USA Today pulled a photograph of Condoleezza Rice from its website after a weblog revealed it was manipulated, giving the secretary of state a menacing, demon-eyesing stare.
I’m pretty sure someone got fired over this. She looks mean in both pictures.
Top Five
1. Vermont
2. Connecticut
3. Massachusetts
4. New Jersey
5. Maine?
Bottom Five
46. California
47. Nevada
48. New Mexico
49. Mississippi
50. Arizona
Stay Saved Premillenialist Christians Shouldn’t Drive
I’m sure everyone here has been driving and seen the bumper sticker that reads “In case of Rapture, car will be unmanned.” While this never fails to inspire some very action-movie style daydreams and exciting video game premises, it also brings up a far more practical issue: should saved Christians be allowed to drive?
One would think that, if we don’t grant driver’s licences to narcoleptics, epileptics, or other people who may, at random, lose all control of their careening vehicle, we sure as hell won’t grant a license to someone who may just up and disappear without warning. But, this never seems to come up.
I’m willing also to consider legislation that would provide for them the right to pilot small, possibly electric city-cars that are speed-limited to 25 MPH, contain adequate warning lights and signage, and, upon detection of loss of driver (via a simple switch in the seat that disengages when the driver is raptured away) sounds a warning klaxon as it slowly comes to a safe, controlled stop under automatic control.
Amen!
Yale is banning drinking games from this year’s football game against Harvard and will shut down all tailgate parties after halftime — a move some alumni say could put a damper on one of college football’s oldest and most storied rivalries.The Ivy League contest, known simply as “The Game,” dates to 1875 and draws nearly as many fans outside the stadium as inside. Students and alumni fill U-Hauls with kegs, grills and hard liquor
“We don’t want to send hordes of students to the hospital after each game. Drinking games are meant to get people drunk,”
I play drinking games mainly for the camaraderie and the love of the game.
What harm can a little binge drinking at Yale cause?
U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 2,000
U.S. and Japanese officials have agreed to let the U.S. Navy station a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in Japan for the first time,
Although American troops have been based in Japan since the end of World War II, the Japanese public has long been wary of a U.S. nuclear presence
I couldn’t possibly understand why Japan wouldn’t want a US nuclear presence.
Oh shit I forgot about this
Maine man goes to court in potty
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. The trial of a Maine man accused of spying on women by hiding beneath a rest-stop outhouse at a White Mountain Forest park in New Hampshire is due in court (at 1:30) today.
Forty-five-year-old Gary Moody of Pittsfield was arrested in May after being pulled from the tank of an outhouse off the Kangamangus Highway. He told police he was looking for a lost wedding ring.Moody’s trial was being held in North Conway District Court.
How to Make Caramel Apples - eHow.com
Just in time for halloween 
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. water
4 firm apples
chopped nuts (optional)
microwave-safe bowls
chocolates (optional)
baking sheets
14-oz. bag caramels
4 popsicle sticks
Steps:
1. Buy good, firm apples such as Granny Smith.
2. Wash apples, remove stems and dry with a kitchen towel.
3. Push one stick into the center of each apple. Push into the top of the apple, where the stem would be. Set apples aside. (Image 1)
4. Unwrap caramels and place with the water in a large microwaveable bowl.
5. Microwave on High until caramels are melted, stirring every minute. (Image 2)
6. Remove caramel mixture from microwave.
7. Hold each apple by the stick and dip into hot caramel sauce, turning to coat. Let excess drip back into pan. Scrape caramel off the bottom of the apple with a knife, or use the edge of the bowl. (Image 3)
8. Place coated apples on a greased baking sheet and put in refrigerator for 15 minutes or more, until caramel is set. (Image 4)
9. Store caramel apples in the refrigerator.
Tips:
While the caramel is still warm, roll the apple in nuts or make a candy face.
After the caramel has set, drizzle the apple with melted chocolate for a special treat.
Apples will keep for about two weeks in the refrigerator.
Wired News: Creating the Global Hot Spot
Telecom giant Inmarsat is weeks away from launching the second in a series of two super-satellites — designed to be among the most powerful commercial communications spacecraft in orbit — that will beam broadband data and voice services to almost any location on the planet.
Instead of cruising for a Starbucks, BGAN subscribers can hit the road with a portable terminal as small as their laptop computer and surf the web — or connect with the office LAN — at broadband speeds of up to 492 Kbps.
