Variable Interests

round 2 (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:33:03 -0500

round 2 (Taken with instagram)

smokey goodness, wrapped up in an orange (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:02:32 -0500

smokey goodness, wrapped up in an orange (Taken with instagram)

aged puerh #tea, fresh off the boat from china (Taken with...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:05:18 -0500

aged puerh #tea, fresh off the boat from china (Taken with instagram)

Audio

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:53:28 -0500

( rye + campari + vermouth ) 📻 (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:17:12 -0500

( rye + campari + vermouth ) 📻 (Taken with instagram)

Photo

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:38:13 -0500

bubbly just because (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:33:42 -0500

bubbly just because (Taken with instagram)

There Will Be Bourbon: Nutella Bourbon Cookies

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:44:39 -0500

There Will Be Bourbon: Nutella Bourbon Cookies:

I am so making these, probably tonight.

therewillbebourbon:

We already know that bourbon and chocolate are like some sort of super couple, and we also know that bourbon cookies are just mouthfuls of noms. And since Nutella is delicious in every way imaginable, the obvious next step is to make Nutella bourbon cookies. I’ve actually made these before,…

first martini of the year (Taken with Instagram at KC Lounge)

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:15:29 -0500

first martini of the year (Taken with Instagram at KC Lounge)

brought home the goods (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:14:48 -0500

brought home the goods (Taken with instagram)

yeah, this book is pretty awesome. (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:36:19 -0500

yeah, this book is pretty awesome. (Taken with instagram)

sleepy boy (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:14:53 -0500

sleepy boy (Taken with instagram)

my girl gets me. (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:21:23 -0500

my girl gets me. (Taken with instagram)

samspratt: Sam Spratt’s HOLIDAY EXPRESS Portrait Contest/Custom...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:14:28 -0500

samspratt:

Sam Spratt’s HOLIDAY EXPRESS Portrait Contest/Custom Portrait Giveaway!

It’s back. As thanks to you for following me here, As usual—I am giving one of you the chance to win a custom portrait from me. Free, no strings attached—it’s the holiday season so you may want to sacrifice your win to give someone you feel nice things towards something unique. The rules have slightly changed though so read on:

What You Get:

A Web-resolution (1100 pixel) custom portrait, tailored to your most bizarre of requests. You can get a very traditional portrait done or as outlandish as you can dream—so long as it remains in the portrait format. Zombies, Hipsters, Pirates, Ninjas, Superheroes, Robots, etc. are all fair-game themes in which you can have yourself transmogrified in painted form. Want to let me have free reign? That works too, but I want to make something unique for you.

How to Enter:

1. FACEBOOK: Simply comment on the facebook post at: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2156171140079&set=a.1389923864376.2051961.1120470458&type=1&theater

2. TWITTER: Follow http://twitter.com/#!/SamSpratt and tweet the following phrase verbatim on twitter:

“Entering to win a custom portrait #painting from @samspratt’s holiday contest! https://www.facebook.com/sam.spratt #samspratt”

This also counts as an entry.

3. TUMBLR: Just reblog/like this post!

How to Increase Your Odds:

Click the share button on the facebook image post (you will see “like” “comment” and “share” directly beneath the image)

(If you enter all 4 ways, you will have 4x the odds of winning)

How long this will last:

This is called the holiday EXPRESS contest for a reason. I’m keeping this open for 4 days only and then getting the portrait ready and done so that in case you celebrate the holidays, you have it in time.

You all are the best! Good luck and thanks again to all who follow my little slice of artwork on the web.

NOTE: You must be a follower or subscriber at the time of the win.

amanda-rae: Sanborn insurance maps of Columbia, SC (between...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:24:09 -0500

amanda-rae:

Sanborn insurance maps of Columbia, SC (between 1884 and 1919)

Martin Kool: How to use Firebug on your iPad and iPhone

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:12:41 -0500

Martin Kool: How to use Firebug on your iPad and iPhone:

mrtnkl:

Web developers targetting HTML5 on iDevices would really benefit from having Web Developer Tools or Firebug on Mobile Safari. Enter Firebug Lite! However, iPads, iPhones and bookmarklets don’t go well together, so I put together this little howto.

All credits to Joe Hewitt for creating…

theartofanimation: Andreas Rocha

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:50:37 -0500

theartofanimation:

Andreas Rocha

fuckyeahjadecastrinos: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros -...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:17:19 -0500

fuckyeahjadecastrinos:

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Big Sur + San Fran

kitschyliving: zombie garden gnome - etsy

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:40:17 -0400

kitschyliving:

zombie garden gnome - etsy

For Steve

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:21:56 -0400

For Steve:

viafrank:

The world gives us so few who provide a way for us all to see in new ways. It always hurts when they leave. The effused sadness that has spread through the internet from the news of Steve Jobs’ death is to be expected. We lament when things are taken from us, and I’d say that Jobs’ death (like Henson’s, like Disney’s) took a valuable lens onto the world from all of us still here. His way of seeing gave us a desirable path forward, and offered a way to live better with all of this technology. It was a way built on empathy and laced with magic. Technology and design have the potential to be life-enhancing, and I have never felt that more acutely than when using the things Steve helped make. Jobs liked to say computers were a bicycle for the mind, and with that understanding came something that was always left unsaid: a bicycle can be used for a commute, but it should also be used to joyride.

Today seems to be a suitable day for us all to step back and assess the influence and legacy of the work that we do. Jobs always said he wanted to put a ding in the universe. We don’t have to be quite so ambitious in scale, but it does seem prudent to consider the effect of our work in this larger concept of time. How will our efforts affect people now, and how will the way they change people extend into the future? The sadness you have (if you feel it) is not from a come-back story ending, or the changing of guard at a company, or from a connection to a device you carry with you daily. That sadness is for the loss of a man who unabashedly devoted his life to making things that helped others live well.

We all have that same opportunity. Take a moment to consider your job. Boil it down to its essence: you make things for other people. The most important concept to learn from Jobs is embedded in how we feel after using one of his products. That very same thing is happening now in his wake. Look closely and you will see it: wonderful experiences have an afterglow to them. The delight we find in what we do is in some way lost in the moment, but captured in our memories.

In memory.