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Monday, September 27, 2010
Assessing and rationalizing the IT applications portfolio
There's nothing like putting out a big hairy number to get media attention, and Gartner has just done that with its new statistic it calls "global IT debt." Gartner defines it as "the cost of clearing the backlog of maintenance that would be required to bring the corporate applications portfolio to a fully supported current release state."
And how big a number is it? According to Gartner's press release, it's approximately $500 billion today "with the potential to rise to $1 trillion by 2015."
A bogus statistic
I first heard about the press release through my associate, Vinnie Mirchandani, who points out that this latest statistic was in keeping with a long-standing Gartner tradition:Gartner made a name starting in the mid-90s forecasting the estimated cumulative cost of Y2K remediation. I was there – and the big numbers it bandied about helped focus enterprises on the core problem. But it also led to hype, panic buying (and exaggerated market declines on the other side of the peak) and many, many poor IT investments. Since then Gartner has picked on many events – such as the introduction of the Euro between 1999 and 2002 - and piled up potential costs to come up with a single, usually scary, related aggregated IT project cost forecast.Vinnie goes on to point out five reasons why it may be in an organization's best interest NOT to upgrade applications to the current release. Read Vinnie's whole post.
At this point, the easiest thing for me to do would be to pile on. In fact, my first reaction upon hearing about IT debt was to call the concept "bone-headed."
For example, if IT organizations are incurring a debt, to whom do they owe it? To software vendors? If so, it would betray a very vendor-centric view of IT. Gartner's view also assumes that having a software package up to date on the current release is a desired state--a concept that Vinnie pretty much demolishes.
Rationalizing the application portfolio
But, to be fair, it appears that Gartner is using this statistic to highlight the state of disarray in the applications portfolios of many organizations and to "make the problem bigger."
With that in mind, let's stipulate that application proliferation and unsupported versions is a big problem in many organizations. What, then, should a CIO do about it?
I would recommend a formal process to evaluate the entire applications portfolio and assign them to categories, such as the following:
Now, this is not an exhaustive list of categories, but you get the idea. You have to know what applications you have and what condition they are in and then come up with a strategy for optimizing the value of each. Of course, the list should also be prioritized to determine the criticality and business value of the proposed changes.
- Retirement Candidates: those applications that can simply be retired, as they may have little current usage or the business value is minimal.
- Consolidation Candidates: those that duplicate functionality in other applications. For example, combining two SAP instances, or an SAP system and an Oracle system. Pick one and standardize on it.
- Freeze Candidates: those older applications that have little business value from upgrading to the current release. Mixing metaphors here, in Gartner's concept this would be "debt forgiveness." This might be a temporary strategy for an application that ultimately is slated for retirement or consolidation.
- 3PM Candidates. those older applications that still need to be maintained but have insufficient business value from upgrading. These are good candidates for third-party maintenance. This wouldn't be a full "debt forgiveness" but more like "loan modification." You still need the application but are looking for a cheaper alternative to vendor maintenance.
- SaaS Candidates: those that would benefit from moving away from traditional on-premise to software-as-a-service. Such applications do not incur "IT debt" in the future, because the service provider keeps the application up to date at all times, unlike traditional on-premise software that requires customers to upgrade.
- Upgrade Candidates: those that do not qualify for SaaS conversion but represent strategic platforms that the customer wants to keep current on some sort of schedule. You should avoid making custom modifications to these applications as much as possible, as it makes them more difficult to upgrade.
Conducting the assessment
On the other hand, it is not always an easy matter to put applications into the right category. Users may have one opinion on the business value or technical quality of the application, while the IT organization may have another. How to evaluate in-house written systems and modifications to packaged software further complicates the problem, as the IT organization may have considerable pride-of-ownership.
In conducting such assessments, we have found sometimes widely differing opinions about whether the problem is the application itself, how the application was installed or configured, or the business processes that use the applications--or all three. In many cases, therefore, it helps to have a neutral third-party participate in the evaluation.
My consulting firm Strativa has experience in conducting these sorts of assessments. You can also read more on our approach in the blog post I wrote several years ago, Four problems with ERP, and a follow-up post, Solving the Four Problems with ERP.
Email me if this is something of interest to your organization.
Update, Sep. 29. My colleague Dennis Howlett has a good post on ZDnet with further reaction to Gartner's IT debt proposition as well as to Vinnie's and my posts. Read Dennis's entire post.by Frank Scavo, 9/27/2010 07:41:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Oracle Apps User Survey: first look at early results
Update: the final results of our survey are complete. See this post: Oracle applications customers: wedded bliss or battered wives? The full report, Go-Forward Strategies for Oracle Application Customers, is available from Computer Economics.
Over at Computer Economics, we've been running a survey for customers of Oracle Applications. We've received nearly 100 responses so far, which is enough for us to begin to see some patterns taking shape.
Our survey covers several other areas as well, such as experience with Sun under Oracle, Exadata, and views toward Oracle's litigation of competitors.
- Service and support. There is a lot of dissatisfaction among Oracle customers concerning the quality and cost of Oracle maintenance and support. For example, 48% of E-Business Suite users and 41% of PeopleSoft users express dissatisfaction.
But what really bothers customers is the cost of support: a whopping 63% of EBS users and about half of the PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards users say Oracle support costs too much.
- Stay or leave? In spite of unhappiness with Oracle's support, most Oracle Apps customers aren't going anywhere. About 75% see Oracle maintaining the same or greater share of their IT budgets three years from now.
- Fusion what? Oracle has its work cut out for itself in selling its product roadmap. Fusion Apps are not on the radar for most Oracle Apps customers. For example, only 25% of E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft customers are considering a migration to Fusion. This may change for the better after this Open World conference, as Fusion Apps will be getting a lot more attention. It will also help when Oracle's installed base reps are finally able to start demonstrating Fusion, after this conference.
Dennis Howlett videotaped me commenting on these results.
We plan to publish the full results in Q4. In the meantime, if you are an Oracle Apps customer, please take the 10-minute survey here. Qualified respondents will receive a free copy of the full final report from Computer Economics.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Oracle Open World 2010: First Night Vibe
I'm here again at this year's Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. The conference opened for me with my participation on a panel discussion for Oracle customers, but outside of Oracle's control, moderated by Ray Wang of the Altimeter Group. Lots of dialog there that I need to process.
I'm now listening to opening presentations, in the comfort of the blogger/press room, awaiting the much anticipated keynote by Oracle CEO Larry Ellision.
In the meantime, here's a quick Youtube video of sights and sounds around and in the Moscone center, leading up to the first night's keynote.
Update, 7:00 p.m.--Oracle's View of Cloud Computing
We're now into Ellison's keynote, which is heavily focused on cloud computing and moved quickly to covering the latest developments in Oracle/Sun hardware. At the beginning of his talk, Ellison first developed two definitions of cloud computing:
Ellison says that Oracle's definition of cloud computing matches Amazon's definition, not Salesforce.com's. By then quickly moving to an overview of Oracle/Sun hardware, his purpose is clear: Oracle wants to be a providers of infrastructure hardware and software to cloud computing providers--both public clouds and private clouds (similar virtualized data center services run by large organizations for their internal purposes).
- Virtualized cloud computing infrastructure services, as offered by Amazon.com's Elastic Cloud Computing services, and
- Software applications that are offered as a service over the Internet, as typified by Salesforce.com.
By implication, then, Oracle does not intend to broadly offer software-as-a-service, as Salesforce.com does. Ironically, Oracle does have some SaaS offerings today, such as its CRM On-Demand, which it inherited from Siebel. But as we all know, such offerings do not carry the high margins of Oracle's on-premise software applications, or the margins it thinks it can get by selling high-end database appliance boxes (i.e. Exadata). In my view, then, Oracle would rather sell the infrastructure (hardware, database, middleware) than the service (SaaS applications delivered over that infrastructure).
There's something to be said about having a clear strategy and executing consistent with it. However, I have to wonder--if SaaS becomes the norm for delivering application functionality in the future, will the hardware/database/middleware market really grow to match Oracle's expectations?
Update, 8:00 p.m: Fusion Apps on the way.
