FAME

CHRIS AND I have had our newspaper published in Computer Arts and Desktop magazine. Next month we'll be featured in Desktop again, but this time with a feature article including an interview by Jason Little. Exciting.

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THAT QUICK BROWN FOX

WHAT A RASCAL.
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NICE ONE

Gettysburg Address from Adam Gault on Vimeo.

NICELY DONE, nicely read.
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WHY? WHY NOT!?

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COOKING WITH JABBA, LOLZ

NICE animation starring JJB and somehow remains likeable. Cute cameo by Indy too!
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DEAR EVERYONE, WE DO WE NOT HAVE ONE OF THESE?

IT SEEMS LIKE it could possibly do a lot of good. And by possibly, I mean certainly. And by good, I mean, seriously, why is this not more popular? Or enforced globally? Is there some sort of conspiracy or something?


In other news, ask your mother!

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HONK

BBC Knowledge - Honk If You're Human from Sean Pecknold on Vimeo.

YOU WILL WATCH THIS TWICE

I DON'T speak French, but I don't think that affects viewing.
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WEIRD FACTS PUT TO A CATCHY TUNE

MORE WEIRD: Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than the pyramids being built.
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AGDA

Chris and I picked up two awards for our newspaper "This Year I Will Try Not To" at the 2010 AGDA awards held in sunny Brisbane. We entered into three categories and got Self Promotion and Promotion of the Creative Industry, as well as finalist in art direction. Not too bad.

Soryi and I are up in Brisbane this weekend visiting her family as well. Which is always nice.



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COOLEST PHOTO OF ELLIOTT EVER

CHRIS took this photo of me. I like it.
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NICE

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BEST SIMPSONS TITLES I'VE SEEN

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SELF-AWARE IRONING

SO THEY SAY that a trend is over when it devolves into self-parody and referencing itself. So what's next? I'm too uncool to know, but maybe someone can tell me? Obviously that 90's wave is back, but that seems isolated to the under 24's set, what are the late 20's-early 30's types going to do?

Has our time as the cool kids expired? I'd say yes, but what do we do? Shop at Gap, not with that horrible logo?

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SNACK RHYMES WITH KNACK.

I think I've mentioned it before but: I used to have a crush on Wendy. It's her red hair. Yep.
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DEAR, um... SPAIN? THANK YOU??

EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo.

Weird. IESSO

WASTING TIME

WANT TO SEE SOME PHOTOS OF ME taken at work? If you've scrolled down to here already, you already have. How cool is that?
20's, 80's, 60's, 70's?

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HATER'S GONNA HATE

So we're getting some negative feedback from our publication. Here's some of my favourite criticisms:

• Love the sentiment behind 'This Year I Will Try Not To' - though I can't help but feel more pursuaded by it if the designers behind this interesting little publication weren't so trendy themselves.. (Clinton Duncan, on Australian In Front)

• This year I will try not to... spell check? (Stuffee, on Australian In Front)

• Mixed feelings about this. Like the idea and some of the examples made me smile – but it feels a bit hypocritical: the muted colour palette, the ‘making of’ vimeo video, the product photography, the condensed sans serif type, the selling of a limited signed booklet… they kind of feel to me like things that could’ve been included in the project themselves. Am I over-cynical? Or is it intentionally ironic? (Luke Tonge, on FormFiftyFive)

• I taste of the mood boring. (Juliano Domingues, on Ideafixa, translated from Portuguese)

• Pra only to justify. I did not find without grace the idea, but the conception. I find that he had been made of exaggerated form, caricata, would be more legal. But the proper conception of the idea, passes a air of “superiority”, and this is place... (Advan Shumiski, on Ideafixa, translated from Portuguese)

And a nice one:
• It was a true nerdy designer moment of hysteric laughter when I came across the project “This year I will try not to” by Elliott Scott and Christopher Doyle. I guess you can call it a contract from two frustrated designers. I think we should all put our signatures on this one and agree with these guys. Super funny! (Inspiration Lab)

And this one, which could be either?
• Simply just bear in mind it’s all in your imagination what a person may achieve and how fast (Alysa Mccreless, on ChangeTheThought)

So, there you go. Generally negative comments.
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THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO BE A SMUG, ARROGANT BASTARD (UPDATED)

Made it onto Creative Review's blog, as well as Swiss Miss and Quipsologies.







WE MADE IT ONTO A FEW BLOGS, namely Form Fifty Five and FFFFound! And a bunch people love it, and bunch of people hate it! It's great!



