Category: Art

Here’s the obligatory end-of-the-week post-o-links.

ART
Sharks + Beer = (Bleep) yeah! : http://fuckyeahsharks.tumblr.com/post/153105566/nickdouglas-fuck-yeah-beer-fuck-yeah-summer

COMMENTS
Third comment : http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2009/08/omg-wicked-plants-is-the-cover-story.html

GARDENING
How to recycle rain : http://blogs.chron.com/lazygardener/2009/07/recycle_rain.html

The botanical collection : http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2009/07/the-botanic-garden-collection.html

I would wiggle mine, but it was mauled by a shark : http://blogs.chron.com/lazygardener/2009/08/for_mon83_whats_in_your_escape.html

GEEK + TECH
Smash it open : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/01/why-the-fcc-wants-to-smash-open-the-iphone/

How to Bypass Stupid Voicemail Instructions : http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/how-to-bypass-stupid-voicemail-instructions/

Laughing Squid was banned for mysterious reasons for months from Digg, proving Digg is pretty worthless : http://laughingsquid.com/digg-bans-laughing-squid-without-warning-or-specific-reason/

MySpace steps toward open : http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_to_bet_its_future_on_open_standards.php

FileSoup under seige : http://torrentfreak.com/oldest-bittorrent-site-targeted-by-police-owner-arrested-090804/

WebTrends 9 is out : http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/08/webtrends-9-google-analytics-eat-your-heart-out.php

Die for freedom, but don’t you dare enjoy it yourself : http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/marines-ban-twitter-myspace-facebook/

Kill, kill, kill IE6 : http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/06/internet.explorer.six/index.html

A little more openness for facebook Pages : http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/08/facebook-opens-stream-further-pages-become-true-twitter-competitor/

The end of the codec wars? : http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2009/08/05/the-end-of-the-codec-wars/

Now that’s what I call a remote control : http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10302894-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Bring. It. Down. : http://www.bringdownie6.com/bring-down-ie-6.html

IE6 – No More! : http://www.ie6nomore.com/code-samples.html

Transparent PNGs + IE 6 : http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6

A-Z of Free Photoshop Plugins and Filters : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/03/a-z-of-free-photoshop-plugins-and-filters/

Inside the Erskine redesign : http://www.alistapart.com/articles/erskine-design-redesign/

How to redesign your own site : http://www.alistapart.com/articles/redesigning-your-own-site/

HYPER-LOCAL
“Heck, you’ve already reduced the size of the weekday paper to a point the delivery folks are having to add weight to keep people’s copies from blowing away.” : http://loseaneye.blogspot.com/2009/07/chronblog-lets-talk.html

That’ll get their attention : http://www.fbherald.com/articles/2009/07/29/news/doc4a70b8ffe5487069255089.txt

New inspection stickers invoke feelings of cowboy pride, heritage : http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/08/new_inspection_stickers.php

No more (kid) culture at the Woodlands Mall : http://blogs.chron.com/woodlands/archives/2009/08/museums_to_clos_1.html

Hail Mary: Nutty Christians vs. Social Science : http://www.texasobserver.org/index.php?/pi/history-the-right-way/

The Smoking Gun vs. the not-so-merry pranksters : http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/08/prankster_smoking_gun.php
The right should ‘come to Jesus’ : http://loseaneye.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-time-for-come-to-jesus-meeting.html

MEDIA
Why the AP no longer matters : http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/02/associated-press-wil-1.html

MOVIES
New Wes Anderson flick, Fantastic Mr. Fox : http://www.29-95.com/movies/story/wes-anderson-totally-wes-andersons-out-new-wes-anderson-trailer

MUSIC
Meridian, JavaJazz merge in a move that makes no sense : http://www.29-95.com/music/story/meridian-javajazz-become-one

Rolling Stone nods Listen Listen : http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/30/hype-monitor-listenlisten-ramona-falls-neon-indian

Loving it up while you’re falling down : http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/06/aerosmiths-tyler-airlifted-to-hospital-after-falling-from-stage/

Get Tweedy on the phone and over here, stat : http://www.29-95.com/music/story/sigh-another-wilco-tour-passes

NEWS
A Palin divorce? : http://gawker.com/5327957/are-sarah-and-todd-palin-getting-a-divorce

Now we pay you, now we don’t : http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6557588.html

RECREATIONAL READING
A tribute to Pumpkin : http://seanmorrisseycarroll.blogspot.com/2009/08/orange-jack.html

GEEK + TECH

• Where’s the $10 million, Google? : http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=466&doc_id=179611
• Be a keyboard ninja : http://lifehacker.com/5321432/how-to-highlight-text-like-a-keyboard-ninja
• “Now the challenge is to keep proving that Mozilla matters.” : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/technology/companies/26mozilla.html?_r=1
• What is a good standard? An essay on W3C’s design principles by Bert Bos : http://www.w3.org/People/Bos/DesignGuide/introduction.html
• A maker’s schedule : http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
• Unlinker Replaces Thumbnails with Full-Size Images : http://lifehacker.com/5323756/unlinker-replaces-thumbnails-with-full+size-images
• Best. Vista. Service. Pack. Ever. : http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001290.html
• Kill dead-in-the-water apps in Windows with SuperF4 : http://lifehacker.com/5324471/superf4-truly-kills-faltering-windows-apps
• The definitive guide to negative margins : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/27/the-definitive-guide-to-using-negative-margins/
• jQuery vs MooTools : http://jqueryvsmootools.com/
• Microsoft’s biggest threat isn’t Google : http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=561&doc_id=179794
• A strange era indeed : http://gawker.com/5325619/chris-anderson-asshole-interviewee
• Textures + photos = coolness : http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-textures-to-enhance-your-photographs