“The network will cover 88 percent of the globe’s landmass,” said Chris McLaughlin, vice president of corporate communications for Inmarsat in London.
The satellite will harvest power from the sun by deploying massive solar panels that almost span the width of a football field. The panels will also act as solar sails, using the pressure of particles from the sun to provide additional propulsion in orbit.
It doubt it will be in the US for quite some time. Current telco and cable lobbyists will be dropping big bucks to make sure this doesn’t get a foot hold in the US. We have a funny kind of capitalism here. There are two real important aspects of true capitalism. Those are, the equal playing field for all and because of this the prices consumers pay will be reduced. But not US capitalism. If a comapny, or industry, can afford the lobbyists they will put up as many barriers to entering thee market as they can afford, so they don’t have to have price wars with new, emerging companies.
Oligopolies- A market condition in which sellers are so few that the actions of any one of them will materially affect price and have a measurable impact on competitors.
Accidental invention could light up the future - LiveScience - MSNBC.com
The main light source of the future will almost surely not be a bulb. It might be a table, a wall, or even a fork.
An accidental discovery announced this week has taken LED lighting to a new level, suggesting it could soon offer a cheaper, longer-lasting alternative to the traditional light bulb. The miniature breakthrough adds to a growing trend that is likely to eventually make Thomas Edison’s bright invention obsolete.
The new device gives off a warm, yellowish-white light that shines twice as bright and lasts 50 times longer than the standard 60 watt light bulb.
The only downside is the cost. Even though prices for LED bulbs are dropping, the bulbs I used ranged from $26.95 (Sun’s Dusk) to $34.95 (Vivid and Color Changing) to $44.95 (Vivid +). They’re where compact fluorescent bulbs were just a few years ago.
As prices continue to fall we’ll see new designs with more LEDs and higher lumen output giving CFLs a huge run for the money. In the meantime, you should think about trying a LED bulb.
The term “redneck” is often misunderstood by those north of the Mason-Dixon line. Many Yankees misunderstand this beloved term of endearment and treat the word as if it were some kind of insult. A true Southerner understands that achieving the state of Redneck is a noble pursuit. The guiding principles of Redneck philosophy are easily misunderstood by outsiders, so let’s take a closer look at the goals of those who strive for the state of Redneck
a true Redneck does not feel the need to impress people with the outward trappings of their Redneck lifestyle and is perfectly comfortable in an Armani suit and BMW.
The true Redneck is at-peace with the world. They always feel safe (not just because they have guns in every room of their home), and they are not concerned with what others may think of their Redneck lifestyle.
A true Redneck does not respect man-made timelines and lives life one day at a time. A true redneck may put a car up on-blocks for a decade before restoring it
A true Redneck will follow their tastes and desires without regard for social customs and “appropriate” behavior.
A real redneck know details about every one of their ancestors who fought in the Civil War and American Revolution.
A true redneck will also participate in ware reenactments as a way of honoring the redneck sacrifices of their ancestors.
Sure, the tenets and promises of the Redneck Theology seem like unachievable goals, but I’m told that with years of conscientious study and practice, a true state of Redneck is achievable, even for a sinner like me.
I never considered the theology of rednecks. When ever I thought ‘redneck’ this guy would always pop into my head.
This guy uses math in his art. He doesn’t use fractals to create his art. He does’t employ phi to create his art. His art simply consists of equations. There’s something about it that just kind of draws me in, I like both art and math. It doesn’t look like he puts too much work into his work.
Euler’s relation links five of the most fundamental concepts in mathematics in a simple and elegant formula. It says that when viewed in a particular way, the concepts of one and zero are the same as the concepts of the exponential power, e, the imaginary number, i, and the irrational number p.
Being a corrupt politcian looks to be a happy job.
6abc.com: Six Foot Snake Found in NJ Toilet
A North Plainfield couple have their toilet back now that they removed the six-foot snake that was blocking the drain.
Peter and Debbie Bias say the red and black-spotted Brazilian rainbow boa was backing up their pipes for perhaps as long as a week until they saw it and called for help.
Two snake/toilet stories in one week. It’s got to be Al Qaeda. Or Geoge Bush’s fault? or maybe it’s just due to global warming.
The new phone includes features such as a 262K color TFT (240 x 320) display, MMS, WIPI and WAP 2.0. The SPH-V7900 enables users to store over 700 music files with 4MB each, plus two or three full-length movies at 1.1 to 5GB each.
