tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125219472012-01-26T21:35:03.541+10:00i never go anywhere without a camera. i drink to get drunk. comfortable with technology, but not a geek. write for the satisfaction, not the story. take people's advice, but careful of their opinions.mark robert allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11680201342684053409noreply@blogger.comBlogger23231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12521947.post-81938317686803376912012-01-26T21:34:00.000+10:002012-01-26T21:35:03.581+10:00

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Happy straya day

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Facebook partnered with card maker Moo to give away 5000 sets of business cards based on your Facebook timeline. Mine just arrived this morning.

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This is the beet thing to do with all the summer mangos up here in NQ. Fresh mango with coriander and chili.

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Here's some pics from the recent family visit to the ville.

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the "free candy inside" sticker was a great addition to this rape van.

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Following from my previous post http://www.markrobertallen.com/search?q=WatchSony has just announced a smart watch that connects to your android phone. Come on apple, surely you can blow this out of the water. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/sony-smart-watch-lets-you-monitor-your-xperia-from-your-wrist/

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So this guy that comes into the cafe was telling me about how he was part of a team that captured an air base in the iraq war (love living in a battalion city). Apparently everyone was grabbing what they could and he managed to grab a 2m wide oil painting of Sudan. Crazy.

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This time of the year up here in NQ there's plenty of fresh mangos. The best way to enjoy them is with fresh chili, coriander and a pinch of salt.

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Boat shoe hightops

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click here to check out a collection of this years street art from around the world. there's some amazing pieces and it really reminds you that great art can be found anywhere - the only limit is your creativity.

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At 7.30pm on boxing day beck gave birth to little Winnie Danger Allen. More to follow.

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This is why you pay extra for a designer to proof read your shit.

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Got my Christmas present early. It's supposed to be for Winnie's nursery but she might have to fight me for it.

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Rockin around the Xmas tree it's a holy holy day.

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Saw this hanging on the stop walk tonight.

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Almost there.

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I'm all for honesty in advertising and the use of real people over models but I also believe that there's a line. Shower power, you have crossed this line.

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Locked myself out of the car today. In the rain.

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Shit's getting real. We did the initial clean out of the spare room an set up a few things but there's still so much to do.

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Just finished a custom print that someone ordered for their sisters birthday. They wanted all the names of the places she had visited on a print.

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had a pregnancy portrait done. what do you think?

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thought i'd share some pics of beck while she's just about to burst with our little winnie.

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Nailed it.

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I have an iPhone which I have with me almost all the time. But there's times when I don't have access to it or when it's not polite to take it out to check it so why the hell can't I bluetooth tether an iWatch (iPod nano worn as a watch) to my iPhone and receive notifications to my wrist?I've looked everywhere online but no one has hacked something together yet and there's no rumors out there

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Put up a new wall in the sweatshop

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Stage 2 of the shop renovations: we covered over the door to the office (pictured) and knocked out the other wall for access and to create the glassy area for when it's a bar.

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3 day shop fit completed. We are now ready to open after a whirl wind crazy DIY extravaganza.

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Almost done. Complete shop fit completed in three days.

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Baby on the way, bar opening soon so why not fit out a new shop? Beck is gung-ho as usual despite being pregnant.

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It's been a very long and expensive road but we are almost there.

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Seen at Howard's storage Townsville.

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The exhibition for October is showing a range of prints in and around the valley area in Brisbane that I took years ago as a student. These prints highlight the grime and dirt concealed amongst the new buildings and yuppies sipping coffee. This is the real valley. It's been great to dust these old prints off an get them back on a wall.

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Just spotted my name in the background of Chris Farley's seminal buddy picture Black Sheep. Awesome.

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it's finally gone live and you can find it in the android and apple app store.   it's free and ordering can't be easier!   http://itunes.apple.com/app/the-sweatshop/id469226620?mt=8

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i'm pretty blown away that this man has gone. he really worked up to the end in a company that he loved. really loved. he changed the face of consumer technology and the world will be a little darker without him.

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It's been years since I have made a canvas but I spent some time up at The Space with the creative kids that call it home in their studios. It was a creative boost that inspired me to create these two pieces.

mark robert allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11680201342684053409noreply@blogger.com0The Sweatshop Flinders Street, Townsville-19.257931 146.820292tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12521947.post-53820490605861607572011-09-12T21:08:00.001+10:002011-09-12T21:08:59.072+10:00

had a story i submitted to clients from hell published on their site (it's the second one in the pic).

