Lucas Longo's blog

Casa Bola - Ball House on French Documentary

2010-01-18T12:46:00.006-05:00

Here's the link.

Unfortunately they do not allow to embed the video outside of their site :(

It was a great journey

2009-12-24T08:25:00.000-05:00

Today I say goodbye to the "orange beast", as some called her.

Body Sushi - memory game on sale!

2009-09-24T16:47:00.002-05:00

This is a project I did for hire that is now finally on sale! Thanks to Will Hogben and Alex Sikora.

iTunes link to the app!
Fun and addictive... find all the matches to reveal the sexy lady or hunk behind the sushi items!

Pixel Park - Opening Pictures

2009-08-12T19:40:00.003-05:00

Liana's pictures:

http://www.superuber.com/pixelpark/pages/LucasLiana.html

Some by Dudu:

Pixel Park - Montagem Sabado

2009-08-09T21:50:00.002-05:00

Pixel Park

2009-08-07T14:52:00.007-05:00

As some of you may know I've been setting up a small school / gallery space here in São Paulo in a space owned by my father... well it's literally under his house - a sphere.
The school is called Institudo de Artes Interativas or Interactive Arts Institute.
iAi (eeh-ah-eeh) in Portuguese means "so?" in the sense of "what's going on?"
Our slogan is a question.
iAi? Como funciona?
So? How does it work?
In any case, I met with Liana Brazi, Russ Rive and Marcelo Pontes fom SuperUber some months ago and we realized that their work and what I want to teach here at the school are completely in line.
They were looking for a space for their first self-signed exhibit.
I was trying to explain what I wanted to teach here at iAi.
I immediately offered the space. It was a perfect match!
Pixel Park starts next week - Aug 11 to 23!!
The setup is looking great!

Veja também os videos das obras do SuperUber!

@ Google Developer Day

2009-07-15T15:56:00.003-05:00

Great event - well organized.

Wave is awesome!

Android presentation was very buggy...

So I was showing off the iPhone...

Take a look at the rest of the pictures.

iAi novo site e novas datas!

2009-06-25T18:47:00.003-05:00

Acabo de colocar no ar o novo site do iAi? Instituto de Artes Interativas!
Baseado no Ning - o site se tornou uma espécie de rede social tipo Orkut ou Facebook.
Como novas datas para o Curso de iPhone SDK - Xcode, Interface Builder, e Objective-C continuo com meu esforço de montar a escola!
Participem!

iAi in the news!!

2009-04-02T13:31:00.002-05:00

Another item about my school (www.iaibrasil.com.br) published, at my request :)

Mac Magazine thanks to Rafael Fischmann!

iAi web site is up!!!

2009-03-28T15:06:00.002-05:00

Uff!!
Finally I put all the information in the right places and my school's website is up!!
Will be translating it into English and Spanish shortly... for now here it is in Portuguese:
www.iaibrasil.com.br

Grandma motorcycle ride

2009-03-21T10:35:00.004-05:00

Now I know where I got my adventurous spirit from!

Last Sunday after lunch I jokingly asked my grandmother if she wanted me to take her home on my motorcycle.

She simply asked if I had an extra helmet and put it on!

Mind you, she's 87 years old!

Here are the pictures:

iAi - the buzz is starting

2009-03-11T12:54:00.002-05:00

First "official" article about my school!!

Thanks to "Blog do iPhone"! for the review!

Sagatiba - my first iPhone App on the App Store

2009-03-09T15:02:00.002-05:00

Sagatiba - a Brazilian premium cachaca - a distilled drink from sugar cane - hired me some months ago to do their iPhone application.
It got approved by Apple to be placed on the App Store this weekend - for free.
Check out Sagatiba's web site.

Link to the App Store:

Also - got a review from a Brazilian blog - iPhone Blog.

