I am not sure how long it has been since the iPhone introduction, but this has bothered me ever since, so I figured, with the iPad and all, that it was time to say something:

Here it is, the weather was gorgeous yesterday and I had to take her out for a spin / photoshoot, my first complete build ever —and what will be my daily commuter from here on out:

IRO BFSSFG frame,
Chris King threadless headset,
Mavic CXP30′s w/ DT Spokes & Schwalbe Lugano (front) & Vittoria (rear) wheels, Formula Hub in the back with 16/17 DuraAce cogs & Shimano 105 front hub,
IRO crank w/ 46 tooth ring,
MKS Sylvan Track Pedal kit,
Brooks B17 Narrow saddle,
Tressostar cloth handlebar tape,
IRO bottom bracket, handlebar, brake set, seatpost & stem,
Kryptonite Evolution Mini U-lock,
LBS road fenders, bell, seatpost collar & light set.

I don’t think I’ve ever written about this, but Salazar Studios is what I do for a living, full time, for a few years now. We’re a small web shop and have been lucky enough to collaborate with some smart people to build amazing websites.

The one thing that I keep telling people when speaking about building websites is that the actual website and functionality is not the project, but that in most cases it is about helping an organization present their work to the world, and I love the challenge.

We’ve just moved from a text link based portfolio to images of our work, which is why I decided to link to this in the first place.

In a word: Brilliant.

An animated series (in classic Hanna-Barbera style) about a series of pointless -yet hilarious- conversations between the hosts. It started as a comedy audio show in the UK but was later adapted into the animated television version by HBO, debuting in 2010 (just about a month ago). Do not miss.

What a gorgeous —and convenient— little backpack.

Dan Benjamin’s Internet broadcast network. I have been listening to his shows for the past few weeks and like his style.

Some photographs I have taken that represent some of what my eyes see every day. Captions in spanish, this was an email I sent some speaking friends a while ago.

Nuestro gato, Telmo Rodriguez en mi silla favorita:

Un loco, sentado en la cera:

Mi bicicleta al frente de nuestra casa:

Un hotel que queda al  lado de mi oficina:

la intersección donde lisa trabaja

una “soda” donde hacen un desayuno riquísimo

el desayuno de esa soda:

un artista y a alguién que no le importa

nieve en el parqueo de mi oficina

asi se pone la llanta de mi bici cuando hay nieve

unos maes caminando en una calle que está cubierta de nieve

no sé como explicar esto. el edificio del fondo es una escuela. talvez eso lo explica:

tratando de fotografiar la nieve:

I’m only using Coda and TexMate, but this is dope.

(Via Derek Punsalan)

I may be late here, but this is a very interesting move. It seems he’s dropped all of his old content for a more visual approach. The entire thing is almost completely void of any words, yet the content takes over the entire website and it feels as if he is communicating in a better way.

The main navigation that fades in and out as your cursor moves over the header is very interesting, it almost feels like a game. Notice the side menu and the centered comments layout too.

Not only do I like this for the many interesting ideas presented from a blog layout point of view, but I really appreciate the content here. Don’t miss his Creativity post, which seems to be the only piece in which Kanye writes, yet there are no actual words rendered, it’s another image.