PLACES TO FIND ANTIQUE PRINTS AND ART

I read a very amusing post today about some prints that Steven Heller aquired in France. He found them at this little shack of a shop in Paris right next to the Seine river. This is the picture I got from his site.

How amazing is it that a little art shanty like this even exists! I wish things like that could be found around these parts here in ole ICT. This train of thought took me down another mental path. I thought it would be fun to sit down and create a little list that I and other designers, artists or enthusiasts might use to find such amazing art gems. Plus, I just love making lists.

PLACES TO FIND ANTIQUE PRINTS AND ART

1. Thrift Store
-I've found quite a few old prints and art at thrifts stores, not to mention sweet old man pants.

2. Antique Shop
-Nearly all of the antique shops that I've been too have had old imagery but they can sometimes be a little over priced.

3. Vintage Reseller
-Vintage resellers a good place to look but be preparred to spread that wallet wide open.

4. Art Gallery
-If they have any at all, art galleries are again super expensive.

5. Museum
-If museums have any, and most that I've been to only have reprints of famous stuff, want a pretty penny to hand over anything. One good thing about this venue is that you at least know what you're getting is authentic.

6. Flea Market
-Oh I love going to flea markets. It's like a seedy sideshow that you can buy strange and interesting treasures from. Knock-off name brand clothing, hordes of cassette tapes and typically plenty of dusty boxes of art.

7. Print Store
-I've found only one print store that has had anything that was actually the real article but I still look around anytime I find a new one.

8. Garage Sale
-It's obviously a crap shoot but garage sales are rad for finding all kinds of handy dandy hand-me-downs. Once in a while you'll hit a jack pot like when an old lady cleans out her attic.

9. Estate Sale
-As morbid as it is, when the old pass away they leave behind old art and I've found gobs at estate sales. I've found some amazing things this way. It's ok to suppress any guilty feelings for being such a vulture with the ideal that these are living on as tributes to fallen art supporters.

10. Online
-Duh.

Do you have any other places to look? Shoot me your thoughts! This is one that my wife found while in Virginia that adorns our entertainment room entrance. Yep, that's how we roll.

KEEP NET NEUTRALITY

We just lost Net Neutrality and that super-duper sucks. What is Net Neutrality you say? Watch this short and easy to understand video.... then I can do my little rant.

 

Now keep in mind, nothing will change for consumers this very second, but it will. This is only the beginning too. More regulations will follow now that this big one got through.

The Problems:

1. Everyone gets their Internet from an Internet Service Provider. With net neutrality gone, ISP's can discriminate, favoring their business partners while delaying or blocking websites they don't like. So if AT&T, Cox or some other ISP gets in a pissing match with let's say Facebook or Twitter, they can block it no questions asked.
2. ISP's can charge fat fees to websites that want quick content delivery. This means those long load times will go to poorer sites that can't pay up. No more free websites or indie sites which means even more hardships for small business.
3. An ISP could slow or block all peer-to-peer file sharing, or all online video streaming. So Netflix watchers and BitTorrent users might want to beware. No more cheap (let alone free) video and file streaming. If netflix has to pay more for big bandwidth, then so will you.
4. ISP's will be able to make even more money off their existing customer base. They won't need to improve service or bring broadband to rural areas because they'll be able to keep growing (financially, at least) by charging content providers more for faster delivery and charging customers more for faster access. In all likelihood, this ruling means the problems with America's slow internet will only get worse.

The Internet was designed as an open medium, not to be regulated so fat cat companies can hog bandwidth and charge us commoners an arm and a leg to not have archaic speeds. They have enough damn money. When the net is not free, we will lose the biggest tool to educate and to help keep freedom and truth alive.

Mad yet? I sure hope so damn it. There is still hope so use that motivation! The FCC could reinstate Net Neutrality right now. The Save The Internet site below has all of the info that you need to understand this debate and how to take action.

www.savetheinternet.com

WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES CHINA

Yep. All of China, put on your safety goggles.

This has been a public service announcement from my el-cheapo mini hammer.

X-MAS BREAK 2013

What did my lil fam do on this x-mas break? Here are the top three things that came to mind... or at least that were photographically documented.

1: Played lots of video games

2: Installed a new dishwasher from scratch

3: Shot our new bow and arrows and BB gun