Ellison devoted the last part of his keynote to talk about Oracle's much-awaiting Fusion Applications, which he said would be released to some customers late this year, with general availability in the first quarter of 2011. I won't go into the details at this time. I see now that there's a new section on Oracle's website, with much new detail on what's in Fusion Apps.
Postscript: Oracle Apps User Survey. Our 10-minute Oracle Apps User Survey is still open for responses. If you're a customer of any of Oracle's Application products, take the survey here.by Frank Scavo, 9/19/2010 06:22:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Rumors of the death of corporate IT greatly exaggerated
I came a blog post recently entitled, Is Enterprise 2.0 Helping to Kill Off the IT Department? (For those not up-to-date on the latest fashions, Enterprise 2.0 refers to the use of tools such as blogs, wikis, RSS, mashups, and social networks to capture and manage unstructured information in business enterprises.)
What set me off about this post was not the part about "Enterprise 2.0," but the part about "killing off the IT department." I've been reading articles like this ever since I started working with IT several decades ago.
About every 10 years or so, some new technology comes along that observers trumpet as so radical and innovative that it will result in nothing less than the death of the corporate IT department. And every time, IT ultimately adapts, though at first it may resist.
The PC revolution
As I recall, the first death knell was sounded when PCs arrived. These started showing up in businesses in a big way in the late 1970s. At the time, I was working as a manufacturing systems analyst for an oil field services firm. I was in the midst of gathering requirements for a custom system that would manage tooling inventory on the shop floor.
One day, I went out to visit the tool crib in one of our plants and found that my users had already built their own tooling inventory system using a TRS-80 PC from Radio Shack. They said they didn't need help from corporate IT. I argued with the manager, "Look, I'm not out here setting up my own tool crib--you shouldn't be out here building your own computer systems." Ultimately, we did end up building the corporate tooling system, but not without a lot of resistance from users who felt that what could build themselves was good enough.
It took more than 10 years--some might say, 15-20 years--for IT to figure out how to adapt to the PC revolution. The first big issue was "connectivity." Users were buying personal computers, then spending way too much time re-keying data from mainframe-printed reports into PC spreadsheets. So, corporate IT was given the task of connecting them while still maintaining security and integrity of corporate data.
The next challenge was to harness all that computing power sitting on the desktop, which brought in the era of client-server computing. Centralized systems would maintain master file data, while desktop systems would be used for data entry and analysis. The strengths of the server computer and the client computer would each be used where they were strongest. Response time would be faster on the desktop PC since only local processing was required, and data integrity would be maintained as master files were kept at the server level. Eventually, you had three-tier (client, application server, and database server) and n-tier systems.
Along with client-server computing, we had to deal with the need for graphical user interfaces. As users became accustomed to the Windows GUI in the late 80s and early 90s, they became frustrated with the character-based interfaces of their corporate mainframe and minicomputer systems. Some users, learning Visual Basic on their own, became better PC programmers than those of us in corporate IT. So we had a whole new set of skills to learn. But corporate IT ultimately adapted.
What corporate IT went through to adapt to the PC revolution was much greater than anything it faces today in adapting to the presence of Facebook, Twitter, and iPhones.
The Web revolution
Just around the time corporate IT figured out how to managed PCs and client-server systems, the Internet changed everything. Again, a new technology served to empower users, who were now able to build their own websites and simple web-based applications, bypassing corporate IT.
But the Internet and Web technologies turned out to be a great boon to corporate IT. The first way it helped was in simplifying system design and system management. In truth, client-server was a very cumbersome way to build and manage systems, with code sitting both on the server and on each client. Web technologies made it possible to create thin client systems, with all business logic sitting at the server tier and the desktop PC used only for user presentation. Web technologies allowed systems to be re-centralized--a return to the host-based computing of the mainframe days, but with GUI.
Second, the Internet made it possible to connecting customers, partners, and suppliers in a way that was much simpler than it was with the old electronic data interchange (EDI) technologies--the so-called e-business revolution. Some of this resulted in the dot-com boom and bust, but much still remains and has become part of doing business today.
Once again, the corporate IT department adapted and survived.
The cloud-computing revolution
Today, we're in the midst of another revolution--cloud computing--which is really just an extension of the Internet wave. As Web-based systems became mainstream, it became possible to move an application system with its entire infrastructure--data centers, servers, databases, application code, network gear, and infrastructure support personnel--out of the corporate data center to a third-party provider.
At first it was a one-for-one replacement, simply picking up the application and moving it offsite--what was called, in the late 90's, the application service provider (ASP) model. Then, providers began to build their own applications that could support multiple customers on a single instance of the application code, so-called multi-tenant systems, or software-as-a-service (SaaS). Some would say this was a return to the old time-sharing or service bureau model of the earliest days of corporate computing.
The rise of SaaS applications, from providers such as Salesforce.com, meant that user departments could go out and buy their own applications as a service, without any involvement from corporate IT.
Earlier this year, Ray Wang did a quick poll of 46 large company CIOs and found only 11 (24%) of them indicating they had SaaS applications running in their organizations. But when he polled the procurement managers from these same organizations, he found that 100% of them reporting the presence of SaaS applications in various business units. Clearly, CIOs in three-quarters of these companies were being cut out of the SaaS procurement decision.
Doesn't this mean the death of the corporate IT department? I don't think so, because nearly every one of these SaaS applications, ultimately, will need to be integrated into an enterprise architecture, just like all those PCs back in the 80's needed to be connected to the corporate mainframe. You can see this happening already. As one respondent in Ray's survey said, "The business heads keep showing up with these SaaS apps and then want us to integrate them. We need to get a handle on all this!"
The architectural role of corporate ITNo one talks about "the death of corporate HR," or "the death of corporate accounting." Why is this thought of "the death of corporate IT" constantly recurring? I think it's because many observers only see corporate IT as a manager of technology. So, every time a new technology comes along that users can deploy for themselves, it would seem to obviate the need for a corporate IT department to exist at all.
Many observers don't realize that information technology--software, hardware, networks--is just one part of "corporate IT." The other major part is designing and managing business processes--especially cross-functional business processes--that utilize technology and developing. This part also includes maintaining the enterprise architecture--the combination of technology and business processes--to support the organization's objectives.
Granted, some IT departments are not very good at the second part. But if they aren't, someone needs to be. I don't care what you call it, or who it reports to. Someone needs to be concerned about the integration of all these systems with one another, and no single user department is in a position to do that.
Back to the beginning
In thinking about these matters, I was reminded of my introduction to corporate IT. My first job was as a programmer trainee at Macy's at Herald Square in New York (as seen in the Miracle at 34th Street). Macy's was one of the first organizations to purchase an electronic computer for business purposes--one of the first National Cash Register (NCR) computers--in the early 1950s.
I reported to some of those first programmers, who were still working there when I started as a trainee in 1974. (In fact, when we had trouble with some obscure piece of logic in those core systems--which had long since been migrated from NCR to the IBM mainframe--these old boys would pull out some dog-eared pages of ancient bubble flow-charts to answer our questions.)
Interestingly, prior to the arrival of its first NCR mainframe, there was no "corporate IT department" at Macy's. Rather, Macy's assigned the responsibility for this new technology to a group that already existed within the organization--it was called (as I believe I was told), the "Systems and Procedures Department."
What was the previous mission of the Systems and Procedures Department? It was to design and maintain all business processes within Macy's. For example, the procedure for handling and accounting for returned merchandise involved several departments and required tight controls. The Systems and Procedures Department designed, tested, and implemented this procedure. When the NCR mainframe arrived, the department simply incorporated computer technology to automate parts of that process.
The "systems and procedures" roots of the Macy's corporate IT department were still in evidence when I arrived in 1974, fresh out of college as a programmer trainee. After two or three days studying programming manuals, bored out of my mind, I was ready for my first assignment--to write a program to print "Holiday Money" (those fake currency certificates that department stores used to mail during holiday season to credit card holders, allowing them to spend them like real money and have the amounts charged to their credit cards).