MEDIA

• AP to index text : http://gawker.com/5321433/ap-to-finally-invent-indexing-of-text-on-internet
• AP and hNews : http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/ap-doesnt-know-its-protection-tech-doesnt-protect/
• NPR revamps its website, emphasizing written reporting over audio : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/business/media/27npr.html
• Me likes the NYT Skimmer : http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=705&doc_id=179674
• Two-thirds of internet users have spent time managing their online profiles : http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networks_growing_while_other_social_media_sites_stagnate_and_decline.php

GARDENING

• Plantwoman on the swallowtails : http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=plantwoman&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=plantwoman&plckPostId=Blog%3aplantwomanPost%3aff52dfa6-02f9-4a5b-b67a-dad233fc0eab&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
• Swallowtail mating : http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=plantwoman&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aplantwomanPost%3a1daff255-e32d-4ccd-a24b-27a7cbde7bc6
• What a kook! : http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/air-conditioning-texas.html
• A self-watering container garden : http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/selfwatering-container-garden-bin.html

NEWS

• “Ruthless defaulters” unite : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/weekinreview/26streitfeld.html?_r=1
• Go jerks! : http://physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/index.cfm?postid=3414795237807494042
• Retaliating with truth? : http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/07/29/39240

COMMENTS

• That’s not journalism : http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/07/work_visas_unemployment.php
• Why is Baytown hoarding your personal information? : http://blogs.chron.com/eastharris/2009/07/redlight_cameras_a_new_wrinkle.html

ART

• 2009 live music photos by Pin Lim : http://forestphotography.smugmug.com/Jazz:%20In%20Photos/709276
• Mad Men Yourself : http://laughingsquid.com/mad-men-yourself/

HYPER-LOCAL

• India. China. What’s the difference? : http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/cornyns-office-apologizes-for-india-comments-says-he-misspoke.php
• Burka in town Aug. 21 : http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/fortbend/news/6546503.html

MUSIC

• The future of album art is Apple? : http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/apple-and-labels-hope-to-reinvent-digital-album-as-something-people-buy/

It’s Friday, and it’s been a long week, and so here’s a collection of random links I’ve found this week that  you might find interesting. This week, I’ve the courtesy to break ’em up into subject areas.

GEEK + TECH

• Fear the SSN algorithm : http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=679&doc_id=178957
• Digg vs. IE6 : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/10/can-you-digg-it-maybe-not-if-youre-stuck-on-ie6/
• “… as obsessions go, battling the Borg is waaay overrated” : http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-all-take-deep-breath-and-get-some.html
• RSS is too slow : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/09/speeding-up-rss/
• Check it : http://malwarebytes.org/
• FTP vs SFTP : http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/13/142210/RIP-FTP
• Font potential : http://craigmod.com/journal/font-face/
• Zeldman gets interesting : http://www.zeldman.com/2009/07/14/pain-is-my-alarm-clock/
• lifehacks for designers : http://www.designer-daily.com/25-amazing-lifehacks-for-designers-2579
• Unlock the potential of WordPress widgets : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/14/5-useful-and-creative-ways-to-use-wordpress-widgets/
• Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Google Analytics : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/16/a-guide-to-google-analytics-and-useful-tools/

ART

• Photos of larval fish from Belize : http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/sets/72157607254072541/
• Polaroid me : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/13/rollip-brings-back-distant-memories-of-discolored-polaroid-photos/
• New Right Hand Pointing : http://www.righthandpointing.com/

GARDENING

• If only my plants could water themselves : http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/irrigatingplant/
• Squirrel vs. Dog – squirrel wins : http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=vansli&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=vansli&plckPostId=Blog%3avansliPost%3ab9ea79fe-db93-474b-90c6-a3525c874fdc&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
• Gardening can kill you : http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2009/07/thanks-for-all-the-memories.html

HYPER-LOCAL

• Betty Martin recalls the time daddy wouldn’t let her swim : http://bettymartin.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/the-backstroke/
• New theme park in Tomball : http://swamplot.com/grand-texas-theme-park-in-tomball-bringing-some-of-that-texas-frontier-spirit-to-texas/2009-07-09/
• The history of Rosenberg : http://www.fbherald.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/doc4a5cb19b3cddd157802480.txt
• Work (for free) for Swamplot : http://swamplot.com/wanted-swamplot-neighborhood-correspondents/2009-07-15/
• Hey Annise! It only really works if you use it : http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/07/wanted_social_media_consultant.php

MUSIC

• Paste interviews Todd “I’m Always on Tour” Snider. He says, “I swear, it’s the truth, I’m not as into music as I am into chicks who will shave their heads and fucking whack a car with an umbrella.” Seriously. : http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/07/catching-up-with-todd-snider.html
• Not enough Snider? The previous link links here – the (mostly) true story behind Greencastle Blues : http://www.knoxville.com/news/2009/may/22/life-lessons/

MEDIA

• “ So now you want to put a price on a so-so online product that heretofore has been free and can largely be duplicated elsewhere? Good luck with that.” : http://recoveringjournalist.typepad.com/recovering_journalist/2009/07/you-cant-charge-for-something-that-doesnt-provide-value.html
• Screw the Ethicist, tailgaters deserve worse : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19FOB-ethicist-t.html
• Subsidize this : http://uhjournalism.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/subsidizing-journalism/

RANDOM

• I’ll do this … tomorrow : http://lifehacker.com/5309174/banish-clutter-by-evaluating-your-collections