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New set: Nyx Bandana

Polaroid article in NYT



"The next few months will end an era that began six decades ago with a contraption called the Model 95 camera. That accordion-style machine delivered instant photography at a price tag equivalent to some $850 today. The SX-70, which spit out color prints, arrived in 1972. American life during the late 20th century had found its Boswell."

Here's a good read at the New York Times with some thoughts on instant photography and the move to digital.

Better than disposables at weddings



This is cool. A company called Canditto came out with a little box that lets your guests dump their memory cards on a hard drive at the reception.

Hopefully Uncle Jack will remember to delete the photos of him and Aunt Gretta at the nude beach.

Apple dropa rights mamagement from iTunes store



Apple has announced new pricing at the iTunes store and that they have decided to remove DRM from all songs in the store:

"Apple also said it is dropping digital rights management, or copy protection, from eight million songs in its catalog effective immediately, and from the remaining two million in its catalog by the end of March."

This move opens up a huge number of non-iPod mp3 players that hadnt been able to use iTunes up until now.

I love Larry Flynt



"Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry."

Not really related, but too good not to pass on:
Spitzer call girl sues 'Girls Gone Wild'

VT protests naked snowboards



"Routinely, Burlington is cited as one of the healthiest places to live and the best place to raise your kids, so people are skittish about sending a message that conflicts with that pristine atmosphere, it's free speech against unfettered quality of life."

So Burton came up with a line of boards featuring vintage Playboy images and the soccer moms have officially freaked out. It always amazes me that people think its so bad to see someone naked. There is a link below to some images of the boards, but rest assured there aren't any explicit shots, and the ones I saw were less explicit than a lot of MySpace photos i have seen.

"When you really think about it, it's a young man standing on top of a naked woman's body," said Zarrillo, 38, an office manager for a nonprofit based in Burlington, also home to Burton's headquarters. "I probably could have gotten past it, because I try to have an open mind, but seeing it like that, it's offensive."

Maybe she should spend a little less time trying to be offended. Honestly, I have no idea how anyone could find these offensive. We (the U.S.) spend all this time 'protecting' everyone from seeing anything even remotely naked or sexual and yet we have the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world. Other countries that are WAY more permissive about nudity have way less social problems than we have (at least related to sex and sexuality). Some shops won't sell the boards to anyone uner 18, even though they are less explicit than most issues of Maxim

Hot girls on snowboards are bad, but racks of celebrity butts covered in celulite in the market checkout lines are just fine. Go figure.

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