October 2008
17 posts
Wassup Obama
A remake of the famous Budweiser “Wassup” commercials from 1999-2002 is making the rounds at YouTube as a brilliant ad for Obama. It touches on unemployment, health care, the stock market, the war in Iraq and the environment, all in around two minutes. The original commercial is below:
Lomography Documentary →
cubicle17:
Thanks in large part to CameraBag, I have found myself myself ever-so-slightly obsessed with the atmosphere produced by CameraBag’s fake lomo filter, “Lolo”. After a few “rolls” of these fake lomo photographs, I remembered seeing this documentary on YouTube on the history of lomography.
Due to YouTube’s length restrictions, the documentary has been broken into 7 parts, but I think...
25 Best News Photographs
Found on the Vanity Fair website:
In honor of Vanity Fair’s 25th anniversary, the magazine’s editors flexed their list-making muscles to determine the 25 best of everything—from book covers and documentaries to parties and political one-liners. Herewith, the top 25 news photographs. Vote for your favorites on VF Daily.
This is the most chocking one to me. The photo was taken in 1993 and today,...
More Than Half Empty
Spotify
According their site:
Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want.
There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. Forget about the hassle of waiting for files to download and fill up your hard drive...
Nachtwey's Wish: Awareness of XDR-TB
Well-known and influential photojournalist James Nachtwey won the TED Prize last year, and as part of his award, he made a wish for help - help in bringing a story to light that he felt was important and underreported. The subject of this story is a new, dangerous type of tuberculosis called Extreme Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, or XDR-TB. Tubercolisis is both preventable and curable, but...