But rather than give me programming specs, my manager (one of the old guard) gave me my first task: go talk to the users. He said, "Around here, no one is just a programmer--you have to understand the business. Go talk to the users and see what they want. Then write it up and run it by me."
He also told me about a friendly rivalry he had with his counterpart at another well-known department store. From time to time each would visit the other's store and attempt to find weaknesses in the other's business processes.
In fact, just the previous year my manager had discovered a hole in his rival's Holiday Money process! It was possible to return merchandise purchased with holiday money and receive cash back--effectively getting a cash advance on the consumer's credit card, which was a violation of the store's policy. He then notified his rival, who plugged the hole, but lost bragging rights for that round.
Understand, these were not two "business managers." These were two IT managers.
So I learned from my first week on the job: corporate IT is not just about technology. It's about "systems and processes." So, if "systems and processes" pre-dated the introduction of computers to business, it means that this role for corporate IT will survive, even if we get rid of the computers.
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ECU student to promote volunteerism as Miss North Carolina 2012
June 28, 2012
By Joy Holster
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A rising junior at East Carolina University hopes to inspire community service statewide as the newly crowned Miss North Carolina 2012.
Arlie Honeycutt, a 19-year-old Garner native studying vocal performance, won the Miss North Carolina title June 23 at the state pageant in Raleigh. As an ECU student, Honeycutt qualified to perform in the state competition as Miss Kinston-Lenoir, a program that accepts contestants from Lenoir County and the five or six counties surrounding it.
Honeycutt is an ECU Ambassador, the Alumni Association's student service organization. She is also an active member of the ECU Chamber Singers; the Magnolia Belles, a service-oriented a capella group on campus; and ECU student chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
The new Miss North Carolina is an exceptional representative for both the university and the state, said ECU professor Jami Rhodes, Honeycutt's applied voice instructor. "She is incredibly talented, articulate and highly intelligent. She is a beautiful person inside and out," Rhodes said.
Honeycutt's personal platform as a pageant contestant was "The Domino Effect: Inspiring Volunteerism One Person at a Time." That concept arose from her experiences as an ECU student volunteer.
"At ECU, I have discovered there are so many ways to give back and to help fulfill the university's motto, 'servire' (to serve)," Honeycutt said.
"While you may not connect with all service activities, some volunteer experiences may really capture your interest," she said. "The key is to find the activities you enjoy, and get out there and serve the community."
One service project that captured Honeycutt's attention is the ECU Ambassadors' Special Populations Prom for individuals with mental and/or physical handicaps. The event provides a evening of music and dance for those who may not have had an opportunity to attend school dances or proms.
"The Special Populations Prom was eye-opening for me," she said. "It influenced my decision to choose a volunteer-based goal as my pageant platform."
In her role as Miss North Carolina, Honeycutt plans to travel the state to inspire others to join in volunteer efforts. She is especially interested in sharing her ideas with young people, she said, to explain how they can key in on their own personal interests and serve the community at the same time.
Volunteer service is contagious, Honeycutt explained. "Seeing one person giving back to the community through service can inspire others to do the same. That is the premise behind the domino effect."
In statewide engagements, Honeycutt hopes to involve her audience in "mini-service projects," like the Children's Miracle Network project she developed as Miss Kinston-Lenoir. In those activities, Honeycutt led groups to create cards that would help brighten the day for hospitalized children.
Honeycutt received approximately $16,000 in scholarship awards as winner of the Miss North Carolina pageant. She hopes to use that funding for graduate school after she completes her degree from ECU. Honeycutt said she's not certain where she will apply, but she's confident about her chances of being accepted.
"The training I've received in ECU's fantastic School of Music has prepared me to audition for any school in the state," Honeycutt said.
Honeycutt is grateful to the ECU community for the support she has received both before and after the pageant. "I have received so many e-mails and Facebook posts, so many kinds words," she said.
"I am fortunate to have the Pirate Nation behind me."
Honeycutt will compete in the Miss America scholarship pageant Jan. 12, 2013 in Las Vegas.

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The South Florida-set spy drama "Burn Notice" is signing off after seven seasons on television, but not before the show's producers auction off its many props and wardrobe items.
From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Coconut Grove Convention Center, more than 10,000 items from the hit USA Network series about a freelance spy stranded in Miami will be for sale during a public auction.
"Everything you'll see was used at least once on the show, and some of it's brand-new," says J. Sugarman Auctions owner Scott Grasso, whose company organized the "Burn Notice" auction on behalf of the show's production company.
In a space the size of a football field, rows of brass table lamps and entire bedroom sets are crammed next to a 1973 Dodge Charger, driven by the show's main character, Michael Westen, portrayed by actor Jeffrey Donovan.
Toward the northern side of the convention center, bidders can step inside a re-creation of Carlito's, the tropically themed bar Westen and partners Fiona, Sam and Jessie frequented for mojitos and clandestine meetings.
A side room near the entrance holds the big-ticket goods: Westen's Hugo Boss wardrobe, Fiona's Prada shoes and Sam's sunglasses and flowery Tommy Bahama shirts.
"I'm calling it a fire sale, because everything has to go. There's too much 'Burn Notice' stuff not to score some deals," Grasso says. "It's coming from a show that I'm saying is just as iconic as 'Miami Vice.' "
There is no minimum bid for any "Burn Notice" memorabilia, but the highest-profile items will only be sold during an online auction from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Visit Proxibid.com and click on the "Burn Notice" tab.
Top 10 Hottest "Burn Notice" items
1. 132 Tommy Bahama shirts, worn by Sam Axe, played by Bruce Campbell
2. Several M16 prop guns
3. Multiple pairs of Prada, Steve Madden, Chloe and Lanvin shoes and ankle wedge boots worn by Fiona Glenanne, played by Gabrielle Anwar
4. The 1973 Dodge Charger driven by Michael Westen, played by Jeffrey Donovan
5. Carlito's, the tropically themed bar reconstructed from the show with more than 100 bamboo barstools, chairs and tables (liquor not included)
6. The 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabrio driven by Jesse Porter, played by Coby Bell
7. Michael Westen's Burn Notice Manila folder
8. The desk used at CIA headquarters
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text: Lions After Dark Monday through Thursday, 9p to 11p Hosted by Elizabeth Rodriguez, Drew Ivery, Jasmine Baker KETR / KETR By students, for students of Texas A&M University-Commerce. Interviews, commentary, and great music, only on Your Station! Lions After Dark: Gaby's Goodbye By Gaby Estrada • May 10, 2012 Hey guys its Gaby, I just wanted to drop by my last goodbye. I want to thank everyone so much for supporting Lions After Dark and Your Station 88.9 KETR. Lions After Dark: Finalist in New York NBS Competition By Gaby Estrada • Mar 6, 2012 Hey guys it's Gaby and I'm pleased to announce that Lions After Dark is a finalist in a national competition! Lions After Dark! We Love Guests! By Gaby Estrada • Feb 23, 2012 Thanks so much to Lucia Garduno for coming in tonight and talking to us about the Zumba Fitness classes available at the rec center! She will be back next week to talk about the Fusion Dance Crew on campus! So Excited! Radio program for students by students takes the show on the road By Jerrod Knight • Jan 27, 2012 Gaby Estrada The Lions After Dark crew is taking the program to the streets once again, with a live broadcast originating from the Sam Rayburn Student Center on Fridays during the Spring 2012 semester. Christmas Music So I don't know about everyone else, but I'm totally ok with the fact that everywhere I go this time of year I hear Christmas music. Holiday Gift Ideas for a College Budget 'Tis the season to...spend lots of money?That's what I felt like after doing some major Christmas shopping today. There are always so many people to buy for: I don't want anyway to be left out, or think I didn't care enough to spend more time or money on them. So tonight, I've tracked down some tips from another great blog called Surviving College Life, and I'm also going to throw in a couple of my own: -Make it personal Lions After Dark: SHOW FLASHBACK By Gaby Estrada • Dec 7, 2011 Today we're taking a look back at an older show. Here's the show from May 11th. 2011 with rising rapper SLR on the campus of Texas A&M University - Commerce. Lions After Dark 11-28-11 show! By Gaby Estrada • Nov 30, 2011 Here's the Lions After Dark show for November 28th. We had Mikey live in studio with Power Play, a segment with the scoop on gaming! Plus we have those workout tips on how to work off that Thanksgiving meal! Lions After Dark: Hot Drinks For a Cold Day! By Gaby Estrada • Nov 16, 2011 1. Hot Tea –Tea is one of the most popular hot beverages around the world. sometimes a cup of chamomile is nice before bed time. Or maybe a hot chai tea, green tea, lemon tea, any tea!!! There are so many variations it's impossible to list them all. 2. Coffee –Oh the possibilities!! There are so many types you're bound to find you a favorite. I like adding Vanilla ice cream to my hot coffee. Lions After Dark: Holiday Shopping! Gaby's Tips! By Gaby Estrada • Nov 10, 2011 Gaby's Holiday Shopping Tips! Don't get carried away this season! Here's some tips I've arranged for you guys! ^_^ 1. - Carry Cash! - don't get carried away with your own debit card carry cash, and when you run out you are done for the day! Also carry big bills because they are usually harder to break. 