Work: Attempts on the wall
May 25th, 2009It’s really hard to get this up. This is attempt number two. I will attempt a new version every single month.
Tabloids: On random buying habits on badly desired items
April 19th, 2009I was just looking at my Washburn Idol W166V the other day. The best guitar I’ve bought in my 12 years of playing guitar. Previous owner owned it for 6 months, abandoned it for a Gibson Les Paul Standard. Pimped it with Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II pickups and with a tone controller instead of the flimsy VCC controls. Today, the owner is in touch with me, in case I decide to sell the guitar back to him.
It feels really good to know that the guitar I have carries so much value in it. Washburn Idols have been long favourites for the good folks at Guitarist magazine and have been getting good reviews across guitar discussion boards worldwide. That purchase changed my buying habits on things I would really like to own as I have been always a mainstream buyer; things I buy must be from a commercially known supplier, and brand-spanking-new.
Firstly, most of the time I consume products from a designers point of view. Which can be a disease at times. It makes you spend on things you think are worth your taste and not your real requirements or needs. Causing probably a sense of regret rather than fulfilled desire. Oh yes, the logos. The beautiful logos and the nice typography has almost 75% effect on my buying behavior.
I also demand good service. But sometimes, I compromise if I want the item badly.
Yes, I have some achievements. But, I have even more disappointments.
However over the years, I learned that with proper attention and watchfulness, you might be able to get somethings that are worth your money and effort. That’s if you look hard enough.
Believe me, sometimes, more value can be found in second hand items that newer ones. I’ve learned that sourcing these items can be a really fun thing. Be it on E-bay or even local forums. Not every brand new guitar will sound good.
After all these years of buying vintage books at a junkyard sales to driving 30 kilometers to do a C.O.D for an VOX V810 Valve-Tone, I still find it hard to stop eying and buying these items which I like.
And my final point is, if you really want it badly, the condition of the material usually doesn’t really matter as much as the value of thing. And, mainstream markets are boring.
Thought: Mix Typefaces
April 6th, 2009Seems to me sometimes you don’t really need an absolute knowledge in type to mix typefaces together. No superb type design here but simply amateurish mixtures of typefaces that simply becomes authentic overtime.
Work: now on Twitter.
April 3rd, 2009Wheeet!
*Inspired by John Mayer’s Twitter addiction and Evan Williams.
Bump: Awesome Zapfino ffi ligature
March 30th, 2009Check out the awesome Zapfino ffi ligature while browsing the G20 article from Guardian.
Interesting is the it also appears on the website’s source selection!
Anybody have any idea how to fix this? Or perhaps create even more surprises in the future.
Eek: Obsene!
March 11th, 2009Daniel and me were walking into a room under renovation and found these words slowly deforming themselves into various forms of obscene words. How rude:
Cheap Chip Junkyard Sale
December 14th, 2008
Check out the stuff we have (or might have for display only). You got to come to see what’s in the boxes.
