• The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
  I saw this ages ago, but was reminded again recently after noticing some new graffiti removal patches around the city.
  (tags: art culture graffiti humor film streetart video documentary)

• They Might Be Giants - Never Go To Work
  (YouTube)
  (tags: musicvideo music video animation)
• Polaroid Abandons Instant Photography
  It’s a sad day in photography history.
  (tags: photography photo film nytimes polaroid)

• Wall-E - Trailer
  New, longer trailer for Wall-E. It looks like this movie will be sparse on dialogue (fingers crossed), which should be a refreshing change from Pixar’s last few.
  (tags: movie trailer animation film pixar walle cg)

• Be Kind Rewind sweded trailer by Michel Gondry
  Michel Gondry remakes the trailer in the style of the movie remakes in the movie.
  (tags: movie trailer film video humor gondry)
• Bud Light Real Men of Genius Advertisements
  All of the “Real Men of Genius” and “Real American Heroes” radio spots.
  (tags: advertising audio comedy humor commercials radio)
• Sarah Silverman “I’m F*cking Matt Damon” on Jimmy Kimmel
  (YouTube)
  (tags: humor mattdamon comedy video)

• Lost suitcase of Robert Capa negatives found
  Tons of old negatives from the famous war photographer have been recovered.
  (tags: photo photography robertcapa capa)

• objects in asphalt - a photoset on Flickr
  Surreal
  (tags: photos photography flickr asphalt cement)

• Hancock - Trailer
  Will Smith as a lazy, overly-destructive superhero. No, not I Am Legend.
  (tags: movie trailer film humor)
• Photogamer
  “You’ve got a camera. Let’s play a game!”
  (tags: camera flickr games photography photo)
• Semi Pro - Trailer
  Will Ferrell does basketball.
  (tags: film movie trailer humor)
• Peggle
  Don’t do it. It really is as addictive as you’ve heard.
  (tags: games videogames peggle gaming)
• Valkyrie - Trailer
  Oh, Bryan Singer… don’t you know that none of us can take Tom Cruise seriously anymore?
  (tags: film trailer movie hitler)

• The Two-Hour Star Wars Holiday Special in only Five Minutes!
  Wookie-tastic! (YouTube)
  (tags: starwars video youtube)

• Google Botches Privacy Expectations Bigtime
  And literally ruins Christmas for at least one user.
  (tags: google internet privacy social web)
• Zero Punctuation Mass Effect Review
  Amusing and overly cynical as usual. The game’s much better than he makes it sound.
  (tags: games gaming review videogames video)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I thought this Christmas card from Ed Rondthaler to my Grandmother was a creative homage to his legacy with language and letters…

• Hellboy II Trailer
  More monsters and mayhem from Guillermo Del Toro
  (tags: film hellboy trailer movie comics)

• Yet Another in the Ongoing Series Wherein I Examine a Piece of Supposedly Serious Apple Analysis From a Major Media Outlet and Dissect Its Inaccuracies, Fabrications, and Exaggerations Point-by-Point, Despite the Fact That No Matter How Egregious the Inac
  Great dissection of the Fast Company fluff piece from the master. And of course the post title wouldn’t fit in the character limits of del.icio.us
  (tags: analysis apple humor criticism journalism media technology iphone ipod)
• Colin’s Bear Animation
  “Thanks for nothing” (YouTube)
  (tags: humor animation video youtube)
• Lakota declare independence from U.S.
  Awesome.
  (tags: news lakota politics)

By now it isn’t really news to most of you that read this, but I decided that it’s time to move on from WhitePages.com. Last Friday was my official last day. It was a great 3 year (and 2 month) run, and I learned a ton. I held three different positions, under 4 or 5 different bosses, and sat in no less than 9 different desks. I made a lot of great friends over the years who I know I’ll keep in touch with, and I really enjoyed working with all the people there. It was hard to say goodbye. I think there are great things in store for the company in the coming years, and they (we) really finished off 2007 with a bang. There’s no one reason why I decided to leave, it had just become clear that it was time for a change.

What’s next, you ask? Oh, you didn’t ask. Jerk. Well, I’ll tell you anyway…

A great opportunity came knocking at my door (thanks Jeff!), and just after the New Year I’ll be starting at Getty Images as a Program Manager. I’m excited by the things that Getty is doing (plus the photography thing fits nicely), and the PM role sounded like a little bit of everything, which I enjoy. So far the people I’ve met have lived up to (and exceeded) my high expectations, and I hope it continues. I certainly have the typical new job jitters, anxiety, and worries, but most of all I’m excited for what the new year has in store.

• The Dark Knight Trailer
  It looks amazing, and Heath Ledger is frightening.
  (tags: batman movie film trailer darkknight)

• Flickr: Stats, stats, baby!
  Very nice aggregate account and individual photo statistics on Flickr.
  (tags: flickr photos statistics stats information web)
• Facebook Business Solutions
  A great Facebook privacy parody.
  (tags: facebook humor parody privacy)
• 2007 Lists
  Rex’s annual collection of all “Best of” lists for the year.
  (tags: lists culture trends list bestof 2007)
• Strangercrombie 2007
  One more day left for The Stranger’s annual charity gift auction extravaganza.
  (tags: strangercrombie thestranger charity auction gifts)