2. - Know your credit cards! Make sure you know your interest on your credit cards and beware of which you use. Read the fine print before you do some big shopping on them cards! Lions After Dark: Top Halloween Candies! By Gaby Estrada • Oct 27, 2011 1. Snickers -- A candy bar with substance. These peanut-filled chocolate bars are filling enough that kids may only be able to eat a few of them. Then again, you shouldn't underestimate the appetite of Halloween-crazed kids. 2. Nerds -- Basically, they are pure sugar coated with sugar. Nerds can be both fun and annoying due to the obnoxious rattling sound made by shaking the box. The best are the standard strawberry flavor. Lions After Dark: Tonight With SGA! By Gaby Estrada • Oct 26, 2011 Thanks Adam Haney and Michael Martinez for stopping by and chatting with us on the show! We had a great time with them and look forward to getting to meet more of the senators of SGA in the future! Plus lots of great stuff SGA is taking care of at the moment including the crosswalk at the intersection that crosses to Wal-Mart and then there's an great Mardi Gras Party to look forward to complements of SGA! Sweet! Lions After Dark: At the State Fair! By Gaby Estrada • Oct 24, 2011 We had a great time on Sunday at the State Fair of Texas! Me, Heather, and David got to try out all these great things we've been hearing about at the state fair! We met some great people who were very fair savvy! This Year's Halloween Costumes? By hhutchens • Oct 10, 2011 So I don't know about you guys, but I'm super excited for Halloween :] It's a great holiday for me, as it involves 2 of my favorite things: playing dress up, and candy. However, I seem to be the only one here at Lions After Dark who is prepared for the festivities, as Gaby and David do not even have a costume picked out yet. My friends and I will be going to Thrillvania as a group of Mario characters (I'll be Peach). Maybe Gaby & David will get some ideas on the show tonight when we look at this year's most popular costumes. Lions After Dark: Get the connection! By Gaby Estrada • Oct 10, 2011 Career development's Tina Boitnott was great on the radio tonight! Definitively lot's of events to look forward to from Career Development! Here's the full list of Career Development events online. http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/studentLife/campusServices/careerDevelopment/calendarOfEvents.aspx Students! Career Development is here for you, take advantage of their free services on campus!!!! Lions After Dark: Allergy Season Remedies By Gaby Estrada • Oct 6, 2011 Hey everyone if you are suffering from allergies like I am then you should totally check out this page with 10 home remedies to dealing with allergies! I am definitively trying these! http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/10-home-remedies-for-allergies.htm Lions After Dark: Career Development is coming! By Gaby Estrada • Oct 6, 2011 Hey everyone I just got confirmation that Career Development will be joining us on Lions After Dark on Monday, October 10th at the 10 o'clock hour of the show! This is certainly exciting because they have so much going on this semester and its a great chance to find out how to go take part in some of these great events and services that they are offering to help the students! Here is their webpage if you want to get a head start on what career development can do for you. Lions After Dark this week: October 3rd, 2011 By Gaby Estrada • Oct 3, 2011 This week on Lions After Dark!


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All this poor 29-year-old from Melbourne, Australia wanted was to recycle a barbecue he'd seen wasting away on the side of the road. Sadly, you can't do something this ridiculous and not become an internet sensation and police target.
Kiwi Michael Wiles saw the discarded BBQ on the side of the road and decided it would make a nice addition to his home. Driving only a motorcycle, he had to fit the BBQ over his body by actually wearing it. Putting his body through the lower storage area sort of makes sense, but wearing the grill itself on his helmet seems to have sparked the most trouble.
The thought process of this guy gets a little more questionable when you discover the BBQ was, in fact, a dud, which explains why it was set out in the trash.
But, nonetheless, once someone then put the photo up on the Internet it spread like a wild kangaroo barbecue fire and police were eventually able to identify him via his acquaintances.
Despite advertising offers from a barbecue company, Wiles wants to put this whole delicious mess behind him and has accepted a $700 fine and a one-month license suspension. He's also given up on the dream of owning a barbie to throw shrimp on, saying "I'm better off without one." (Hat tip to Dan!)


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Logos And More Logos/
I've got some things to talk about with regard to the upcoming Tournament of Goalie Masks but I'll save that for the next post. For now, I've got concept logos, beginning with one I was sent this afternoon for the New Jersey Devils.
Looks a lot like a logo for a Japanese restaurant to me but I like it. Maybe not for a professional hockey team, but in general... I like it.
Another reader came up with a bunch of varying designs for a new Edmonton Oilers logo.
Lots of cool stuff in there. Not sure any of it is better than what the Oilers have now. Same artist simplified the look of the Florida Panthers.
They should try that on a third jersey. Sticking to the Sunshine State, I've got a couple of Tampa Bay Lightning logos to share.
If the bolt wasn't yellow and we tried a different font for the TBL, perhaps I would consider it as a secondary mark. Like that, I'm not a fan.
I've always thought about something like that. A lightning bolt between a TB. Still, it needs some beautification work or something.
That's all for now. Keep the concept work coming in. I'll have a bunch more jersey designs to post this week. Stay tuned!
UPDATE (6:53 PM): Somebody mentioned St. Patrick's Day in the comments. Somehow I'm completely forgot that was today. I actually did have one theme concept to share. All six Canadian teams puked on by the Irish.
That's some green right there. Happy St. Patrick's Day!


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Census News Round-Up: Call Center Hiring, Census Forms Being Distributed, Groves Testifies In Washington About 2010 Census Jobs, New York Undercount?Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
1. From the Atanta Journal-Constitution: Ryla is hiring 1,400 people in Georgia to work at call centers from April-August, presumably for the Census Bureau's non-response follow-up operations.
2. From the Terry Haute, Indiana Tribune Star: 2010 Census materials are already being distributed in hard-to-count areas of Indiana.
3. From Ed O'Keefe at The Washington Post:
A majority of the roughly 1.2 million temporary jobs created by the U.S. Census Bureau this year will be created in the late spring, agency Director Robert Groves said Tuesday.
Groves told a Senate subcommittee that 600,000 to 700,000 census takers will be hired from May through early July to visit individual households that fail to return census forms. Some workers currently employed in temporary positions are expected to reapply for new positions and get hired, he said.
"We over-recruited, clearly underestimating the labor market," Groves said, acknowledging that the nation's employment situation provided the Census Bureau with a wealth of eager applicants who, according to an agency statement, showed up for training at a much higher rate than they did during the 2000 Census.
4. The venerable New York Times reports that, "The city and the Census Bureau hope to avoid a repeat of the 1990 census, when the city challenged the count and the bureau acknowledged that it missed more than 240,000 New Yorkers."


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In novels and songs, in movies and plays and TV shows, addiction to drugs and alcohol is a frequent theme. Steve Earle's new novel "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is the latest, but here are some previous standouts in the fictional depiction of addiction in a variety of genres:
"Days of Wine and Roses" (1962): Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick play a nice married couple whose descent into alcoholism is chronicled with gritty precision.
