… they’re keeping this out.
Taryn Simon shot a set of 1,075 photographs over five days last year for the book and exhibition, ‘‘Contraband.’’ They show items detained or seized from passengers or express mail entering the United States from abroad at the New York airport.
Gorgeous Purina ad:
I think my cat’s going to get bed envy when he sees some of the great snoozing places these kitties get.
As the crew, which also included a radio operator, a chief engineer and two mechanics, climbed on board, Simon picked up a stray cat that had been living in the America’s hangar. Like many sailors, he was superstitious. ‘We can never have luck without a cat on board,’ he wrote.
More at The Telegraph, and written up at Purr n Fur Famous Felines and Why Evolution Is True.
The net has seen a remarkable flourishing of companies that are interested in building businesses around aggregating information. One of them has recently published an algorithm for matching bits of information about a specific person. This company explicitly seeks to connect legal identities to online handles.
Something to keep in mind if you’re using a pseudo and have happened to attach some accurate-to-your-legal-identity information to it.
I was reminded of this delightful short recently. It contains analysis of all kinds of useful contextual information for LRRH’s journey, including aerodynamic information about a passing VW van.
Rated PG for hunter violence.
Andy: What qualities make a person a good candidate for copy editing?
Mary: Self-doubt.
There was a Heidi Look-Alike Contest at Justin Herman Plaza this afternoon. I’ll upload more pictures tomorrow.
I have nothing to add to these, except please please make the pain of “Superman Returns” go away. Please. BRANDON ROUTH’S EYES AREN’T EVEN BLUE.
I’m trying to get back into Picture A Day, and have been about half successful over the last month.
