today and tomorrow » Life http://www.todayandtomorrow.net Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:19:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Empty City http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2010/07/21/empty-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=empty-city http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2010/07/21/empty-city/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:41:01 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=12689 This is a guest post by spanier.

they are building a empty city for nobody!

hamburg is one of those cities which right now gets massively gentrificated. in the last 10-20 years they’ve built so much big, ugly, empty useless office spaces. and apparently nobody really needs those offices since more than a million square meters are unoccupied.

the sad thing about this is that the law here doesn’t allow you to live in an office building. so the living space is getting rare and extremely expensive. i am looking since 3-4 years for a nice flat for
my girlfriend and me. no chances to get something payable.

i planned to do this series some time ago but never did it. when pieter asked me to participate at the 5 years birthday of today and tomorrow, it was a perfect motivation to get on my bike and start shooting. all shots were in a circle of 4 km around the place i live in, the harbour.

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Photos by April Cakes

]]> http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2010/02/08/popcorn-clouds/feed/ 12 Martian landscapes http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/11/07/martian-landscapes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=martian-landscapes http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/11/07/martian-landscapes/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:24:03 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=10180 No, these aren’t some abstract paintings or some generative art, but photos from the surface of Mars. The NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting Mars since 2006 at a height approximately 300 km. The MRO has a very good camera on board: the HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, which has a resolution of a few inches per pixel. You can find more stunning photos at The Big Picture.

Martian landscapes

Martian landscapes

Martian landscapes

Martian landscapes

]]> http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/11/07/martian-landscapes/feed/ 3 The Oldest Living Things In The World http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/10/01/the-oldest-living-things-in-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-oldest-living-things-in-the-world http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/10/01/the-oldest-living-things-in-the-world/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:13:35 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=9618 Rachel Sussman photographed some of “The Oldest Living Things In The World”. This actinobacteria from Siberia is supposed to be over 400,000 years old. Mind blowing.

actinobacteria

But actually this La Llareta from the atacama dessert in Chile, has the best looks for its age, it can be up to 3,000 years old.

La Llareta

found at kottke

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Solar Transit of the Altantis Space Shuttle

Solar Transit of the Altantis Space Shuttle

]]> http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/05/18/solar-transit-of-the-altantis-space-shuttle/feed/ 6 Hamburg http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/03/27/hamburg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hamburg http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/03/27/hamburg/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:35:17 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=6184 I’ll be in Hamburg on April 1st and 2nd, for the first time ever … shame on me … maybe. So I need some tips, where to go to, exhibitions, galleries, shops … Is there some website like berlin.unlike but for Hamburg? Hamburg is like a blank sheet of paper to me. Thanks!

nothing to say, nothing to sell by spanier

photo by spanier

]]> http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/03/27/hamburg/feed/ 7 This shit’s getting way too complicated for me http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/02/06/this-shits-getting-way-too-complicated-for-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-shits-getting-way-too-complicated-for-me http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/02/06/this-shits-getting-way-too-complicated-for-me/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:00:16 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/?p=5312 This quote comes from the book “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance” written by Barack Obama, indeed that Obama, but it is actually from a school friend. He wrote his memoirs back in 1995 and the audio book read by Obama himself was released in 2005. He even received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 2006 for it. There are some more interesting quotes available like “You ain’t my bitch, nigga”, listen to them here. This screams to become the next internet meme!

And here is the first remix:

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Skateistan is Afghanistan’s first dedicated co-educational skateboarding school. The school will engage with the growing numbers of urbanised youth in Afghanistan through skateboarding and provide new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction and education. Students will be selected from a range of different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Student capacity will be developed in skateboarding, skateboarding instruction, project management, life skills and English. Our aim is to develop a program that empowers youth to take leadership on issues important to them and build networks that will counter current ethnic barriers.

The NYTimes wrote an article on this project and made this video.

found at Booooooom!

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]]> http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/03/12/white-day/feed/ 0 Touchdown http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/01/06/touchdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=touchdown http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/01/06/touchdown/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:06:16 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/01/06/touchdown/ tempelhof.jpgTouchdown after a few days off; batteries recharged.
Touchdown at Tempelhof, the best airport in the world.

]]> http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/01/06/touchdown/feed/ 1 Zen Crazy http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2007/12/27/zen-crazy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zen-crazy http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2007/12/27/zen-crazy/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:16:14 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2007/12/27/zen-crazy/ options.jpgI became a disciple of ‘Zen Crazy’ over the last couple of days, fsj told me about. You can also become one, just read his book and learn from the master: oPtion$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody.

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Photo by pats0n.

]]> http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2007/12/20/stop-hammer-time/feed/ 0 Last Day http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2007/12/12/last-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-day http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2007/12/12/last-day/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:34:35 +0000 pieter | today and tomorrow http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2007/12/12/last-day/ Today is my last day at work … it’s quite strange, ‘cleaning’ up my desk etc. So I’m leaving Aimaq Rapp Stolle and I’m going to ELEVENSEVEN, hell yeah!
But first I’ll have 3,5 weeks off, I can’t remember the last time I had such a long holiday.
I’ll leave you with Joy Division – Atmosphere for today.

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This is a sliding rock at Racetrack Playa, no one actually knows how they move and leave a trail behind them. You can read some theories and see more pictures here.

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Time flies when you’re having fun! Today, it’s exactly 5 years since I moved from good old Belgium to Berlin. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.

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