June 2008
Security Camera System Busts Homeless Woman Who... →
(author unknown) via Gizmodo shared by 5 people Shared by Marina Martin
I’m not sharing this for the story, I’m sharing it for the simply amazing closet photo.
A homeless woman…
May 2008
Egg Speakers Provide Hours Of Wobbly Fun... →
In case you were dying for a pair of egg-shaped speakers but the Sony Rolly just didn’t seem… wobbly enough, Brando is now offering an ovoid sound system that’ll fulfill your whimsical…
Beach Van →
photo ©2008 p2 photography
LEGO Battlestar Galactica Cylon Minifig Beats Star... →
Sorry Jesus. The Star Wars Minifig may be nice, but it’s got nothing on this Battlestar Galactica Cylon LEGO minifig. Its eyes light up (just like yours) but has that glowing red dot…
T-shirt with picture of armed robot endangers... →
Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing shared by 6 people This poor guy tried to board a BA flight at Heathrow terminal 5 but was turned back and told to change out of his t-shirt, which featured a…
Award Winning Fiction in 140 Characters →
Josh Catone via ReadWriteWeb shared by 16 people “Constraints drive innovation and force focus,” according to 37Signals in their popular “Getting Real” book. If that’s true, then…
Clearing the air with Twitter →
Robert Scoble via Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger shared by 7 people
Yesterday Evan Williams (co-founder of Twitter, his Twitter account is here) wrote me an email telling me he wasn’t…
RateBeer Finds You a Good Brew [Drinks] →
Adam Pash via Lifehacker shared by 6 people Web site RateBeer contains an enormous user-rated database of beers to help you find your new favorite beer. Last weekend we highlighted
Stormtroopers v. London cops →
Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing shared by 9 people On Kiku’s Tumblr page, this photo of Stormtroopers and London cops uneasily eyeing up one another. Link (via Wonderland)
What Drives More Traffic to Photos, Twitter,... →
Yesterday I posted a graphic that I made and posted on Flickr to three of the popular microblogging sites: Twitter, FriendFeed and Pownce. In addition to posting the image at these three…
Friday Tip - Cropping the cool way →
Time for the Friday tip again. Scroll down to the next paragraph to read it. Keep reading here if you live anywhere near the Philadelphia area and can get some time off next Tuesday morning (June…
Note it's a "Z" and not an "H" →
More car porn from the gearheads at Autoblog: The Pagani Zonda R, an Italian-designed, carbon-fiber supercar, is allegedly set to go into production later this year. (The original track-only…
How to Automate Your Home [Weekend Project] →
Wired’s How-To Wiki dives into home automation, offering advice for beginning “smart house” hackers looking to take their homes to the future. The article focuses on the X10 standard for…
A Gorgeous DHARMA Recruitment Ad →
The folks over at the Giant Ideas Blog managed to get their hands on a very cool DHARMA Initiative print ad. They don’t specify where the ad came from, but I would pay good money to have a poster…
Running The Numbers - Into Pictures →
So LaDawn shouts down to me last Monday to turn on Rachel Ray. Hey, I like Rachel - I’m a big cooking fan, but why right now do I want to watch Rachel?? Heck, I was probably blogging;~) LaDawn came…
Way Cool 360 Panoramas - Horizontal and Vertical →
Wait till you see this - it blew me away. I can’t even remember how I came by this site, but once I got there, I couldn’t leave. The result of viewing these 360 degree panoramas left to right…
Easter Eggs for the Season 4 Finale →
With an amazing two hour episode of Lost to look through, we came up with more fantastic Easter Eggs than usual. Included in this article is information on the real Jeremy Bentham, an amusing 815…
Season 4 Alternate Endings →
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At least D&C make some effort to keep the spoilerites honest!
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LOST Alternate Coffins →
Well, this is weird! I was betting that Jack would open the coffin and find his own doppelgänger staring back at him.
