Yup, chess and boxing.  Not exactl riveting sports entertainment, particularly with the most monotone boxing commentator of all time.

Oh man, sometimes a good ad can be, well really good.

Clearly lots of people have lots of answers to this question, but this guy has an interesting perspective.  He’s describing the direction of the country and how we’re losing a connection to doing things well using a story about a sign to illustrate his point.  Its a little bit elitist, but I like it a lot.

Ok, so that title has very little to do  with the content of this post, but the main feature of the content here is a nerd who would be stoned to death on mars.  I don’t want to ruin it, so you’ll just have to take my word for it, but lets just say he’s entertaining enough for me to have watched several videos in which he describes elements of the periodic table.  My favorite (so far) being Mendeleeveum (Md, in the second row of the bottom two added on rows).

Oh yeah, so what I’m linking to is a periodic table of videos, where this enormous nerd explains every element of the periodic table.

http://www.periodicvideos.com/index.htm#

Is a website by Charlote Cotton, the photo curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  There’s a new essay every month about some aspect of the current state of photography.  This months‘ is by Cotton, and its long, but worth the read.

Adorable, two guys filmed their Italian parents watching the 2006 Italy vs. France World Cup Final (home of the notorious Zidane head butt).

pastis_la_fnale.mov

I’m sure all your rss readers had my blog listed in the “orange typeface of death” or whatever they do with idle blogs, but I’m back to posting, thinking about doing more than just linkblog type stuff, so keep an eye on me in the next few weeks.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Hoolly craaaaap!!!

Upcoming project with creative time to turn a building at the bottom of manhattan into an instrument.

This is beautiful.  (in case you’re not familiar, do a google image search for “polaroid logo”)