Adam Hughes' Cover Run

I just got* Adam Hughes' art book Cover Run. I would recommend it, except there is probably no need, since it's a monster hit already and everybody is talking about it.

I discovered that I really like when there's a bit of text on every other page in an art book. Otherwise, no matter how much I like the art, I'm just done with it very quickly, and that's a pity. Of course the text should have interest, but it does not have to be Shakespeare, just good enough. Some thoughts and anecdotes.

*It took two weeks to arrive since shipping, even within the UK! And they had predicted so too. I am wondering if the company told a fib on Amazon when they said "ships from the UK", and they really had to get it home from the US first? Does anybody know if two weeks in the post is reasonably expected?

PS: I'm looking forward to future super-tablets for e-artbooks. I'm enjoying everything else more in digital, so why not. For example, the contrast and color range is bigger with screens than print. (At least as goes for blue and green, if compared to traditional cyan-magenta-yellow-black printing.)

Ants outweigh humans

Ray heard that ants in total outweigh humans, amazing but seems it true.

CGI spider

Ian found this animated spider which reacts to your cursor. Very life-like.

A failure of ethics in journalism

A failure of ethics in journalism, article.

Fine line art

Fine line art on Lego.
Dang.

(Hmm, how do you even draw on glossy plastic? Doesn't rub right off at least?)

Freecycle

When I mentioned build-up of Stuff, my friend Marc said:

I enjoy giving away stuff on freecycle on craigslist. We have met some neat people who really appreciate stuff that no longer serves us. It is so much more fun than a garage sale where you nickel and dime with people.

Cool idea. Stuff like furniture is a hassle to send, having a local group is great. It's a moderated list, which is often good. And there are also trading/selling lists for various towns on craigslist, if you would like to get a bit of money for your stuff.

Datamancer's "Clacker"

There are some shots of beautiful steampunk designs in this video. (It's in German, but the text explains some of it.)

His Clacker design is based on the amazing Victorian mechanical computer, Charles Babbage's Difference Engine.

Wow, the water-cutting machine in the video is impressive. Cuts right through brass like it was butter.

How My Dancing Kid Joined the Copyright Wars

[Thanks to Joe]

How My Dancing Kid Joined the Copyright Wars, article.

Includes some interesting info about a cryptic message some users get from YouTube.

Mighty Bright II (updated)

I now got the two-lamp version of the Mighty Bright portable lights. And it's everything I said about the normal version plus very impressive light output. I would say that it would work for anything I imagine one might do within arm's reach.
Oh, and the "bulbs" are in the same small head, it's equally compact. And you can select to use just one of them if desired.

Update: Oh, just fine: I bought them from the US because I couldn't find the double-bulb ones on Amazon UK. But now I can, and it seems they have been there for a while... Dunno what happened there.       :-)

Update:
Just wanted to say how surprisingly pleased I am with this little product. It's just outstanding.

Spiral Aloe

Isn't this amazing, almost like a psychedelic sculpture.

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New blog: E-reader Joy

New blog: E-reader Joy.
It's mine, and I made it so I can go wild with the ereading obsession without overwhelming this blog with it.
It'll be about all aspects of digital reading.
Now we'll just see how long my interest lasts!
Perhaps it'll fade soon after we get the perfect device. Whatev'.
TTL may have planted the seed of making a separate blog, so thanks dude.

Update: Mikko said:

I really like reading your thoughts, but the sheer amount of ipad/ereader-stuff was almost too much... Now, get back to some tits and photography.

My pleasure.
In these nice tits* shots, notice the pleasant blurred background. Great bokeh.

BTW, I just ordered the 50mm Canon macro lens. Seeing that coffee video recently, I realized I didn't have a macro for Canon, what an oversight. And this lens is compact and apparently real damn sharp , and has very nice bokeh (background blur).

*I'm sure you all know that tits are small birds. 

Domain drought

It's absurd that all decent domain names are taken, and the great bulk of them aren't used. I wish they'd make a rule that you have to use a domain, or you can't sit on it.
(Update: I would include blog names in this.)