Interview at New TV - TV IG

2009-01-08T07:59:00.003-05:00

Yesterday Marc and I were interviewed by Marcelo Godoy who runs New TV - an online TV show about mobile technologies. Here's the video:
Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Update since arrival in SP

2009-01-05T11:46:00.004-05:00

Great to be back home and see all of my family and friends...
Marc and I went to the coast of SP with NO computer and no video camera - a break from the blogging - but not from the bikes.
It rained a lot in Barra do Una (north coast of Sao Paulo state) but then when we went to Rio on the 28th the weather opened up to great sunshine until the 1st of January.
In Rio we had a great group - Stephanie, Jonathan, Dahlia and Glen - along with the "locals" Miguel and Renata who were our guides once in a while.
We had an amazing time in Rio eating at BBLanches almost every meal, going to the beach in Barra and going out at night.
New Year's Eve in Copacabana - millions of people peacefully and democratically united on the beaches for the 20 minute long uncoordinated fireworks spectacle. Very cool.
Back to SP on the first on the bikes we got one of the heaviest rains we saw in the entire trip down from the US!
And now back to real life!!
Some more pictures from the arrival:

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Motorcycle Recepetion invitation

2009-01-05T11:39:00.004-05:00

My sister did a cute little animation for the invitation to our arrival in Sao Paulo:

Arrival post updated with video :)

2008-12-22T13:36:00.002-05:00

Jayme Watt Longo

2008-12-21T16:06:00.004-05:00

My grandfather went today after a fruitful life of impressive discipline, determination, focus, honesty, and vision.
A leader, a gentle boss, stern but not harsh, quiet but attentive, a traveler and explorer.
He has always been the solid and stable figure of the family.
He went at home this morning.
A simple burial with only the direct family.

Day 80 - Fazenda Mato Dentro to Sao Paulo!!!!

2008-12-21T07:33:00.003-05:00

Woke up with Pedro and Armando who had arrived on their bikes from Sao Paulo :)
Had some breakfast and went over to Sao Paulo with about 12 motorcycles!!
Very cool and different riding with so many bikes.
Arriving in Sao Paulo was quite emotional... great feeling to have completed the journey!
Arrived at my Dad's house and there were about 30 people waiting for us with banners, champagne and lots of happiness!
What a reception!! Very very cool.
Stayed there till a lot later and then went to my Mom's where there were yet more people later on since it was her birthday the next day.
Great to be home!

From Motorcycle NY to SP

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Day 79 - Londrina to Fazenda Mato Dentro

2008-12-19T18:01:00.001-05:00

Quick post - no internet here - morning spent getting Gui a new tire
then driving the entire afternoon (300 miles) to get to Campinas and
then to the farm where Dudu (another cousin) was waiting for us :)
Now doing some churrasco (barbecue) and drinking some beer :)
Tomorrow day 80 and Sao Paulo!!!!

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Day 78 - Fazenda Barbacena to Londrina

2008-12-18T21:59:00.002-05:00

Great day - visit to Usina Vale do Ivai in the morning - sugar and alcohol production plant - always learn something new when I go there.
It's one of the most self sufficient industries I know of:
- Sugar cane by itself is a renewable source of energy
- The fibers of the sugar cane are burnt to produce enough electricity for the entire plant + surplus to sell back to the grid
- The soot from the burnt fibers is spread on the soil as a fertilizer
- The unused/old yeast is used as an additive to livestock feed
- The "vinhaca" - a bi-product of the fermentation process is used as a fertilizer as well
- The yeast-cream is bought from breweries around the country to produce more dried yeast, which comes with 6 alcohol by the way, for "free"
- The residue from the sugar process is sent back into the alcohol plant to extract even more sugar
- The water used to wash and cool is always filtered and could be bottled for drinking
... and the list goes on...
In any case... after the visit we had lunch at the farm, had a nap and headed towards Londrina - only an hour and a half away.
There we met Otto and Guilherme who rode their motorcycles (BMS 1200GS and a BMW 800S) from Sao Paulo to meet with us.
Later on we went to another cousin's house - Adriana Carioba - to have some beers then dinner.
Very pleasant dinner at a Japanese place in town.
All drunk from Saque now going to bed :)

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Day 77 - Foz de Iguacu to Fazenda Barbacena

2008-12-18T00:32:00.001-05:00

Short but exciting post!
At my family's farm in Parana, 450km northeast of Foz de Iguacu, +/- 1000km west of Sao Paulo next to a small town called Sao Pedro do Ivai.
This is where I spent most of my childhood vacations and have many fond memories of.
Very cool to arrive here by motorcycle, especially coming from so far away.
It all looks great, smells wonderful, and tastes amazing. We had some chicken with orange sauce along with wild rice and beans and salad. All local produce and by default "organic".

