You know that one dream? The one where tiny, skeletal fairies pester insects that are twenty times their size? Yeah, well, a UK artist has captured that archetype in lovely, vivid scupltures. Check out the gallery.
Archive for August, 2007
30
Aug
Sweet, dreamy art
That title comes from a San Francisco acquaintance’s emergency room report (he fell from Red Rock while, well, you know – another EtOH tragedy). I inspected the recent total lunar eclipse in a sleepy stupor from about 15 minutes pre-totality through about 30 minutes of awesome redness. I was surprised how long the last sliver of directly reflected sunlight lingered, though I suppose it all adds up.
How do flat-earthers explain eclipses, or more specifically, our uncanny ability to predict them?
This not-yet-confirmed piece by Greg Palast is pretty serious business. The claim is that the feds knew the levees were breaking long before they actually busted open – but didn’t tell the local authorities, that is, the folks responsible for getting people out of harm’s way. Our country is run by the Sopranos.
I’m pretty sure that this isn’t the Godspell Jesus that we all grew up not believing in. Was Jeebiz ever really all peace and love and long hair, I mean really really? Or does that just happen every now and then, episodically, maybe during times of relative comfort?
25
Aug
“Fair Tax,” uh huh.
If you’re tempted by the “Fair Tax” business that’s been making the rounds lately, check this out. I thought it was probably a scam, but I had no idea just how shameless it was.
I may have already mentioned this, but I wanted to re-emphasize the great Radiolab series of science programming. It’s smart and nerdy and extraordinarily well written, and covers topics that make me smile all day long: childhood morality, center of consciousness, solitude, phantom limb pain. Well worth checking out.
21
Aug
Dry erase animation
Trippy, yes, but trippy like a fox.
19
Aug
Late to the RSS Party
OK, RSS is yesterday’s news, but goodness gracious does Google Reader get it right. I spent a chunk of the afternoon yesterday setting it up – it took a while because I look at about 100 sites regularly – and I couldn’t be happier with the results. A few feeds just offer teasers, which annoys me, and a few of the comics I enjoy just offer announcements, which enrages me, but overall it rocks hard. The best part is that I am now better able to keep up with those blogs and sites that update sporadically – yours, maybe?
Google nerds also worked up a feature whereby we can share our favorite posts and cartoons and whatnot – click “Read What I Read” over there on the right to see what’s warmed my cockles lately.
This promotional animated video for a 1983 Japanese science fiction convention literally has it all, at least as far as copyright and trademark violation: Playboy, Star Blazers, Marvel and DC Comics, Star Wars (do not miss the line-dancing storm troopers framing the battle between the PB bunny and Darth Vader), maybe tiny Power Rangers, and probably Pokemon too, years before his birth. I think the only reason I didn’t see any Star Trek references was that my eyes started bleeding about two minutes into it. And now it’s your turn:
While he begins focusing on copyright reform, his Big Issue, Professor Lessig ends up brilliantly explaining why lobbyists should be divorced from political contributions. His analogy comparing the relationship between lobbyists and politicians with that between lawyers and judges is just about perfect and ought to convince anyone who can be convinced.
You said it, sister