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All outdoor advertising has been banned in Sao Paulo (and storefront signage has been severely limited) as seen in this great Flickr set by Tony de Marco.

What do you think? Is a city more beautiful and vibrant without signs?

Great idea:
The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can.

You’d think he would be able to run further in 2 seconds as time progressed, however.

I don’t believe a word of it but this is the most compelling television ad I’ve seen in a long, long time:

Mostly Photography:
In December of 1970, Diane Arbus, short of money and desperate for a new 6×7 camera, put together a portfolio of ten photographs for sale. She made an edition of fifty, each printed, signed, numbered and annotated by the photographer, and presented in a clear Plexiglas box. She hoped to sell them for a […]

I love James Dunance Davidson’s conference photos, like this one from RailsConf 2007:

There is also a cool series of Ze Frank photos.

Shutterbug:
ice cream base is often made with mashed potatoes, or with Crisco and powdered sugar. Fruit pieces, chocolate chips, and food coloring are added to make various flavors. Cereal can be photographed with white glue instead of milk, because the cereal does not get soggy quickly and the flakes stay where they are placed. Whipped […]

Apple has created a great video seminar for those who IPhoto users switching to Aperture.

I like the idea of having a family Arrow of Time.  The trick is to pick a day when you can gather the whole family together for the yearly picture.

Drool…

Thomas Hawk: Top 10 Flickr Hacks

Flickr Leech is an even better way to check out the Flickr Interestingness items without having to page thru dozens of separate clicks.

One of my favorite daily visits is the Flickr Interestingness page. Check it out.

Amazon makes its library of books searchable!
“Ten years ago, while developing a seminal piece of Unix search software called agrep, Manber came up with a concept for an information tool he has yet to build. It was supposed to search the mess of papers on his desk.”

You really should be reading:

roBlog 0xDECAFBAD Willison […]

Read more about this infamous Python ad.

What are the essential developer tools? I’m going to play with this question a bit to see what would make an ideal developer toolkit. 1) editor 2) source control 3) compiler/make system 4) bug tracking 5) test framework What else?

Check out […]

Oblivio: “I had a date last night with a woman wrapped in plastic. Or at least I think it was plastic.”

The best explanation about calories that I ever read is at Hussman’s site. Although essentially a detailed look at the Body For Life program, Hussman’s site has a lot of worthwhile fitness essays […]

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