Quote

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child – Cicero

Manifiesto Destino

Two from the Harper's Index:
Ratio of the number of Latinos in Iowa to the number of full-time farmers: 7:4.
Percentage change since 2000 in the estimated number of Hispanic voters in the United States: +122

Photos

Modern Ruins is a great site with an extensive collection of photos taken at abandoned places.

Un Grand Gymnaste

GYMNASTIQUE PEKIN 2008
Uploaded by nqtv

Photos

...of people pointing - collected by Leslie Grant. More pointing here.

List

Here is a funny list over at McSweeney's called "James Bond Films for the
George W. Bush Era" by Christopher Smith. Here's a sample:
"Live in Constant, Irrational Fear of Muslims and Let Die"

8 Year Photo Project

This video via Neatorama of a man who took a picture of himself every day for eight years.

Illuminated Map of Korea

Night time illumination photo of North and South Korea taken from space. South sells more lightbulbs.

Street Art

Courtesy of designboom.

Christmas Wishes

Here's an entertaining list over at Night Swim.

Clown News

This is a story from earlier this year, but we should talk to our politicians to see that this never happens again.

Biblical Events From Space

The Glue Society, a creative collective based in Sydney, has put together this cool exhibit of well known biblical events viewed via satellite. It's called God's Eye View, and here's a link courtesy of Creative Review.

Very Short Film (Shanghai)

train (shanghai)
running time: 1 minute 14 seconds

The Miserablist

From Goldsmith's College, London comes this new magazine for those who think everything is just plain rubbish!

Commercial

A good spot for Norwegian Hydro:

Photos

Swiss designer Stefan Jandl snapped this photo of a man reenacting a famous tennis shot by Boris Becker. More of Jandl's work here.

Invention

Those pesky scientists - first they say the world's getting warmer, and now this.

Best Of CraigsList

Rock on! - with this device.

The National Debt

Yikes!

Very Short Film (Beijing)

toys (beijing)
running time: 1 minute 6 seconds