Post of Biblical Proportions (Yes, there is a flood included)

A recent conversation I had online with Ryan made me realize how long it’s been since I’ve caught up with friends back home. Furthermore, it made me think how much I’ve neglected my beloved blog. So I’ve decided to appropriately entertain this epiphany by not writing in it.

Several times over the past five months I’ve drafted lengthy posts intending to catch readers up on my endeavors. Each time, due to overwhelming content, I’ve stopped about halfway through. So to save you [and me] the time, I’ve decided to relay highlights from the past five months in pictures (and captions). The most I can hope for in the future is that they can somehow spawn a conversation in the vein of “what was the deal with that one picture…”


Avett Brothers - the best band I discovered last year.


It rained for four days and four nights.








Beekeeping.






Tom Morello at the San Fran Not-So-Bluegrass Festival.


Old friends.


New friends.


Stefan Sagmeister and Michael Beirut.


Absinthe Halloween party.


Halloween costumes (roomie and I).


Internship at Primal Screen.


Before he was known as 'Dad.'


Grammie and Sasha.


Dad's work or the set of Tron?


Sneak peak of new project...

Health Care Infographic

I know perhaps a 'catch-up' post would be more appropriate, but I'm deciding to put this up in the meantime. This quarter (quarter 5), I'm in an Information Design class - it will entail me learning various creative methods for displaying quantitative data. One thing I've learned so far is how amazing the New York Times online tackles such endeavors. Check out this little widget below:

The best part about it is that it is dynamic. In other words, as the information changes (e.g. if the most discussed topic alters), the amount of people within a room updates. Hopefully by the end of the quarter, I can churn out something as nifty.

speaking of my farewell...

definitely much lighter on the editing, but still good for sentiment's sake. i'll be back in august. let's make go on a trip and make some memories.

Happy Holidays.

Hey fellas,

I don’t know if I ever told you but I attempted to put this footage together twice during college. Both times my computer crashed and (despite being saved) I lost all of my work! Frustrated, I shelved the task but since then still kept it in the back of my mind.

This Christmas break seemed to me to be an ideal time to revisit the archives; and as I sat down to peruse the film, I truly realized how much I miss you guys. It’s hard to believe that this tape was taken SIX YEARS ago. Honestly, I can’t think of the last time (other than Nick’s going away party) when the four of us were together.

Anyways, I feel like this little clip perfectly captures the fun times we used to share. Often I find myself feeling very privileged to have spent much of my youth alongside three extremely unique and enlightening individuals.

All homosexuality aside, here’s to my three best friends. I hope you guys have as much fun watching this as I had making it. Happy holidays!

-Shaun

New Year's 2004 from thelastshaun on Vimeo.

great scott

i saw this guy playing at the farmer's market yesterday. pretty g-damn awesome. he also did the legend of zelda theme.

Just So You Don't Forget

elite

I think I sent this to Nick a while back but check out what I spotted in the company parking lot:




Oh engineers, sigh..