Things I Found In My Pocket

No Ads

3 days ago I did a clean install of my operating system.
Hitting the web I immediately realized that something was different:
Every single page was full of ads. Glowing, throbbing, pulsating nightmares.
Familiar faces like Digg, Facebook, etc. were rendered hard to read.
I reinstalled Adblock Plus in my Firefox and I was again free from it all.

Then I remebered my recent trip to São Paulo…

You have no idea why, yet the city feels light.
Then it dawns on you:
no ads.

There was a recent city-wide ban on every type of publicity.
Words cannot convey the greatness of this law.
You can see the urban landscape without being told what to buy.

I’ve seen the future…
Ban the fucking publicity, and access content free from distractions.

Poltrona Di Sabbia

This is sand armchair No.1

I had other ideas but spent the rest of the time changing the course of the river.
…yes I know I desperately need a tan. 5 days weren’t enough for my city-bound white ass.

Organ Loop

Got Back From SP

São Paulo Traffic

Continuing the series of traffic from around places I visit.
SP Traffic, probably the worst in the world.
This video does not represent the “lentidão” at it’s finest

Impressionist Beach

Today’s out of focus is yesterdays art…

Praia Vermelha X2

This is where I spent the last 5 days.
Yes, envy is allowed…

Concrete Sky

Impressive view from under the São Paulo Museum of Art.

Moss in São Paulo

Why is moss so beautiful?
I want kilometers of the stuff…

In Brazil

I’m posting from São Paulo.
We’ll be here for about 3 weeks.

Tmblr Baby

I’ve been meaning to change this website for a while.
I wanted it to become more personal; to have more of the things I do on it.

The external links drown-out the rest of the site…
So from today lorbus splits into two:

A tumblelog where I will continue to post strange, fascinating, and cool links,
and lorbus.com which will be my personal showcase.

I think both will have more room to expand and get better.
The tumblelog still doesn’t have comments. It will get them soon enough.

Tell me what you think, your comments are of great importance to me.

Without further ado:

http://lorbus.tumblr.com/

Them Bones

Happy Halloween!
Chiesa di San Bernardino alle Ossa, Milano.

Star Crash

Pattern Process

The Color Curve

Xanadu by Shirley Shor.

Fade To Black

Helvetica by Yann Sérandour.

Wild Touchscreen

I’d seen Jeff Han’s touchscreen demo before in a TED video.
The technology has now come of age, and it’s impressive.

The Grass Is Always Greener

Ohh fuck.
Always Green Grass Painting.

Every day I’m more convinced that the world will become exactly like the one Idiocracy.
This reminds me of salmon.

Orange Rust

Starwars-y rusted house by Robert Bruno.

Use Your Imagination

Simple and elegant Lego ads.

Awesome Effect

The Kings Of The Subway

Real Names Please

We live in a globalized world…
It’s time we start calling countries by their real names.
It’s kind of stupid that each language calls other countries whatever they want.

Let’s call Japan, Nippon.
Finland, Suomi.
Germany, Deutschland.
India, Bh?rat.

Etc, etc…

Heavy Load

Sometimes getting a boat from point A to point B is not as easy as it seems.
Hardcore boat-lifts.

Creative Job Hunting

Awesome anecdote about getting a job in an ad agency…
Turquoise Panton.

Green Construction

Curious story about Heineken Bricks.
Now would be a good time to bring it back.

Article from L’Orologio

On this month’s magazine.
I feel loved.

Part of the Diamantini & Domeniconi 2007 collection.

Abacus Tree

Meat and Bones

I could plaster a whole wall of my house with old anatomy illustrations.
Historical Anatomies On The Web has many drawings in HiRes…
Hit print baby!