gallinvanting http://www.gallinvanting.com traveling addcits & globetrotting secrets Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 en Black Sheep Trailer http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/09/21/black-sheep-trailer/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/09/21/black-sheep-trailer/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:03:47 +0000 dirodge movies http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/09/21/black-sheep-trailer/

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Paris Roubaix 1976

]]> http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/09/19/69/feed/ Traveling Resources Thread http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/06/04/traveling-resources-thread/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/06/04/traveling-resources-thread/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:50:13 +0000 dirodge free guides maps food flights travel http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/06/04/traveling-resources-thread/ Continually updated post on all the necessary long term travel info and gear.

Websites:
CouchSurfing: See the city from a locals point of view, and their living room from the resourceful CouchSurfing site.
Gmail: Best email! Use this for my domain account and @gmail address.
Google Documents: Don’t ever need to use Word on the road again. Google Documents is offering all the editing you’ll need, online from anywhere.

Gear:
Leica Minilux - Leica’s finest point and shoot camera. Great for pros and anyone looking for great film shots out of their pocket.

Transportation:
Mediterranean Ferries - map and list of carries for ferries in the Mediterranean sea.
Kayak - Great airfare search, haven’t tried other search categories.

Destination Research:
BootsnAll Travel Forums - personal experiences in far off lands.
WWOOF - budget travel and work in the worlds most exotic places.

]]> http://www.gallinvanting.com/2007/06/04/traveling-resources-thread/feed/ San Francisco Zine Fest http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/09/san-francisco-zine-fest/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/09/san-francisco-zine-fest/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:14:38 +0000 dirodge north america san francisco budget art diy design http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/09/san-francisco-zine-fest/ san francisco zine fest

San Francisco Zine Fest is happening today and tomorrow with all types of crafters and printers. Cheap bookbinding workshops too.

September 9–10, 2006 @ CELLspace (2050 Bryant St, in the Mission)

  • SF Zine Fest
  • SF Zine Fest 2005 recap
  • ZineWiki
    • ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/09/san-francisco-zine-fest/feed/     City specific Moleskin notebooks http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/08/city-specific-moleskin-notebooks/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/08/city-specific-moleskin-notebooks/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:34:44 +0000 dirodge guides travel resources http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/08/city-specific-moleskin-notebooks/ moleskin

    Moleskin     launches a new set of city specific notebooks for the traveler hitting many of the big spots across the globe. The new notebooks include maps, street index, pockets, and of-course blank pages.

    Individual(!) notebooks include: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Prague, Rome, and Vienna.

  • City Notebooks by Moleskin
    • ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/08/city-specific-moleskin-notebooks/feed/     Coop Opening ‘Brand Recognition’ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/coop-opening-brand-recognition/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/coop-opening-brand-recognition/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:27:40 +0000 dirodge north america los angeles art http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/coop-opening-brand-recognition/ coops atari girl

    New acrylic and ink works by Coop going up at sixspace gallery Saturday, September 9, 6 - 9pm.

  • Info at sixspace
  • Coop site
  • Coop art blog
    • ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/coop-opening-brand-recognition/feed/     Rethinking Urban Spaces http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/rethinking-urban-spaces/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/rethinking-urban-spaces/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:45:19 +0000 dirodge resources design http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/rethinking-urban-spaces/

    Collection of approaches and new movements in urban design.

  • Good Magazine ‘Public Domain’ article
  • BBC Urban Planet
  • Urban design book list
  • ‘Packing the Pavement’ Urban Places and Spaces car culture feature

    photo by bfeil

    • ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/rethinking-urban-spaces/feed/     Chomsky and Zinn audio commentary on Fellowship of the Ring http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/chomsky-and-zinn-audio-commentary-on-fellowship-of-the-ring/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/chomsky-and-zinn-audio-commentary-on-fellowship-of-the-ring/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:01:51 +0000 dirodge film http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/chomsky-and-zinn-audio-commentary-on-fellowship-of-the-ring/ Recorded in 2002 as part of the Platinum DVD of Fellowship of the Ring, Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky lend perspective into Tolken and Jackson’s visions.

    Audio Commentary by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky for The Fellowship of the Ring, via McSweeney

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/chomsky-and-zinn-audio-commentary-on-fellowship-of-the-ring/feed/     Banksy does Paris http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/banksy-does-paris/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/banksy-does-paris/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:19:27 +0000 dirodge europe art london http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/banksy-does-paris/ banksy does paris hilton

    Sticking it to 500 copies of Paris Hilton’s new album ‘Paris’ famned Londner Banksy adds some content and kind words.