Samsung’s new phone incorporates a 2 Megapixel camera, including MP3 player, 2x optical zoom and document viewer functions.
So I’m thinking maybe it’s time for me to upgrade my old phone..
If your favorite feline is wearing an apron instead of sporting an hourglass figure, you’ve got one fat cat.
Steps:
1. Check that your pet’s ribs are easily felt but not visibly sticking out. This indicates that your cat is at a desirable weight.2. Look at your pet from above. Some indentation between the rib cage and the hips, depicting an hourglass shape, indicates that your pet is at a desirable weight.
3. Check your pet’s belly. If the belly of a cat protrudes, the cat may be overweight. (A protruding belly on a cat is called an apron.)
4. Feel your pet’s hips. Anything more than light fleshiness indicates that your pet is above normal weight.
5. Always consult a veterinarian before putting a pet on a diet. Your veterinarian can recommend a special diet appropriate to your pet, and can examine your pet to rule out the possibility that a serious medical condition is causing the obesity.
Warnings:
Visible ribs or excessive thinness could be a sign of hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) in cats, especially in those over 12 years of age. If this were to occur, just put your cat down and get a new one. or better yet get a dog.
How to Make Distressed Jeans - WikiHow
Dying to get in on the distressed jean trend, but not willing to shell out major cash for ripped designer duds? Here’s how to turn even the oldest, most unfashionable pair of jeans into bohemian-chic attire.
Steps
1. Place a block of wood (or some other solid surface that you don’t mind possibly damaging) within the pant leg or denim region you want to distress.
2. Rub a steak knife vertically or horizontally against area of denim that you would like to distress. Rub gently for mild distress; rub longer and more vigorously to create more visible distress (such as holes and tears).
3. Fray jeans by rubbing sandpaper around pockets, knees, hemlines, or any other area of denim that you would like to have a soft, worn appearance.
4. Dampen a sponge with bleach and rub it around the outer edges of holes for a faded look.
5. Wash your jeans.
6. Wear your newly stylish distressed jeans.
It’s crucial for success in distressing your jeans- you cannot skip step six!
Finally, a reason to lose those extra pounds.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Obese women who start to lose weight will also see an improvement in the quality of their sex lives, according to a U.S. study released Monday.
Even a moderate weight loss reduced complaints of feeling sexually unattractive and led to improved desire,
I predict a Nobel Prize for these researchers.
Health officials say there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in North America in the past two decades, and 64 percent of adults in the United States are considered to be overweight or obese
This could stem from so many people playing Nintendo at McDonald’s?
VALLETTA (Reuters) - Two hooded gunmen who robbed a pharmacy returned an elderly woman’s purse after she told them it contained the only money she had to buy medicine, Maltese newspapers reported Tuesday.
The two men barged into a pharmacy at Marsascala, a seaside village in the south of the island, Monday and took 600 Malta liri from the till after threatening the pharmacist with their guns.
One of them grabbed the purse held by the elderly woman who was waiting to be served, then handed it back after her pleading and rushed out to a waiting motorcycle.
McDonald’s and Nintendo in Wi-Fi Deal - New York Times
McDonald’s and Nintendo in Wi-Fi Deal
Nintendo of America is expected to announce today that it will offer free wireless Internet access for its Nintendo DS portable game system at McDonald’s restaurants. Customers will be able to play select DS games with other players around the world.
“This is such an interesting direction for McDonald’s,” said Anita Frazier, an entertainment industry analyst with the NPD Group, a research firm. “This could encourage kids to go to McDonald’s to play games.
I was trying to come up with new ideas on how we can go about proliferating childhood diabetes throughout America. I guess Nintendo and Micky D’s beat me to this idea.
Sewer boa is finally flushed out
MEET Keith…a 10ft boa constrictor who has been captured after popping up in the loos at a posh block of flats.
The snake had terrified tenants since it was first spotted in a toilet last week, after living in sewage pipes for three months.
People had to put bricks on their loo seats to stop the Keith slipping into their bathrooms.
When I was younger I was always afraid of something, particularly a snake, crawling up the toilet while i was using it. I guess i wasn’t just being paranoid.
I just got done creating this montage on photoshop. I think it turned out quite well
….but I should make a quick note. I made it by following a tutorial in a book on photoshop I recently bought. If i had to do it again without the help of the book I’d have no idea what to do. The cool thing is it only took about 15 minutes to put this together. Photoshop is quite a powerful program!
