By: Ryan, on August 26, 2009

He died shortly before midnight tonight. He succumbed to the brain cancer he had been suffering from since May 2008.

More:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TedKennedy/story?id=6692022

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/index.html

By: Ryan, on August 25, 2009

Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.

By: Ryan, on August 20, 2009

A really cool video based on Fareed Zakaria’s excellent Newsweek article titled “The Rise of the Rest“. I love the use of infographics to in the video and the haunting piano music by Carly Comando.

From the Youtube page:

“Rise of the Rest” is a term coined by Fareed Zakaria on the post-American world. It is not a world marked by American decline, but the rise of everybody else. The rise of China and India are the most obvious signs, but the Gulf countries are also remaking themselves beyond hydrocarbons and so on. China and India are big but they are not the whole story.”

I think we often feel like America is on the decline, but like the Europeans before us, we’re just holding steady after our initial explosive growth. I wonder what the world will look like when China and India begin to maintain. Who will be the next to rise?

Via Kottke

By: Ryan, on

I gave these two guys a lift to Park City this morning. They were on their way to Cheyenne and then on to Denver. Arthur says he has about 4 months to live and is looking forward to fishing in Wyo, Jim hopes to find work in construction in Denver. Best of luck and a safe journey to them both.

By: Ryan, on August 19, 2009

Yes they are. The sign is part of a larger project to inject humor into people’s daily lives. Streetsigns

Via Laughing Squid

By: Ryan, on August 18, 2009

Grooveshark has a most excellent service outage page.

By: Ryan, on

Kind of reminds me of the “Speed enforced by Apache chopper” image.

Via Gizmodo

By: Ryan, on August 12, 2009

By: Ryan, on August 7, 2009

I just love some of these Tumblr sites I’m finding.

Crappy Taxidermy

See also:

Look at this fucking hipster

Look at this lovely hamster

By: Ryan, on August 3, 2009

Without a doubt, the most epic image I’ve seen in the last month.

The illustration is part of a series of advertisements for Li-Ning’s (a Chinese sports branding agency) Style Fighter 3+1 Basketball Challenge. The ads feature Shaq, Baron Davis and Jose Calderon playing in a court that represents their individual style.

There are more here and here.

Illustrations are the work of Huang Cheng

Via Super Punch