I just wanted to take a minute of your time to introduce you to a few of your neighbors. It's easy to forget that we're not the only creatures on the planet, and while I don't mean to preach, I hope you can realise that when news articles talk of the 50,000 species that die off every year, they're often talking about creatures such as these. Some of these beautiful, unique beings get killed each year in the millions as a result of human activity - Wiped from existence before anyone even knew they existed. I look into their eyes and I see a friend. I see a brother I've forgotten. I see a family member that would at least hesitate before they sucked out my eyeballs from their sockets like oysters from the shell... In some cases anyway. But I still love them equally.

Some of these are threatened, others are not yet in any danger. Let's get to know our own neighborhood before our own petty problems destroy them...

The Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat, was discovered in January 2007 and he's already threatened due to human activity. I like him best.

More can be seen here or out in the real world

I've been sitting here for three years now, trying to write this article. Before I give up on the project entirely, let's briefly examine the counter-argument. A recent study showed conclusively that vegetarians scored an average of 10 points higher in their IQ tests. Now, stupid vegetarians will likely spill their lentils in excitement at the prospect that not eating animal cadavers is making them smarter by the minute. Being smart predisposes one to being vegetarian, but being vegetarian doesn't make you smarter. Stupid vegetarians.

Anyway, I'm a vegetarian - note the lack of a capital

"Eat Food. Not too much. Mainly Plants."

Michael Pollan from the New York Times says he's discovered the answer to the eternally befuddling multi-billion dollar question of how to battle obesity, stay healthy and be happy.

Eat "Food"! Fight Obesity! Win Friends & Influence People! It's so simple!

It would seem that much of what we consume is not infact food. You're much better off eating fresh foods rather than processed food products. That is to say, given the choice, you're better off eating "food".

So much so is our love affair with placing "food-alike" substances in our bodies in the form of hydrolised oil, transfat, enriched products and other silly words to make palatable that which is not infact food, that our effluent is toxic. In other words, our shit makes plants die.

Listen up Simba. Poo becomes plants. Plants become food. Food gets eaten by, and becomes People. People then poo... It's the circle of life.

Eventually People become Food and then People become Poo. Everything you (should) eat is made of bits of stuff which used to be people and poo and trees. We call this stuff "food". Healthy people eat food.

This isn't the case in the modern world as our food is tainted by additives and preservatives that our bodies can't handle. People add things which are infact not food to our food - Additives which poison the next link in the circle of life and lock organic matter (read: potential peoples, trees and FOOD) into unusable states.

So, in conclusion, eat "Food".

For over 50 years, Archie, Betty, Veronica and the gang haven't changed one iota. You may have seen the news - Thanks to a $400,000 loss in the last year, Archie Comic's Co have reached a quagmire. Change the merchandise for the YouTube generation, or face the end of the series.
In the interest of preserving our memories of Archie, Betty, Juggy & Veronica, I've taken it upon myself to render some alternative character redesigns as they might be conceived by other artists.
I've got Frank Cho, Penny Arcade, XKCD and Frank Miller so far. Check it out!

Pharmaceutical companies are the most evil organisations on the planet. What Roche are doing with Xenical (fat absorbtion prevention drug) is abhorrent.

To Strike a Balance

I believe in a free and open market, but we must also balance and precede the liberties we afford ourselves with awareness and effective education. We're now in a situation where the exploitation of people's ignorance and weakness means that on one hand they're gorging themselves on processed animal fat and on the other hand are being sold Xenical. Exploitation goes w... continue reading

This is the first in a possible series of Pro Photoshop Tutorials describing the process of photo retouching. Here I take a photograph of an aged woman & illustrate the process I would take in restoring her to her former glory. If you would like to see more of these, or you would like me to elaborate on any particular part of the process in future tutorials, please leave a comment.

Now updated to a complete photoshop tutorial!

Upon the aquisition of my drawing Tablet, I give you my first tutorial: "How to draw a cat". This is a full length tutorial overview and is applicable anywhere really, but was done in Alias Sketchbook Pro and finished in Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial has been updated for RGH 2.0.

Enjoy!

This post contains suggested tweaks for YouTube's control redesign. Have a look to see the original YouTubeâ„¢ Redesign, and the RGH tweaks.
The problems I see with this design are simply derived from a lack of cohesion in the metaphor. Buttons and interfaces of this style are always designed to be intuitive, as as such the metaphor is derived from the real world, and real world materials. It is the lack of commitment to that real world metaphor that lets the original design down. A little redesign would go a long way.

Maybe you don't have the budget for a professional model. Perhaps you already promised your hideous cousin you'd use her in a campaign, or maybe you just wanted to give some poor guy a heart attack by pretending to be someone you're not in an online dating site.
Regardless of your motives, this tutorial should illustrate the steps required to bring out the inner cover girl from any photograph.

I like to listen to my albums in a random fashion. When a mood hits me, I'll put on an album. Furthermore, I often like to listen to the tracks on that album randomly. These two are not mutually exclusive.

This article outlines two simple Ipod changes which can be implemented at the software level to make Ipod's shuffle features compete with my $30 Panasonic MP3 player, so I hope Ipod can include these in their next software update.
Have a read & forward this to apple if you agree!