Photos That Changed The World
Le Violon d’Ingres is an early photograph by Man Ray with violin F-holes drawn on the back of a young woman, emphasizing the relationship between the curves of the violin and the human form:
If this display of art moved you, Neatorama has another 12 photographs that “changed the world”. Of course, I can think of a few they missed, such as the atomic bomb, kim phuc fleeing napalm, flag raising on Iwo Jima, and Marilyn Monroe. There are a few more good ones in this Time Life excerpt.
Your Romantic Style
Top 10 “I am in your base killing your d00ds” pictures
If you haven’t heard the great “I am in your base killing your d00ds” meme before, it comes from a surprise attack in online gaming. It’s funny because the situation should be self-evident, but you have to inform the other party. Of course, parodies and rip-offs involving cats have become quite popular, so I’m going to highlight what I think are the top 10 “I’m in ur …” photos, starting with the Starcraft original:
0) I am in your base killing your d00ds
1) I’m in ur kuntry Ridin’ Dirty
2) We’re in ur intarnet killin ur torrentz
3) I art in thine base slaying thine doods
4) I’m in ur base killin ur d00dz
5) I’m in ur base killin ur d00dz
6) I’m in your bloodstream killing your infection
7) I’m in ur gutter blocking ur drainage
8) Im on ur land, emanating [sic] ur domain
9) Im in ur couch stealing ur change
10) Im in yr tvs distorting our facts
If you enjoyed this list, you can definitely DIGG it!
Another Blogging Survey
Since Christian did it (and The Undersigned originally) I suppose now that I have to.
1. When did you start blogging?
June 2004
2. Average, how often do you blog?
A lot. There are more posts than there are days in the last two years.
3. How do you host your blog?
When my blog comes in, I offer it a drink and then we chat for a while before dinner is produced. Um, how does everyone host a blog? On a linux server! My own!
4. What blogging application/service do you use?
Variously, either Gallery, Wordpress or software I’ve written.
5. Do you use an application to blog directly from your desktop, rather than from your blogs administration?
Windows Live Writer, at times.
6. Do you use a free theme for your blog?
Yes and no–it varies by site. I’m working on an overhaul theme for this site.
7. What type of blogging do you do?
I’m confused as to what my options are. I blog out of curiosity and hobby.
8. What is your primary blogging motivation?
Self-expression, moving from medium to big pimpin’.
9. Do you care much about the amount of visitors?
Like their sum mass? No. I do care about the NUMBER of visitors.
10. Does the total account of visitors on your blog count more to you, than the amount of visitors who comment on your blog posts?
The two are statistically identical.
11. Do you use some sort of anti spam solution for your blog comments? (Such as Akismet)
Yes.
12. If you run advertisements on your blog, do you sell the ads yourself?
No, that would be more work.
13. If you earn money on advertising on your blog, how much do you approximately earn per month?
More than you do? I’d tell, but that would be telling.
14. If you are running a business blog - have it helped your business to start blogging?
N/A
15. Are you a member of a blogging network such as random shapes or 9rules?
Yes–my own.
16. If you are member of a blogging network - has it helped you noticeable in any way?
The question doesn’t apply to members of a network which contains only their blogs.
17. How many daily unique visitors do your blog have?
~40,000+
18. Do you keep statistics of feed subscribers?
No, but Feedburner and Apache both do. You expect me to write down everyone who reads my feed?
19. Do you put work into search engine optimisation for your blog?
Of course not…. that requires work.
20. Have you ever bought advertisement on other websites for your blog?
My readers do my advertising?
OK that was a total waste of time, but since I filled it out, I suppose I have a moral obligation to press the Publish button, sigh…
Web DNA
There’s a cool little web meme called Web2DNA which converts your website into a DNA-like electrophoresis chart:
