CheatNeutral. Pay others to be faithful to you.
See how long it takes you to find out whether it's a joke or not, and whether there's a point to it.
It's interesting how the Internet has made a rapid growth in bizarrely off-beat cultural phenomena like this, simply because if you have the skill you can make such a thing and reach a global audience for no money, whereas just fifteen years ago it couldn't have been done or would have been massively expensive.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Executive Coloring Book
The Executive Coloring Book.
Fun. I had no idea anybody made such cutting satire nearly fifty years ago.
Thanks to Bert.
Drama
What a dramatic picture. I wonder how he made the near-black sky? Polarization filter? Or a software manipulation?
[Picture from ImagingResource. Photo by Baqer Mohammed Jawad.]
The one below (from the day before) is nice too. Nothing that hasn't been done before, but if that was a necessary criterium, we'd never see anything.
Photo by Melanie Wells.
Alex said:As for the Hot Rod, the blur on the road is not in the direction of travel, so I suspect that was a still car with some reasonable good post processing.
bert said...
I concur with Alex, the 2nd photograph is fake. The wheels of the car are crystal clear, which would have required a very short exposure, yet the blurred background says otherwise...
Dang, you guys are right. I didn't spot that.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Why Mac surge
Pogue on why is the Macintosh platform suddenly expanding? Beats the heck outta me.
One of the comments on Pogue's page:
"I think it’s about potential. People see the potential with Macs, especially when it comes to integrating the computer, software, and peripherals into your life. There are just too many third party options on a pc and it’s confusing as hell. With a Mac, people can see, simply, what they can do.
I recently showed someone the iPhoto book I bought of my honeymoon. When people saw it, they couldn’t believe I did that with my computer and had absolutely no idea how to do that on a pc. I clicked on iPhoto and showed them the book button and they exclaimed it was time to finally get a Mac."
Indeed the easy photo-book option is one of the many great things about the Mac. I tried making one last year, and it was dead simple, and the product looks so professional.
One of the comments on Pogue's page:
"I think it’s about potential. People see the potential with Macs, especially when it comes to integrating the computer, software, and peripherals into your life. There are just too many third party options on a pc and it’s confusing as hell. With a Mac, people can see, simply, what they can do.
I recently showed someone the iPhoto book I bought of my honeymoon. When people saw it, they couldn’t believe I did that with my computer and had absolutely no idea how to do that on a pc. I clicked on iPhoto and showed them the book button and they exclaimed it was time to finally get a Mac."
Indeed the easy photo-book option is one of the many great things about the Mac. I tried making one last year, and it was dead simple, and the product looks so professional.
No more anarchy in the UK
"Ministers are planning to implant "machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would create more space in British jails."
Article
Article
The Axis
Apropos prostitutes, how about this little scared-straight gem?
"Good time girls". Hadn't heard that term before, I like it.
"You can't beat the Axis if you get VD." Gotta love it. On the order of "duck and cover" as defence against the A-bomb.
Steampunk art
Stephen Rothwell "steampunk" art.
I don't love all of them, he has a clear and different voice.
The problem with collages as an art medium has always been making the different bits seem like they are part of the same image. I realize now that the computer age has made this much easier, since in Photoshop you can easily change the contrast, color, and other characteristics of each element to your heart's desire.
Darwin awards
If you haven't heard of the "Darwin Awards", it is about people who improve the gene pool by taken themselves out of the game.
You may say it's become cliche. Or that some of it may not be true stories. Or that it's mean spirited to laugh at them. I don't know, but I can't help but laugh. :)
[Update: apparently these are old stories, the real 2007 awards are here.]
You may say it's become cliche. Or that some of it may not be true stories. Or that it's mean spirited to laugh at them. I don't know, but I can't help but laugh. :)
[Update: apparently these are old stories, the real 2007 awards are here.]
DARWIN AWARDS
Eighth Place: In Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch- wide sewer grate while trying to retrieve his car keys.
Seventh Place: A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker who often bragged he was "totally-zoned when he ran" accidentally jogged off a 100-foot high cliff on his daily workout.
Sixth Place: While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8-foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Fifth Place: Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor.
Fourth Place: Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four cartridges into his mouth and pull the trigger.
Third Place: After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H & J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gun-shot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from seven different weapons. No one else was hurt.
HONORABLE MENTION: Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. so they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to create some excitement. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.
RUNNER UP: Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge, they discovered that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of; lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end around Bingham's leg and tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham's foot was never located.
AND THE 2007 WINNER IS...
Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt (Paderborn, Germany) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of an animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes, before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the beast suddenly unloaded. The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him.
Eighth Place: In Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-inch- wide sewer grate while trying to retrieve his car keys.
Seventh Place: A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker who often bragged he was "totally-zoned when he ran" accidentally jogged off a 100-foot high cliff on his daily workout.
Sixth Place: While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8-foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Fifth Place: Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor.
Fourth Place: Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four cartridges into his mouth and pull the trigger.
Third Place: After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H & J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gun-shot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from seven different weapons. No one else was hurt.
HONORABLE MENTION: Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. so they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to create some excitement. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.
RUNNER UP: Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge, they discovered that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of; lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end around Bingham's leg and tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham's foot was never located.
AND THE 2007 WINNER IS...
Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt (Paderborn, Germany) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of an animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes, before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the beast suddenly unloaded. The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him.
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