posted January 25, 2017 #

The long exposure, neon light fueled photography of Marilyn Mugot was recently featured in WIRED but they only scratched the surface of her body of work. I highly recommend taking a nice chunk out of your day to fully explore everything she's posted - there's an eerie, beautiful, calm to it. It's like Bladerunner after everyone's gone home.

North of Neon

posted January 24, 2017 #

Filmmaker Matt Stawski has taken on a rather ambitious project with North of Neon - a fantasy kids show drawing deep inspiration from the likes of Terry Gilliam and practical effects fueled films like Labyrinth or Dark Crystal. There are loads of puppets, over the top characters and cleverly repurposed props that feel nostalgic and familiar.

Godsteeth Illustration

posted January 24, 2017 #

Welsh printmaker Gods Teeth has a strange mix of the macabre and a sweet longing. It's a grim reaper longing for connection! Maybe that's oversimplifying but I love the style. Be sure to peruse the Big Cartel store along with the Instagram for the full impact.

10 Actions / 100 Days

posted January 23, 2017 #

next steps

yewknee 10.2

posted January 23, 2017 #

Doing my best to continue making improvements around here. After the last round I decided to revisit some previous decisions (i.e. no sidebar) and add a few more features. Here's the changelog of what to find new around here:

Search - no more leveraging Google to find things in the archives. Just hit the Search option in the menu.
Filtered RSS - Don't want to see my Twitter posts or Twitter Favorites in the RSS feed? Just use this link to filter them out.
Comment Count - some bad SQL led to comment counts not appearing on the main feed. That's fixed.
Comment Notification - this doesn't affect you at all but I was never being notified when new comments were coming in. Now I'll know.
Promo Carousel - I assume most readers are banner blind to my self-promotion graphics but they're there and they're nicer now.

All of these are works in progress so if you happen upon a bug - please let me know.

Daniel Arnold, DC 2017

posted January 23, 2017 #

I love the street photography work of Daniel Arnold. He has an uncanny knack for capturing the spirit and emotion of a particular scene, one can only assume highly covertly. He's posted around 40 images for Vogue that document the 2017 Inauguration and Women's March, a perfect juxtaposition for his sort of practice.

Keep an eye on his Instagram for a consistent flow of goodness and updates on when his new photo sets are posted.

Billy Eichner Is Trying To Talk To You

posted January 23, 2017 #

Before reading through this Vulture cover story, I assumed Billy Eichner was A) Canadian and B) as loud and insane as the characters he portrays. Turns out, he is neither. He's from New York and he's actually quite tempered. It's a lengthy interview but he has honest insight on every subject thrown his way (Writing & Acting, the Facade of Celebrity, Politics, Homosexuality & Coming Out) that's cut with just the right amount of attitude. I considered myself a casual fan before but I think I'm all in now.

Aerial photos show large crowds at Women's Marches across the country

posted January 21, 2017 #

Rad

NYT Pictures From Women's Marches Around the World

posted January 21, 2017 #

Equally great

posted January 20, 2017 #

reminder that punching Nazis in the face is a time-honored American tradition https://t.co/pkcxFjKa4W

Git Music

posted January 20, 2017 #

# Adds the currently playing iTunes track to your prepared commit message. via @mroth

Friday Videos - Jan 20th, 2017

posted January 20, 2017 #

I wrote a whole thing about Inauguration Day and then deleted it. And then put it back. And then deleted it again. I don't really want to go on about how horrible I feel about the incoming Administration* because I don't think anyone really cares. Those who agree with me, agree with me. Those who don't, never will. So, I'll just throw this out there: Please, look at this. Am I wrong in thinking there is a massive disconnect from reality? Okay, that's it.

I'm posting these Friday videos as a respite from the day. A distraction. Hopefully it works.

Super Real Mario Odyssey - this GTA mod really makes the real trailer for the new Mario game pretty unsettling.
Arturo Sandoval - A Night in Tunisia - it's nine minutes long and ebbs and flows between unbearable and unbelievable. Thanks Mike!
Man Gives His Cat 11,453 Stern Looks - this is so stupid but excellent amusement. Also, it's almost an hour. Excellent.
Super Sloppy, Semi-Automatic Double Dare! - Billy on the Street goes political with a long, non-street-based, gun control piece featuring physical challenges and Michael-Key! Loved it.
Advice King - Episode 2 - in which Chris Crofton (the Advice King) gives insight on How to Write An X-Men Movie.
Young Thug - Wyclef Jean - when your talent doesn't show up for your video shot, make magic. via Austin.
Alexa says Beef - as an Alexa owner, this really amuses me more than it should.
Alexa says Beef [ Fixed ] - I died.
Running Man Trump - okay I couldn't resist at least one downer political video. "Enjoy" this comparison between the incoming Administration and the plot of 1987's Running Man.

Look at this delightful dog! Look at this hilarious slip! Look at these mesmerizing GIFs in Reverse! Listen to Smash Mouth in C!

* To be clear, I am not a sore loser that needs to "get over it" because I'd be fine with a conservative candidate defeating a liberal one. That's how Democracy works. It's this particular candidate winning that is so unsettling. As I mentioned here, I made the mistake of browsing Twitter replies last night and it's unsettlingly vitriolic. There are so many people lashing out and arguing over how Trump will bring our country back together. Let me repeat that - people are lashing out in a confrontational manner about how we're all going to come together under this new President. No sense of empathy. No sense of intelligence or compassion or understanding or even trying.

Villagers knit jumpers for Indian elephants

posted January 20, 2017 #

adorable