Posts filed under “Art”

Choices for a new laptop

I’m getting a new laptop soon. I’ve already picked out the one I’m going to get, but I need your help with another decision. Eventually, I’d like to get a skin for my laptop. I’ve narrowed it down to three choices: Which do you like best? Which do you think suits me best?

How to make an awesome poster

Several months ago, my aunt asked me a bunch of questions about climate change. I answered her here in a serious of carefully researched posts, many of which took me hours to write. Her answer? “You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to” with a link to an abc news story insinuating that snow in winter means […]

Tourist photos as art

I’m as guilty as the next tourist of taking mediocre photographs of sites that already have a thousand representations. I can feel a bit less guilty about clogging up Flickr with them after seeing how Corinne Vionnet transforms such banal pictures into beautiful art.

What I’ve Noticed

Mining companies like to claim that they’re bringing economic benefits, but cleanup and health costs far outweigh positive contributions to the economy. After thousands of years, we’ve finally discovered what the argonaut octopus uses its shell for – it’s essentially a ballast tank. HUGE step: we’ve synthesized life. Autism doesn’t have anything to do with […]

Berry Go Round!

The latest edition of Berry Go Round is up at The Phytophactor.  I’m more than a little late with this announcement, but I promise it’s not because I’m bitter about missing the deadline with my Archeopteris post.  That would just be petty and, despite what my sister may tell you, I really don’t hold a […]