Sigh...  I have a group there, called Animated Adulthood, for grown-ups who like cartoons.  I finally had to turn moderation on, because no one on that website seems to understand the concept of posting on topic.  Seriously - your awful erotic poetry and your ultrasounds (while understandably exciting) don't have anything to do with animation ( Read more... )

Go to the Google home page right now and click the gold arrow (or you can do it below if you like, but there's a nice image collage there as well), to see a great little 80's-video-game-inspired animation to salute what would have been Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday using the Queen track "Don't Stop Me Now." Freddie passed away in 1991, but the ( Read more... )

(I started a group at Gather.com for grownup fans of all kinds of animation...this was originally posted there. I'm sure you guys, being far more internet savvy than the folks over there, have all seen it already...)


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Now I'm amused. Half-heartedly hoping Google will find me some images of vintage early 1900's swordfish harpoon boats for the big boss's presentation so I don't have to dig through dusty filing cabinets or do a lot of scanning. I'm getting the odd picture of Spike Spiegel and Jet Black from Cowboy Bebop - probably because of Spike's craft, the ( Read more... )

Looking for depictions of Native Americans swordfishing for a presentation for work and came upon this story, which is based on the Chumash legend, namely that the swordfish speared whales and threw them on the beach, thus providing people with food.

Swordfish StorySwordfish seem to be a bit cruel, but then so do a lot of large predators ( Read more... )

I'd always kind of wondered how Google Maps got its Street View pics. This morning I was driving to work and, trying to be a good driver and constantly keep my eyes moving, noticed something odd in my rear view mirror. A small car with a very large Thingie...

( and unfortunately, then I was a very poor driver because I tried to take a picture of it... )

(because it popped up when I opened the LJ post page instead of Semagic - I must have written it and then closed the page...)

Wow, I just realized I only need about 448 points to get another $25 in gift cards (for a total of $75) at Gather.com. I've gotten over 1000 points in the last few months for only putting up a few things. I should really start posting more pictures and photo essays over there. People seem to look at those more than anything else. Does anyone else ( Read more... )

Okay.

Received in the mail, one envelope with a Canada postmark.

Containing one letter that appears to be recruiting mystery shoppers, and instructions on what to do with the rest of the evelope's contents; the letterhead's address says Imperial, California, and an email address for a survey company. Also a survey form, and what appears to be a ( Read more... )

So I joined Gather.com about six months ago, and these were my thoughts when I joined:

...might as well check this place out.  So, it's somewhat nicer-looking than MySpace, although still littered with ads.  I can't really personalize my own page, but it's meant as a portal for others.   A slightly different premise than LJ, I guess; it looks like ( Read more... )