NetNichols

Sep 17

Fifty People, One Question (via Vimeo)

Terrific sampling of human desires in New Orleans.

Sep 15

Brilliant (unintentional? nah… can’t be) spoof of the plethora of Apple ‘unboxing’ videos.

2008 Summer Paralympic Games

More from The Big Picture… an incredibly moving set of photos. I’m sorry that I didn’t catch any of the live action.

The 2008 political conventions of the United States

Remarkable photos from one of my favorite new blogs. Despite momentary lapses of true interest, I’m increasingly disillusioned with politics in the US. What can you expect from a system where the two political parties are treated like the infallible hometown football team by their respective supporters?

Aug 23

Great Olympic moments on YouTube

Nice collection of Olympic moments from 1936 to 1996.

Aug 21

On your marks, get set, Lego!

Very Concerned, Somewhat concerned, Not at All Concerned

Graphs - Very clever art series from Joshua Callaghan

Animator vs. Animation

Very impressive battle to the death. Quite hard to keep up with the action.

Jul 28

“In the case of a McDonald’s hamburger, what you’d taste first would be the squishiness of the bread and the oversalted burger, rising to the chewy dog food of the burger itself as you mash it around, ending with that greasy oil slick that coats your throat at the end.” theferrett: How To Be A Snob: Drinking Alcohol

Carolina Life: Solitude among the skeletons

I seem to have inherited my father’s fascination with the beauty of driftwood. Bull’s Island just made my list of things to do for the next time I’m in SC.

Jun 27

Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor

I’ve recently been captivated with David Byrne’s commentary of his involvement with the “Machines and Souls” show in Madrid. The work above by Mueck segues nicely with Byrne’s art and theme.

Based on these explorations of Artificial Soulfulness I’m now asking myself whether we’ve now assumed the inevitability of Artificial Intelligence.

Jun 26

The Website Is Down

Excellent. ”I don’t know what Apache is, but…”

Jun 25

The Lego Secret Vault: Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History

Short but sweet video tour of Lego’s secret vault. I have very fond memories of creating castle/pirate mashups…

Jun 23

Great improvement from the also great original.

“He realized his bad dancing wasn’t actually all that interesting, and that other people were much better at being bad at it. He showed them his inbox, which, as a result of his semi-famousness, was overflowing with emails from all over the planet. He told them he wanted to travel around the world one more time and invite the people who’d written him to come out and dance too.” - Where The Hell is Matt?

Jun 22