Gizmodo reviews a SanDisk thumb drive and it sounds pretty nice. Except for that Mac-incompatible part.
5 Steps To Being Photogenic. Some good advice here. As a guy who typically looks like a frightened tree weasel in 90% of the pictures he takes, this will help me become the underwear model I’ve always dreamed of being. (via)
I’ve got Here’s What’s Left by RJD2 on repeat in my head(phones) all day, on the heels of Ring Finger. I love me some RJD2. Plus, I just wound up getting a hatchet job haircut not unlike his.
Pour some grappa out on the floor for Bruno Kirby, character actor extraordinaire, dead of leukemia at age 59.
Pour some grappa out on the floor for Bruno Kirby, character actor extraordinaire, dead of leukemia at age 59.
The End Times Are Upon Us, Insurance Division. Run, people, run away from Louisiana. The fact that this one judge will be hearing the bulk of the Katrina insurance cases bodes poorly for normal folks trying to rebuild.
WOW. Kottke wrote aboout finding a Duoflex for sale this weekend and wanting to take photos through the viewfinder. This is a how-to for building the rig to make it happen. I’m gonna try this with the Rollei too.
This is a cellular batphone—drop your SIM card in the slot and make cellular calls to Comissioner Gordon on an old-skool rotary.
NPR did a story on cadaver plastination yesterday, which goes into more about the history of cadaver exhibits and not about the dubious pedigree of some of the cadavers on display (see the sidebar): “Critics say that at best those bodies probably belonged to people too poor to have been buried properly.” Personally, we found the exhibit fascinating, but I wonder if we would have seen it knowing the story behind them. (RealPlayer req.)
Anybody growing up in the Tri-State area can dig on this: an original Carvel ice cream commercial, featuring Tom himself. Bonus: Cookie Puss!