The Tumblelog of Levent Ali

Winter Portraits 09/10

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:05:14 +0000

Winter Portraits 09/10

Moody Mayfair

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:27:32 +0000

Moody Mayfair

Plant snowed under

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:09:00 +0000

Plant snowed under

Dead vines

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:07:07 +0000

Dead vines

Luca

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:22:27 +0000

Luca

Hashtags are annoying

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:19:00 +0000

Dear @pravvyprav and @quentinhapsburg

On the theme of #songsyoudontwannahearinjail

Take this list and top it, if you can:

“You’re a Cop”, “My Woman, My Lover, My Friend”, “Sorry I’m Not That Kind of Boy”, “I Wanna Grow Old with You”, “Saving Ourselves for Marriage”, “Trapped”, “Gloves of Metal”, “I Paid J. Howell to Rape You”, “I Pushed Your Wife in Front of the Subway”, “I Sent a Thank You Card to the Guy Who Raped You”, ”I Fucked Your Wife”, ”2 Down; 5 to Go”, ”Foreplay With a Tree Shredder”, ”Delicious Face Style”

All written and performed by Anal C*nt

Garden Project: Half way

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:22:00 +0100

All of the major structures are now in place, except for the sixteen foot marble statues of me of course. Over the next week they’ll finish the pergola, paving the steps and the lower seating area. Then lay the gravel paths and start painting.

Once that’s all complete Andy will have three days of planting; trees and shrubs arrive next Wednesday.

Shed Move: Day Six

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:22:44 +0100

Shed Move: Day Six

Airs and Graces interview Foreign Beggars

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:13:53 +0100

Airs and Graces interview Foreign Beggars

Garden Project: Day Four

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:17:00 +0100

I’ve known Andy Henderson for some years now. His younger brother, Keith, one of my closest friends and heroes tragically passed away six years ago. Since then I’ve spent many an evening in Andy’s old restaurant, Boys Cafe, and on his sofa. Many of my friends wish they were more like Andy. Andy has turned those clichés we all hear into reality; just want it, go for it and you’ll get it. It’s a bit like having your own personal Gary Vaynerchuk but Andy’s a lot cooler and infinitely more chilled out (no offence Mr V, I love you too).

In August Andy returned from Thailand where he spent the past year redesigning, refreshing and running a struggling resort in Koh Samui. He needed a new challenge after turning things around so he returned home. Since arriving in London he’s been contemplating whether he should reignite a career in the City or pursue his true passion as a designer.

Andy

Having had the pleasure of experiencing his many interior and landscaping projects, I jumped at the opportunity to have him help me out whilst contemplating his future. Luckily he was willing to ‘give me some tips’ on how to shape my neglected garden.

A couple of weeks later, Andy came to me with the following hand drawn sketch, along with photos of various trees, plants and flowers plus an assortment of materials.

Check the plan with notes detailing what’s what on Flickr.

Exactly two weeks later Andy and his team are four days into a three week project.

The garden is still a mess but is rapidly taking shape. The real magic will happen once we start planting in a couple of weeks.

Day 1

Day 4

Today the wood for the pergola arrive and on Saturday we’ll be moving the shed to its new home at the bottom of the garden.

In a week we’ll start buying and installing software.

Some of Andy’s other work can be seen here. (I need to sort out his site)

Stay tuned for more on the garden and maybe even some insight from Andy on design, the restaurant business, writing children’s stories, country folk and traffic wardens.

Feel free to drop in if you’re in the Muswell Hill area.

Us in .net magazine

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:51:00 +0100

Us in .net magazine

Rich Hall on Tom Cruise

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Rich Hall on Tom Cruise

Foreign Beggars ‘Contact’

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:52:18 +0100

Foreign Beggars ‘Contact’

Wired's Photography Pet Peeves

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:41:01 +0100

Wired's Photography Pet Peeves

"His players include Craig Bellamy, Stephen Ireland, Shawn Wright-Phillips, Joleon Lescott, Adebayor,..."

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:15:11 +0100

“His players include Craig Bellamy, Stephen Ireland, Shawn Wright-Phillips, Joleon Lescott, Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, Micah Richards and Robinho, so City might be the team with the lowest IQ in Europe.”

- Myles Palmer

Lofoten, Norway (Arctic Circle)

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:22:00 +0100

I really should get back to shooting film again after stumbling across these old slides

These photos aren’t special but the feel of film just is!

For old times sake!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:19:00 +0100

For old times sake!

You can now compare moods over time (useful for Agile...

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:17:14 +0100

You can now compare moods over time (useful for Agile retrospectives) with MoodMapr

(Find out more at the MoodMapr blog)

The brokers with hands on their faces blog

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:08:00 +0100

This blog made me smile which is no mean feat

See more here

(thanks Miyo Wada)

"Real talk, it’s not that bullshit from The Wire. It’s them disco kids that clap iron"

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:10:00 +0100

“Real talk, it’s not that bullshit from The Wire. It’s them disco kids that clap iron”

- Ghostface