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Monday photo: Tilt-shift
There’s a fun photo tool at tiltshiftmaker.com: You can take any photo, upload it, and the program will blur the bottom and top in a way that makes the objects in the image look like toys. I don’t know much about visual art, so I’m not sure why this is, but the effect is marvelous. [...]
Best use of Jew’s harp, 2010
And the award goes to: Bez Chempionlar, the Tatar folk version of “We Are the Champions.” What’s amazing about this is, if you didn’t know the original song, you would totally believe this is a Tatar folk song:
Of course, judging from other Tatar folk music online, it’s a little more polka-esque than one might have [...]
Monday photos: Tee greeting
Happy Monday, Whatsiterati! We have a double-photo Monday for you today. First up, “Tee Greeting,” by our anonymous photographer:
And our bonus shot, a photo Jeremy took on his iPhone yesterday morning:
(When I was younger, I would look at photos like this to see if I could find Jesus in there. Now I just see Mike [...]
Businesses I wish I’d started
The creator of the Frisbee died last week, age 90, a wealthy man for having adapted a popcorn tin lid into a toy. How great would that be – to invent an object beloved by millions and retire off it? Whenever I read stories about the people who become zillionaires by inventing cool stuff, I [...]
Monday photo: Chain link
This Monday photo was shot by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. More of his work next week, and the weeks thereafter.
Beware the demon sheep
In case you missed it last week, a fantastic new campaign video went viral, from the senate primary campaign of former HP executive Carly Fiorina. I’m not sure which high-profile, expensive PR firm came up with this, but it’s the kind of thing that maybe worked better on the white board:
The first two and a [...]
For all our bearded men…
… especially those who’ve forgone the Grizzly Adams look this year (you know who you are). Here’s the next best thing.
