Writer Gregg Easterbrook brings the overlooked details of college & NFL football to our attention every Tuesday, but usually there’s a fair amount of non-sports commentary sprinkled in as well. Recently he’s been pointing out some of the misconceptions of the financial “crisis”: What is going on is a financial panic, not an economic collapse. […]
In honor of PORTAL: Prelude, an unofficial fan-made (mod) ‘prelude’ to the original game, being released to the inter-tubes last week…I whiled away my downloadin’ time by trawling for some Portal-themed goodies, and found 2 heart-warmers: First, here’s a typography version of the final song by Trickster: Portal – Still Alive typography from Trickster on […]
Boing Boing has a post today regarding a stellar vizualization of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights done by Seth Brau. Well worth a watch, and even better is the high quality version at www.humanrightsactioncenter.org. It was a forming moment for me, looking back, when I discovered that there was such a thing as a […]
My original home town. After moving to New Orleans, I felt connected there more than I ever did to Ohio, but I still have friends & relatives there. Embedded video from CNN Video
Fantastic (-ly depressing) video from GOOD Magazine: [spotted at shape+colour ]