Check out this impressive photo from the UK
He used photoshop to help create this…….the following is his explaination of how he put it together. I have no clue what he’s talking about.
To explain the process, the camera was tripod-mounted and I took an infrared shot and then immediately removed the filter and shot a normal, visible light photograph. Afterwards, I sandwiched the pictures in Photoshop and changed the Visible light layer’s blending mode to Color. This means that the black and white infrared picture’s tones are retained, so the sky is dark and the grass is bright, but they are rendered with the colour from the visible light capture.
So here’s an interesting image from google maps. This time its jesus showing up in a sand dune. i’m pretty sure photography wasn’t invented until after jesus died and as far as i know no one painted him. so i guess the common assumption is that if you see a pair of eyes and a nose and maybe a mouth it has to be jesus. Right?
If you zoom out enough you’ll see Jesus moved from the Pringle he was on in Indiana to a desert somewhere in Peru.
Vatican offers swap deal to regain site of Last Supper - World - Times Online
THE Vatican is hoping to regain control of the Room of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, one of the most sacred sites in Christianity.
It will, in exchange, hand over to the Jewish community the historic synagogue at Toledo in Spain, at present a Catholic church.
In my opinion, if the Vatican doesn’t, at the very least, throw in a Moses rookie card, the jews shouldn’t go through with this deal.
I’d imagine the secret service has paid a visit to the person who created this Flash video.
Bush in Freefall
I typed in google.org to see what i’d find. Google.org is the
philanthropic arm of Google
We hope that someday this institution will eclipse Google itself in overall world impact by ambitiously applying innovation and significant resources to the largest of the world’s problems.
- Sergey Brin & Larry Page
Landlords left with “un-rentable” properties where suicides or killings have occurred because people are too scared to move into them may now be able to receive compensation, it has been learned.
Major landlords’ associations have joined forces to create a fund that will provide compensation to owners of properties where a suicide, murder or other killing has occurred, especially as home insurance does not cover these events.
“But, we’re not only going to offer the compensation alone. We’re also going to try hard to make sure these incidents don’t occur, make mental health consultations available to tenants
In one case where a murder and dismemberment of a body occurred in an apartment block, the seven others living in the same building moved out within one month. The landlord lost so much rent he has been unable to pay his own housing loans and been forced to sell his own house and move into the apartment that should have been providing his income.
Many landlords can also sue the bereaved relatives of suicide victims
I had signed a one year lease in a haunted house, i never saw anything strange, my roomates did though. i always had an eerie feeling when i was there. i would never allow myself to be home alone. if i pulled up and there were no cars there i would just go and stay at my parents house. i had five roomates though, someone tended to usually be there. now whenever i sign a lease for an apartment i add a ‘no ghost’ clause…..just in case.
October 2005 FATE - 666: What’s in a Number? by Lon Milo DuQuette
This an interesting article from fate magazine on the origins of the devils number 666.
Are you afraid of the number 666? If you were issued an automobile license plate or a telephone number that included a string of three sixes would you ask for a different number? Do you think the number 666 is inherently evil? Do you believe any number can in and of itself be evil?
There is a name for your condition - “Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia” - the fear of the number 666.
The dreaded number makes its first and only appearance in the last book of the New Testament, the Revelation of Saint John the Divine (often mistakenly called Revelations) - a book that for centuries has been interpreted by theologians as a document prophesying the terrible events that will take place at the end of the world.
Early Church fathers decided that John, the author of the Revelation, was the same John who wrote the Gospel According to John (the last of the Four Gospels). Modern experts from a wide range of religious and non-religious persuasions agree this is probably not the case. The style of the Greek writing and other obvious differences suggest the two books were penned by different individuals
After the crucifixion John was arrested and banished to the tiny isle of Patmos in the Aegean Sea, a place renowned in the ancient world for two things: its barren isolation and the fact that the powerful hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria grew there in abundance. We will never know for certain whether or not John (knowingly or unknowingly) was influenced by the magic mushroom.
since the apocalypse didn’t happen in the first century (at least not in the way predicted in the Revelation), people have been eagerly looking forward to the end of the world, seeking out individuals they don’t like and trying to make their names add up to 666. Likely candidates have been Martin Luther, Henry VIII, Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington (and his alleged Illuminati double, Adam Weishaupt), Lenin, Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Chairman Mao, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Prince Charles, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and both George Bushes - and, oh, I almost forgot, all the Popes.
