Archive for March, 2006
links for 2006-03-25
Stand to Reason: The Magic Prayer. For some Christians, the “sinner’s prayer” has taken on an almost superstitious quality. (tags: faith theology) 3 Years 3 Minutes. Felix Jung takes every single photograph he’s taken in the last 3 years, and sets them to music in a frenzied frame-a-frame triptych of guitar-accompanied delight. (tags: photography video [...]
Precognitive Simpsons Revisited
Remember how The Simpsons eerily foreshadowed the death of Charles Bronson and the unmasking of LT Smash / Indepundit? This week I was formulating a new hypertext art project for WWTQ which I arbitrarily named “Grimes,” for no reason other than that I was thinking of Frank Grimes at the time. I also bought plane [...]
links for 2006-03-24
HRT: High Rise Terminals, or “uptalk.” It’s that habit? That some people have? Of making every sentence sound like a question? Well, it’s called uptalk? Or HRT? Which means High Rise Terminals? (tags: language) The Sacred Sandwich. A satirical look at postmodern Christianity. (tags: faith fun)
Strange Things
I left work early yesterday to go with my uncle to pick up my aunt at National Airport. We then ate at some mall in Tyson’s Corner. I took photos with my N6600, some of which were strange and interesting. Mom also sent me some tuyo, which is dried fish, though in this case the [...]
links for 2006-03-23
FBOweb flight tracking: quick track. Includes flight status, maps, and Google Earth flight tracking. (tags: aviation google maps) Sky Cow Books (tags: books faith blogs) How do you Rate? For graphic designers: how to figure out your hourly rate. (tags: business design finance)
Fashion Question: Turtle Under V
(mo_428_.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.) Turtleneck under V-neck sweater: is it artsy casual or a fashion faux pas? Update: Okay, the comment consensus is “fashion faux pas,” so you will most definitely not see me wearing this combination again.
links for 2006-03-22
911Myths. Debunking various 9/11 conspiracy theories and rumors. (tags: urbanlegends hoaxes news history) Google Finance (tags: google finance) “Fake model” photography tutorial. Using Photoshop to simulate the “tilt lens” depth-of-field blur effect all the popular photo kids are playing around with these days. (tags: photography photoshop) LOST dashboard widget for Mac OS X 10.4. Every [...]
Eight and Nine and Ten: Coffee Kottke Rock Garden
Random skins eight, nine, and ten are back up, still keeping with the trend of expanding on the themes of older layouts. Number Eight used to have coffee beans in the upper left; now it uses a close-up photo of my coffee pot. I guess you could make an analogy to growth and development [...]
Photos from a Sunday Walk
I walked home from church today, dropping by the Renwick Gallery to check out Grant Wood and the visiting American Gothic, then snapping photos of all the standard DC landmarks as I went along. Lovely day for it, if a bit chilly when the wind blew. See the photos here.
LOST Notes: Henry Gale, Claire, Kate, James, John
(Update, 3/30/2006: Please see my post on “Lockdown” for more commentary.) A few LOST notes for recent and upcoming episodes. I’m big on spoilers, so stop reading right here if you don’t want to know what’s coming. First, be sure to read DCeiver’s latest Pompatus of LOST. Claire and Kate? Now, about Claire and her [...]