Also, Soryi and my desk made it on there as well. Oh, the irony!

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SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION

SO, that newspaper Chris Doyle (of guidelines fame) and I made about design trends and the wank that goes along with it, has now been produced. And they're available for sale. But be quick, there's only 1000 and they're going quick!

Go here to have a look.

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PS. Check out the Favicon on the site too.

FUNNY

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Jon Hamm from Between Two Ferns

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SUNDAY WAS SORYI AND MY 1 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. We went to Melbourne for the weekend and went to the zoo down there as well. It was nice.

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TWITTISTORY

FUNNY – although the Columbia one is kinda in poor taste I think. IESSO

PERFECTION

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POSSIBLY THE BEST EDITING I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME

BEAUTIFUL! IESSO

IT'S NOT A CONTEST, SIR

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LUNCH

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HOMEBOY

WATCH THIS:


THEN THIS: (but stop it at 1:17)


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IT'S LIKE COMPARING APPLES TO PLASTIC ORANGES THAT ACT AS POOR ROLE MODELS AND ENCOURAGE POOR EATING HABITS

Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl from Brandon Bloch on Vimeo.

BUT it is pretty cool that a Barbie Doll has a video camera in it! Canon 7D vs Barbie's Video Girl.
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DESPITE THIS I STILL DO

I-HEART-NY-ESSO

KENNY POWERS

AN ISLAND

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Steve Carell from Between Two Ferns

YOU'LL NEED TO SEE THE OTHER ONES FIRST. Look up Between Two Ferns on Youtube or something.
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I WAS DOING IT WRONG THE WHOLE TIME!

THANKS to _linus for pointing this one out!
IESSOnofabitch!

NICE ONE

Slow motion soda explosion from David Coiffier on Vimeo.

Love the soundtrack with it. IESSO

EMAIL ALWAYS WAS THE PERFECT CONDUIT FOR HILARITY

IT'S ACTUALLY EMBARASSING how freakin' funny I am. Seriously. It's a really problem.
Here's proof: two emails sent out to the ENTIRE office, magically *digitally composited* into one image.

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HAPPY PI APPROXIMATION DAY!

22/7! WOOT!
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AMAZING

iPhone 4 with Nikon SLR lens (using OWLE & EnCinema 35mm Adapter) from \\Vid-Atlantic Media Prod on Vimeo.

If only there was a Nikon mount made... and had an iPhone 4.
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REST IN PEACE

MY GRANDFATHER: DANIEL BORRISON died yesterday morning. He will be missed.
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MONDAYNE PHOTOGRAPHY

HEY GUYS, so look, I've got a new site up featuring (in the future) my favourite photos and photo projects I'm doing. Consider it a step up from my Flickr page, not much of a step-up mind you.

Anyway, this is a sort of premature posting, there's only two 'projects' up at the moment.
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THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO (Behind the scenes)

THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO (Behind the scenes) from Elliott Scott on Vimeo.

They're for sale now! www.trynotto.com.au/

YESTERDAY, THE MOST AMAZING DAY OF MY LIFE

11a–5.24p from Elliott Scott on Vimeo.

THE SOUNDTRACK DOES IT FOR ME

I'M SAD THAT I'M ALIVE NOW

BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED BUT DISGUSTING

When Humans Ruled the Earth from Stephen Ong on Vimeo.

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Robert DeNiro imagines he's elmo!

Sweet. IESSO

DISGRACEFUL

Yep, utterly disgraceful. Nothing more to say.
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NO, SAUL NOT GOOD

Another Saul Bass logo died recently, and I am quite sad to see it go. Look, I know it's only a minor tweak, and in the long run it's no big deal, but the redrawing of the Girl Scouts logo is not as nice as the original. In fact, the original logo was one of my absolute favourite logos, the way it was drawn was perfect in my opinion.

So the question is, who's next? I hope it's not Time Warner or Quaker, although I can that being redone very soon... Such a shame... such a shame. Change for the sake of making something feel modern is fine, but if it ain't broke...

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THANK YOU INTERNETS, NOW I GET IT!

13$50!?

PHOTOSHOOT

Sorry, no details allowed, other than it was with a professional photographer, and professional models, all shot with a professional camera and lighting setup. Then I got on the trampoline and nearly killed myself and ruining everything. It was fun!

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CGI BUT NICE

Weather Tests from Savas Ozay on Vimeo.

IPHONE 4 MOVIE

"Apple of My Eye" - an iPhone 4 film - UPDATE: Behind the scenes footage included from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo.

Can't believe this was shot on a phone. Technology huh? Crazy.
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LINUS, MAKE SURE YOU APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THERE

You've Got to Love London from Alex Silver on Vimeo.

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THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO

28pp newspaper produced in conjunction with Christopher Doyle (of guidelines fame). More images to follow.
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Crazy Kobe Bryant fan on news!!

INSANITY. IESSO

Rejected New Yorker Cartoons

Rejected New Yorker Cartoons

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INVASION

INCREDIBLE. IESSO

DOOP DOOP DOOP, DOOP DEE DEE DEE DOOP

LOOK, I'm not even a Mario fan, but this is awesome. Sorry about the cropping, can't figure out how to change this. Linus?
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Aol.

Aol Phase 02 from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

Beautiful. Last segment is particularly nice.

THE BLOG POST YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

HOVERBOARD - NILS GUADAGNIN from nils guadagnin on Vimeo.

FUTURE. DONE. EASY. WHAT'S NEXT?
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Casual Dog

Thanks Chris Doyle.

UPDATE

So, you ask, what's been happening you recently? Well, I reply, not a whole lot. But also, quite a lot too.




Firstly I went to New York again! But only for three days, and it was a business trip. Not much time for sight-seeing. I had to open a bank account, talk to immigration lawyers and file my taxes. Why would I do that? Because we're moving to New York in April next year! It's finally happening, we're in the middle of processing the paperwork right now. It's a long, expensive and difficult process, but we've started now.

The stages are:
1. Pay my taxes for the last three years.
2. Apply to sponsor Soryi.
3. Get interviewed, prove we're in a legitimate marriage and are genuinely planning on moving to the states (hence the bank account)
4. Soryi gets a temporary visa allowing her to enter the country (she can't at the moment, even as a tourist, which is why I went alone).
5. Soryi gets a permit allowing her to work.
6. We move there.
7. Soryi gets a permanent residence permit.

While I was there I had a few interviews with the company I'm working at now, everything seemed pretty positive, but nothing guaranteed because it's so far away. I'm hopeful though.

I did have a few spare hours though, and went to the Top of the Rock and a New York deli. Not Katz this time, too expensive, but 2nd Ave Deli, which was MUCH better, and a lot cheaper. Went to Taco Bell as well. It was fun.




I've been getting into photography a lot more too.. We've got a pretty good camera, and I've been playing with it a lot recently. Nothing amazing, but I'm still learning a lot. I've been collecting some vintage cameras too... We've got 15 now.



I went to a work organised Mad Men party last friday. It was fun, drank too many terrible martini's though. Had a hangover, which something I'm no longer used to. For people who don't know, Mad Men is a TV show about advertising, which takes place in the early 60's in NYC. Great show, even better theme for a party. I'm holding a Argus C3 camera in that photo. It was an American-made camera, that model is from 1962. It works, but not very well, too hard to focus and ATROCIOUS in low-light.

That's about it. I'll keep people informed of the visa situation.
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PS. We're gonna go to Japan in December. 10 days; Osaka–Kyoto–Nara–Himeji–Tokyo–Nagano... Photos!

NEVER A FAN, but...

Happy 90210 day everyone! (9/02/10 beteedoubleyou).
I noticed it only when I wrote todays project in the journal.

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NYC

I'll be in the states from 27/02 to 06/03. If you need to contact me between those times I'll be checking emails, or you can leave a message on the blog. Just going over there to sort out some stuff to do with visa's and other errands of that nature, so photo's might be scarce.
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HAPPY HANUKAH

Seiney (Soryi's younger sister): "What's wrong with being Jewish? Being Jewish is cool. I like dreidels." ... "And The Nanny."

LUNCH WAS SO GOOD I THOUGHT I'D BLOG ABOUT IT or HI-FIVE TO COLES

YES, THAT'S RIGHT, COLES. The obvious rip-off of Sainsbury's/Waitrose has totally worked. The Ultimo store in the Broadway mall near my office is the latest to get the 'New Coles' makeover, taking it from shitty-shit to super-awesome. No, it's not just cosmetic, it's the way the staff greet you with a (hopefully) genuine smile and hello, to the wider isles, and the samples of foods. It's the number of staff at the deli counter offering advice on a range of cheeses from Europe.

My lunch comes from the following countries: Israel, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands and France, and Australia of course. I also bought some mexican hot-sauce and a few other bits from other places too.

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PS. Yes, ok, so people in my office are working on Coles, BUT I'm not, and even if I was, I wouldn't support a company for that reason alone. This new change is truly good.

