Author: Chris Reynolds
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oil spill…but not in the gulf of mexico
Look familiar? While this looks like it might be a bird that got it easy in the gulf oil spill, or maybe just got lucky (at least compared to these poor animals), this duck, in fact, lives no where near Louisiana. Instead, it was living right where I live. You know things are bad when you can…
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Shrinks Diagnose Darth Vader’s Inner Demons
As much as I love a good romp down Let’s Psychoanalyze Fictional Characters Lane, can I just point out the incredible waste of resources in a team of psychiatrists (that’s right, not just a guy, or some friends at the bar, or even a single, Star Wars-obsessed psych student) diagnosing Darth Vader with borderline personality…
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Humble Oil (now Exxon) Predicts the Future in 1962 Ad
“EACH DAY HUMBLE SUPPLIES ENOUGH ENERGY TO MELT 7 MILLION TONS OF GLACIER!” “This giant glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet, the petroleum energy Humble supplies – if converted into heat – could melt it at the rate of 80 tons each second! To meet the nation’s growing needs for energy, Humble has supplied…
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my favorite new WordPress trick
this little functions.php hack makes me all giddy… use this to rebrand your WordPress back-end with your own logo: //hook the administrative header output add_action(‘admin_head’, ‘my_custom_logo’); function my_custom_logo() { echo ‘ ‘; } and here’s what it would look like in action: by default, the WP logo is 32px square. so what do you do…
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DesignersCouch: BP’s Logo Redesigned
via @DesignersCouch DesignersCouch: BP’s Logo Redesigned
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Street Art by BEST | EVER
BEST | EVER is a street art duo from Bournemouth, England. Their work combines surrealism with photorealism and addresses issues of human frailty, weakness, disease and death. As you can imagine, the art of BEST | EVER transcends simple graffiti with their hauntingly beautiful images. The subversive act of applying paint to public surfaces forces…