"Sid & Nancy" (1986): Undone by drugs, punk rocker Sid Vicious and hanger-on Nancy Spungen (Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb, above) embrace their sordid fates: He ODs before he can stand trial for her murder.
"Valley of the Dolls" (1966): Jacqueline Susann's lurid potboiler about pill-popping actors, made into a 1967 film starring Patty Duke and Sharon Tate, seemed wildly daring when first published, but is tame and tepid by current standards.
"Requiem for a Dream" (1978): Hubert Selby Jr.'s odd mishmash of a novel about the family dynamics of drug addiction was made into a 2000 film starring Ellen Burstyn.
"The Long Voyage Home" (1917): In the classic one-act play by Eugene O'Neill, an alcoholic sailor named Oleson misses his final chance to see his long-lost family when he is bedeviled once more by the bottle.
"House" (2004-present): Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is a whiz of a physician but a mess of a human being until he licks his addiction to prescription to painkillers in the Fox series.
"Sam Stone" (1971): John Prine, the pride of Maywood, paints a tragic portrait of a Vietnam veteran who returns home "with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back." The chorus includes the unforgettable line, "There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes…"


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Type: Defect
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Declined
Affects Version/s: Release 1.4, Release 1.5
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: None
Patch:Code and Test
hash is documented to be consistent with = but Util/hasheq returns different hash values for some pairs of numbers that are =
user> (apply = [-1 -1N (biginteger -1)]) true user> (map hash [-1 -1N (biginteger -1)]) (0 0 -1) user> (apply = [(Float. 1e9) (Double. 1e9)]) true user> (map hash [(Float. 1e9) (Double. 1e9)]) (1315859240 1104006501)
Consequences include incorrect behavior for hash-maps containing keys that are =, but have different hash values:
;; Incorrect return value with multiple keys = to each other user> (assoc (hash-map -1N :should-be-replaced) (biginteger -1) :new-val) {-1N :should-be-replaced, -1 :new-val} ;; array-map gives correct value, since it uses =, not hash user> (assoc (array-map -1N :should-be-replaced) (biginteger -1) :new-val) {-1N :new-val}
Patch: clj-1036-hasheq-for-biginteger-patch-v4.txt
The only BigInteger values that have inconsistent hash values should be those in the range of a long. BigInteger and BigInt values outside the range of a long already both return BigInteger.hashCode().
All integer values will return consistent hash codes if we add a new case to Numbers.hasheq(Number) for BigIntegers that lie in the range of a long, returning the same hash that such a long value does.
For floating point values, the patch makes their hashes consistent by converting floats to doubles and then hashing.
One alternate approach would be to convert all double values to floats and hash float values only. However, this throws away half of the bits of the double value before hashing, leading to many undesirable hash collisions between different double values.
Also, the biginteger function has metadata saying that it has been added since 1.0, but it was actually added in 1.3. The bigint function has metadata saying that it has been added since 1.3, but it has been added since 1.0.
I think during the work to implement BigInt someone renamed the existing bigint function (which used to return a BigInteger) to biginteger, and the metadata got carried with it, then a new bigint function was added with :since 1.3 metadata even though that function name has existed since 1.0.
clj-1036-hasheq-for-biginteger-patch-v1.txt dated Sep 26 2012 makes BigInteger's return equal hash values for values considered equal by =.
It does the same for Float and Double types, which before returned different hash values for values considered equal by =
I went ahead and changed the :added metadata on bigint and biginteger, although I can see that without my change, the person who did that may have meant for the :added to go with the behavior of the function, not with the name. Paul's suggested change that I have in the patch is for the :added metadata to go with the name, not the function behavior. It is easy to remove that part of the patch if that change is not desired.
You can't just consider only the lower long of bigints. Also, what's the rationale for the float stuff?
clj-1036-hasheq-for-biginteger-patch-v2.txt dated Nov 13 2012 is identical to clj-1036-hasheq-for-biginteger-patch-v1.txt except that it addresses Rich's comment that for BigInt's and BigInteger values that don't fit in a long, their entire value must be hashed.
The rationale for the changes to hasheq for Float and Double types is the same as the rationale for the change for BigInteger: without that change, Float and Double types that are = can have different hasheq values.
Although you are correct that Double and Float are =, but have different hashes:
user=> (apply = [(Double. -1.0) (Float. -1.0)]) true user=> (map hash [(Double. -1.0) (Float. -1.0)]) (-1074790400 -1082130432)
I could not get the same errant behavior out of PHM:
user=> (assoc clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap/EMPTY (Float. -1.0) :oops! (Double. -1.0) :one) {-1.0 :one}
I haven't taken the time to investigate exactly what is happening here, but either way I think this ticket is very specifically about BigInteger and the Float/Double issue could be explored in another ticket.
user=> (apply = [(Double. -1.0) (Float. -1.0)]) true user=> (map hash [(Double. -1.0) (Float. -1.0)]) (-1074790400 -1082130432)
user=> (assoc clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap/EMPTY (Float. -1.0) :oops! (Double. -1.0) :one) {-1.0 :one}
I can open another ticket for the Float/Double issue if that is what people would prefer.
I think what is happening in the test case you give, Paul, is that the hash values for (Float. -1.0) and (Double. -1.0) happen to be the same in their least significant 20 bits, and PHM isn't using the upper bits where the hash values differ.
Clojure 1.5.0-beta without patch:
user=> (map #(format "%x" %) (map hash [(Float. -1.0) (Double. -1.0)]))
("bf800000" "bff00000")
There are other Float/Double values where this lucky accident doesn't happen, e.g.
Clojure 1.5.0-beta1 without patch:
user=> (= (Float. 1e9) (Double. 1e9))
user=> (map hash [(Float. 1e9) (Double. 1e9)])
(1315859240 1104006501)
user=> (assoc clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap/EMPTY (Float. 1e9) :oops! (Double. 1e9) :one)
With 1.5.0-beta1 plus patch clj-1036-hasheq-for-biginteger-patch-v2.txt:
user=> (= (Float. 1e9) (Double. 1e9))
user=> (map hash [(Float. 1e9) (Double. 1e9)])
(1315859240 1315859240)
user=> (assoc clojure.lang.PersistentHashMap/EMPTY (Float. 1e9) :oops! (Double. 1e9) :one)
Presumptuously changing status from Not Approved to Vetted, since patch clj-1036-hasheq-for-biginteger-patch-v2.txt should address the reasons that Rich marked the previous patch as Not Approved. Changing it to Vetted on the assumption that if Stuart Halloway marked the previous patch as Screened, the ticket itself is good enough to be Vetted.
Patches and tickets need to be better than this. Talks about BigInteger, changes hash for doubles. Lists problem but not approach, need to trawl through comments and code to see what's going on, etc.
Updated summary to mention floating point types, and completely revamped description so that it should be self-contained, without having to read any comments.
Add new patch clj-1036-hasheq-for-biginteger-patch-v4.txt dated Aug 8 2013 that handles floating point hashes better. Description will be updated to match.
It is out of scope for Clojure to fix this for Java types Float/Double/BigInteger
It seems to have become in scope to fix this for Java type BigInteger with this commit: https://github.com/clojure/clojure/commit/96e72517615cd2ccdb4fdbbeb6ffba5ad99dbdac
What about making = always return false for float/double comparisons? It would technically be a breaking change, but only for those who are doing a Bad Thing that doesn't reliably work in the first place.
I think it would be best to work this on a new ticket.


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I fancied something plain this week i.e. no buttercream or fillings. Inspired by the entries for the Iron Cupcake London Spice challenge I decided to jazz up a plain yoghurt cake with some cinnamon.
You can make this cake plain i.e. leave out everything in the recipe I label as "optional". However, I think it does need something adding to it flavourwise – it could be any spice of your choice, vanilla, alcohol etc. The crunchy cinnamon topping worked really well and gave a nice extra texture. I think it would also be nice with flaked almonds scattered on top.
This is definitely a 'cut and come again' cake; one slice is not enough...well, unless you cut it reaaaalllly big!
The addition of yoghurt to the cake gives a nice close textured sponge which manages to be firm and dense but not heavy.
