fantastic letter of shareholder marx in reply to annual report. more of this would easily have saved us a financial crisis.

Think West Wing meets The Wire. Together with Homeland the best of the new tv-season. (trailer doesn't do it real justice though; see here for more)

Planet Streetpainting (from NL) at work painting a Lego terra-cotta army on CHALK Festival in Sarasota, FL.

kottke'd already, but for a reason. 2 camera's followed the removal of a large dam and subsequent recovery of the river. this week the dam was exploded and the imagery of the water hungrily returning to where it was flew is beautiful.
be sure to read some of the articles of the site also; these two photographers are interested in more than nice pictures.

These are indeed somewhat peculiar to say the least;

https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-Oct...

Again a brilliant choice by Letters of Note.

again; a beauty.

Wishlisted.

Charming!

didn't think this was a very good idea; but in this case loved to be proven wrong! that looks pretty great.

your're never to young to give someone a good scare...

Two years ago we drove through Joplin and the surrounding area's on a trip of Route 66. Had a nice afternoon there, in that quite Mid American town.
This morning i stumbled on this photo taken after the tornadoes hit that very same town last week. Beyond any recognition (see the before/after here: http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/5804379989/before-and-after-of-the-day-misso.... Hearts goes out to all people there..

annoyment guaranteed

I own these problems, they can be traced directly back to my inabilities and inexperience, sometimes directly, other times in the form of my not having anticipated or recognized situations for what they were as soon as I could have.

I have no idea what I’m doing

Read all in Ben Pierrat's blogpost

wow; this guy is pretty much running up that thing... insanely cool starts around 2:00