Faraway, So Close

Immersion is a project by a New York Times photographer showing how focused kids can be while playing video games. (Watch the video here) Basically he has a video camera mounted behind/in the screen that the kids are playing the games on so you’re staring right at them staring at you playing the [...]

The next time this comes up at your swinging party, you’ll be able to answer that age old question of “What other bands came from Sweden in the ’70’s?” and the inevitable follow up: “How many members of the hit group Tonix were women?”
I’m honestly not sure.
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Beautiful photos from the end of the world in Antarctica over on The Big Picture. I can’t imagine what it would be like to live/work there. I’m both terrified and fascinated by the remoteness. Lonely Planet has a page for travel to/from Antarctica. Apparently you can book a 12hr fly-over from [...]

Looking at these photos from Barack Obama’s flickr stream feels a bit surreal. Kind of like you’re looking at someone’s vacation photos who you know from work.

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Originally uploaded by Barack Obama.

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Originally uploaded by odellte.

Congratulations.

This is a great shirt, especially if you’ve ever walked around a school and seen folks wearing a shirt with Che Guevara’s picture on it.
If you don’t know who Che Guevara is, no worries. Check out wikipedia. He “was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, politician, author, physician, military theorist, and guerrilla leader. After [...]

The photographs from the Notman Photographics Archives are a priceless testimony to the history of Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries, from its people to its landscapes…
Direct link to the flickr set in the slideshow above. You should also check out the Views of Montreal - Vues de Montréal (1863-1925) flickr set as [...]

Some beautiful pictures of London at night from The Big Picture.

I wasn’t that hungry tonight so I just thought I would make some toast when all of a sudden it popped up and I was staring at the face of NOBODY in the toast! NON-HOLY WHITE BREAD!
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I got to take my Nikon D80 out for fun/work on the weekend at my dad’s golf tournament on Saturday and then to a outdoor church service and then a party-in-the-park near our place. It’s definitely nice having a longer lens (currently 70-135) and the new filters I picked up definitely seemed to help [...]