New school year, new apartment. I don’t have too much space in my kitchen, so I decided to hang up a pegboard to maximize what I’ve got.
It seemed like it took forever to fasten the pegboard to the wall, but watching the time-lapse video makes it appear as though it was done in no time. [...]

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When was the last time you won’t roller skating? If you have to think, then it’s been way too long.
To remedy our skating deficiency, we headed out to D’Light Skate N’ Palace this weekend. It was the most fun I’d had at a skating rink since I skinned my knee while trying to impress my [...]

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Video vignettes from the past fortnight in July. Enjoy.

July Fortnight from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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Time-Lapse Video of Mt. Pleasant in Washington, DC from sundown July 3rd until the night of July 4th. Fireworks can be seen poppin’ here and there.

July 4th Time-Lapse from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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Appetite for instruction? Live and let diet.
Inspired by Mark Bittman, and Blaise (who has an awesome cooking website but he never updates it).
Blaise challenged me to cook a good dinner and record it. I tried my best. It was pretty tasty.
I still love you Rachel Ray.
Recipe: Chicken, Broccoli, Orange Juice, Soy Sauce / Teriyaki, Honey, [...]

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Whenever I drive through a tunnel, I feel like I’m playing “Pole Position.” I picked up my sister from the airport this weekend and pushed record on my camera for part of the drive.
When I heard the band Anamanaguchi on Eric’s vimeo, I figured it would make a great soundtrack. Since, they’ve only licensed the [...]

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Assorted collage of clips from 1L year. Unused and otherwise forgotten. Threw em down on a time-line, overlaid a beat from Dilla, and now it’s a sequence.

1L Year from themarkpike on Vimeo

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Exams are coming up really soon, so today’s edition of Headphones Are Stethoscopes was probably the last show of the semester. Thanks so much for tuning in and putting up with what I’d like to think of as “spring training.” I might try to sneak in some shows this summer, or develop a regular podcast, [...]

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My computer has been sent to Apple for the third time for repairs. Apologies for the lack of updates on this site, but the creative part of my brain is on that hard drive.
If they don’t send it back to me by the end of the week (it’s already been 10 days), I am posting [...]

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I got a fish. His name is Ghostface.
Well, his scientific name is betta splendens and his street name is Siamese fighting fish. But since he’s my new pet, I get to call him whatever I want. Ghostface it is.
It was an impulse purchase, really. I will never tell Ghostface this, and since the Wikipedia article [...]

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