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Author: Benson C.

UC Davis Campus Map Project

As of this moment, I’m a senior from UCD. Just filed my graduation a few weeks back – this is my last quarter here if things sail smoothly. I wanted to capture how the campus looks today, just so I can see the changes when

Your votes have spoken

Over 150 voters. Only 1% difference between the first and second ranked candidates. Your vote says Spicy Tuna shall be the name for TIZ’s new project. Time to design things up. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Mac. Camera. & Hot Cocoa

It’s been a good 8 months since I bought the Mac. There’s been projects over projects and the default 250 gb hard drive suddenly seem minimal. “Well, get an external hard drive” you say, but if either one of the hard drives crashes, I’m screwed.

Mac. Camera. & Hot Cocoa

It’s been a good 8 months since I bought the Mac. There’s been projects over projects and 250gb of default hard drive space suddenly seemed minimal. “Well, then get an external hard drive.” That’d mean an extra thing to carry when I head out to

Get your stickers printed for FREE!?

I’m getting the direction directly from their site:“That’s right folks! We’re giving away 50 FREE FULL COLOR Custom Die Cut Stickers for anyone who links back to StandOut Stickers! Be sure to use one of our text links below or a banner to promote us.

Visual Miscellaneum -My new buy

I came across this book the other day at Border’s(where I jot down the name, then got it via Amazon to save a couple of bucks). Blew my mind. Just judge by its cover, the intensive graphics were enough to give me a seizure.  by

-Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website

Pick out THE name for my new project

You’ve selected the finalists. Here’s the time to pick out THE one for the new project – a site that compiles with all the inspirational, epic graphics/videos I stumble across the web, where I spend most of my day browsing while procrastinating. Click here to

Valentine’s 2010. Pre-order ready.

You’ve got the next 72 hours. Tick-Tock. The shirt for 2010 – The stiff looking King’s actually a romantic. With a bouquet of roses and a box of chocolate, he’s got the moves for his be-loved queen. Just on the flip side, Queen’s happy. Limited

TIZ got featured on G4TV!

Game Trailers – E3 2010 – Attack This The Project. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

UCI Alpha Phi Omega design process

A friend from UCI’s APhiO contacted me about the an opportunity to collaborate. I took it. Background info:It’s a shirt for their family tree. She’s from the “Baby cow line” and the other end of the family tree is “Baby penguin”, so she wanted an

FAT FACE

what a name, huh? It’s a young restaurant/popsicle shop here in the cuts of Davis. It was Friday afternoon. Kevin, James(who finally found the time), and I got together for brunch. For the Davis folks, food has always been taken care of at places like

Hotpot Night

It’s been pouring like the apocalypse. This is perfect for the berserk weather in Davis.Hot soup, delectable ingredients, and house full of fun people. It was good time. It was a chance to play around with the lens and introduce to you some of great

dTALE x TIZ Zeeb collaboration

Hailing from Ottawa, Canada, dTALE dance crew had a collaboration with the TIZ’s custom zeebs. Crew director – Nick Soru Linh Le Sylvia Ta Jay Kim Turbileg “Turbo” Janabazar Nian “En-Tee” Tsyr Ng Ermi Tadesse Daniel Katz Curtis Alvaro Andy Nguyen Phirak Vong Anqi Wu

Blog Layout Reconstruction V3

Yes, yet another renovation of the blog layout. But not because I don’t like the previous one. In fact, the one before was definitely more complex and flamboyant, however, it bugs me that it doesn’t quite fit with the rest of the TIZ web pages.

Day Trip to..A lot of places

Vacaville, San Francisco, and San Jose. That’s 3 distant locations, 1 whole day, and half of a tank. To celebrate the 3-day weekend, we cramped all the good places into one. After a nutritious meal of McDonald, we took off – from Davis.Michelle’s dad’s bday

Help Me Decide on…

Your vote counts.Help me decide on the new name for my new web project. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Nexus One unboxing

Tony decided to keep it. So, let’s have a look at this new Google phone. Right off the bat, the design of the case is simple with a hit of the primary colors. I’m a big packaging guy, this hits the spot. I happened to

Nexus One – Latest Google Phone

Tony was over at the Crunchies Awards, an annual competition for the most innovative and profound startups of the year, last Friday. Google was there, also – scouting for new ideas and potential candidates for their ever so great ideas, perhaps. The Googlers went with

Poster Featured on The Awesomer!

Woot, the poster was featured on The Awesomer, where AWESOME stuff would be posted daily, check it out. HA. They’ve got plenty cool gadgets. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Recipe for the Lego Burger

Dear Readers, Enjoy this mouth watery recipe for the new year of 2010. Bon Appetit -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

New Year’s Eve/ Dinner

Just had our last 2009 dinner together. The food was amazing. CHEERS! The celebration didn’t stop here. Spent the New Year’s eve with Robert, Lillian, and Michelle. Michelle’s mom’s always full of energy. Forgive my shaky hands. You get the point. Happy 2010 -Benson|| Twitter

Winter Imaginations..coming soon

Allow me to start off 2010 with a few new imaginations. It is, indeed, the year of Tiger. Something graffiti looking.Something mouth watering.Something Green.Something 2010. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Best of 2009!

I had to do it. -Transforming this mixed entries blog page to a personal journal. -First DSLR camera – Canon XTi -First printed Back label -First TIZ x Artists series -Transformation of the webpage -TIZ’s biggest fashion show. More than 25 performers. -My first concert

TIZ x Sae x Fashionably Live Fashion Show

I’m about 2 days late on this event, my bad. Background:Awhile back, TIZ was invited to Center Court for one of their annual events – Fashionably Live, where a bunch of local designers would gather and display their collections on the catwalk to help raise

Welcome our lastest companion!

ZALO – “A daily compilation of Life’s everyday beautiful struggles. From Photography, Night life, Sneakers, Music, Sports, and my one shot at Life.” -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

My Brain Project

Nothing too crazy. I discovered a small canvas(something I bought looong time ago with the mentality that I’d do something cool with it that never worked out) the other day. Even with a bunch of other projects at hand, I thought it’d be quite a

Merry Post-X’mas!

Hope you all have received something you wanted, whether it was quality time, delectable food, or just straight up gifts. I sure got something I wanted(in all the categories). Thanks, everyone. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Origami Project – TIZ x AllenChou

Mystery solved – Allen’s my brother. He’s got a crafty pair of hands. Recently, he stumbled upon this amazing origami, after looking up for its tutorial video, we decided to make a project out of it. I cut out a few pieces of paper to

Happy Holidays

It’s on TIZ’s front page. Best wishes! -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Post-thxgiving: Logitech Z-5 USB/360 speakers

Let’s face it, Mac’s built in speakers just can’t do the job when it comes to group entertainments. Don’t get me wrong, they do a superb job when I’m by myself. In a quiet room. After watching a few movies with a couple of friends,

The Cruise – Mexico

Like announced last week, I was away to Mexicooo. Here’s what happened (Ready for a 50+ photo entry): The cruise departed from Long Beach and took us to 3 cities of Mexico, supposedly, to enjoy some sun, some shopping, and some recreation. First stop’s LA.

I’m back! And the lucky winners are..

Whoa, the cruise was nice(and will be posted shortly), but even nicer to be back home.I was pleasantly surprised to see how many comments I’ve received. Thanks for every single one of them – where have you guys been all this time?! We’re all going