Yesterday I launched a new side project:

www.pocketsquaremafia.com

Essentially it celebrates the handkerchief, pocketsquare and haberdashery

“for the Made or Mad Man”

follow it on twitter @pocketSQmafia let me know what you think-

and if you happen to be wearing a pocketsquare-submit a pic-

Cigar Films-Episode 9-John Starks Legends Cigar
This episode was shot on location at :
Madison Cigar Lounge- Harlem NYC

This event features:

* NBA Legend/ NY Knick John Starks

* Santos Ramano

* Tony McFadden of Madison Cigar Lounge
* E. Zarzuela Cigars

www.ezarzuelacigars.com

Last weekend I attended The Next Hope (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference, held at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYC. It is held every 2 years and this is the 4th time I attended since 1998.

This is the badge-

this is the schematic for the badge designed by Travis Goodspeed-

“These badges are active RFID tags which beacon the position of each attendee a few times a second, so that the god damned devil army of lies–by which I mean the Next HOPE badge committee–can track each attendee around the Hotel Pennsylvania.”

There were alot of other cool things to check out such as this USB Typewriter setup and a working EASY button

Here are some topics to some of the talks I attended-

• Circuitbending
• Keeping Your Job While Being a Hacker
• Examining Costs, Benefits, and Economics in Malware and Carding Markets
• Arse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of Screw-It-Yourself
• How Hacking is Both the Death and Future of Traditional and Interactive Publishing, Journalism, and the Media
• Reach Out And Touch Face: A Rant About Failing
• Sita Sings the Blues: A Free Culture Success Story

A keynote was scheduled to be given by Julian Assange of Wikileaks , he did not show for obvious reasons, but his partner Jacob Appelbaum and developer of TOR gave a great talk,cover past, present and future developments of the project and showed the much talked about a videotape showing a U.S. Army Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed a dozen people, including two Reuters news staff. for more information check out CollateralMurder.com

I got to ride a Segway (video on that later) and got put on to Etherape!-is a packet sniffer/network traffic monitoring tool, developed for Unix (thank you AngelXIII!)

I met threat analyst and journalist, known as a former grey hat hacker, Adrian Lamo  (we now follow each other on foursquare)

He also informed the authorities of the identity of a US Army Intelligence Specialist who is alleged to be the source of the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike video leak to Wikileaks.

Which shows guts and balls and I am in his corner no matter what his reputation may now be in the hacker community.

I also enjoyed 2 greats talk and got a pic with Johannes Grenzfurthner

(No-I do not work for @cafebustelo)

He is the founder of monochrom, an internationally acting art and theory group.

I shot an interview with a teacher from The Hacktory, a Philidelphia-based group that promotes the use of technolog in the arts.

(look for that video to be posted soon)

Overall, it was a good time of learning and unlearning.

Note: Most of the videos of the talks can be downloaded at Hattorents.com

Dissolving sugar cube in glass of Absinthe

@Teledboi-Dope DJ’s with DOPE Technology

me and @thefatapplenyc

Me and Rameet-Developer of a cool Augmented Reality Vodka Iphone App

This mixtape features Agua Negro by VICELOUNGE-
Tai Allen, Yours Truly  & DeVasha Lloyd’s hubby Craig Knight

thanks Mike Ashley for the love!

Life and Soul Mixtape 2

All the things – Jua

Back n Forth (Remix) – Mycah Chevalier

Without You – Mika ft Mic El

Great2Me – Green Tea

Magic – Darien

So Smooth (Extended Version – Wadz 12^th Note Mix) – Ashanti Munir

Agua Negro (Tension) – Vicelounge

My Love – Jimmie Reign

Nobody (DOA Mix) – St Jaimz

My Magazine – JP (Produced by Herb Middleton)

97 – Dam Good Soul ft Elisha LaVerne

Certified Organic (Remix) – Adina Nyree

Take Me Away (#2 Old School French Mix) – Gemma Genezzano

Love on You (Soul Mix) – Montalfish (Colleen Max Fisher & Christian Montalbano)

Love Lost (Remix) – Juliette Leon

Bonus Dance Mix

Take Me Away (#2 Old School French Mix) – Gemma Genezzano

Artists Websites

Thanks to all the artists for allowing me to showcase their music.  Please visit the following sites and buy some music

Jua http://www.juasmusic.com/

Mycah Chevalier http://www.mycah.net/

Mika http://www.mikamuseic.com/

Mic El http://www.myspace.com/mic_el

Green Tea www.diaryofindependentartistgreentea.blogspot.com

Darien http://darienonline.wordpress.com/

Ashanti Munir http://www.myspace.com/grooveallegianceusa

Vicelounge http://vicelounge.com/

Jimmie Reign http://www.myspace.com/jimmiereign1

St Jaimz http://www.myspace.com/saintjaimzmuzic

Herb Middleton http://nuvyberecords.com/

Dam Good Soul http://www.damgoodsoul.net/

Adina Nyree www.adinanyree.com

Gemma Genezzano http://www.gemmagenazzano.com/

Montalfish http://www.myspace.com/Montalfish

Juliette Leon http://www.myspace.com/julietteleon

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Episodes 6 &7- Cigar Inn 12/12/2009 NYC-ended up editing so much footage into 2 episodes to end 2009.

Cigarfilms Episode 6: Cigar Inn Miami Cigars & Don Pepin –

Shot on location at Cigar Inn Lounge NYC on December 12, 2009.

This event features discussions with:

• Don Pepin Garcia, Jaime Garcia of  El Rey De Los Habanos Cigars
• Nestor Miranda of The Miami Cigar & Company
• Edde Ortega & Erik Espinosa of United Tobacco Inc

Cigarfilms Episode 7: Cigar Inn Miami Cigars & Don Pepin –

Shot on location at Cigar Inn Lounge NYC on December 12, 2009.
This episode features discussions with:

• Eddie Ortega of United Tobacco Inc.,
• Ray Dawson, Creator of the Nocturnal Peacock Cigar
• Gus Fahik Owner of the Cigar Inn
• Nestor Miranda of The Miami Cigar

This show is dedicated to Avelino Lara ( March 20, 1921-October 27, 2009)

Check out more episodes at cigarfilms.com