So I made these sunjars

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Originally uploaded by sr109

I originally saw these on some artsy blog like apartment therapy or cool hunting and thought they were cool. Soon there were instructions on how to make those yourself. I thought this would be a cool project and would be nice to have out on the table on the patio. They turned out pretty well. They collect the solar energy during the day and they have a photo sensor that turns the light on when it gets dark out. I'm still experimenting with different materials to better diffuse the light, but I'm pleased with the results. I've only made two so far but once I figure out what the best materials are I'll make the rest (i have enough materials to make 4 of these). I'll probably give some away as well.

Like Paolo

"I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything is right"

Got some new shoes this week. Puma Tempos, I think they're pretty cool, so they deserve a blog entry. I also had the song New Shoes, by Paolo Nutini in my head, so this is a good way to share both. Enjoy.

Puma Tempo Mens

José González - Sony Ad

I found a cool new podcast yesterday, it's called The Interface, it's music oriented. They bring in artists and interview them and they also play a few songs. They actually have a lot of my favorites artists on there already so I've downloaded a bunch of them and have been listening at work. One of the first ones I listened to was the one with José González. I first heard of him on NPR a while back and have enjoyed his music. In the podcast they mentioned his music was on a Sony commercial. I hadn't seen it before, but I'm not watching a lot of tv these days so I don't really know if its been running here or if it ever did. Cool commercial though, the clip I embedded is the extended version. You can hear more about him on his myspace page and his website.