Let’s all get behind this worthy charity that will clearly benefit all educators… Happy Friday, Y’all! via Neatorama […]
Year: 2008
Rome Built in a Day (Serious Fun)
The Machine Project, a gallery in LA, hosted the “24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project” last month. The group had a ton of cardboard and “building supplies”, did some research to figure out the layout of the city and pulled together all the images they could for modeling the buildings, put together a building schedule, and […]
Of Chimeras, Tweets and Twittering
Jim Groom is now working with me at the University of Richmond. It’s his second day and we’ve already dreamed up enough projects to keep us in work for several years. It is great fun, incredibly geeky fun, but fun nevertheless. Anyway . . . we were talking about the differences between various web publishing […]
African-American photos from 1900-1975
Over at Square America, Nicholas Osborn has posted 150 portraits and photos featuring African Americans. An absolutely beautiful collection. Link via BoingBoing […]
“The Explorers”
How would you help your teachers to recognize the significance of this beautiful picture as it relates to their vocation? Photo Credit: Jennifer Zwick via Neatorama […]
Croatian group’s internet research leaves them “Blue in the Face”
Minx Graphic Novels: Girl-Positive Comics
Minx Comics, published by DC Comics, focuses on girl-positive themes and images. As a life-long comic book collector (boxes, bags, and the whole nine yards), it has worried me the way women in comics have become hyper-sexualized. It’s difficult to find a female character who doesn’t seem to be popping out of her costume. Minx […]
Art Department Rules
Worth thinking about in lots of different ways. via kottke via Hi + Low […]
State of the Union Address Tag Cloud
I thought we posted on this last year. Jason Griffey takes The State of the Union address and remixes the top 75 words into a tag cloud. Now that he’s done it two years in a row, it could be an interesting look at the state of affairs over the last two years. 2008 Address […]
Reading of Constitution/Declaration
Debra Jean Dean, a voiceover artist, has released a creative commons reading of both The Constitution and The Declaration of Independence. Beautifully read, totally free to share, cut, and remix with attribution. The Constitution The Declaration via BoingBoing […]