¶ I’m a designer of new and old media, a photographer of storefronts, litter and cats, and an occasional lolcat author. ¶ This blog features random things I’ve made & random things I like or find interesting.Tumblr (3.0; @kevinsteele)http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lygngj65RH1qc5chro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Kissing kitties in Minecraft! </p> <p>That game is so adorable, even with the monsters that come out at night. I’ll have to check it out again now that there are minecats. I grabbed this still from <a href="http://youtu.be/x3zS6sj5dek">this video</a>.</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/16577694969http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/16577694969Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:20:00 -0500catminecraftminecats<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly84gwkK9Z1qc65d4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/16346555741http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/16346555741Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:01:27 -0500tobycat<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SKVcQnyEIT8?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>Delightful stop-motion animation involving contents of Queen West bookstore.</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/15577465653http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/15577465653Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:05:00 -0500videobooksstop motion animationtype bookstoronto<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxfp2sNg281qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://blogs.thestarphoenix.com/2011/12/29/band-swap-behind-the-scenes/">Band Swap behind the scenes | The Star Phoenix</a>)</p> <p>While I was in Saskatoon for the holidays I saw this awesome poster and had to snap it with my phone. I was glad to find a better version of it online.</p> <p>I wasn’t in Saskatoon long enough to attend the event, though I suspect no cats were actually involved. Cat Swap sounds like a bad idea.</p> <p>I’m reminded of a classic from Flickr:</p> <h1 class="photo-title" id="title_div1434884693"><img height="500" src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1188/1434884693_34578d36b1.jpg" width="348"/></h1> <p>(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keldemean/1434884693/">walter and his cat, 1995</a>)</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/15453364310http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/15453364310Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:28:41 -0500band swapsaskatoonpostercatspeople holding cats<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw5h5r7rFq1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Posterscape, Nassau at Augusta, Kensington Market</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14169273787http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14169273787Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:17:50 -0500Kensingtonnassau streetposterscapetoronto<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw2c5wpzfA1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14089101075http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14089101075Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:34:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw09spNc8J1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Testing instagram (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at Fort Toby)</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14029362783http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14029362783Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:48:24 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw05t2q7Z01qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025510102http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025510102Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:22:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw05rjWEqB1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025469384http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025469384Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:21:19 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw05lirgAX1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy napping. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025307739http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025307739Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:17:42 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw05asF7Wg1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025018854http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14025018854Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:11:15 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw056lTWfg1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14024906293http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14024906293Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:08:45 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrd75xmcWs1qzumbvo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sylvestercreep.tumblr.com/post/10083392907/please-visit-my-new-time-waster-cat-bounce">sylvestercreep</a>: Please visit my new time-waster: <a href="http://www.babydinosaureyes.com">CAT BOUNCE</a>!</p> <p>—</p> <p>Love it. Especially as I’m reminded of a comic I made some years ago:</p> <p><a href="http://kevinsteele.com/comic_outside.html"><img alt="comic by kevinsteele" height="706" src="http://kevinsteele.com/images/hunger/angelowinter.jpg" width="500"/></a></p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14018460058http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14018460058Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:39:55 -0500catbouncetabby<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvs8laCF2N1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14014410422http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/14014410422Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:45:53 -0500Parkdalemilky wayreflectionwallwindow<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvs8xvsosm1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13927883203http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13927883203Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:26:45 -0500TTCTorontoreflectionbus<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvs9203tqB1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Toronto, June 2006</p> <p>The spot where I stood to take this picture is a condo now. The building in the foreground is now a huge pit, soon to be a pair of condos. The next layer of buildings are already replaced by condo construction that has risen seven storeys, enough to block the view of downtown and the CN Tower.</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13824588245http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13824588245Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:07:00 -05002006CN TowerQueen West TriangleTorontoall it needs is a unicorngraffitirainbowreflection<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr857uknW1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/> Zak swings<br/><br/> <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr857uknW1qc5chro2_500.jpg"/><br/> Zak swings<br/><br/> <img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr857uknW1qc5chro5_500.jpg"/><br/> Marlon swings<br/><br/> <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr857uknW1qc5chro4_500.jpg"/><br/> Marlon swings<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr857uknW1qc5chro3_500.jpg"/><br/> Marlon swings<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr857uknW1qc5chro6_500.jpg"/><br/> Marlon swings the other way.<br/><br/> <img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr857uknW1qc5chro7_500.jpg"/><br/> The swing was tucked in to the left.<br/><br/> <p><em>Remembering the Secret Swing</em></p> <p>In the summer of 2005 I showed my brother and my cousin the Secret Swing, which was installed by artist Corwyn Lund in a wedge between two buildings, available from Graffiti Alley behind Queen Street West about a block an a half west of Spadina.</p> <p>Neither of them knew anything about the swing. I pretended that we were just going to check out the graffiti, and then had the pleasure of surprising them with the swing.</p> <p>A little bit more info: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Swing">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Swing</a></p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13799818638http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13799818638Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:54:42 -0500queen street westsecret swingtorontograffiti alley<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvljfwrH9d1qc6ua5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1174 to 1166 Queen St W | December 2011</p> <p>Yesterday <a href="http://queenwest.kevinsteele.com/day/2011/12/02">my posts on Portraits of Queen West</a> showed six years of changes on this stretch. Gallerywest just put up its sign after moving here from a few blocks west.</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13698013411http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13698013411Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:41:28 -0500galleryportraits of queen west<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvf5qcy1mr1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Makes me happy and sad at the same time. </p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13556570483http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13556570483Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:39:00 -0500schrödinger's catcat<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvam8xY0oI1qc5chro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Queen St W at Dunn Avenue | July 2006</p> <p>I’m happy to have my Portraits of Queen West featured in this BlogTO article <a href="http://www.blogto.com/people/2011/11/toronto_through_the_lens_of_kevin_steele/">Toronto through the lens of Kevin Steele</a>.</p>http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13373257002http://tumblr.kevinsteele.com/post/13373257002Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:36:18 -0500portraits of queen west