in the cage. ( +3 )

Rejected Sugarglider Joey from on Vimeo.

Rejected Sugarglider (part 2) from on Vimeo.

Tuesday night was about the best night I had by myself for a really long time.

There was a band from Oslo, Norway called Katzenjammer who were in town for one performance before heading back home but before that, food. Two words, Katz’s deli.

It was a short walk to the Mercury Lounge and surprisingly there was a line is already forming to get into the venue. Apparently most of the people on line were there to see a band I’ve never heard of, the Rescues and it was their first New York appearance from Los Angeles. It was just a short wait before they made their way to the stage and began doing their set. Suprisingly amazing! Their melody can easily bury itself into your brain. It is such a rarity to have music sync so quickly with me. And one of the singers (they all sing) Kyler England, voice of a freaking angel.

It wasn’t too long when Katzenjammer showed up on stage. Now the music is a bit of hyperactive hybrid of folk, country, cabaret, and rock being played by four female multi-instrumentalists that alternate lead vocals and swap instruments, including an accordion and a gigantic contrabass balalaika, in between songs. It was just an amazing performance that I wish I could have shared. But the best I could do is to take some pictures and videos of the moment. And when I left the Mercury Lounge, there was still light but it quickly dim to dark before I made it to my car. ( +2 videos )

Last night in the freezing cold, I went to check the Red Bull Skyscraper at East River Park. There were riders competing for a $50K cash prize and all they have to do is bomb down a 9-story drop sail off a kicker do an aerial trick and land on a spine. ( +9 )



Red Bull Snowscraper from Desmond Chow on Vimeo.

As for the future of the temporary winter sports park, the Red Bull people now confirm that from February 16th-22nd (NYC's public school vacation week, and following tomorrow's Winter Jam), it will open to the public after being "reconfigured into a 3-story skiing and snowboarding mountain. Residents of all ages are welcome, and experts can bring their own equipment and shred on the freestyle features. An additional 150-foot long snow flume will also be on-site for sledding. Demo snowboards and sleds will be available on-site free of charge for beginners. Both the Red Bull Snowscrapers ramp and the snow flume will be open from 11:00am-4:00pm daily." Time to polish up those saucers with kitchen oil!

I have been playing a STEAM release version of Left 4 Dead (a multiplayer co-operative survival horror first-person shooter) and I just have to say everything about the game is INTENSE.

You basically battle hordes of running screaming zombies (called Infected in the game) just like the ones in 28 Days Later and a few evolved zombies such as the Boomer (an obese Infected that spews projectile vomit on you that not only blinds you, but attracts hordes), Hunter (an agile Infected that climbs walls and pounces on you while ripping their guts out), Smoker (an Infected that will pull you in with it’s whip-like tongue and will either strangling you or stomp on you), Tank (a HUGE Infected that throw cars or slabs of concrete to you or give you the ole HULK SMASH to your face), and the Witch (when provoked will go Wolverine on your ass and anyone that gets in her way.)

Anyhow if anyone wants to join me in a game, feel free to add me on STEAM.

So I broke out my warm coat for the new winter season and discovered a big bag of Halls Mentho-Lyptus (honey lemon flavored), an expired coupon for Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament (where I never went in my life), an unopened pocket pack of Kleenex, some old gas receipts (when gas was $3.33/gal), and some year old pocket lint. I was surprised there was no money to be found. Usually I would find a couple of extra dollars, if lucky a ten or twenty. I guess this year is just not my year.

Has anyone discover anything fantastic from their winter clothing?

I just have to say I'm still not impress with Mac Pro architecture. Their biggest selling point are their video cards - ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT? Come on! 8800GT cost about $100 to maybe $200 overclocked. With the money that Apple consumers have to dish out at least give them a GeForce GTX 280! And if you want users to cream their pants, run dual GTX 280 in SLI mode. And the ATI Radeon HD 2600XT? What the hell, we're up to 4870! Did Apple just bought a surplus of $50 2600XT cards? But I do have to give it to them for their processor choice, Intel Xeon X5482 Harpertown. 1600MHz FSB. 3.2GHz Operating Frequency. 12Mb L2 cache. 45nm. And cost about $1400 retail. Definitely a good processor to run on a server.

As for the new Macbook Pro, it has the Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT which is a big step up from the 8M series and features a new PureVideo HD video processor and HybridPower support. But why not house the Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTX? As for the rest of the specs, garden variety laptop parts with revamped name and that includes the glass touchpad that the rest of the world call a multi-touch touch screen. Look at Apple trying to make people think it's special. Logic Board, hah!