Free Photoshop
I’m a little late in running across pixlr’s amazing photo editor, surely a godsend if you’re po’.
Photoshop would be hard to improve upon– the industry heavyweight has everything a casual user, a professional graphic designer and everyone in between could ever want.
But of course there is a drawback–unless you’re “young, black and famous, with money hangin’ out the anus”, buying a legit copy is a major investment. There are of course other methods *cough* demonoid *cough* but that would of course be wrong…
Enter pixlr.com, a site which allows the user to access an amazing photoshop-esque interface and many of the familiar features of Adobe’s cash cow. And all at the charming price of $0.00! No longer will people toil in the dark ages under the tyranny of the retarded child emperor known as MS paint. A reasonable editor is now within the grasp of anyone with a internet connection and basic PS skillz.
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I remember upside down Christmas trees appearing a few years back. No, they didn’t appear in my head after too many swigs of ‘nog–they could be found in several stores across the country and in the homes of trendier families.
My first thought was that it was some kind modern hippie protest against materialism, similar to a satanist’s or political protester’s inversion of the cross or flag.
But it turns out that trees were hung upside down in Germany in the 12th century and may have had some religious symbolism attached to them.
Many consider such trees to be offensive to the Christmas spirit, and ugly to boot. The rebellious conifer is even the reigning champ at http://ugly-christmas-trees.com/, a website that does indeed exist…But its anyone’s guess if they’ll be making a widespread appearence this Yule.
images: thegreenhead.com
This Is How You Remind Me of Someday
Can a Band Plagiarize Itself? This is the question posed to Nickelback, a Canadian quartet perhaps second only to Creed in the level of derision received by a sizable segment of rock fans.
The reasons cited range from the band’s image to their reliance on predictable, poppish creations that seem too well crafted for the mass market.
Nickelback’s biggest hit, This is How You Remind Me, reached the top of the charts in 2001. In 2003, the band struck gold again with Someday, a radio-friendly song which fueled the howls of the band’s detractors on account of its suspiciously familiar progression and structure.
A clever sound wiz mixed the two songs to prove this point, resulting in a hilarious exposure of NB’s underlying sonic formula.
The left speaker plays one song while the right plays the other simultaneously.
Here is the appropriately titled: This is How You Remind Me of Someday:
For comparison, below is the video for Nickelback’s This Is How You Remind Me:
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Most artists have raging egos, and would like nothing better than to have their best works praised to the heavens. But horrible art has its place too, and it deserves a little attention now and then…
Enter the Museum of Bad Art, a collection of works so bad that they’re good. Well not really–they’re just bad. The stated purpose of the MOBA is “to bring the worst of art to the widest of audiences,” a promise they fulfill admirably. From loathsome landscapes to poopy portraits, the works have only one thing in common–they must be cleansed in fire.
Billed as the world’s first “timesculpture” advertisement, Toshiba’s ad is certainly attention grabbing.
It features a group of kids playing as camera angles rotate 360 degrees and time moves backwards and forwards — all simultaneously. (It sort of reminds me of the famous scene in The Matrix where Neo dodges the bullet..)
A team of artistic and engineering wizards was assembled to create the piece, which required a total of 200 cameras and 20,000 Gigabytes of information!
Check out the second video for the making of this one of a kind commercial.
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