A log of fun stuff that is shared between friends. Hopefully some of it will be inspiring. This is not a place to find updates on my life.Tumblr (3.0; @mattplace)http://blog.mattplace.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyj4yfacA1qzqci1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.joncherry.net/post/434394621/in-bangladesh-in-the-das-community-of">joncherry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“In Bangladesh, in the Das community of Atharobari, Iswarganj, Mymensingh, almost every man is involved in the profession of swine herding, a job given only to the men lowest in the caste system.  Swineherders lead an unusual gypsy life, bringing their herd of pigs to various places to feed, constantly moving and living in tents of bamboo and plastic paper. They usually stay three to four days in each place, and may be away from their village and family from a day to a week at a time.”</p> <p>Photos by <a href="http://socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/Murtada_Bulbul/840">Murtada Bulbul</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/437140724http://blog.mattplace.com/post/437140724Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:42:59 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0nznvaut1qz97y6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My blog just turned 2!</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/436815703http://blog.mattplace.com/post/436815703Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:26:00 +0000Blog Birthdaylame<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyx14xaGx21qz616ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://dbg.tumblr.com/">dbg</a>)</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/436795428http://blog.mattplace.com/post/436795428Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:08:55 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kww9g6Xjdg1qzxzwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/435693125http://blog.mattplace.com/post/435693125Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:07:51 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyt7kn3eJ1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/434631998/beautiful-loggerhead-illustration-by-jillian">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Beautiful <a href="http://jilliantamaki.com/2009/12/the-loggerhead/">Loggerhead illustration</a> by Jillian Tamaki</p> </blockquote>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/434644818http://blog.mattplace.com/post/434644818Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:34:40 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kymqfzHpcK1qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tavis Coburn Illustrates the BAFTA Nominees (via <a href="http://kitsunenoir.com/">Kitsune Noir</a>).</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/420867603http://blog.mattplace.com/post/420867603Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:52:46 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxwxppj5u51qzdbpdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.tryingtofollow.com/post/392916278/tumbling4good-people-shouldnt-be-bought-and">tryingtofollow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://tumbling4good.tumblr.com/post/391926040/people-shouldnt-be-bought-and-sold-stop-the">tumbling4good</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>People Shouldn’t be bought and sold</p> <p><a href="http://www.stopthetraffik.org/">STOP THE TRAFFIK</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/403334674http://blog.mattplace.com/post/403334674Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:16:06 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky31h1kO9R1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/398315941/amazing-polaroid-composites-by-patrick-winfield">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.sprayblog.net/2010/02/patrick-winfields-polaroids-composites/">Amazing Polaroid Composites</a> by Patrick Winfield</p> </blockquote> <p>Nice</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/403312977http://blog.mattplace.com/post/403312977Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:05:12 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky3guvoDyj1qz8pi8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.everythingallthetime.net/post/398667702/colville-lake-by-graham-robinson-this-canadian">evrt</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Colville Lake </b>by Graham Robinson</p> <p><i>This Canadian artist’s work is really refreshing. I personally can connect more with his subject matter. It makes me want to go back to my childhood of camping, hunting & fishing.</i></p> <p><i>See more of his work by clicking through.<br/></i></p> </blockquote>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/403311938http://blog.mattplace.com/post/403311938Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:04:40 +0000<a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/14/adobe_working_to_sabotage_html5.html">Adobe working to sabotage HTML5</a>: <p>-1 reputation for Adobe.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/389839206http://blog.mattplace.com/post/389839206Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:07:04 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxrafkskNU1qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Walter Frederick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died at the age of 90 (via <a title="Cesca" href="http://cesca.tumblr.com">cesca</a>).</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/386355046http://blog.mattplace.com/post/386355046Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:21:19 +0000<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7853947&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7853947&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7853947&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Magic Time Lapse - The Alps (via <a href="http://abduzeedo.com/magic-time-lapse-alps">Abduzeedo</a>).