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September's window poster isn't actually a poster

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Got my pic picked for this weeks shooting challenge on gizmodo.http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/shooting-challenge-4-office-workspace-shots/

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An unnamed German graffiti artist has just finished bombing our AT-AT and it looks awesome. Now we just have to find a place to hang it.

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It's a girl! We found out yesterday and now we're pumped to meet little Winnie.

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This awesome piece shows what happens when you apply heat to crayons.

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We use a lot of sharpie Pens at the sweatshop so it's great to see sharpie come up with such a cool promotion http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/sharpie-starts-revolution-with-aggressive-ad-campaign.html

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Checkout the size of the chili we had for dinner last night. Ouch!

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Someone had stashed a post tube in the gallery with this piece inside. Sneaky, but we love it.

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Fell over in the mangroves yesterday while crabbing.

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Here's an assortment of stuff from around the web we're looking at.

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It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stmSent from my iPad

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Hank got a good review in the paper for his photography exhibition.

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I'm posting this in response to DJ steve Lind's post.

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When asked for a list of things people may not know about you are you really going to claim to be conceived in Hawaii?

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Almost finished.

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Someone yarn-bombed the dugon at the strand.

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We are building a diorama of the star wars battle for hoth which includes a massive cardboard AT-AT.

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Tis highlights the problem perfectly. What an easy scapegoat? Must be those little bastards!

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i'm trying to work out which of the many different ways to say "we're having a baby" to actualy use - there's lots. but i can't decide which one to use so i don't worry about it. i'll just post this link for you to check out yourself. stay tuned.

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Words can't describe how good this little hum-dinger is.

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I'm pretty sure that's not how you spell it.

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Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Scope Mouthwashhttp://links.laughingsquid.com/post/5393665927/doritos-nacho-cheese-flavored-scope-mouthwash

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the plane taking us back from the brisbane seafood festival had just touched down back in townsville and all of the impatient passengers who had unbuncled their belts the moment the plane touched tarmac were lined up in the isle when we overheard two guys behind us say that aparently osama was dead. it was one of those huge things that you hear that spread at the speed of speach and you're not

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You can now bid on the television poster from April starting at $1 with all proceeds going to the kids hospital. Bid here: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270744976987

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Saw this is a travel mag. Surely they would have cropped that shot of the kid getting out of the pool and accidentally ruining the shot? Is it laziness or did they want it to be "real"?

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I found this and thought t was a great idea so I sent it to uncrate who published it here http://uncrate.com/stuff/beeracuda/It's basically a beer quiver that holds 5 beers so you can roam the streets properly lubricated.

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Saw this today - the article headline/ad placement is awesome.

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We will be holding an exhibition in July showing photos taken dogs. We have rigged up a camera to the dogs harness to take a pic every so often from the dogs perspective and captures what it's looking at. Here's a few test pics.

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Just flicking through some old Thailand pics and I saw this one that made me remember how awesome the sunsets were from our bungalow.

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My office, sweatshop style.

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we were really proud donate an xbox 360, nintendo wii and wii fit board to the kids hospital this week. it was all thanks to the donations from the sweatshop customers that mde it possible and bids on the window posters so we can't take any credit. we spent the afternoon setting it up and helping the kids get started with the games. keep donating and any ideas on what to buy next for the kids

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I guess you can't really argue with that. Any other water just wouldn't be as awesome.

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Spotted this tiny sprayed and cut out stencil of a UFO out the front of the sweatshop today.

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The new tv poster is up and operational. The tv will work after dark showing movies and clips. Don't forget to bid on the Charlie Sheen poster!> > >

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Thought this was a little ironic since they say theyre so natural but the ingredients include acidity regulator 263 and anti caking agent 551

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we never play out wii anymore and the old xbox was due for an upgrade so we gathered up the consiles, peripferals and a bunch of games and turned them into a new consile.

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I was going through my iPad's notes and found this blog post I wrote on a plane over thailand last year But never got around to posting it. I remember being a little drunk when I wrote it at close to midnight in a crowded, smelly plane...A guy two rows ahead of me in economy farted really loudly on the plane. I was used to covert airplane gas but reminded me that most people travelled plugged

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At a workshop for the Open project learning how to capture high quality media - so this pic is kinda ironic.

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The Open project by the ABC involves a number of different ways that anyone can contribute their own media, stories, pictures etc to a creative common. Portrait of a stranger is one of those areas (http://open.abc.net.au/projects/portrait-of-a-stranger/contributions). Check out the rest of the open website for more info on how you can get creative and contribute your work.

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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/03/shooting-challenge-18-gorgeous-pet-photos/

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We've hung a bunch of new prints in the space today but this is definitely the favorite.

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