Orange Bowl (3/3)

From the air, you get a sense of how they used the real estate.

For reference, the letters that "fell off" are on the east side (under the open window) while on the orange bowl they were on the west side. But hey! It's abstract art!

You can see how they moved the footprint about two blocks south (to the right in the picture)

Orange Bowl (2/3)

The view from the east end zone of the orange bowl always looked toward downtown Miami.

When they designed marlins park, they wanted to have a retractable roof and a big window that could be opened.

As a further bit of homage to the old tenant, they oriented it so the window is in left field; the view is the same - looking toward the city in what was the east end zone.

Orange Bowl (1/3)

When the initial designs were drawn up to re-use the Orange Bowl site for Marlins Park, there was an effort to pay homage to the original tenant.

One thing they did was to design a kind of public art. They wanted it too look as if the letters on the façade of the old orange bowl fell off into the concrete; in an abstract way, they wanted us to imagine they lifted up the orange bowl in one corner and these letters slid off.

I think that's pretty clever!

Why editing matters

In a recent issue of Ad Age, there was an article about how AI needs to evolve when dealing with social media, so that people get more relevant information, rather than it being packaged for financial reasons. The person being interviewed says that we shouldn't assume technology will solve the problem.

Later in the issue, there's another article about facial recognition and all the patents that are out there. They talk about how they can directly reach out to consumers and include some items that clearly suggest that technology will solve the problem.

Ummmm. Maybe they should hire an editor.

Anchors aweigh!

Capitalism rules

Never forget this important fact: its always about money.  And when it comes to companies, its always about profit.

With that in mind, I heard earlier that Mike Hukabee was going on about how he lost respect for for the fil-a chicken shop.  The reason was because they "always stood on principle" and their faith come first.  But blah, blah, they are kowtowing and no longer give to certain charities, and blah, blah, blah, and maybe they'll even open on Sundays! The horror.

He wants to make it about something its not. This is about money.

With the exception of a few single-owner companies, *every* company will do what's in their financial best interests.  Maybe their beliefs can fit within the profit motive, but that can't last if they if there are others (particularly shareholders) involved.

In a changing world, evolving (pun intended since this relates back to religion) and adapting is a part of business.  If there is more money to be made by changing something about the business, a company will go all in.

As I said, never forget, its always about money. 

Classic moments in sports...



That time Sebastian the Ibis has a classic moment where he was almost arrested....

So much myrth. 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/27949666/the-true-story-sebastian-ibis-fire-extinguisher-arrest