Entries from March 2008
I love the internet. It is such a fantastic place filled with such utter randomness, and as I was reading one of my favorite blogs (www.yiberyabber.co.uk) yesterday I discovered the daftest thing I have seen in a long time. A song called My Hands are Bananas. They say that imitation is one of the greatest forms [...]
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Tags: Silly things
These cartoons are by Slow Wave. A collective dream diary authored by different people from around the world, and drawn as a comic strip. You can see more of there cartoons and even submit your dreams here…
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Tags: Art
The web is turning writing into a conversation. Twenty years ago, writers wrote and readers read. The web lets readers respond, and increasingly they do—in comment threads, on forums, and in their own blog posts. Many who respond to something disagree with it. That’s to be expected. Agreeing tends to motivate people less than disagreeing. [...]
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Tags: Uncategorized
I love these images. Something beautiful from something ugly. It reminds me of something that is not very profound or intellectual, a line from a Kate Nash song. “You can grow flowers from where dirt used to be”. See more…
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Tags: Art
Anyone who has used Linux, and increasingly even people who only use Windows are using a software package known as the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) which is essentially an open source clone of Adobe Photoshop. The listed price for Photoshop on Adobe’s website is $649. I for one, find the GIMP to more than [...]
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Tags: Photoshop
Donnie Hoyles You Suck at Photoshop tutorials are so popular that they have sparked a whole range of spoof you suck at photoshop tutorials.My favorite is the You Suck at Photshop – Microsoft Paint edition. Now hold on to your seats and this is mind blowing technology at work, in fact I think if you [...]
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Tags: Photoshop
The Edison rooftop project will place photovoltaic cells on 65 million square feet of commercial building roofs in Southern California. The cells will generate as much as 250 megawatts of electricity — enough to power about 162,500 average homes, based on the utility’s estimate that one megawatt would serve about 650 average homes.Solar energy is [...]
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Tags: Ethical
You’re not alone, in the dark. Start early. Switch off before the sun sets and soak up the twilight. Go for a walk and see what the neighbours have switched off. Or turn on all the lights in every room and see how long it takes before someone knocks on your door. At which point, [...]
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Tags: Ethical
Donnie Hoyle gets as close to a pair of tomatoes as he’ll ever get.
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Tags: Photoshop
Donnie opens his home to a new friend.
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Tags: Photoshop