I can’t believe I didn’t think of this! Virtual tourism courtesy of the awesome Google Maps.
Justin Ouellette of chromogenic.net (a photoblog I surf) wrote a great little article about how to Become Your Own Lab for $49.38. After reading it, I’m inspired to do it myself. I bought all the equipment for a bathroom darkroom when I first moved to Houston almost three years ago…and never used it. My laziness, and the proliferation of digital cameras in my household, has left the stuff sitting in my bathroom gathering dust.
Bat-Girl wrote a hilarious blog entry covering both the new pope and the Twins baseball game. My favorite lines:
“‘I knew they could do it,’ said Lew Ford. ‘I mean, what are they? The Vatican or the Vati-can’t?'”
“And over the course of the Twins’ at-bats, as conversation progressed from the players favorite popes (Most popular choice  Gregory VII who totally excommunicated the Holy Roman Emporer after the H.R.E. got up in his grill)…”
