Who are these people??
29.8.06
28.8.06
ready, set, rasterbate!
I wanted to share with people a site I've known about for a while but never really raved enough about. A subdivision of The Sect of Homokaasu (I have no idea what this main site is about, btw), the Rasterbator is something worth checking out.
It converts your own images into giant Benday dot murals a la Lichtenstein. You can make them as big as you want, as fine-detailed as you want. You can also choose all black, all another colour, or multi-coloured, like your photo.
This is great to fill wall space or just express something you love. PS sorry I have no example image, any I found online suck and I haven't printed on of these for myself yet.
It converts your own images into giant Benday dot murals a la Lichtenstein. You can make them as big as you want, as fine-detailed as you want. You can also choose all black, all another colour, or multi-coloured, like your photo.
This is great to fill wall space or just express something you love. PS sorry I have no example image, any I found online suck and I haven't printed on of these for myself yet.
9.8.06
i love pink
It's no secret I love the colour PINK. At this moment, I have pink fingernails and a pink belt on...and one more pink thing too. I just thought I'd share with you some great artwork by people in a community close to my heart, deviantART. The PiNK! Photography Contest just ended and the results are iN! You can view the entire range of contest entries here. I definitely love the (featured) photo that won - Offering a Sweet Galaxy by *saturninus. If you're a pink fan, this is the artwork collection for you!
4.8.06
=1= Make Poverty History
I like to take the lazy way when it comes to causes. Like leaving clothes on my steps for the Diabetes Association to pick up, or like leaving empty wine and beer bottles out back of my apartment for a homeless guy to take at 4 in the morning. Or, I send pre-written emails to my local and national political leaders. So I sent one recently to the PM and to Brian Murphy, MP Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe asking for commitment at the G8 Summit in Russia in July. I have never before received a reply to these emails (and I've written a lot of them, or rather...sent a lot of them) and I have certainly never received a reply from the PM's office. But this time I got one back from Brian Murphy. So this means that he either got a lot of these emails and sent out a mass one OR I was the only one and he just sent one to me (doubtfully that is what happened). I like his answer though. I like that it exists and I like that he bitches a little about the Conservatives and I especially like that he agrees with my request to make poverty history.
August 1st , 2006
Dear Ms. E---:
Thank you for your recent email in which you expressed your wishes for
the G8 Summit and AIDS conference.
I strongly believe that the goals made at Gleneagles are worthy policies
and should be brought into effect immediately. Increased aid, better
AIDS treatment, enhanced primary education, debt cancellation, reducing
the deaths of children from malaria and more effective trade deals are
all important to the growth of developing countries.
Over the past several years, Canada has become a leader in combating
poverty, especially in Africa, not only in aid but also in efficient and
effective means of delivering this aid. In the 2005 Budget, the Liberal
Government committed to doubling our international assistance over the
next five years. While I am encouraged that the Conservative government
has adopted this commitment, I am disappointed that the doubling of
international assistance to Africa has not continued. Further, I was
discouraged that the Conservatives cut $47 million to the prevention and
eradication of AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Polio. Finally, there was
no commitment in the budget to reduce developing countries debt. In the
2005 Budget, $172 million was allotted for a debt relief initiative for
the world's poorest countries plus an additional $34 million
contribution was made to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt
relief initiative.
I strongly believe that Canada should strive to reach the goal of
committing 0.7% of its GNP to foreign aid by the year 2015. Therefore, I
was disheartened that the Conservative budget had no substantial
commitment to increase foreign aid or eradicating global poverty.
Again, thank you for contacting me on this important issue.
Yours truly,
Brian Murphy, MP
Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe
August 1st , 2006
Dear Ms. E---:
Thank you for your recent email in which you expressed your wishes for
the G8 Summit and AIDS conference.
I strongly believe that the goals made at Gleneagles are worthy policies
and should be brought into effect immediately. Increased aid, better
AIDS treatment, enhanced primary education, debt cancellation, reducing
the deaths of children from malaria and more effective trade deals are
all important to the growth of developing countries.
Over the past several years, Canada has become a leader in combating
poverty, especially in Africa, not only in aid but also in efficient and
effective means of delivering this aid. In the 2005 Budget, the Liberal
Government committed to doubling our international assistance over the
next five years. While I am encouraged that the Conservative government
has adopted this commitment, I am disappointed that the doubling of
international assistance to Africa has not continued. Further, I was
discouraged that the Conservatives cut $47 million to the prevention and
eradication of AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Polio. Finally, there was
no commitment in the budget to reduce developing countries debt. In the
2005 Budget, $172 million was allotted for a debt relief initiative for
the world's poorest countries plus an additional $34 million
contribution was made to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt
relief initiative.
I strongly believe that Canada should strive to reach the goal of
committing 0.7% of its GNP to foreign aid by the year 2015. Therefore, I
was disheartened that the Conservative budget had no substantial
commitment to increase foreign aid or eradicating global poverty.
Again, thank you for contacting me on this important issue.
Yours truly,
Brian Murphy, MP
Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe
3.8.06
ok.go
Thanks, YouTube. Without you I would not be able to waste as much time, see as many strange things OR discover bands that dance on treadmills (in tight pink pants and heels even)!! The music's not too shabby either. I'm going to check these guys out!
•more OK Go videos
•OK Go page (wicked design, guys)
•more OK Go videos
•OK Go page (wicked design, guys)
make.art.now
Wow, I love this guy's idea! Scott Wade's Dirty Car Art is a step up from "wash me" or "lave-moi lave-moi lave-moi"!! I like the idea of him walking around parking lots and drawing on cars, even though mostly his work is on his own car. I also love his "art is everywhere - make art now" philosophy.
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