Two photos I came across this week that have made me laugh. I hope they cheer you up too on this bleak, wintry evening!
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This one's entitled "couldn't possibly another muffin"
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125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
220g caster sugar
3 eggs, separated
300g self raising flour
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
40g ground almonds
280g Greek yoghurt (any plain yoghurt of your choice will do)
Optional topping:
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon caster sugar
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Grease and line a 30cm x 20cm traybake tin with baking paper. You can also use a 20cm round springform tin to achieve a deeper cake but this will probably need longer cooking time.
- Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg yolks.
- Stir in the sifted flour and bicarbonate of soda and, if using, the cinnamon. The batter will appear turgid and feel heavy at this point.
- Stir in the almonds and yoghurt.
- In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
- Fold the egg whites into the yoghurt batter.
- Spread into the prepared tin and level the surface.
- If using the optional topping mix together the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the surface of the cake.
- Bake for approximately 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. If you're using the round tin it will take longer as the tin is deeper.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack and remove from the tin when cool enough to handle.
- Serve either on its own or with spooning cream
- Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Robina took her seat wearing a deep-red head covering and a nervous smile, ready to tell her story. She giggled as any 7-year-old in the spotlight might.
But when the questions began, what she recalled seemed impossibly dark: how she hid behind her father when the gunman came to their village that night, how the stranger fired, and how her father died, cursing in pain and anger.
''I was standing behind my father,'' she testified simply, by video feed from Afghanistan on Saturday night during a hearing for the soldier accused of killing 16 civilians, including nine children, in Kandahar Province. ''He shot my father.''
One of the bullets struck her in the leg, but she didn't realize it right away, she said.
Her testimony came on the second overnight session of the preliminary hearing for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who prosecutors say slipped away from his base to attack two villages. The slayings drew such angry protests that the United States temporarily halted combat operations in Afghanistan, and it was three weeks before US investigators could reach the crime scenes.
The stories recounted by the villagers have been harrowing. They described torched bodies, a son finding his wounded father, and boys cowering behind a curtain while others screamed ''We are children! We are children!''
Bales sat quietly throughout, betraying no reaction to what he heard.
The hearing is meant to help determine whether Bales, 39, will face a court-martial. He could face the death penalty if he is convicted.


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Sharif99 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
use relaxing colors
Cancer forum website
the logo will be
The name of the forum will be in both English and Arabic
The Arabic on the right and the English on the leftLogo that needs to be designed will be in the middle
Under the logo the following slogan "Hope for Cure"
Be creative with the logo, need to be more relaxed for the visitors
Use relaxing colors and show the Hope for Cure images
The website is still not launched – http://www.cancer-me.com
be creative with arabic fonts -
use Gerogian font in english
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professional logo and fonts
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no flashing colors
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Thursday, November 30, 2006
On The Street…….The Colorist, Soho
Thursday, November 30, 2006
On The Street….The Zegna Exec., Manhattan
Thursday, November 30, 2006
The Junya Watanabe Jacket
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
I Think I Have Found A Trend!
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The Philadelphia Story, p2
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
On The Street….Bruce Boyer, Writer/ Sartorialist
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The Video Is Up On Style.com!
My video is now up on Style.com
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The Philadelphia Story, p1
Monday ,on the spur of the moment, I decided to take a train down to Philadelphia.
I thought it would be fun to shake things up a bit and shoot in a different city.
What a bust!
I didn't shoot anything all day.
I know Philly has style – they have several really good stores like Adresse, Joan Shepp and Boyd's so someone there is buying great clothes but I guess they weren't out Monday afternoon.
Funny enough the next day back in New York I see this woman ( who I think looks really great) and she is from Philadelphia!. She came to New York on a shopping trip ( wait, maybe I'm projecting, I'm guessing it was for a shopping trip).
Anyway I will give Philly another chance soon.
I don't pay a lot of attention to "my color palette" stuff but Wow – when someone really understands their coloring and how to use makeup to highlight it, it is so noticeable and inspiring.
Personally my skin tone is a kind of pale blue, any ideas?
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
On The Street….Fifth Ave., Manhattan
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
On The Street….Outside Bergdorf Goodman, NYC
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Old Man Style….UES, Manhattan
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Video Premiere for Style.com Tomorrow!!
I'm so excited for tomorrows premiere of the video I produced for Style.com.
It is called Intersections and will be on the new StyleStudio section of Style.com.
What you will see is basically a video version of The Sartorialist. Above are a few stills that I shot for the video which are intercut between three short interviews of ladies I found that day. We were at the "intersection" of 57th & 5th so ,trust me, the ladies are pretty fab.
I will post the exact link tomorrow.
Monday, November 27, 2006
On The Street….Perfect – part 2, Manhattan
Ok, as you can see the street was pretty busy and I only saw glimpses of this gentleman as he made his way down Madison Ave.
At first I couldn't decide what I thought but ,like a picture coming into focus, the closer he got the more intrigued I became by his look and swagger.
Once I got a full view I could immediately tell everything was too perfect to have been "just thrown together". Just as much as a Savile Row suit this look is all about fit. The cardigan and shirt are the perfect length, the pants are perfectly personalized, the shoes well-aged, and the hat! – don't get me started at how perfect his pose must reflect his personality.
This man has style in his bones.
We really didn't talk much after I took the shot but I could just tell he must be a "somebody", but who?
I imagined he was an artist stopping by his Madison Ave. art dealers gallery to discuss an overdue masterpiece or a modern day Ernest Hemingway. (Wow, I just googled Hemingway and found a fantastic photo of him that I will post tomorrow!)
Later that day I asked someone I thought might know who he was and he said "that's the guy that heads Ralph Lauren's vintage department."
Apparently this gentlemen travels the world buying all the great vintage items (frames,books,fixtures etc) that you find decorating Ralph's stores. (pardon me if I don't have the job description perfectly correct)
To me, that is almost as romantic a job as being a famous artist.
Monday, November 27, 2006
On The Street…. Comme des Garçons, Chelsea
I shot this young lady a few days after the "modern Hemingway" shot above – I thought she would make such a perfect companion to his look and maybe it could illustrate how a young lady might interpret that look.
I love the plaid shirt working back to the zip sweater and the overall slouchiness. I think this might be the first time I have been jealous of a girls outfit (not that there is anything wrong with that)
Monday, November 27, 2006
Absolut Nomination
I am proud to announce that The Sartorialist has been nominated for the Absolut 100 (in the blog section)
Apparently Absolut is creating a top 100 list covering all types of fields like designers, chef, bar or band etc
The other blogs are big-time like The Huffington Post or Engadget or Boing Boing – I am just happy to be included (but I really want to win!!)
if you want to vote for The Sartorialist just click the link below (but do it quick because voting ends soon)
Sunday, November 26, 2006
On The Street…..Mixed Proportion, Manhattan
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Best Of Season…..Girl in Milan
Saturday, November 25, 2006
On The Street…..Just Off Madison Ave. , Manhattan
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Best Of Season…..Emmanuelle Alt of Paris Vogue
Friday, November 24, 2006
Barbour Coats – Just About The Best Value In Menswear
Barbour Coats are just about the best value in menswear.
The quilted jacket above is the Liddesdale model and sells in the US for about $145. I love mine, it is lightweight and keeps me perfectly warm and works well with both business or casual wear.
I also have the Bedale waxed jacket in original green. I bought mine almost 10 years ago and wore it until it was literally in shreds.
I simply took it to the Barbour store in New York and they sent it to be repaired. Unfortunately, now it looks just like new – crap! I should have had them only fix half of the rips. Now it will take me another 5 years to get it back into bad shape!
Friday, November 24, 2006
On The Street…..Madison Ave, Manhattan
Friday, November 24, 2006
On The Street…..66th St., Manhattan
I love how well the subtle textures of her dress, tights and socks all work together.
Her look could almost be called Minimalist but there is actually so much going on here – Jil would be proud.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Vintage Bike Man is Back!!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
On The Street…..Uptown, Manhattan
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
On The Street……Cantarelli Suit, Manhattan
Oh how I love that suit – cotton corduroy if I remember correctly.
