All Blog Posts (Page 20)

Feb 20, 2009
Photography

At Work on the Big Picture

The Big Picture comes through again with a stunning collection of 45 photographs depicting people at work around the globe. Two pictures that stood out at me were the juxtaposition of the facilities at Hennessy and a Thai man creating a crocodile ...

Feb 20, 2009
Photography

Masked

Day 50 of 365

Feb 19, 2009
iPhone

Greg Yardley on AppStore metrics

Greg’s the CEO of PinchMedia, super-smart, extremely friendly and in possession of some data worth understanding if you’re considering releasing an iPhone app. iPhone AppStore Secrets - Pinch Media</embed>View more presentations from pinchmedia. ...

Feb 19, 2009
Photography

Grungy film textures for photos

Cool, old film textures for use with photos. About 4000px per side, meaning they’ll work great for most photos from DSLRs. Been looking for something like this for a while.

Feb 18, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Sky not blue, bears don't shit in the woods

and the sun is not a gigantic, fiery, thermonuclear orb: “Dick Cheney is not a guy who is bitter,” Mr. Simpson said. “He doesn’t seethe, he doesn’t brood.” via Aides Say No Pardon for Libby Irked Cheney - NYTimes.com.

Feb 17, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Thanks, asshole!

Burris pisses me off. Way to cost us a Senate seat, asshole. U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has acknowledged he sought to raise campaign funds for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the request of the governor’s brother at the same time he was making a pitch ...

Feb 16, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Calling a spade a spade, and progressivism progressivism

Nate Silver posts a spot-on take on populism vs. progressivism: Populism is not...a cogent political philosophy unto itself. Franklin Roosevelt, ..., Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan, Adolf Hitler, Hugo Chavez, ..., Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Newt Gingr...