Some stunning photos from Jon Rafman’s 9 eyes project.
Here’s an essay he wrote about the process of combing through Google Street View photos and finding weirdly beautiful and emotionally affecting gems: ”The Nine Eyes of Google Street View.”
Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Book Project via io9
interesting piece via Kevin Ashton at Medium.com.
Ah, the life of a writer. (via the PEN/Faulkner Foundation)
And that’s a pretty good way to end the week I think
Shirley Jackson Award Nominees!
Excuse me, may we blow your mind?
This is what we are listening to down here in the Near-Sighted Monkey Lounge.
He saw the movie “Ghost”. He heard this song and now he is singing it back.
Live from Malaysia, it’s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqZWk8asZM
The Beaver Trilogy is a pretty fascinating little film, featured on an old episode of This American Life that re-played recently. Worth checking out!
(Director Trent Harris’s site)
(find the full movie on YouTube here.
…which, strangely, became someone’s tattoo. (!?)
(via flavorwire, “Awesome Indie Comics Tattoos.” )
