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Catwoman
Chrisooya's Stream of Conciousness
Awesome.
Boom Boom (2009). Chipboard, foam, tape, and glue, Kiel Johnson
Kool Keith’s tips for stocking your fridge.
Kool Keith is like a really chilled out, long-winded Tracy Jordan.
A little detail I’d never noticed from Coming to America
“ The people most affected by [the War on Drugs] are black and brown and poor. It’s the abandoned inner cores of our urban areas. And, as we said before, economically, we don’t need those people. The American economy doesn’t need them. So, as long as they stay in their ghettos, and they only kill each other, we’re willing to pay a police presence to keep them out of our America. And to let them fight over scraps, which is what the drug war effectively is.
David Simon (Do click. This discussion is incredible. Part II has fantastic insight into the collapse of newspapers.)
Pink Elephants on Parade
Wow. If you ever need a reminder of why Disney movies were better back in the day, this crazy hallucination sequence from Dumbo is a nice reminder of the artistry, creativity and all around insanity that used to be Disney.
Also, it is a reminder that it used to be acceptable to have dark, even occasionally scary imagery, which has now been all but purged from any of today’s mass produced children’s entertainment. Maybe that’s why kids today are such pussies.
Anyway, hats off to the late Norman Ferguson and team for this sequence.
BONUS: In the video above, the original audio has been replaced by extraterrestrial jazz musician Sun-Ra’s version, to the great benefit of the segment, I think.
FUN FACT: The Dumbo ride at Disneyland was originally going to be based on this scene, but the idea was scrapped and they made a more family friendly Dumbo ride. What a shame.
“ People are losing their homes, their jobs, their health, their investments, their retirement security; yet there is unlimited money for war, Wall Street and insurance companies, but very little money for jobs on Main Street. Unlimited money to blow up things in Iraq and Afghanistan, and relatively little money to build things in the US. The Administration may soon bring to Congress a request for an additional $50 billion for war. I can tell you that a Democratic version of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is no more acceptable than a Republican version of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trillions for war and Wall Street, billions for insurance companies… When we were promised change, we weren’t thinking that we give a dollar and get back two cents.
Dennis Kucinich (via afghanibanani) (via danielholter) (via fletter)
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According to the report, Apple made $1.6 billion in operating profit off of the iPhone in Q3. Nokia, meanwhile, made $1.1 billion. Let’s put this in perspective. Recent numbers suggest Nokia controls roughly 35% of the worldwide handset market. Apple? About 2.5%.
Not 25%. Two point five percent.
Tech Crunch
Typekit
Apparently Typekit is a tool that will allow you to use real fonts on your website regardless of what fonts the viewer has installed on his computer. For anyone who’s ever made a website, you will appreciate how awesome this is.
Check it out.
PS: WOW That cursive banner on their frontpage ISN’T AN IMAGE. See for youself. I am blown away.
