a collection of art, music, typography and design.Tumblr (3.0; @afrolycious)http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x0QlHZ_tfOw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Kelly Slater 11x World Champion! (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QlHZ_tfOw&feature=share" target="_blank">Quiksilver</a>)</p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/12472970394http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/12472970394Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:40:48 -0500<a href="http://20calendars.lavazza.com/">Cool, creative site + nice italian Calendars</a>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/12449288798http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/12449288798Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:47:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltu34rO9dM1qacpnto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fab.com/sale/1592/?fref=sale-invite-tu" target="_blank">Fab.com Flash Sale: Penny Skateboards Limited quantity.</a><br/>Fab.com<br/>Australian company Penny has reissued the 1970s-style plastic skateboard, and given it a thorough overhaul. Its Penny Complete comes ready—and properly sized—for tucking in your backpack and skating around town. With its 21st-century flexibility, it builds up speed and takes turns effortlessly. </p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/12074784137http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/12074784137Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:31:38 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt2otpR4aC1qacpnto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a sketch for my next painting, i am diggin’ it!</p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/11446619196http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/11446619196Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:27:00 -0400<p>What&#8217;s the difference between a compelling, immersive short film and a throwaway piece of sub-viral crap? Not video resolution: nowadays, when every cat-filming schmoe has an HD video camera in his smartphone and the <a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/11/introduction-to-dslr-cameras">DSLR revolution</a> has <a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/groups/bokeh">unleashed a tsunami of bokeh onto Vimeo.com</a>, you need more than sharp pictures and good lenses to make an impact. According to Justin Jensen, an engineer-cum-amateur photographer/filmmaker who studied Computational Photography at the MIT Media Lab, &#8220;I realized that video quality is no longer limited by resolution, but instead by stabilization.&#8221;</p> <p>In other words, you need smooth camera movement to give your vids that juicy sheen of production value. But since Jensen couldn&#8217;t afford a SteadiCam, he invented <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jj1/cineskates-camera-sliders">CineSkates</a>: a tiny, inexpensive, portable, expandable camera-movement platform based on Joby&#8217;s Gorillapod.</p> <p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27895941?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ff9100" frameborder="0" height="225" width="400"></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/27895941" target="_blank">CineSkates Camera Sliders</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cinetics" target="_blank">Cinetics</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.</p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/11019712167http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/11019712167Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:16:40 -0400<a href="http://blip.fm/~17ptb4#.ToCYOC2rJeA.tumblr">Blu Mar Ten - 'Above Words'</a>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/10688129322http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/10688129322Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:20:34 -0400<a href="http://mashable.com/2011/09/22/tron-lightcycle-electric/">Electric Tron Lightcycle Is Street-Legal & Amazing [VIDEO]</a>: <p><img src="http://mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/125,tron.jpg" alt="Electric Tron Lightcycle Is Street-Legal & Amazing [VIDEO]" width="125"/><br/>There’s no denying it: every Tron fan pictured himself on one of those amazingly designed, super-fast bikes from the movie. Parker Brothers Choppers turned that dream into reality a year ago, when they created the first Tron Lightcycle, but now they’ve taken it a step further and turned the gas-g…</p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/10518226448http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/10518226448Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:50:41 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/10449018200/tumblr_lru531H0N81qacpnt&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Deep Structure, 2003</p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/10449018200http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/10449018200Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:06:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljjqmanSD71qacpnto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At <a href="http://gowalla.com/checkins/33740902?ref=tuph" target="_blank">Chipotle</a></p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4554539936http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4554539936Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:49:23 -0400<div class="gowalla-checkin"> <a style="float:left;margin-right:15px;position:relative;top:-15px;border:none" class="gowalla-checkin-stamp" href="http://gowalla.com/spots/700815" target="_blank"><img style="border:none" src="http://static.gowalla.com/categories/363-fc40dcef812ac31c1868024845be8e1f-100.png" alt="Chipotle"/></a> <h2 class="gowalla-checkin-header"><a href="http://gowalla.com/spots/700815" target="_blank">I’m at Chipotle</a> (Sarasota, FL)</h2> <p><a href="http://gowalla.com/afrolycious" target="_blank">Follow me on Gowalla</a></p> <div style="clear:left;height:0"> </div> </div>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4554535689http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4554535689Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:49:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljd4tqW2lG1qacpnto1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At <a href="http://gowalla.com/checkins/33430316?ref=tuph" target="_blank">Gecko’s Grill & Pub</a></p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4455665688http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4455665688Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:13:03 -0400<div class="gowalla-checkin"> <a style="float:left;margin-right:15px;position:relative;top:-15px;border:none" class="gowalla-checkin-stamp" href="http://gowalla.com/spots/900936" target="_blank"><img style="border:none" src="http://static.gowalla.com/categories/16-1f31710ac58f380ed7a48f5acbeba790-100.png" alt="Gecko's Grill &amp; Pub"/></a> <h2 class="gowalla-checkin-header"><a href="http://gowalla.com/spots/900936" target="_blank">I’m at Gecko&#8217;s Grill &amp; Pub</a> (Sarasota, FL)</h2> <p><a href="http://gowalla.com/afrolycious" target="_blank">Follow me on Gowalla</a></p> <div style="clear:left;height:0"> </div> </div>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4455591455http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/4455591455Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:10:11 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li8elqb4gc1qacpnto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At <a href="http://gowalla.com/checkins/31521421?ref=tuph" target="_blank">The Irish Rover</a></p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3932134461http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3932134461Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:22:39 -0400<div class="gowalla-checkin"> <a style="float:left;margin-right:15px;position:relative;top:-15px;border:none" class="gowalla-checkin-stamp" href="http://gowalla.com/spots/1158682" target="_blank"><img style="border:none" src="http://static.gowalla.com/categories/24-1ce1ad9e41ae85d468b71e483daac930-100.png" alt="The Irish Rover"/></a> <h2 class="gowalla-checkin-header"><a href="http://gowalla.com/spots/1158682" target="_blank">I’m at The Irish Rover</a> (Sarasota, FL)</h2> <p><a href="http://gowalla.com/afrolycious" target="_blank">Follow me on Gowalla</a></p> <div style="clear:left;height:0"> </div> </div>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3932096694http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3932096694Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:20:22 -0400<div class="gowalla-checkin"> <a style="float:left;margin-right:15px;position:relative;top:-15px;border:none" class="gowalla-checkin-stamp" href="http://gowalla.com/spots/205697" target="_blank"><img style="border:none" src="http://static.gowalla.com/categories/128-d8518275c85d53e8fd7a1d2ff5329c5a-100.png" alt="Ringling Bridge "/></a> <h2 class="gowalla-checkin-header"><a href="http://gowalla.com/spots/205697" target="_blank">I’m at Ringling Bridge </a> (Sarasota, FL)</h2> <p><a href="http://gowalla.com/afrolycious" target="_blank">Follow me on Gowalla</a></p> <div style="clear:left;height:0"> </div> </div>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3789665590http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3789665590Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:31:05 -0500<div class="gowalla-checkin"> <a style="float:left;margin-right:15px;position:relative;top:-15px;border:none" class="gowalla-checkin-stamp" href="http://gowalla.com/spots/205675" target="_blank"><img style="border:none" src="http://static.gowalla.com/categories/11-72e0c44b5146f90080eaaf4227e43da7-100.png" alt="St. Armand's Circle"/></a> <h2 class="gowalla-checkin-header"><a href="http://gowalla.com/spots/205675" target="_blank">I’m at St. Armand&#8217;s Circle</a> (Sarasota, FL)</h2> <p><a href="http://gowalla.com/afrolycious" target="_blank">Follow me on Gowalla</a></p> <div style="clear:left;height:0"> </div> </div>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3789632966http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3789632966Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:29:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhtpodCccY1qacpnto1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At <a href="http://gowalla.com/checkins/30707374?ref=tuph" target="_blank">Gecko’s Grill & Pub</a></p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3757253275http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3757253275Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:57:50 -0500<div class="gowalla-checkin"> <a style="float:left;margin-right:15px;position:relative;top:-15px;border:none" class="gowalla-checkin-stamp" href="http://gowalla.com/spots/900936" target="_blank"><img style="border:none" src="http://static.gowalla.com/categories/16-1f31710ac58f380ed7a48f5acbeba790-100.png" alt="Gecko's Grill &amp; Pub"/></a> <h2 class="gowalla-checkin-header"><a href="http://gowalla.com/spots/900936" target="_blank">I’m at Gecko&#8217;s Grill &amp; Pub</a> (Sarasota, FL)</h2> <p><a href="http://gowalla.com/afrolycious" target="_blank">Follow me on Gowalla</a></p> <div style="clear:left;height:0"> </div> </div>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3757247808http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3757247808Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:57:33 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhra4dXFh21qacpnto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At <a href="http://gowalla.com/checkins/30605071?ref=tuph" target="_blank">Google Island</a></p>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3727355431http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3727355431Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:26:38 -0500<div class="gowalla-checkin"> <a style="float:left;margin-right:15px;position:relative;top:-15px;border:none" class="gowalla-checkin-stamp" href="http://gowalla.com/spots/679357" target="_blank"><img style="border:none" src="http://static.gowalla.com/categories/55-98bc404f3e6b00ae8f1bb219c00b1459-100.png" alt="Google Island"/></a> <h2 class="gowalla-checkin-header"><a href="http://gowalla.com/spots/679357" target="_blank">I’m at Google Island</a> (Sarasota, FL)</h2> <p class="gowalla-checkin-description">googleisland.net</p> <p><a href="http://gowalla.com/afrolycious" target="_blank">Follow me on Gowalla</a></p> <div style="clear:left;height:0"> </div> </div>http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3727350909http://afrolycious.tumblr.com/post/3727350909Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:26:22 -0500