Great fit and color combination and notice the ever so slight break in the pants.
He mentioned that he had the jacket taken in at the waist and had the pants narrowed in the leg. This is how a suit should fit and if it needs a bit of work, well, you can see it is worth it.
ps If you think the Bergdorf catalogs have looked great lately (like i do) then this is one of the guys to thank
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
On The Street……Puffer Vest, Manhattan
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Lauren Hutton at Calvin Klein
Easily one of my favorite shots i have ever taken. I ran it originally on Style.com but I wanted to have it here on my blog also.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
On The Street……57th St., Manhattan
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
On The Street……Madison Ave., Manhattan
I love the clean, understated grey underneath that puts the focus on the shoes and trench,
What is great is that even though the base items (grey) are neutral they still stand on their own – the pants have a great cut and the turtleneck is so classic.
Monday, November 20, 2006
On The Street……23rd St, Chelsea
Monday, November 20, 2006
On The Weekend……Upper East Side, NYC
Monday, November 20, 2006
On The Street…..Outside Bergdorf, NYC
Monday, November 20, 2006
On The Street……The Details, Nolita
Griege, black, brown – it is often difficult to get those colors to work together well but this young lady does a great job
Vintage Ferragamo shoes. She said the main attraction to the shoes was that they were brown/black spectators.
I love the scarf detail – it is two scarves tied together making one large circle scarf
The secret to her scarf detail is that she buys several of the $5 street pashmina scarves. I guess when they are $5 you can affor to buy in bulk.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
On The Weekend……Richard Chai Shopping With Friends, Nolita
Sunday, November 19, 2006
On The Street……The Student, Chelsea
Saturday, November 18, 2006
One Year Ago
I took this photo a year ago (the weekend before Thanksgiving) and it is one of my all time favorites.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
On The Street……Milan
Friday, November 17, 2006
On the Street…….Soho, London
You can tell there is something purposefully a little off about the suit – how British
Look at the guy I posted a few days ago with the DB suit and wearing a hat – his sleeves were also a bit short with no cuff( maybe short sleeve?).
I'm asking any UK readers if this look has a name or what the concept behind it is.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Best Of Season…..Carine Roitfeld of Paris Vogue
Thursday, November 16, 2006
On The Street…..Houston Hip-Hop, Soho
Thursday, November 16, 2006
On The Street…..Broadway Gamine, Soho
Thursday, November 16, 2006
On The Street…..23rd Street, Manhattan
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Best Of Season…..Melanie of Paris Vogue
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
The Real Thom Browne Effect
The real effect of Thom Browne's work is that when I see a guy like this on the street I don't really notice the length of his jacket.
When I look at the photo for a minute I notice it but now a short jacket (even this short) looks kinda normal to me. I think it helps that all of his items are in black and blend into each other.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
On The Street……Broadway, NYC
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Agnelli's Watch in Dec. Town & Country
There is a great photo of Italian Sartorialist icon Gianni Agnelli in the December Town & Country.
As all Sartorialists know, Gianni was well known for his for his quirky but very refined taste.
His watch-outside-the-shirt-cuff is well documented but what struck me about this photo was the watch itself. It's not a Rolex or some other big name watch but a digital watch! I would love to think it is a Casio.
The photo is from 1980 so maybe a digital watch had a little more allure then but I love and Gianni is remembered for not being afraid to mix high-end/low-end or craft/tech.
So ,with this as evidence, don't you think Gianni ,if he were 50 years old today, would be using a cellphone as his watch? I just hope he wouldn't be wearing it on his belt!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
On The Street……Lunch on Broadway, NYC
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Best Of Season…..The Fashion Director, Le Figaro
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
On The Street……Greenwall, Paris
ok , I don't smoke and I'm not trying to promote smoking – so lets all agree to just look at the hair.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
On The Street……That Hair, Milan
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
On The Street……Hudson Street, New York
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Beppe's Safety-Pin Tie Clasp
When I showed Beppe's safety-pin tie clasp in two separate looks before it was always with a knit tie. Several people asked if it could be done only with a knit tie – well, I found another photo I hadn't published and he is wearing his safety-pin with a wool (cashmere?) tie.
p.s. I bought a safety-pin tie clasp like this at Ralph Lauren for $10 – I also saw a silver version in Paris for $149 Euros.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Best Of Season…..That Girl in Milan
A lot of actresses are called the next Audrey Hepburn but I think this young lady is the closest thing I've ever seen.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Everyone Loves A Peep Show – Outside Moschino
Some people like to peep alone.
Some peoiple like to peep with a friend.
Some people like to peep with a lover.
Some people like to take a picture when they peep.
Some people like to peep quick.
And some people like to peep before their time.
Monday, November 13, 2006
In The Window……At Doriani, Milan
I love this mix of plaid tie, striped shirt and pinstriped suit.
This is one of my favorite stores to shop at in Milan.
Monday, November 13, 2006
On The Street……Wrapped-up in Paris
Monday, November 13, 2006
On The Street……Savile Row, London
Monday, November 13, 2006
European Recap
For the next week or so I will be running some of my favorite shots from my recent European trip here on The Sartorialist.
Of course I will continue to run new shots everyday but I just wanted to have some of my favorites here.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Best Of Season…..Yasmin Sewell
Yasmin is the director of women's buying for Browns of London.
As you can see she really has great style. One thing that I noticed while reviewing these shots is that Yasmin doesn't rely on big time accessories or "must-have" designer pieces but she she really rocks a great haircut and brilliant smile.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
On the Street…….Soho, London
Sunday, November 12, 2006
On the Street…….Somewhere in Milan
Saturday, November 11, 2006
December GQ – The Sartorialist from London
I just bought the new GQ with my page of photos from London – I love it and love the whole issue.
It is the Men of the Year issue so ,of course, I bought the one with Will Ferrell on the cover – sorry Jay-Z.
I don't want to sound like a kiss-ass but you have to checkout the new videos on GQ.com
The "How to Buy a Suit" video is great and the roundtable discussion on the recent men's shows in Milan is also really fun.
Here is the link GQ.com
Friday, November 10, 2006
On The Street….The LA Art Dealer, Manhattan
So what do you think?
I like the overall look – the hair, the scarf, the ease of how he wears the suit but I admit the trainers throw me a little.
I like trainers with a suit but maybe the New Balance grey runners or Jack Purcells ( to me, it is always Jack Purcells first).
Friday, November 10, 2006
On the Street…….She Has Her Look, Milan
I don't think Style.com posted these shots when I was in Milan but I love that this women has so focused her look and only changes the color each day.
How many colors do you think she has in this? Grey flannel , tan cotton in the summer.
I can't wait to go back to Milan in January to see how she does this look for Winter.
Does she wear the jacket and have her overcoat on her shoulders?
Wow, I'm really getting too into my blog!
I must go do something manly now – chop wood or something
Thursday, November 9, 2006
On The Street…..Puffer Vest, Manhattan
I love the color of the puffer vest but the best part is the shorter length – often puffer coats or vest can overwhelm a person but the shorter length makes for a much better proportion.
Thursday, November 9, 2006
At the Photo Shoot……Brutus Fashion Editor
On Tuesday I was being photographed for an article on The Sartorialist that will appear in the Japanese mens fashion magazine Brutus.
Mr. Kinoshita is the fashion editor and he really looked great – I love the overall fit of his suit and how he wore his cardigan draped across his shoulders – when I first met him the cardigan was more draped over his left shoulder in a very cool way but not too forced.
Thursday, November 9, 2006
On The Street…..Broome Street, Soho
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Style Profile…..David Reeves of Duncan Quinn
I love talking men's fashion with David. He has a classic yet slightly subversive view on style – how British!
One vent or two?
Two vents always really it's a mod hang up
The first thing I look at in another Sartorialist?s outfit (Jacket Shoulder, overall fit, shoes)
If I had to say, I tend to look to see if they have hand stitched button holes, (bit snobby though)
I skimp when buying
I don't skimp on anything
I splurge when buying
(see above) consistency is a good thing and I think you should have good taste in everything doesn't have to be expensive necessarily though just good
I always break this fashion rule.
