Striking Color Images from WWI

These pictures from World War I are some of the only color images that exist from that historic and bloody conflict.  They are especially dramatic because we don’t usually see color from that period.

Four Perfectly Round Circles

As the original post on Digg said, looks can be deceiving.

Steve Jobs’ Liver Transplant

Here is the full article from the Wall Street Journal.
Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later [...]

David Letterman’s Apology For Telling Flawed Palin Joke

Here is the text of the apology the David Letterman will give tonight on his show.
“All right, here – I’ve been thinking about this situation with Governor Palin and her family now for about a week – it was a week ago tonight, and maybe you know about it, maybe you don’t know about it. [...]

The Truth About HD TV

This is a very clever cartoon with a simple message.  Nice.

Watch Simon Get Shocked by Susan Boyle

Everyone’s seen this, but here it is again.  A great voice and a lesson in life, all rolled up in a neat little emotional package.

Marc Andreessen to Charlie Rose: ‘You Have to Kill the Print Edition’

But what will we wrap fish with?

4th of July Fireworks – Virtual OOO and AHHH

Virtual fireworks here.  Video below.

Retro-Phone for iPhone

I love stuff like this.
People writing somewhat useless, but fun and clever bits of creative programming, just because they can. I wish the return animation lasted longer, but I will no doubt be getting this program when available. Just because I can.  Calling Klondike-94327!

Tim Russert

Tim Russert was great at what he did and we will miss having his particular variety of analysis during this and upcoming political campaigns.  I used to wait for his reports on the Today Show the morning after a primary so I could know what just happened and what would happen next.  He would always [...]