Who Needs Local News?, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Trips over to Peach Pundit leave me mostly annoyed, but sometimes, a decent point is made or something worth mentioning is brought to my attention. Today’s case in point? The ad-riddled, gossip-infused website of our local newspaper.
From Mark Evanier, television and comic book guru, an astute observation made after attending a recent convention of furries in Pittsburgh. “I don’t understand why people get tattoos or pierce body parts or eat cole slaw or ride roller coasters or vote for George Bush or sleep with some of the people they sleep with…or …
Days Of Thunder was my brother’s go-to movie for showing off his surround-sound system, back when surround was the latest thing and movies had to be rewound. 1990 or so. I know I sat through at least one of these original showings. Since then, I’m sure I’ve caught pieces of the film over and over …
Seriously, Homer … fix your site’s search engine. I mean, really.
Caturday, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. The cats have the right idea.
An eclectic mix of mostly decent material. “Le Cocher De Fiacre” – Yves Montand “Photograph” – Def Leppard “Possession (Rabbit In The Moon Mix)” – Sarah McLachlan “Ordinary People” – John Legend “Oxford Town” – Bob Dylan “Waiting For A Dream” – Rufus Wainwright “Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet, Sweet Baby)” – Aretha Franklin “Teo” …
“We can do things with the social environment. This is taking data from everybody, from the entire collective memory of what the Earth looks like, and link all of that together to make something emergent that is greater than the sum of the parts.” – Blaise Aquera y Arcas, demonstrating SeaDragon and Photosynth at TED …
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