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Tom Rhodes has started a series of beautifully rendered old videogame characters. Using a unique style informed by his personal interpretations of the characters, his work is refreshing and warm with colors. I don't think I've seen a more adorable.com rendition of Sonic and Knuckles in their more mammalian form, and his Lara Croft drawing is a pretty clever take on an otherwise stale subject matter. He's even taking suggestions in the comments, so get to it!
Well I do, otherwise I wouldn't be doing the things that I do do.
But really, I love blogging, and since I work at a Six Apart they asked me to write a bit about it all on Everything TypePad. Fancy! You can read the post here (or I've posted it again after the jump for your convenience), but it more or less summarizes the reason I blog. Some of it may come across as a bit mac-cheesy, but it's all the truth. I can't help but become overwhelemed when I think about how different my life would be if I wasn't so involved with blogs and social media, and while I'm always trying to understand how it fits in the greater scope of things, it's been a pretty fascinating ride so far.
In the spirit of sharing (and always caring), to all the bloggers out there (ey-yo!) why do you blog? For all the non-bloggers (oy-ye!), why not (or what do you do that you qualify as blogging?) Just curious, you know.
Check out the post, after the jump!
Danny the Moneydick introduced me to The Policeman's Beard Is Half Constructed this week. An enchantingly quirky compilation of prose and poetry, the book was "written by" the 1983 computer program Racter (short for raconteur), programmed by William Chamberlain and Thomas Etter to generate sophisticated English prose. While it is questionable as to whether Racter wrote the entire book itself without the influence of a human helper, the written work still retains a certain charm and is worth a look. Plus, the illustrations by Joan Hall are nutty to boot! This poem and illustration, par exemple:
