by Al Belote | Oct 13, 2009 | BMW, cars, Uncategorized
I’m thinking of painting my car just to give it a combo retro-tuner BMW art car look. I’m inspired by a few examples I’ve seen from the BMW “art cars” to ones like this WWII fighter-look or this extreme, rusty one by Mike Burroughs. Been...
by Al Belote | Sep 21, 2009 | design
I was at the San Francisco airport, confused, staring at a BART ticket machine. I was on my way to a User Experience conference. So it should come as no surprise that User Experience was top-of-mind (well, it’s always top-of-mind). It strikes me as tragic that...
by Al Belote | Sep 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
I recently took the T (MBTA subway in Boston) to and from Logan airport. On the other end of my journey I took BART to and from the airport in San Francisco. How can it be that it’s a half-hour trip from San Francisco to SFO airport which is many miles south of...
by Al Belote | Sep 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sometimes, typing notes into an iPhone draws the wrong kind of attention. Like in church (although this is not a rule…and it’s probably becoming more accepted—it’s more an issue of my feeling self-conscious). So…what’s the...
by Al Belote | Jul 15, 2009 | cars, Uncategorized
View Larger Map I was just reading about...
by Al Belote | Jun 26, 2009 | design
I made this when I was about five years old. I think it was a school project for mother’s day. I was visiting my mom a few months ago and ran across it. I guess it was a paper weight. I like the color and pattern choices I made. I would like to say I remember...
by Al Belote | Jun 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite places for breakfast is the City Room in Nashua, NH. And I can prove it. Pictured above are just a few of the many receipt tabs that I save every time I go there. It’s a place that still has actual written-out dining checks, so I always grab...
by Al Belote | Jun 11, 2009 | architecture, Uncategorized
While I’m giving accolades to the Admin building, here’s another view, framed by its neighbor across the Plaza, the Colonnade building. On a cold gray winter day the Colonnade looks like part of a battle-damaged science fiction movie spaceport....
by Al Belote | Jun 10, 2009 | architecture, Uncategorized
Few people I have talked to in passing love it. Most would say it is stark or brutal (true to the style) or comment on the “unsightly” weathering of the concrete. But I happen to love it, in spite of those qualities. Perhaps, in part, because of those...
by Al Belote | Jun 5, 2009 | photography
I upload my digital photos to iPhoto. I get film processed and burned to cd (no prints). Then I upload whatever is worthy, and then some, to flickr. It’s great. Except for one thing. The proof sheet (and I mean the 8×10 kind on real photo paper) is not part...
