A transmission from the deep south.
Jeremy Keith takes Ian Hickson to task over the removal of the time element from the HTML5 spec:
In this case the editor’s unilateral decision is fundamentally at odds with the most important HTML design principle, the priority of constituencies.
Glenn Beck illustrated by Daniel Clowes (via Andy Kelly):
“I was asked by the NYT to draw Glenn Beck for the cover of the Sunday magazine — apparently, he wasn’t going to sit down for a photo-shoot with the Times and so they had to hire an illustrator for their big profile. … I turned in the illustration on a Monday and was told that Beck had in fact agreed to come in and sit for a photo over the weekend, so they couldn’t use my illustration. Thanks for telling me. The back-and-white photo they used was perhaps a bit more complimentary to Mr. Beck, so I’d say he made a good call.”
Slouching towards Bethlehem is a photo essay by Martin Miller on The Manhattan Project — J. Robert Oppenheimer’s program to develop the first nuclear weapon. (via David Kaneda)
Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
— From Richard Nixon’s undelivered speech (by his then speechwriter, William Safire) to be used in the event of a disaster that would maroon the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon. (via Kris Lane)
In many ways, Vimeo’s ethical hipster editorial philosophy makes it a more natural fit than YouTube for a buttoned-up government website looking to offer video to the masses while minimizing risks that consumers will be referred to offensive material developed by other users of a video sharing service.
— The Washington Post’s Garance Franke-Ruta covers the White House’s quiet switch to Vimeo for broadcasting its video content. (via Vimeo Buzz)
I’ve been on the campaign for twenty something months, so I would see the artwork, I would photograph it, and think ‘what is with this image’? But it didn’t snap. It never occurred to me it was my picture.
— Photographer Mannie Garcia’s reaction upon learning that a photo of his from 2006 was used as the basis for Shepard Fairey’s iconic “Hope” poster, depicting Barack Obama in illustrated form. Philadelphia Inquirer photographer Tom Gralish has pursued the original source photo, first thought to have been an image by Reuters photographer Jim Young.
Is this actually his Mac for reals? Because the only thing better than the President using a Mac is the President having a motherfucking Pac-Man sticker on his Mac.
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