Aug 23, 2008
Zoon Politikon
Truly disturbing
I find myself agreeing with Maureen Dowd for once. Dear god, what is the world coming to?
Aaron Brethorst (Page 76)
Elsewhere on the web
Aug 23, 2008
Photography
Getting that 'vintage' look in your pictures
Rosie, one of my favorite photographers on Flickr, has a handy-dandy post up on her technique for achieving a ‘vintage’ look and feel in photographs, which I’ve often wanted to duplicate. I was guessing that she was taking some semi-arbitrary text...
Aug 22, 2008
Zoon Politikon
Star-Crossed?
I don’t get Barack Obama. Sure, he was annihilated by Bobby Rush back in 2000 in a primary campaign for a Congressional seat, but ever since he’s seemed like such a star-crossed politician: 2004 Senate race: Jack Ryan, a wealthy Republican who sh...
Aug 22, 2008
Zoon Politikon
A noun, a verb, and a mansion?
Robin Leach of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous—um, fame—isn’t exactly helping John McCain out with the hullabaloo over how many John McCain owns: In an early morning phone call Friday from his fabulous crib in Las Vegas, Leach told The Times tha...
Aug 19, 2008
Business
woohoo!
I just did something exciting that I’m probably not allowed to talk about yet. I’m sure I’ll be able to talk about it in a week or two. But it’s fun, and involves Objective C.