I’m Josh Ayala, a Music, Art and New Media Designer, Project Manager and champion of music, art and volunteerism through non-profit work. I live in Seattle. This is where I post inspirations, project notes, music I make and helpful or interesting links. I can be reached at info@badempire.com Archive | Delicious | Flickr | MySpace | MyFace | Linked | RSS | Twitter | Vimeo | Last.fmSpecial projects: Vera Project | TSBTumblr (3.0; @badempire)http://josh.badempire.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1617hrrib1qztrv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://voodoovoodoo.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">voodoovoodoo</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/855305305http://josh.badempire.com/post/855305305Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:41:45 -0700<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t6-vb20srZI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t6-vb20srZI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-vb20srZI&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">tarp surfing</a></p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/844158088http://josh.badempire.com/post/844158088Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:04:41 -0700“Science • crime • drugs • games • gold farming • network • web theory”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/21/similarities-between-1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Boing Boing</a></em>http://josh.badempire.com/post/844125951http://josh.badempire.com/post/844125951Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:53:59 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5y5ms0ABR1qz7bz3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100721132631.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Water on moon may be widespread, similar to Earth’s</a></p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/844114262http://josh.badempire.com/post/844114262Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:49:40 -0700“Video Game Processors Help Lower CT Scan Radiation”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100721161958.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Nice one</a></em>http://josh.badempire.com/post/844093650http://josh.badempire.com/post/844093650Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:43:09 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5tvdnGCfM1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>The Hottest June on Record, Everywhere in the World but Seattle</p> <p><a href="http://www.good.is/post/infographic-the-hottest-june-on-record/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+good%2Flbvp+%28GOOD+Main+RSS+Feed%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">GOOD</a></p> </blockquote>http://josh.badempire.com/post/834913295http://josh.badempire.com/post/834913295Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:33:15 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5imgjKwxl1qat99uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://subtilitas.tumblr.com/post/808013351/allied-works-architecture-maryhill-overlook" target="_blank">subtilitas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.alliedworks.com" target="_blank">Allied Works Architecture</a> - Maryhill overlook, Washington. A continuous concrete ribbon emerging from the earth on one end and leading towards the Columbia river gorge, the overlook’s <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sturgill/18767408/" target="_blank">cutouts</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sturgill/18767283/" target="_blank">frame</a> a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcestnik/2838043995/" target="_blank">variety</a> of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kpeng/2469345949/" target="_blank">views</a> of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcestnik/2838878932/" target="_blank">surrounding</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ae/124069674/" target="_blank">landscape</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://josh.badempire.com/post/808444249http://josh.badempire.com/post/808444249Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:39:20 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="300"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=13085676&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&server=vimeo.com&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&show_title=1" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13085676" target="_blank">BIG BANG BIG BOOM</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/blu" target="_blank">blu</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/798436338http://josh.badempire.com/post/798436338Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:31:58 -0700<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/11/colton-harris-moore-1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher">Colton Harris-Moore, "Barefoot Bandit," arrested in the Bahamas after 2 years on the lam - Boing Boing</a>: <p>19-year-old serial criminal Colton Harris-Moore has been caught, in the Carribean. Finally.</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/798337650http://josh.badempire.com/post/798337650Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:56:42 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ek16ZftC1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/07/dark-matter-sun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Dark Matter</a></p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/798316155http://josh.badempire.com/post/798316155Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:48:41 -0700<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=8569187&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&server=vimeo.com&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&show_title=1" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/8569187" target="_blank">AR</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/chocobaby" target="_blank">Keiichi Matsuda</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/787102336http://josh.badempire.com/post/787102336Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:51:21 -0700“man blows off arm with party fireworks”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iUkZKV0ISye0JeiYPCacwizpX1JgD9GNULT00" target="_blank">Be careful out there dudes.</a></em>http://josh.badempire.com/post/767655888http://josh.badempire.com/post/767655888Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:30:23 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pIX6YbpJ5wM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pIX6YbpJ5wM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://josh.badempire.com/post/754259551http://josh.badempire.com/post/754259551Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:54:33 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://josh.badempire.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/753051383/tumblr_l3y17piBJY1qb9oa5&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Harlem - Friendly Ghost</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://josh.badempire.com/post/753051383http://josh.badempire.com/post/753051383Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:21:56 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ti2gWrja1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/752991073/i-feel-fine-nothing" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/anotherbb/2010/06/pill-poppers.html" target="_blank">I feel fine/nothing</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://josh.badempire.com/post/753049010http://josh.badempire.com/post/753049010Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:20:55 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4takl3o8h1qz7bz3o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://josh.badempire.com/post/752523807http://josh.badempire.com/post/752523807Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:14:45 -0700“A “psychic” octopus is said by its aquarium owners to have predicted the country’s football team will knock England out of the World Cup.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10420131.stm" target="_blank">BBC News</a></em>http://josh.badempire.com/post/739675643http://josh.badempire.com/post/739675643Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:32:22 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ie202Gpj1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/P5030310.jpg" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.woostercollective.com" target="_blank">www.woostercollective.com</a></a></p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/730666352http://josh.badempire.com/post/730666352Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:56:23 -0700<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1PawtbD-GQQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1PawtbD-GQQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PawtbD-GQQ&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Driving Driving Driving</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/mrskimyadawson" target="_blank">mrskimyadawson</a>)</p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/730643249http://josh.badempire.com/post/730643249Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:45:30 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4idj7DrQY1qz7bz3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.alexandrosmaragos.com/2010/06/oil-spill-from-space.html" target="_blank">Momentum</a></p>http://josh.badempire.com/post/730642504http://josh.badempire.com/post/730642504Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:45:07 -0700