McRAGE or WOULD YOU LIKE TO FLY OF THE HANDLE WITH THAT?

IN MCDONALDS FOR BREAKFAST BEFORE A SUNDAY WORK DAY.

Elliott: Hi. Can I please have a sausage McMuffin and a medium...
McWorker: Medium?
E: Yeah, a medium...
McW: Meal?
E: No meal. A sausage McMuffin and a medium iced coffee.
McW: It might be cheaper if it's a meal. I check?
E: No meal. Just a medium iced coffee and sausage mcmuffin.

McW puts it through the register as sausage and egg meal.

E: I don't want any egg. Just a sausage McMuffin.
McW: No meal?
E: NO. Can I check that it's a sausage one, and NOT a sausage and egg one?
McW: OK

WARNING: The following involves me yelling in a family restaurant.

I get the muffin, with egg of course, and an iced coffee. I go back to the counter to get a new muffin.

E: What's this? (pointing at egg). I asked for no egg. (pushes muffin at McW)
McW: OK.

WARNING: The following involves me yelling louder and with more profanity in a family restaurant.

I get the replacement muffin. WITH EGG!

E: WHAT THE FUCK!?!
McW: Hmm?
E: I said no fucking egg! I checked with you? Get the fucking manager!
Manager: What's wrong? I gave you a new one? I made it myself.
E: It's got egg in it!
M: I know, I chose the best one we had.
E: I told her, no fucking egg!!!
M: Oh, I thought she said that the egg was no good.
McW: No, you said egg.
E: I said NO egg! I checked with you!
(they talk to each other)
McW: Do we even have a sausage muffin without egg?
E: It's on the fucking menu! RIGHT THERE! Try learning the menu, for fuck's sake!
M (to McW): Next time, try listening.
McW: HERE! (handing me the new muffin)

I get replacement muffin, storm out, throwing the THIRD egg on the ground as I leave.

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FUCK OLD PEOPLE

THERE, I SAID IT. Seriously, FUCK THEM!

7.55am: Old lady pushes Soryi and mumbles racist comments under her breath. I politely give her a piece of my mind "GO FUCK YOURSELF, OLD LADY!" I say. And as everyone looks on in disgust I blast them with a gentle "FUCK ALL OF YOU!"

8.47am: Old people are getting on the bus. I am waiting patiently behind them, so that I can put in my ticket. People are pushing behind me, but still I wait. I go to sit down and they're in my way again. I gently squeeze by and get a angered mumble. "WHAT?! GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY THEN!" I reply.

1.34pm: At the bank, waiting in line for 25 minutes. I finally get to the teller and stand hand over money and doing banking things. And an old man stands next to me and starts coughing. I try to ignore him. He stands there still coughing and looking at me. "Excuse me sir, I don't mean to be rude, but could you please step back. I am uncomfortable with you being in my personal space when I am dealing with money" I gently say. "FUCK YOU! I STAND WHEREVER I WANT!" was his reply. "WHAT?!?! FUCK YOU! GET OUT OF MY SPACE!" "YOU HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE! I'M NOT TRYING TO STEAL YOUR MONEY!" he says. "I didn't think you were, I just feel uncomfortable with you standing right next to me!" "YOU BETTER STOP TALKING BEFORE I STOP YOU FROM TALKING" was his response. Now I can't very well beat up an old man, despite him being an insane one. "GO TO HELL SIR!" I say, and storm out of the bank.

Seriously, am I going completely crazy. What the fuck is wrong with the world?! and me?!?!?!

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PS. FUCK!

TRUTH NUGGET

If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger.
What about polio?

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MOVEMBRÉ

THIRTY FIVE

We've been experimenting with an old Pentax 35mm SLR and an old Konica point-and-click 35mm. Both produce photos with some really magical qualities. Really nice.

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PS. The ones of me smoking are old. While I do miss smoking sometimes, I haven't had any since the wedding. I promised Soryi I'd quit for her, and I intend on keeping that promise.

THE NEW LIST

Back in 2005 I made a list of places I wanted to visit, and about half of those places I've made it to. Here is a revised list, some from the old list, and some new ones. Just dreaming at this stage.

UPDATE: Soryi Linus, it was 2006.



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MONDAYNE PORTFOLIO UPDATE

My portfolio site has had a makeover, and some new content put up. Soryi and I were up all night getting it ready. She built it, and I scrambled together the pictures. I've got an interview on tuesday. Check it out if you like. www.mondayne.com

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