www.chrisdarbro.com - Chris Darbro

Yeah, I know, what a self-serving post. But I saw something really cool today, and this was the only way I could think to remember to get one later. So, there’s this pixel art group, called eboy, that does really cool looking pixelated art. Im sure you’ve seen their stuff in many places in various print,tv,and online media. They’ve recently created a new piece of artwork that kind of sums up a lot of Los Angeles, but into a 3 block radius. The link to check it out is here, and I’m hoping that either someday I’ll have some cash to spend on it and get it framed for my apartment, or that someone will be kind enough to do that for me as a gift I’m always told i’m a tough person to shop for, I decided this will start to help make it a little easier.

I’ve also oddly enough been a fan of those big Maneki Neko good luck cats for a while. The first time I really noticed one I was walking by a shop in Chinatown in Los Angeles, and saw one, waving his paw up and down. What caught my attention most was the music playing in the background, and how it appeared he was waving his hand up and down to the beat, rocking out. It was then that I thought to myself “I MUST HAVE ONE!” So, one of those would make a good gift too, probably one that closely resembles this one. I know, these are weird gifts. Last week I was ranting about how cool it would be to own a uGobe Pleo Dinosaur. They’re just awesome. and you can modify/program/hack them to do other stuff, it’s just a cool piece of tech in my opinion, that’d go well with the other gems on my bookshelf at home, such as my lincoln logs, my simpsons movie memorabilia, my magnetic structure toys, and more. What can I say, im a kid at heart.

To all of you out there in intarwebland, Keep on a rockin’.