There was, however, one man in the not-too-distant past who proudly claimed the title. His name was Aleister Crowley, and during his lifetime the newspapers called him “the Wickedest Man in the World.”
Crowley tried to explain this in court when he testified in a 1934 lawsuit. He was asked, “Did you take to yourself the designation of ‘the Beast 666′?”
“Yes.”
“Do you call yourself the ‘Master Therion’?”
“Yes.”
“What does ‘Therion’ mean?”
“Great wild beast.”
“Do these titles convey a fair impression of your practice and outlook on life?”
“It depends on what they mean.”
“The Great Wild Beast and the Beast 666 are out of the Apocalypse?”
“It only means sunlight; 666 is the number of the sun. You can call me ‘Little Sunshine.’”
This was a very interesting article and what was the conclusion?
the number 666 is strange and wonderful. But what would happen if we were to discover that there had been some kind of mistake and that 666 was not the number Saint John referred to in the 17th verse of the 13th chapter of his book? Would the nature of evil change? Would satanic rock bands have to change their tattoos?
Maybe they’ll have to. Recently a 1,500-year-old papyrus manuscript was examined, using new technologies to “read” the heretofore illegible script. The document is written in Greek and is the oldest known version of the Book of the Revelation. The tiny fragment confirms what many scholars and churchmen have long suspected. The text actually reads:
“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man: and his number is 616.”
CNN.com - Stem cell hope for spinal injuries - Oct 3, 2005
Scientists in the U.S. have successfully used neural stem cells to regenerate damaged spinal cord tissue in mice, raising hopes that the technique could be used to treat disabilities caused by spinal cord injuries and human neurological disorders.
Within just nine days the mice showed marked improvement in their walking ability, according to the results of the study published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.
A lack of myelin, caused by either disease or injury, can cause motor and sensory disorders such as multiple sclerosis, and paralysis.
“This work is a promising first step and supports the need to study multiple stem cell types for the possibility of treating human neurological injury and disease,” said UC Irvine’s Dr. Aileen Anderson.
Report: New stem cell methods may avoid embryo destruction
Two new mouse experiments may show how to obtain human embryonic stem cells without ethical hurdles, a step that could allow federal funding for such research, scientists reported Sunday.
Flickr: Photos tagged with cameratoss
This a creative idea on creating digital art. Just set your camera to have an exposure of a couple seconds and toss it in the air. The resulting images are nice. I’d like to see what the cameras look like afterward.
The Old Town High School board recently voted to eliminate the Indian as its mascot. This was done out of repect for the native Penobscots. The mascot has been an issue for as long as I can remember. The debate never became to instense but it’s been kind of interesting to follow. I myself was on the fence over this issue. On the Penobscot revervation (which is an upsettingly small piece of land, thats another issue altogether) there is a Bingo Palace. I hope I’ve given enough background info to set up the following editorial I found in the local paper, ‘The Penobscot Times’. This is classic………
Travel
The top 20 meanest U.S. cities:
1. Little Rock, Arkansas
2. Atlanta, Georgia
3. Cincinnati, Ohio
4. Las Vegas, Nevada
5. Gainesville, Florida
6. New York City, New York
7. Los Angeles, California
8. San Francisco, California
9. Honolulu, Hawaii
10. Austin, Texas
11. Sarasota, Florida
12. Key West, Florida
13. Nashville, Tennessee
14. Berkeley, California
15. Dallas, Texas
16. Fresno, California
17. San Antonio, Texas
18. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
19. St. Paul, Minnesota
20. Manchester, New Hampshire
The top four meanest states:
1. California
2. Florida
3. Hawaii
4. Texas
Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: laconic
Word of the Day for Monday October 10, 2005
laconic \luh-KON-ik\, adjective:
Using or marked by the use of a minimum of words; brief and pithy; brusque.
Readers’ reports range from the laconic to the verbose.
–Bernard Stamler, “A Brooklyncentric View of Life,” New York Times, February 28, 1999
In the laconic language of the sheriff department’s report, there was “no visible sign of life.”
–David Wise, Cassidy’s Run
There was one tiny photograph of him at a YMCA camp plus a few laconic and uninformative entries in a soldier’s log from the war year, 1917-18.
