The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto | The New York Times Slideshow narrated by photographer who recorded the rally at which Bhutto was assassinated (tags: pakistan politics photography terrorism) Wired Magazine: David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars “For existing and emerging artists — who read about the music business going down the [...]
Through the Wire
"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
December 30th, 2007
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Apple – Pro/Video – John Kuramoto: Animating Historic Architecture Says Ware, “Even the minutest crumbs of visual stimulation to that radio show audience were like puff pastry offered to starving prisoners.” (tags: animation architecture chicago comics chris_ware ira_glass) The Obama Generation | New York Times Video “Barack Obama and many of his political contemporaries represent [...]
December 28th, 2007
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TidBITS#908/17-Dec-07: Google Goes After Wikipedia “But with this project, Google looks more like Microsoft than ever before: coming late to the game with a solution that’s only a marginal improvement over the competition, all while talking as though it’s a revolutionary change.” (tags: google knol wikipedia knowledge community) Stop junk mail for good | Salon [...]
December 27th, 2007
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Graphic appeal | Salon Books “From a girl’s travel diary to a newly revved-up Superman, we spotlight a dozen of 2007′s most notable comics and graphic novels.” (tags: comics books 2007 lists) BibliOdyssey: Dutch Advertising Graphics “This is just a sampling from the ’150 Years in Advertising in the Netherlands’ collection.” (tags: design posters advertising [...]
December 26th, 2007
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The Most Expensive Drink at Starbucks And the ultimate yuppified result: A 13 shot venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel. It cost a total of $13.76 (with tax). (tags: coffee drink funny) Eight Forty-Eight – David Hammond Takes on Turducken Interview with Chef Efrain Cuevas (tags: food radio [...]
December 25th, 2007
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Gentleman Briggs – Father Christmas “Trivia Hounds may note that the author’s father, Ernest Briggs and his milkfloat put in an appearance” (tags: art christmas raymond_briggs) Share and Enjoy:
December 24th, 2007
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Cuban Revolution – WSJ.com “Once inside the cafe, she attached a flash memory drive to the hotel computer and, in quick, intense movements, uploaded her material. Time matters: The $3 she paid for a half-hour is nearly a week’s wage for many Cubans.” (tags: blogging cuba via:h3athrow) New York Times: The Minimalist: 101 Simple Appetizers [...]
December 23rd, 2007
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Vintage Cleveland – a photoset on Flickr Images of several hundred ads from Cleveland publications (tags: cleveland advertising) This American Life – Lost Buildings DVD I have been meaning to see if this can be obtained outside of the pledge drive–and look, it can! A 22-minute story reported by Chris Ware and Ira Glass. (tags: [...]
December 22nd, 2007
Brother, can you spare a microloan?
Joe in Uncategorized
Kind of randomly yesterday, I was reminded of the emerging concept of microcredit, in which very small loans are made to entrepreneurs in preference to “charity” aid. Specifically, I saw a banner ad for Kiva.org on someone’s site and, intrigued, clicked through. Kiva runs a modest web-based system whereby they profile small businesses which is [...]
December 22nd, 2007
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The partfoundry: locoGPS for the iPhone and now iPod Touch “This module is in development and will be shipping in February. All software is open source and more applications are being written every day. …all the benefits of GPS from a device that is small enough to put on a keychain.” (tags: iphone gps hack) [...]