Blogathon!
Now, this looks interesting. A bunch of bloggers are getting together for a 24 hour blogathon on July 26th. The bloggers are sponsored by their readers and all proceeds go to a charity of their choice.
I wonder if Eric would be interested in this…
Protected Class of Citizen
Now, I don’t advocate the action of spitting in anybody’s food. But come on! Aggravated assault?
This is telling:
Aaron said the aggravated assault charge, a felony, was made against Arbuckle for one reason only: “The victim’s a police officer.”
Asked if he meant that such a charge would not have been made if Arbuckle were accused of spitting on another teenager’s burger, Aaron replied: “I think that’s accurate.”
Dorothea Lange
No other art form has the ability to speak to my soul like black and white photography. Saying that, one artist is at the very top of the game in this particular genre.
Hired by the Farm Security Agency to document the unprecedented migration of farmers from the dust bowl of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas to California, Dorthea Lange was able to capture some of the most poignantly haunting images of human pride and suffering ever documented in American history.
My interest in Lange began after reading The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. It is a truly fascinating part of our history. I am thankful Lange was there to chronicle it.
Flattery
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. That is why today I’ve decided to imitate a fantastic blog I discovered last week. J-Walk is a masterpiece of bloggery. I’ve found more interesting references and links on this site than any amount of time spent on Google.
And so, for today anyway, and perhaps longer, I’ve copied the style of J-Walk. Ya’ll get yourself over there and give it a gander now, ya hear.
Screenshots
This wonderful artwork was done by Jon Haddock, a 39 year old computer system engineer. When I first saw these pictures, I was convinced he found some way to hack into The Sims and manipulated the code to produce the final product. Not so it seems. All work was done using Photoshop.
There is an article on Salon detailing the process and his thoughts.
Awesome Honda Ad
While browsing the Tom Palmer blog, I came across a link for the most astounding car commercial I have ever seen. Do yourself a favor and check this out.
Xiao Xiao
This stick fighting animation has been on the net for awhile now. Be careful, you’ll become addicted!
Let the Music Play
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has an interesting campaign called Let The Music Play going on right now. This is in response to the RIAA’s heightened attempts to make file sharing a federal crime, punishable by prison time.
While I can understand both sides of this argument, it seems to me a bit of overkill to seek prison time for file sharing. Perhaps what the music industry needs is a business model.
Propaganda Remix Project
These
propaganda posters
were remade using some sort of graphics program. I think this guy has some talent, which is evident by the amount of hate mail he’s collected.
Snopes
Snopes is pretty much my favorite place to visit when researching the validity of urban legends.
