nothing2fancy » links http://nothing2fancy.com pew-pew Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Square America http://nothing2fancy.com/2009/04/05/square-america/ http://nothing2fancy.com/2009/04/05/square-america/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:26:45 +0000 Jim http://nothing2fancy.com/?p=311 Collection of slightly creepy animated 3D images.

http://www.squareamerica.com

(via shane lavalette)

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(not especially safe for work)

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(via Hello_Nurse)

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If only there were some institution that had a reputation for journalistic integrity that had a staff of trained editors and a growing audience arriving at its web site every day seeking quality information. If only… Of course, we have thousands of these institutions. They’re called newspapers.

The whole thing is worth a read, but this conclusion is spot-on. As the web expands further it will become harder and harder for even the web-saavy to distinguish the crackpot from the reliable reporter. I think we all have some crazy friend who sends us links to blogs “proving” that Obama is an anti-American Muslim bent on destroying the United States. As more and more folks get online it’s only going to get more difficult for people to differentiate between reality and bullshit.

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I heartily support this kind of advertising. Mainly because being in the ad biz, I want to have the confidence to walk into a client meeting, and PITCH this with a straight face. Well done.

(ahem, baobab )

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(via Adam Savage)

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I forgot how much I love this movie.

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]]> http://nothing2fancy.com/2009/03/08/thru-youcom/feed/ 0 Do you ever read stuff on the internet? http://nothing2fancy.com/2009/03/08/do-you-ever-read-stuff-on-the-internet/ http://nothing2fancy.com/2009/03/08/do-you-ever-read-stuff-on-the-internet/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:49:00 +0000 Jim http://nothing2fancy.com/?p=275 If yes, you need to get Readability

It makes this:

Look like this:

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