http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Mon, 16 May 2005 09:28:55 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/ Phillip WinnSunday, August 26, 2007, marks the switch of all Blogcritics.org article feeds from full-content to short-content. This is the result of several converging factors, and is unfortunately a permanent decision (as permanent as any decision can be on the web, that is). We are aware of all of the reasons that this is a Bad Idea, and we are aware that some of you will be quite upset about having to click on something to read the free content, and we're sorry. Unfortunately, despite great effort, full-content feeds are not currently economically viable. Two other factors are involved: full-content feeds have resulted in an unprecedented level of content theft, with BC content appearing on many websites, usually spam sites, without attribution or permission. This duplicate content causes a cascading set of problems, not the least of which is that search engines generally aren't favorable to duplicate content, and don't always guess correctly. Finally, our RSS advertising partner is strongly in favor of short-content feeds. We hope that you'll continue to subscribe to BC via RSS, and when an article grabs your eye, it's only a click away, still free on the BC website. Thank you for your understanding. Administration0@blogcritics.org Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/16/092855.php boldergeizdI came across a nicely drawn cartoon character skeletal study. It presents cartoon characters together with their skeletons.I like the macabre aspect it adds to icons like musti and betty boop. Michael Paulus.com/skeletons boldergeizd Sci/Tech29541@blogcritics.org Mon, 16 May 2005 09:28:55 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/12/220629.php boldergeizdYou don't get to see a bird skeleton every day, I guess. At least I don't, that's for sure.Today i came across a website presenting a list of drawings and renders of bird skeletons, and 3D animations of rotating models. Features birds like the Black Woodpecker, the Congo Peafowl, the Papua hornbill, the Maguari stork and more ...I can't think of a situation in which this information could be of any practical use to me, but it's oh so interesting. It's a boys and science thing i guess. And some poetry too.Like looking at Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches of flying machinery. Perfectly aerodynamically balanced and tightly designed birds skeletons. That's all there is to it. You can check ithereboldergeizd Sci/Tech29434@blogcritics.org Thu, 12 May 2005 22:06:29 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/10/135323.php boldergeizdThe SimCam is an online camera simulator designed to teach basic photographic principles like Shutter and Aperture, Film Speed and Camera Shake.It's an interesting online tool for any amateur photographer, as it visually displays results of various camera settings, which makes it easy to understand how the principles behind them work.check it out at : Sim CamI definitely had quite an "aha-Erlebnis" after playing around with the Basic Exposure page for a while. Basic Exposureboldergeizd Sci/Tech29286@blogcritics.org Tue, 10 May 2005 13:53:23 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/10/132804.php boldergeizdPhotographer Robert Yager has done some quality black and white pictures of gang members, their families, fights, drug use, graffiti, war injuries.The pictures are not incredibly shocking though, they're rather just documenting, observing from a distance. Yager portrays the subject with a great eye for detail (expressions on faces, lighting, ...)I'd never really seen gangsters presented this way before, looking right through the usual macho-pose clichés most people know from movies and (M)TV.I like the pictures because they're subtle, pretty narrative, but not arty(farty) at all (which happens way too often in "serious topic" photography.)You can check the photos here: gangster picturesboldergeizd Sci/Tech29285@blogcritics.org Tue, 10 May 2005 13:28:04 EDT