–Edward W. Said, Out of Place: A Memoir
last week i had a prof tell me my paper was laconic, i had to ask what that meant. now it pops up as dictionary.com’s word of the day.
The man in the bowling hat is a painting done by Rene Magritte in 1964. The title of the painting is ‘The Son of Man’. The painting shows up in the movie ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’, possibly my favorite movie. I was watching it today and became curious about the painting of the man in the bowling hat, so I looked it up on wikepedia. It turns out it is a self portrait and
about the painting Magritte said,
Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden…
I took the ‘man in the bowlers hat’ out of its original background and added the text behind it. The words in the background are not random and have personal meaning. Click on it for a larger image.
NewsForge | A first look at GIMP 2.4
A major update to the GNU Image Manipulation Program
(GIMP), widely regarded as the leading free software raster image
editing program, is scheduled for this month. The 2.4 release is
expected to include a number of new features and enhancements to
existing features.
I predict someday, in the near future, freeware software, like GIMP, will be as good, if not better than comercial products, like photoshop…..viva la revolution.
i bought a book about photoshop today. i think i found a new hobby. so the book is Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-One. i’ve purchased many books on software in the past, mostly for macromedia, and i’ve learned to always stay a step behind. the current version is photoshop cs2, so what i did was obtain a copy of photoshop cs. by doing this i can go to amazon and buy used books for photoshop cs for about $5. the upgrades arent that big of an issue to me.
I was playing around with photoshop today, i was trying out some sort of transform tool, skew or perspective or maybe distort, and i twisting around a photo of the earth. after i had the earth all distorted the idea of putting it into the meat grinder came to me. then the rest happened with some more steps and ideas. i was going to explain how i made it but i tire from typing. so here it is. there is surely a political statement, if your not quite sure what it is turn off fox sometime.
I found a cross hatch photo with jesus off the web and removed jesus out of it using the lasso tool. i know matt mentioned that he likes using a mask to pull images out of larger images. i’ve been using the lasso tool for years and am good at it, so i’ll just keep on keeping on with the lasso tool. The convoy photo i also got from google images and applied the graphic pen filter to it. I couldnt get the two images to match up excactly, but i think it looks good with jesus kind of standing out from the convoy.
A photo I found in the New York times. It is outside the supreme court during the oregon assisted suicide case. I added a little to one of the placards.
CNN.com - Vancouver�is ‘best city�to live’� - Oct 4, 2005
Vancouver is ‘best city to live’ 
Vancouver is the world’s most desirable place to live, according to a new survey, while Papua New Guinea’s Port Moresby is at the other end of the scale.
Top Ten:
Vancouver, Melbourne, Vienna, Geneva, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Zurich, Toronto, Calgary
Worst eleven
Port Moresby, Algiers, Dhaka, Karachi, Lagos, Phnom Penh, Abidjan, Harare, Douala, Tehran, Veazie
CNN.com - Bush�military bird flu role slammed - Oct 5, 2005
Bush military bird flu role slammed
A call by President George W. Bush for Congress to give him the power to use the military in law enforcement roles in the event of a bird flu pandemic has been criticized as akin to introducing martial law.
I came up with the idea for this montage watching matts tutotial on clipping. I like how when applying the inner shadow it made the page look like there was a hole in it. I didnt end up using the clipping technique. I created a new transparent layer, painted the burnt hole on and added the inner shadow to that layer. I then set the layer between the photo of monica and the text. I got the image of monica, the cigar and the gif of bill doing a google image search. i realize that theyre all most likely copyrighted, i’ll have to let using copyrighted photos weigh on my conscience for now, for the sake of art. I decided to do clinton because i dont want to come off as just a bush basher.
1. Using only two objects or environments combine them so that the new composite is more than the sum of its parts.
2. Using at least three source images and text create a photomontage that communicates a message about a political or social issue that you are concerned with.
This was a montage I put together a few months back. It originally a picture of the two kids sitting next to a gnome. I tried to think ‘what is scarier than a gnome’? I put this photo together with Macromedia Fireworks MX2004. I’d been using fireworks for the past five years and always had felt like I should switch to Photoshop. This class gave me the oppurtunity to do so and matts tutorials made the transition that much easier. The switch was inevitable since Adobe bought Macromedia this summer and I can only imagine they’re going to scrap fireworks. Photoshop is a much deeper program and do enjoy using it.
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