managing director, launchpad la partner, charlie ventures co-founder, charlie @samteller var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4991872-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @steller)http://samteller.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzl14vsVRf1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eft</p>http://samteller.com/post/17814899313http://samteller.com/post/17814899313Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:31:43 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzkf1g0SV21qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/02/bluestems-chawanmushi-with-hon-shimeji-scallion-dashi-recipe.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20seriouseatsfeaturesvideos%20(Serious%20Eats)&utm_content=Google%20Reader" target="_blank">Bluestem’s Chawanmushi with Hon Shimeji, Scallion, and Dashi | Serious Eats : Recipes</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17796418842http://samteller.com/post/17796418842Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:34:28 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzkaegQ1S91qzoa0go1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/mens_journal_gets_manlier.php" target="_blank"><em>Men’s Journal</em> Gets Manlier - Brand New</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17790787167http://samteller.com/post/17790787167Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:54:16 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgt97Ftt61qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy birthday Coloft (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17692299994http://samteller.com/post/17692299994Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:51:07 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgqbgHvVm1qzoa0go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/hotelshotelshotelshotelscom.php" target="_blank">HotelsHotelsHotelsHotels.com - Brand New</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17688278019http://samteller.com/post/17688278019Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:47:40 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgq5890RH1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2012/02/15/reebok-workout-25th-anniversary-a-full-look/" target="_blank">Reebok Workout 25th Anniversary - A Full Look | Highsnobiety.com</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17688032445http://samteller.com/post/17688032445Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:43:56 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgl7mdgBT1qb57q7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://samteller.com/post/17684764859http://samteller.com/post/17684764859Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:52:17 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdczrydKD1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2012/02/13/dogs-in-the-swimming-pool-photo-series/" target="_blank">Dogs in the Swimming Pool Photo Series | Highsnobiety.com</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17597079256http://samteller.com/post/17597079256Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:07:03 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcsmtBE5F1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://alejandrocartagena.com/car-poolers/" target="_blank">Alejandro Cartagena » New work/ Car Poolers 2011-</a>) h/t tatz</p>http://samteller.com/post/17572522476http://samteller.com/post/17572522476Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:47:17 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcit8xUaj1qai3sgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://taylorlorenz.tumblr.com/post/17561338110/doug-rickard-google-street-view" target="_blank">taylorlorenz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Photographer <a href="http://www.americansuburb.com/" target="_blank">Doug Rickard</a>, the son of a retired preacher, traveled each and every alleyway and business loop in America through Google Street View for two solid years to collect these unintentional stills — a selection of 80 from over 15,000 — each with a mix of apathy and empathy Rickard describes as “the inverse of the American Dream.” His work bears witness to invisiblized strati, a fading visual American poetry, and inch after inch of the American hinterlands, paradoxically cocooned by progress, as seen by nine-dimensional mounted cameras on Google vans endlessly traversing the nation.</p> <p>The most moving thing, perhaps, about Rickard’s lens is its pained acknowledgement that not one stone remains unturned, and the age of adventure has closed — hopefully, and quite wholly, to be replaced by something beyond the physical.</p> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/29.942566-New-Orleans-LA-2008-2009-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/39.259736-Baltimore-MD-2008-2011-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/39.777110-Camden-NJ-2009-2010_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/40.805716-Bronx-NY-2009-2011-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/41.779976-Chicago-IL-2007-2011-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/82.948842-Detroit-MI-2009-2010-1_525.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://assets.acehotel.com/images/blog/google-maps-images/83.016417-Detroit-MI-2009-2010-1_525.jpg"/></p> </blockquote>http://samteller.com/post/17564876154http://samteller.com/post/17564876154Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:41:39 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcc1ur3jw1qdoo05o8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://samteller.com/post/17564773550http://samteller.com/post/17564773550Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:39:47 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzba9eTWru1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.lataco.com/taco/mexicali-taco-co-soft-opening-dtla" target="_blank">LA TACO » Mexicali Taco & Co. Soft Opening ~ DTLA</a>)</p> <p>yess!</p>http://samteller.com/post/17531966449http://samteller.com/post/17531966449Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:12:50 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzba4qCzG91qzoa0go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/dr_quaker_and_mr_quaker.php" target="_blank">Dr. Quaker and Mr. Quaker - Brand New</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17531803578http://samteller.com/post/17531803578Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:10:02 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzb3e8cBT51qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/02/dinner-tonight-swiss-chard-and-pasta-soup.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20seriouseatsfeaturesvideos%20(Serious%20Eats)&utm_content=Google%20Reader" target="_blank">Dinner Tonight: Swiss Chard and Pasta Soup | Serious Eats</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17522834662http://samteller.com/post/17522834662Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:44:32 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzb38rHLWF1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.fubiz.net/2012/02/11/my-little-america-photography/marc-thirouin-my-little-america2/" target="_blank">marc-thirouin-my-little-america2 | Fubiz™</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17522627536http://samteller.com/post/17522627536Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:41:14 -0800<a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/romneymania-sweeps-america,27155/">Romneymania Sweeps America</a>: <p><span>From coast to coast, town to town, and in nearly every public meeting place and private residence across America, millions have been captivated, inspired, and in some cases moved to tears by presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who now finds himself campaigning before a nation in the throes of full-scale Romneymania.</span></p>http://samteller.com/post/17517851748http://samteller.com/post/17517851748Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:25:54 -0800<iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="400" height="271" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1384573" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/12/2793056/saturday-night-live-skewers-verizon-4g-advertising" target="_blank">‘Saturday Night Live’ accurately skewers Verizon 4G advertising | The Verge</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17517647072http://samteller.com/post/17517647072Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:22:40 -0800<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IdcKLuRjIX0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Whitney Houston Sings National Anthem (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcKLuRjIX0&feature=related" target="_blank">SomeKet</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17459501785http://samteller.com/post/17459501785Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:23:47 -0800<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wupsPg5H6aE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Star Spangled Banner Whitney Houston (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE&feature=related" target="_blank">jetcityjimi</a>)</p>http://samteller.com/post/17459405010http://samteller.com/post/17459405010Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:21:53 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7u0wOCme1qzoa0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dr Dog</p>http://samteller.com/post/17414122826http://samteller.com/post/17414122826Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:20 -0800