If it is a rule Black Patent shoes in the day I like the glamour and the clean obsidian look of them
I never break this fashion rule.
Bottom button done up on a jacket (or coat) I shout abuse at the T.V. when I see that
Must have item for Fall 2005
Puppy tooth jacket especially black trousers or even primary red if one is being daring
Favorite store
Duncan Quinn of course -! If I had to say another one it would be Douglas hayward London
Style icon
So many I used to like Brian ferry and David Bowie but now I don't try to emulate
Most cherished item
Silver handled umbrella
Favorite item of clothing
My three piece Bespoke Dinner suit – I am getting a white cashmere waistcoat made up at the moment (the cloth is Loro Piana) I am really looking forward to seeing it finished
Favorite ?fashiony? movie
Godfather although I don't know if it's "fashiony" like Bladerunner for example
Guilty pleasure
Worlds wildest police chases on TV I love the commentary from Sheriff John Brunnel? 'This chase ended up with a broken van and a broken man!' and so on.
Describe your personal style
I am very influenced by the mod aesthetic which is very clean and almost boring but I also like a bit of glamour and I also like very classic clothes so bit of a mix there I don't like to pin myself down to a look that's quite boring and a bit closed minded I think.
You feel best wearing?
A good suit, calf length socks, good shoes a White silk Bespoke shirt a simple solid tie (probably gun metal) Cufflinks, 1920s Omega watch and a nicely starched white linen Handkerchief.
Personal Style quirk
I have at least 12 plain white shirts all the same when the cuff wears out even slightly I give them to my Girlfriend
Most overrated item in menswear
Most underrated item in menswear
Cravat or Ascot
Most stylish city
New York
Never caught wearing?
Ozwald boateng suit
When I was high school I wore?
Being English, I wore a uniform – I wore a blazer which wasn't compulsory, I think I was the only person in a school of a thousand that wore a blazer. I got head butted on my first day because of it but I continued to wear it for three years. I thought it made me look really smart.
Shine your own shoes?
when I have time, I do a better job
Favorite fashion magazine?
Favorite other magazine?
Cologne, skincare?
I always dress my best for?.?
My Bespoke appointments.
My Job is really hands on and I can be on my hands and knees doing a window display or flying around literally or metaphorically so it's not always practical to wear a three piece suit with all the trimmings at work which is a shame but I still think I look rather presentable anyway what I am wearing in the picture is typical. but when I am purely customer focused I like to amp it up a bit.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
On The Street……McQueen Suit, UES
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
On The Street…..Soho, New York
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
On The Street….Outside Tiffany's, Midtown
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
On The Street……The Author, UES
This is the author of the new book Chic in Paris – now you know what she is caring in that wonderful bag.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
New York City Marathon 2006 part 2
Gentle Giant , Fort Greene
Outside Williamsburg
For Alicia
Hipsters of Fort Greene
Cheerleaders of Brooklyn
I just want to come clean now before this gets out in the newspapers.
I admit I was not wearing a pocket square with my track suit!!!!!
The shame!
Monday, November 6, 2006
On The Subway….The Uptown R Train
Monday, November 6, 2006
FBM Goes Casual
People who have read The Sartorialist for a while will recognize FBM as one of my favorite subjects , he always looks great even for a casual Friday.
Monday, November 6, 2006
On The Street…..Madison Avenue, Manhattan
Could anything be more modern than sequins for day – this is how to do it.
Here the sequins both lighten the overall color palette and add texture to the look.
A navy skirt instead of black is also very important for keeping the look from being too dressy or evening-ish.
The tailored overcoat gives just a touch of menswear and the metallic gold color of the shoes is a perfectly unexpected way to finish off an outfit.
This is exactly the type of inspirational look that I hope people visit The Sartorialist for – it is not about the designers of the individual pieces or the price of any of her pieces but the abstract idea of how she has mixed color, texture, day/evening. masculine/femme.
Monday, November 6, 2006
New York City Marathon 2006 part 1
Leopard gloves and scarf , Harlem
Long cardigan and dress layered, Williamsburg
Dad & Daughter , Fort Greene
Almost to Willamsburg
Love the raw edge jacket detail and the fact that he paired it back to sweatpants for a casual Sunday look
I don't know quite how it happened but I ended up running about 6 to 8 miles of the Marathon yesterday through Brooklyn and then Harlem.
I wanted to be extra comfortable while I was trying to keep up with the runners so I wore my running gear Sunday. Since I had gotten a late start I was a little behind my planned schedule so I decided it would be easier to run along with them than try and walk. If you notice all the shots are from the street out to the sidewalk. I have run two Marathons before in '95 and '96 so it wasn't too taxing but it really made me want to start preparing for next year.
On a related note I was stopped twice on Saturday by people thinking I was Lance Armstrong – odd.
Sunday, November 5, 2006
On The Street…..Grey Converse, Manhattan
Sunday, November 5, 2006
On The Street…..Lower East Side, Manhattan
Sunday, November 5, 2006
On The Street…..Purple Boots, West Village
Saturday, November 4, 2006
On The Street…..Midtown, Manhattan
Saturday, November 4, 2006
On The Street…..Smokey Eyes
I rarely notice makeup (maybe that is the point) but this young lady had the most subtle smokey eyes. Just at the crease and corners of her eyes – just dramatic enough for day.
Friday, November 3, 2006
On The Street…..Casual Friday Done Right, Midtown
Friday, November 3, 2006
On The Street…..Outside the Apple Store, Midtown
Thursday, November 2, 2006
In The Window……At Domenico Vacca
Thursday, November 2, 2006
On The Street…..Lafayette Street, New York
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Dissecting The Well-Dressed Man On The Street
I shot this gentleman near 57th street the other day and as i reviewed the photo I kept finding all these well done little details that when combined are the secret to the success of his look.
First of all, I love the aggressive yet subtle (weird way to describe – I know) mix of pattern for his shirt, tie, and suit.
This is the type of thing that people who don't understand menswear miss about how a guy can look edgy and completely classic at the same time. I find this level of creativity in mixing patterns and color in every way equal to another slim-cut black Dior Homme suit with a tricked-up white shirt. I'm not saying i don't appreciate Dior but those type of designers don't own the market on true design creativity
He is wearing an Etro suit.
Etro is better know for being one of the more colorful and sometimes over-the-top menswear houses ( the Italian Paul Smith) but this photo detail shows they can also deliver high-quality. Notice how the plaid matches at the sleeve seam and how well the plaids match at the breast-pocket.
Maybe Gianni Agnelli was right about wearing his watch on top of his cuff.
It is almost unavoidable that your cuff will get caught on your watch which is too bad because he is showing the perfect amount of cuff but the watch is throwing it off balance.
Personally I avoid this by using the clock on my cell phone – sorry watch industry
Thursday, November 2, 2006
On The Street…..The Dramatic Item, Midtown
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
On The Street…..The Gent, Harlem
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
On The Street…..The Dancer, Manhattan
I love that three-quarters length sleeve with the long, fingerless gloves.
I have seen so many giant bags lately but as soon as I saw that one I knew she was a dancer.


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A Defense Attorney's Nightmare?
It has occurred to me that defense attorneys for the surviving Tsarnaev brother have a nightmare on their hands.
How can anyone defend the man accused of the finish-line bombings at the Boston Marathon? I don't know, but someone has to.
I'm not a lawyer by any stretch, and it would be easy to say "Just lock the guy up until he can be put to death." But if you believe in our legal system at all, you know there are things that have to happen first.And the right to a fair trial is part of it.
Maybe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will plead guilty, we don't know. But the people who were killed and those who were maimed or otherwise injured deserve justice, too.
I remember in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing and the arrest of Timothy McVeigh when I was working on a story with this same premise. I remember the local defense attorney who cut me off with "No comment." He either didn't want to talk or think about it, or he didn't want to tip his hand about trial strategy in any case.
Regardless, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense team has their work cut out for them> I saw an Associated Press story that says the defense, with all the evidence tying him to the case, may just try to keep him away from the executioner.
But for what we know about it, even that possibility is hard to imagine.