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prior listings

 

• Thinking Woman's Diary 8/29/04 
  Description: a creative domain where one woman's philosophies, revelations and reflections get hung out to dry
  Comments: From star-gazing to the 60s, cell phones to ferocious winter gales, a clock with a mind of its own to the need to "make the most of every single breath."  Ann's fresh, creative domain is a treat if you ask me.  She's been documenting her "philosophies, revelations and reflections" there since April – a mass of well-written content that's quite engaging.  The Thinking Woman – the appropriate moniker.  "One thing we often forget is how much power we have."
   
• Quidante.com 8/27/04 
  Description: the work of valentijn (Flash)
  Comments: "After four years of hard work I graduated with honor an I'm ready to kick some ass."  In July, young designer Valentijn Destoop got his Masters and I'd say his future is bright.  But it's the past, with its projects, graphics, and digitals, plus an absolutely stunning site design, that are sure to please, right now... 
   
• anthropy 8/20/04 
  Description: photoblog. a picture a day
  Comments: The photography and short videos are extraordinary.  Bernard captures color, light, texture, and detail with great skill, in my opinion.  Pictures, not words, can better illustrate what I mean.  Like the promenade, twisted, and montreal's angels (definitely my favorite).  Seeing what Bernard sees is interesting and amusing, to say the least...;~))
   
• Olde English Sketch Comedy 8/16/04 
  Description: video sketches from a comedy troupe – new content weekly (Quicktime) (some mature content)
  Comments: Today's pick, "in its new form, will be updated with a new video on a weekly basis, making it the only regularly updated sketch site on the internet," according to Ben Popik, one of the comedy troupe's 10 current members (and site builder).  Okay, so there's a lot of sites out there that call themselves funny and update regularly, but every Quicktime video I watched here, last night and this morning, was funny!  Excellent production and a crew of very talented comics.  It's more in the league of SNL comedy in my opinion, but there's nothing typical about it.  From a tale of two hungry rappers to a case of Adam Fever (oops, I meant cabin fever) to a slew of hilarious Apple Switch Parodies, it's pure entertainment!  The videos carry a CC license and visitors are invited to "download, distribute, and share them."  At the very least, do watch a few of 'em...
   
• Cristian Stan 8/14/04 
  Description: photography
  Comments: Three galleries and a project called "eidolinia" that simply rocks!  A spectacular tiny row of trees with white above and black below in one pic, just like the colorful layers of sky, grass, life, and earth in another, tell me Cristian enjoys a special perspective as he views the world.  A shot of a perfect sky above a beautiful brick wall confirm it for me.  Then, that third shot in gallery two leaves me staring at the screen for minutes, enjoying yet another unique vision shared through the lens.  Beautiful photoart... 
   
• FILE Magazine 8/13/04 
  Description: a collection of unexpected photography
  Comments: They "keep their eyes peeled" for a certain kind of photo and also welcome unsolicited submissions.  "Alternate takes, odd angles, unconventional observations" are what they collect and publish (with photographers' permission) – a filter, seeking "photographs that treat subjects in unexpected ways."  It couldn't be a better time, considering the explosion of photography on the web.  There's a few dozen outstanding photos in the collection, plus two features in the galleries and they're just getting started... 
   
• acrodecade 8/12/04 
  Description: fine art paintings and photographs of Bjorn C Andersson (Flash)
  Comments: It was Bjorn's collection of 28 amazing square photos I discovered early this morning via linkdup.  Purpurite is just a chapter of the site where I also came upon Bjorn's paintings and sketches.  "Requires a calm mind."  The Pharmaceutical series – how can I approach it with my own words?  I can't.  "I wonder if the graffiti artist knew just how accurate he was in his decoration of that white exterior wall, the drugs pouring over the people on the other side of the wall, people navigating through their anxiety guided by happy pills or a hang-over spiced with aspirin."  There's an eerie soundtrack still playing as I invite you to leave now...
   
• argyle dragonfly 8/11/04 
  Description: a collage of projects spanning all of my years on the net
  Comments: Back in April of 1998, a site called "The Dystopian Kalopsia & The Tidy Slapper" was selected as a best of the cool pick (they weren't called daily picks until early '99 when yours truly started doin' it every day).  Anyway, sometime since then, a round of link validation testing resulted in the link to that site being removed from the listings, as it couldn't be reached for several days.  Dystopian Kalopsia had been online since 1997 and this morning, I got to see it again.  Cool.  You see, Heidi submitted her newest site yesterday, apparently launched in 2002 – she calls it a collage of projects (17 of 'em) and it's an interesting history of her creativity on the web – writing, photography, graphics – good stuff.  If I'm not mistaken, she started doing the web thing in 1997 just like coolstop.  Small world this web, and I always enjoy a good re-connection.  Just another reminder how much I love doing this web thing.  Thanks Heidi...
   
• go photoblog 8/10/04 
  Description: color and black & white photography
  Comments: Go, a/k/a Pixelillusion, relaunched the site less than a month ago with a picture of his fiancé.  Beautiful shot.  Beautiful subject.  There's some other great people pics in the archives too.  The previous version appears to have been taken offline, so it's a fresh start for his photoblog, which already has 27 shots posted.  I like the site design – it's minimal with simple, small icons for navigation and the photos stand out nicely in the open space.  Information on each shot, links to its categories, and occasional commentary by Go appear in the pop-up comments window instead of on the page.  I particularly like his black & white shots, especially this and that...;~))   [Photo Friday]

  Note: Go's old site (no longer updated) is here.
   

• desiderata 8/9/04 
  Description: a movie and entry point to the world of centriFuga + sTirato (Flash)
  Comments: A starry night and the cutest little kitty you've ever seen follows a young lady home.  She's apparently been shopping for others in the house and when she's done delivering the goods to each of them, she and the kitty, who's been eagerly watching her through the windows, meet on the roof where a bowl and a bottle of milk's been waiting all along.  I guess I'm taking you through a side door today, which is the first part of the site I encountered, so after you watch the wonderful movie, you may wanna go around the front and walk dive right in...;~)) 
   
• ARTiCHOC 8/7/04 
  Description: personal portofolio featuring graphics, battles, cybershots, and wallpapers
  Comments: If you go back to Ren's first series of digipix from 1999 and work your way forward, you won't be disappointed.  And a feature called cybershots, apparently started this month, gives a glimpse of things hopefully to develop.  He's also playin' Photoshop PingPong and offers a few dozen ways to "spice up your desktop."  Some additional exploration will lead you even more graphical attractions – this is version 8 and it's screamin' c-o-o-l...
   
• Pittsburgh Signs 8/2/04 
  Description: signs that comfort with familiarity, irritate with distractions, please with symmetry, or illustrate the economic condition of a neighborhood
  Comments: Besides the ongoing call for submissions from photographers in Pittsburgh to add to the project online, the group behind the site recently presented an offline multimedia projection of "signs and sounds" collected by the project's photographers on a night in June.  The site houses almost 200 images of Pittsburgh signs – "Why This Project" on the sidebar not only explains what they find so appealing about signage, but helped me to understand more clearly my own fascination with signs...  [k10k #]