Hummer Production to End (NY Times): GM will halt Hummer production at its Louisiana plant until sale of the brand to a Chinese company is completed. I loved this reader comment: Can’t wait to see a Chinese-made Hummer with a big ol’ American flag slapped on the back window.
I’ve never really been a fan of HDR images. There are a lot of examples on Flickr; some really boost the colors to near-cartoon levels, and others push their photos to a have a more dreamlike look. While many are interesting, I don’t want that look for my photos, so I decided I didn’t like …
Here’s 2009’s soundtrack. This is the first year that there’s no real punk or hardcore on my annual list (not that I didn’t listen to any, but there were no clear picks for 2009). Perhaps I’m mellowing with age? Listen on Apple Music People Under the Stairs: “Acid Raindrops (Instrumental)” The Beatles: “Dig A Pony” …
The Wire: Season 1 Before we standardized on album covers we were going to do whatever covers we wanted, so this year we did the cover from season 1 of the Wire DVD set.
A merry Krampus to you and yours! Hope you’re not on the naughty list…
It might be the remaining NyQuil in my system clouding my judgement, but this video was the funniest thing I’ve seen in years:
Boston.com’s The Big Picture published their three-part Year in Photos of amazing and moving shots: part 1, part 2, part 3.
Christoph Niemann uses leaves to illustrate ideas. (via kottke)
This graph that shows that younger people are more supportive of gay marriage than older people. As one person commented, “Looks like the debate will solve itself (mostly) in 20 years or so.” One can only hope… Somewhat strange that a couple of the most supportive states (Maine and California) have recently repealed gay marriage …