Movies on disc: Not dead yet →
The CEO of Netflix just told investors that the DVD-by-mail business will “peak” in five years, and that movie streaming is the future—and on that last count, he’s right. …
A corkscrew to complement all that Teflon (Don)... →
For your next mafia dinner party: Chromoly’s “bourgeois brass knuckles,” a corkscrew by Jonathan Sabine, seemingly designed to intimidate wine snobs. It’s currently just a concept piece, but…
Panic in the photo-forum-sphere: Dpreview planned... →
You better get your dpreview forum’s worth of reading and discussing, because dpreview is planning a short outage as they plan to change hosting services. The process should start at 9am GMT on May…
6 New Versions We’re Desperately Waiting For →
Stan Schroeder via Mashable! shared by 6 people Sometimes, there’s talk of a great new version for a popular site or application. Screenshots are shown, new features are analyzed in…
13 Online Tools For Beer Lovers →
Sean P. Aune via Mashable! shared by 10 people Do you like beer? Are you one of those folks who always drinks the same brand, or are you willing to try something new? If the answer…
Lemonade and cupcakes | Polaroid SX70 →
Sydney Pollack dies of cancer at age 73
(AP) →
AP - Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy “Tootsie” and the period drama…
Let Your Kids Build Their Own Books With Tikatok →
This one could be really neat, either as a Father’s Day gift idea, or just a wonderful creative endeavor for your geeklets at anytime. Tikatok is an online tool/service/creative community that…
No more ties! →
Father’s Day is almost upon us (June 15th this year)! Instead of gifting dad with another tie, why not take a moment to do a little more with your photos and make a…
Buzz Multiplex: Indy Blockbuster →
Hollywood’s idea of the indy flick opened Thursday, which is either one day early or 19 years late, depending upon your take. Memorial Day weekend had been the traditional start…
Some Of The Most Beautiful Wedding Photography I... →
So I get a call last Friday from Kevin King. Kevin, as many of you know, is the inventor of the extremely popular Radio Popper that David Hobby over at the Strobist has been raving about. I had…
Thnkx, kid, →
ichctcf via Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? shared by 11 people
Thnkx, kid, but dis iz NOT a good time!
stay bak kid. u dont want 2 maek a kangaroo…
Paying tribute to the Polaroid →
Paolo Roversi isn’t the only one lamenting the film’s demise. For The Last Ten Shots, a group show up today in Berlin, Bongout Showroom provided a series of photographers and artists with…
Photoblog Posts: Kiss →
Kiss, by Feldauge (profile)
Be sure to check out the larger version of this. The detail of the motion blur is what makes this image for me.
He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He... →
Endurance is more important than truth. — Charles Bukowski mental_floss Blog � He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died Came across this article today on photographer Jamie…
Why Friend Feed Will and Won't Hit the... →
My friend Robert Scoble has two interesting posts out from yesterday on the latest productivity toy on the internet, FriendFeed. He argues why FriendFeed will and won’t go…
Real world Monopoly graffiti →
Wooster Collective posted this photo of Monopoly graffiti spotted in Chicago. Link
The Esherick House: No Sale →
The Esherick House, a one-bedroom residence designed in 1960 by Louis Kahn, failed to draw bids at auction yesterday.
Char-broiled, but on a different kind of grill →
Today in high-performance vehicles performing less than highly: This weekend, a 599 GTB spontaneously burst into flames in England, making it the second GT in as many years to blow up. The…
Your 3G iPhone questions, answered →
Wondering what’s up with all the fuss over a new iPhone? Here’s your chance to catch up on all the rumors, speculation, and the few cold, hard (and far-between) facts.
Just a minute—I thought…
Saving Burma →
In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the junta is blocking the flow of aid. Is there a case for direct action?Photographs for TIME by Prashant Panjiar / Livewire Imgages
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photo ©2008 andrew hefter
The Importance Of Being An Early Adopter →
Back in the summer of 2006, a new and - to many - not that interesting service called Twttr was launched as a side project from Odeo. It was later renamed to Twitter, and it started gaining some…
Shatner On The Future →
The former Captain Kirk talks world events, politics and his personal tragedy.
Calling All Ansell Adams Fans - And Count Me As A... →
Here is one of the most fascinating presentations of Ansel Adams works I have ever seen. Each image is narrated by Andrea Stillman, Mr. Adams assistant for a number of years. Head over to the
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Fix Your Photos' White Balance [Photography Tip] →
If you take a lot of digital photos but are frustrated with the strange yellow glow or green hue to your results, weblog Of Zen and Computing’s guide to adjusting the white balance of…
There’s No Place Like Home, Part 1 →
Lost’s two part, three hour season finale begins tonight, and if last week was any indication, then the final 3 hours of Lost this season are going to be incredible. We get one hour tonight,…
Easter Eggs for "There's No Place Like Home, Part... →
Whereas “Cabin Fever” was overflowing with Easter Eggs, the hidden gems were harder to come by in the first part of “There’s No Place Like Home.” However, there were a few interesting goodies to be…
25 Photography Related Podcasts →
24 1 Photography Podcasts That Will Inspire You digital Photography School has an excellent post out today by Martin Gommel called 24 + 1 Photography Podcasts. I love listening to photography…