Post-Soviet Mongolian Hip Hop explores a new found freedom of expression, cultural identity, and… nationalism? Incorporating khoomei throat singing and traditional themes, Hip Hop in Mongolia takes fewer cues from the West than it has in other countries. Definitely more Genghis Khan than Chaka Khan….
no commentIt’s taken a while to get the fundraising widget set up and put the finishing touches on this site. There is actually quite a bit still to work on, but I think we’re ready (enough) to launch this thing!
no commentNot even a full week after we registered and we got our first message from another team! The Griswolds are two guys (so far) from Detroit, and happened to be passing through Seattle. One of them is applying to the UW MBA program and came…
no commentI recently picked up a Visiontac GPS data logger, primarily to geotag my photos. But it came with some cool tools which allow me to create maps of my track in Google Earth. If you have the Google Earth browser plugin, you can see these…
no commentI was just looking @ the impact of our upcoming trip to Albuquerque… not only will we save on the cost of the plane tickets, but flying is more than twice as harmful in terms of greenhouse gases. For two people to fly from Seattle…
no commenthouse_pan Originally uploaded by autarken I didn’t feel like blowing hundred$$$ on a panoramic head for my tripod, so I made one myself with $17 in brackets from Lowes. The VR tests below still need some practice, but you can see the regular pano shots…
no commentSo I’m trying to figure out how to shoot panoramic VR. I slapped together a home made panoramic head with $17 in parts from Lowes and it looks like my panoramic stitches are coming out much better… although I kinda skipped past posting the stitched…
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