State of the Nation

Color presents an entirely different image. This is a photograph of Faro and Doris Caudill, farmers in Pietown, New Mexico. They lived in a dugout and struggled to survive on Resettlement Administration land. As the 1930s came to a close, Kodak came out with Kodachrome film – the first commercially viable color film available to the general public. Now, not just anybody could buy this film. Urban America New York City was the metropolis of America. Times Square was the happening place. Washington was a city of contrasts – the New Deal having extended its influence across the nation. But it was still very much a Southern city – especially if you were African American. Chicago was the transportation, food, and manufacturing center of the country. And the Southside was still an industrial neighborhood of steel mills and packing houses. New Orleans was the largest city in the South – not Atlanta. Rural America

Digital Photography Tutorials Learn how to take and edit digital photographs using visual tutorials that emphasize concept over procedure, independent of specific digital camera or lens. This is a complete listing of all tutorials on this site; click the drop-down links in the top menu to see particular topics. Photography is going through an exciting transition period as many film photographers are beginning to explore the new capabilities of digital cameras. While the fundamentals have remained similar, other aspects are markedly different. This is a great time to get involved with digital photography. These tutorials are rarely influenced by changes in image editing software and camera equipment — due to their unique concept-based approach. View in other languages: Português Русский Deutsch Français Italiano

Still life: Bent objects » Article » OWNI.eu, Digital Journalism UPDATE: The Return of Bent Objects Wires transform these objects from inanimate to hilarious works of art. Little polish girl McDonalds as Sculpture Materials Yeah, this is where those come from Dancing Queens English breakfast Sylvia Muffin put her head in the oven. The introvert Bananas in bed – let’s slip into bed together You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto. Fruit with life experience Zombies are nuts about brains Modest pear Literary interpretations Paper training our little dog, Frank A little cat doodle Photo Credits: Terry Border at Bent Objects View more In Pictures sets on Owni.eu Antique Maps, Old maps, Vintage Maps, Antique Atlases, Old Atlases

txtDrop.com - Completely Free Text Messaging Six More Awesome Pro-Marijuana Ads by Evilpig on July 24, 2010 | 31 Comments In a response to our previous post 6 Awesome Pro-Marijuana Ads. A user over at Reddit has came up with his own ads. Get the high resolution images over on his website. Read more for all the images. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Speed Up Windows by Stripping It Down - PCWorld Windows can do all sorts of amazing things, some of which you might actually want it to do. Unfortunately, the things you don't want it to do can slow it down. By turning off unnecessary programs, processes, and services, you can unburden Windows and help it live up to its full potential. Some of the following suggestions may not produce a noticeable improvement in performance individually. You don't have to turn off all of these features, mind you. To help you follow my suggestions more easily, I've organized the questionable features in my list by the Windows location where you must go to turn them off. The System Properties Dialog Box You've almost certainly been here before. To get to the System Properties dialog box in Vista or Windows 7, click Start, right-click Computer, and select Properties. Alternatively, click Start, type sysdm.cpl, and press Enter. In XP, click Start, right-click My Computer, and select Properties. Unnecessary Cosmetic Features: XP, Vista, Windows 7

Everyone's Least Favorite Friend: Scumbag Steve We’ve all had this character in our life. He shows up to the party, brings 10 other dudes with him with an entire 6 pack of cheap beer between them, and immediately starts ruining everyone else’s good time. The internet wisely dedicated a meme to this type of individual in a new series of photos called Scumbag Steve. Behold, and see how many you can identify with: Funny Anti Jokes What are Antijokes? Anti Jokes (or Anti Humor) is a type of comedy in which the uses is set up to expect a typical joke setup however the joke ends with such anticlimax that it becomes funny in its own right. The lack of punchline is the punchline. We’ve just released huge update to the iOS app! NEW ANTI-JOKE BOOK! Want more?

Facebook default pictures are more fun now If Batman, Terminator or Mickey Mouse joined facebook, this is how their default profile picture would look like. You can take any picture you want from this article and upload as your facebook profile photo and make your profile more interesting, your friends will like it More internet related fun, check out this hilarious screen shots from Chat Roulette Photos of Sakurajima volcano 25 Feb 2010 On a recent visit to Japan, alien landscape photographer Martin Rietze captured some spectacular images of Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima prefecture. Multiple lightning flashes caused by fast moving fine ash Lava bombs hitting the flank Strombolian eruption with lightning Detail with multiple lightning flashes Lava brightens the ash cloud Ash eruption causing lightning Violent eruption