    Full BBC Story
    Flickr Set of a CD Opening
    YouTube ‘punking paris’

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/07/banksy-does-paris/feed/     Washington DC hardcore mini-docs http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/washington-dc-hardcore-mini-docs/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/washington-dc-hardcore-mini-docs/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:15:25 +0000 dirodge north america washington d.c. music http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/washington-dc-hardcore-mini-docs/ washington dc punk capital

    Washington D.C. is ofcourse known for it’s populous of politicians but few know it as the epicenter for East Coast punk and hardcore. Yellow Arrow documents the scene with maps and quality mini-docs.

    Capitol of Punk
    Washington, D.C. hardcore @ wikipedia
    Banned in DC

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/washington-dc-hardcore-mini-docs/feed/     Culture jamming the modern art world with Ron English http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/inside-culture-jamming-with-ron-english/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/inside-culture-jamming-with-ron-english/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:26:35 +0000 dirodge north america art http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/inside-culture-jamming-with-ron-english/ ron english grade school guernica

    Supertouch interviews favorite Adbusters subverter Ron English.

    New Jersey based Painter, Billboard hijacker & all-around provocateur Ron English is at the forefront of a modern art movement set to take over the art world by any means necessary.

    Culture Jamming with Ron English
    Billboards by English
    Graffiti.org feature

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/09/01/inside-culture-jamming-with-ron-english/feed/     SF Food Chain Mural http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/31/sf-food-chain-mural/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/31/sf-food-chain-mural/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:30:23 +0000 dirodge north america san francisco art http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/31/sf-food-chain-mural/ food chain mural

    Brian Barnelco is a San Francisco artist who is lending his paint stylings to the side of FoodCo a grocery store in the Mission district between 14th and 15th Streets on Shotwell. The two hundred-foot piece explores the source of our food from seed to dinner plate. Still in progress if you live in the area and want to stop by.

    Food Chain Mural blog
    Brian’s previous work
    SFGate Culture blog article

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/31/sf-food-chain-mural/feed/     Projection Street Art by Karolina Sobecka http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/projection-street-art-by-karolina-sobecka/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/projection-street-art-by-karolina-sobecka/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:09:53 +0000 dirodge art http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/projection-street-art-by-karolina-sobecka/ tiger street art

    Karolina Sobecka’s wildlife street art takes your favorite beast and projects it onto the city streets from a moving vehicle. Software installed in the car detects the speed and adjusts the running animals animation accordingly.

    Some stills and video n more info
    Karolina’s personal site

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/projection-street-art-by-karolina-sobecka/feed/     Google Books adds more public domain works, pdfs http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/google-books-adds-more-public-domain-works-pdfs/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/google-books-adds-more-public-domain-works-pdfs/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:00:33 +0000 dirodge free resources http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/google-books-adds-more-public-domain-works-pdfs/ google books

    Google’s attempts to catalog the world’s libraries at first came with resistance, then speculation, and now are slowly being embraced by many major partners. Being all for the access to as much information as possible we’re glad to see you can now also download pdfs of works from Google Book Search.

    Google Book Search
    Google Blog post with more details

    Some downloadable works of interest:
    Dante’s Inferno
    Shakespeare’s Hamlet
    Aesop’s Fables

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/google-books-adds-more-public-domain-works-pdfs/feed/     Flickr adds Geotagging features http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/flickr-adds-geotagging-features/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/flickr-adds-geotagging-features/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:24:28 +0000 dirodge photography travel http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/flickr-adds-geotagging-features/ flickr geotagging

    We’re big fans of Flickr and yesterday they announced a new geotagging feature for all members. You can now drag and drop your photos over a Yahoo! generated map and get pretty little pink dots on the location of your shot. Links below will help to get you started posting and wasting the rest of the day exploring.

    How to geotag your own photos
    Searching and exploring geotagged photos
    Flickr Blog posting with more details

    ]]>     http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/flickr-adds-geotagging-features/feed/     Mark Jenkins’ Urban Art http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/mark-jenkins-urban-art/ http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/mark-jenkins-urban-art/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:58:58 +0000 dirodge north america washington d.c. art http://www.gallinvanting.com/2006/08/30/mark-jenkins-urban-art/ mark jenkins art

    Mark Jenkins is a Washington DC based artist, who’s work includes tape babies and lollipop parking meters, may wake you up from that urban everday daze sometime.

    Video of Jenkins work on the street
    Morning News Interview
    Mark’s Stroker Project

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