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What is Rik’s Secret Art Tech Project? Find out Monday

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

What is this?  What is it for?  Isuppose it's not that hard to guess. Feel free to conjecture in the comments anyway. UPDATE May 2: It's THIS.

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Using Augmented Reality to Find Swing Dancing in San Francisco

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

I have been playing around with some augmented reality apps recently, including the Layar AR system, one of the most popular ones out there today.  Layar provides a common platform for developers to share their augmented reality data using common standards, and then share them with a global community of users.  There are currently more…

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Virtual Worlds, Transgender Photos, and My Life as a Dancing Cyborg

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

Last Saturday I was involved in a really interesting conversation on the subject of "The Customizable Body: The Present / Future of Identity" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The featured speakers were Second Life founder Philip Rosedale and photographer Amos Mac, documents trans male lifestyles in his zine Original Plumbing. I love…

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Support Global Kids in Chase Community Competition Today!

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

  My friend and former co-worker Amira at Global Kids sends out news of an opportunity to support Global Kids with just the click of a mouse.  I hope you will consider helping out. Global Kids is an innovative youth development nonprofit that helps thousands of at-risk young people every year to learn leadership skills,…

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Rik and Nina: Poster Children of Midsummer Night Swing 2011

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

I'm happy to share the news that the lovely and talented dancer Nina Galicheva and I are gracing the front of the promotional posters for the 2011 season of Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center.  The photo is from when Nina and I competed in last year's "Ambassador's Prize" dance contest at Lincoln Center. As…

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Easter with the Santos Clan (pics, video)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Easter with the Santos clan was a very festive affair this year, hosted by the Martin family in their lovely house in Hercules, CA. I had a great time hanging out with the fam, eating a ridiculous amount of amazing food, playing with my littlest cousins, and just relaxing on a gorgeous Easter sunday.  Check…

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NY Post on Bone Flexin, Hip-hop and Lindy Hop Dance (video)

Posted on April 23, 2011 by

  Interesting, if convoluted, video story from the New York Post about a "bone flexing" battle in New York.  The reporter connects this newest street / vernacular dance form with older hip-hop styles like breaking and tutting, and even with lindy hop.  I know it's an old story from 2009, but I liked the connections…

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The Chef’n Dual Pepperball: Elegant Practicality

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

I've been working out of my sister's pad in Mission Bay, SF for the past week.  The thing you have to understand about my sister is that she has a particular aesthetic sense, sort of Swedish practicality plus Japanese asceticism, and a dash of hedonism.  So her apartment reflects that: lots of clean lines, uncluttered…

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Gauchos bring Gypsy Jazz to the Mission

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

  On Wednesday night I had the pleasure of catching the Gauchos jazz sextet perform at the delightfully divey Amnesia Bar in the Mission District. The Gauchos play mostly gypsy jazz, ala Django Rheinhart,  throwing in some other tango and New Orleans street jazz for good measure.  They got some serious chops, tight grooves, and…

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America’s Best Dance Crew: S6 Ep3 “The Black Eyed Peas Challenge”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

America's Best Dance Crew (Season 6) – MTV Shows I caught America's Best Dance Crew season six, episode three tonight. Each crew was tasked with dancing to a Black Eyed Peas song and with one trick move or illusion — not that tough since it's early in the season.  Here's my notes from the episode:…

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