Maybe that's why I always found the organic concept strange - it was always something so common and taken for granted when I grew up.
Lucky me. Very lucky me for having such conscious grandparents and parents raising us with the best possible in terms of health and education.

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Day 76 - Foz de Iguacu

2008-12-16T14:58:00.005-05:00

All day tourist day :)
Tour bus picked us up at 9:10am and took us to Iguacu Falls - very cool walk along the pathways and very impressive the size, noise and amount of water of the falls.
Amazingly few Brazilians - most Argentineans and Europeans... interesting... well... not so surprising - I've lived in Brazil most of my life and never even thought of coming here to see this!
After the falls we stopped at a buffet style restaurant where we ate a bit - well - more like a lot - feijoada, cupim, farofa, guarana, suco de acerola and all the Brazilian food I missed quite a bit!
The afternoon was dedicated to Itaipu - the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world in terms of megawatts produced.
It's a "joint" project of Brazil and Paraguay but the story goes that Brazil basically paid for it... Paraguay pays it's share now with electricity.
Paraguay uses only 7% of the energy produced, selling the remainder 43% back to Brazil. This 7% supplies 90% of Paraguay's needs.
Brazil in turn utilizes 93% of the energy produced supplying 20% of our energy needs!! Crazy.
Apparently the new Paraguayan president wants to increase the price at which they sell the electricity to us. According to the deal signed back in 1973 the price cannot be readjusted until 2025. This has been causing some friction between the two countries along with a land reform the Paraguayan president promised the people before being elected. A good chunk of land in Paraguay is owned and run by Brazilian farmers. The people are now protesting against this Brazilian position and demanding that the Brazilians leave their country and land... uff...
Back in the hotel waiting for the torrential rains to go by and then go out into the city again.
Tomorrow we'll be back on the bikes riding to Sao Pedro do Ivai - Fazenda Barbacena!!

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TED Talks

2008-12-15T21:36:00.003-05:00

Some of the TED Talks I liked in no particular order...

Heard 79 of them these past two days riding... still in 2006 :)

An atheist's call to arms - Richard Dawkins (2002)
Design is in the details - Paul Bennett (2005)
12 sustainable design ideas from nature - Janine Benyus (2005)
Hardware solutions to everyday problems - Saul Griffith (2006)
The rise of the amateur professional - Charles Leadbeater (2005)
Three things to know before you ski to the North Pole - Ben Saunders (2005)
Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy? - Dan Gilbert (2004)
The paradox of choice - Barry Schwartz (2005)
What we can learn from spaghetti sauce - Malcolm Gladwell (2004)
The science of love, and the future of women - Helen Fisher (2006)
Open-source architecture to house the world - Cameron Sinclair (2006)

Day 75 - Posadas to Foz de Iguacu

2008-12-15T17:09:00.004-05:00

BRASIL!! We have arrived!!
Easy day of riding, some more turns than yesterday thankfully and a little bit more mountainous terrain but not that much :)
We arrived in Puerto Iguacu and stopped for lunch and some tips as to where to stay - Brazilian or Argentinean side.
We got an irrefutable offer from Alejandro - a good rate a Hotel Suica and a free tour of the falls and Itaipu tomorrow!
The border crossing was one of the easiest and fastest ones we've done so far - we both got 40 days to stay in Brazil - I came in with my Italian passport thinking it would give me some advantage over coming in with my Brazilian one - effectively I would not have been allowed to come into the country with a used motor-vehicle!
We found the hotel after some running around, called our folks, and jumped into the pool... very nice :)
Now going out to check the town out and celebrate our arrival in Brazil!

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