Archive for 2007/11
Flashpacking
Written on 2007/11/30 by uichirow“Flashpacking is a neologism used to refer to affluent backpacking. A flashpacker shares some of the characteristics of a backpacker: a sense of independence, no fixed itinerary and relatively long periods of travel to more exotic and far-flung destinations. Whereas backpacking is traditionally associated with budget travel and destinations that are relatively cheap, flashpacking has an association of more disposable income while traveling and has been defined simply as backpacking with a bigger budget.
Some may define flashpacking as an incongruous mix of ’slumming it’ and luxury; of adventurous travel with those on a budget by day and sedate dining and comfortable accommodations by night. Flashpackers have been further defined as tech-savvy adventurers who often prefer to travel with a cell phone, digital camera, iPod and a laptop, although none of these is required in order to be a flashpacker. As with other forms of travel, the term flashpacker is mainly one of self-identification. The origin of the term itself is obscure.
The term also reflects a growing demographic of travelers who are forsaking traditional organized travel, venturing to destinations once the reserve of more adventurous backpackers, and the increasing number of individuals who leave well paid jobs or take ‘career breaks’, using the time to travel independently, but with greater comfort and many of the gadgets they are accustomed to at home. As a result, hostels are evolving and offering more up-market accommodation to those still traveling on a budget in order to obtain their business. The hostels have realized a need to evolve in order to meet the changing demands of travelers. It is likely that flashpacking and flashpackers will continue to evolve with changes in technology.”
(from wikipedia)
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バックパッキングの亜種として「フラッシュパッキング」というカテゴリがあることを知りました。独立の気概を持って、決まった旅行日程をあえて定めず、比較的長期間旅をする、という点ではバックパッキングと共通するものの、
- 予算に比較的ゆとりがある
- デジ製品（携帯、iPOD、デジカメ、ラップトップ）を駆使して旅行する
という点で普通のバックパッカーとフラッシュパッカーは異なります。最近はHostelling International等のバックパッカー対象宿泊施設も最近はフラッシュパッカー対応にwifi＆電源にゆとりを持たせるなど運営方針を修正している模様。
僕の中では高城剛なイメージかな
風車畑
Written on by uichirow
LAから東に伸びるフリーウェイ１０号、SDから同じく東に走る８号沿いには一面の風車畑があります。
途切れることなく等間隔に並ぶ風車群。この羽の作りは無駄の無い形で何かとても透明感があるのです。
It ain’t…
Written on 2007/11/28 by uichirowIt ain’t what you don’t know that get you into trouble.
It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so
Mark Twain
HEMA
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ホテルフェニックスの蛇口
Written on 2007/11/26 by uichirow
むむ
この蛇口は、、
ゴゴゴゴゴゴ、、、
最初ひねれなくてちょっと困ってました
飛行機の操縦桿みたいね
砂漠へ
Written on 2007/11/25 by uichirow
・Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim
アリゾナにいます
ビッグでも、グレートでもなく、“グランド”だね
水の力は凄いな
・Grand Canyon (wikipedia)
・グランドキャニオン
challengers
a road far below
雲の影
challengers part2
年間を通じて落ちる人はかなり多いようです
LV
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MIT :: Ray and Maria Stata Center
Written on 2007/11/21 by uichirow
・MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
・MIT Facilities
・Stata Center (Wikipedia)
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Frank Gehry’s Ray and Maria Stata Center (2004)
Though it’s interesting from the sight of architecture lovers, the Stata Center is rather tricky to use for students. The following is a quote from the Wikipedia.
“There are certainly many who are less enamoured of the structure. The use of glass for walls on the inside means that those who work in the building have to give up a sense of privacy. There is also one lecture room where, because of the slight lean of the walls, some people have been known to experience vertigo. Sound insulation is almost absent. The building has also been criticized as insensitive to the needs of its inhabitants, poorly designed for day-to-day use, and at an official cost $283.5 million, overpriced.”
フランクゲーリーの建築はLAのディズニーコンサートホールといい、グーフィーが酔った勢いで作ったような形が特徴ですが、このMITのステータセンターも同様。建築的には面白いけど日々使う学生にとっては不満もあるようです。実際に歩き回った感じでは、方向が分からなくなる（避難時に危険）、ガラス張りの研究スペースが多く他人にのぞかれる、という２点が実際の作業環境としては使いにくそうかな。
ま、それを補っても「面白そう」だけどね。
Entrance. Contemporary museum?
現代美術館のようなエントランス
Information Desk
はてな
Cow with a graduation cap
牛
The interior was designed with a view of an inner circulation system which is utilizing niches for impromptu meetings.
“回遊性”を狙ったデザイン。Cafe的なミニスペースが随所にあり、学生は思い立ったらその場でミーティングできるように設計されています。
Buddy Rich’s “Nutville”
Written on 2007/11/18 by uichirow・Buddy Rich
・“Nutville” on Google
・Routine Jazz #02
MIT :: Architecture Studio
Written on 2007/11/17 by uichirow
・MIT
・MIT Architecture
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Photos from of the architecture department at MIT. I visited MIT to see a friend of mine from college days. The pictures below are her working space, a prototype model, and inside MIT.
I like the website of MIT which is rather stylish.
大学時代の先輩を尋ねてＭＩＴの建築大学院へ。建物の外見は古いが中身をリノベーションして使ってる現代美術館のような佇まい。カリキュラムはハードそうだったけど、こういう環境でがっつり建築を勉強するのはとても楽しそうです。
彼女は銀座の大手企業に数年勤めた後、元来の興味関心であった建築を深く学ぶためにＭＩＴ大学院入りを果たしたのですが、その国際的思い切り＋勇気はこのwebsiteを見る方々の参考になるかもしれません。