</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/381897993http://blog.mattplace.com/post/381897993Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:08:11 +0000<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxml4wHjpj1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/381721194/start-wars-is-a-new-series-of-images-combining">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=fr&lp=fr_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amusement.fr%2findex.php%3f%2fgallery%2fstart-wars%2f">“StArt Wars”</a> is a new series of images combining the Star Wars universe with our own, shot in Dubai by the photographer Cédric Delsaux for Recreation 7. Lots of great shots.</p> </blockquote> <p>Brilliant idea and execution.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/381823294http://blog.mattplace.com/post/381823294Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:02:57 +0000“Hope you are well!!! It’s been a while! I remember noticing on facebook a while back that you got married. WOW! that’s great! Hope you are enjoying marriage life!”<br/><br/> - <em> from a facebook message I received today.</em>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/367711446http://blog.mattplace.com/post/367711446Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:08:59 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw32uo2Mrf1qa615eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dbg.tumblr.com/post/366956871/cacioppe-jeremy-geddes">dbg</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://cacioppe.tumblr.com/post/364939294/jeremy-geddes">cacioppe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.jeremygeddesart.com/">Jeremy Geddes</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Birds and astrosuits, sweet.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/367053452http://blog.mattplace.com/post/367053452Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:34:15 +0000<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7ydo2ahm1qz97y6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Excellent work by <a href="http://kitsunenoir.com/2010/01/27/the-desktop-wallpaper-project-featuring-matthew-lyons/">Matthew Lyons</a></p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/367001285http://blog.mattplace.com/post/367001285Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:46:36 +0000<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7wnhaGwp1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/366961866/re-issue-of-cormac-mccarthys-entire-back">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Re-issue of Cormac McCarthy’s entire back catalogue is news-worthy enough, but even more so if book cover genius David Pearson has been asked to tackle the entire set.</p> <p><a href="http://www.panmacmillan.com"><a href="http://www.panmacmillan.com">www.panmacmillan.com</a></a></p> </blockquote> <p>Christmas book vouchers resulted in me being the proud owner of McCarthy’s <i>Border Trilogy</i> which includes <i>All the Pretty Horses</i>, <i>The Crossing</i>, and <i>Cities of the Plain</i>.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/366998374http://blog.mattplace.com/post/366998374Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:43:00 +0000<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8466493.stm">oooh</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://anitakatyzita.tumblr.com/">anitakatyzita</a>)</p> <p><b>La Cueva de los Cristales, Naica.</b></p> <p>Geology rocks.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/342744086http://blog.mattplace.com/post/342744086Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:00:11 +0000<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwhlihbQvM1qzs2oxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/342420457/damon-winter-a-staff-photographer-for-the-new">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Damon Winter, a staff photographer for the New York Times, has been working on a photo column called <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/02/nyregion/winterlens/index.html">The Lens Project</a> which allows the photographers to make their own commentary through images. He created a series called Neighbors which utilizes double exposures created with a large format camera to make interesting juxtapositions of images. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/02/nyregion/winterlens/index.html">Click through for more…</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Some great stuff here.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/342735589http://blog.mattplace.com/post/342735589Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:51:57 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw8pxcUq0l1qzon5ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://teaim.tumblr.com/post/334143538/mr-burrows-has-started-a-new-weekly-spot-for-new">teaim</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://woods.jezburrows.com/">Mr Burrows</a> has started a new weekly spot for <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com">New Statesman</a> called <i>The Chartist</i> - a little visualisation of a variety of current affairs statistics. Here’s this week’s: a comparison of media sources by how many times they’ve mentioned ‘snow’ in recent weeks. Lovely.</p> </blockquote> <p>Nice, though I suspect that the BBC Online number is a smaller percentage of it’s total word count than some of the others.</p>http://blog.mattplace.com/post/334190810http://blog.mattplace.com/post/334190810Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:54:00 +0000