Archive for April, 2008

strange animal that astonished a community

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Patagonian cavy (pronounced cave-y) — a large rodent that looks sort of like a rabbit, sort of like a donkey — showed up Tuesday on a busy Milwaukie road. Nicco Phillips, 17, stopped on his way to school, corralled it and took it home.

A Seal of Approval

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

This pup was found near Blue Hill Maine. It was a very early pup (End of April) and severely dehydrated. It was found on the shore and watched for several hours to make sure its mother didn’t return to get it. Then it was rescued by Rosie Seton from Allied Whale and taken to Marine [...]

ACEO cards!

Monday, April 14th, 2008

I have just discovered about ACEO, “Art Cards, Editions and Originals”. These cards have one main rule – they are 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches – the size of a trading card. If you search them on Ebay you will find many artists who are selling them and people who are collectors. I decided to [...]

Indie Games Revolution

Monday, April 7th, 2008

While I’m always excited about the newest releases from the big publishers, recently I and the rest of the world’s gamers have become excited about downloadable games from Nintendo’s WiiWare, Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, and Sony’s Playstation Network. The Xbo360′s Live Arcade has been flourishing since 2004. Big hitters on the service include the hugely [...]

bento bento bento!

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Luckysundae makes beautiful bento lunches for her children twice a week!  Her work has been published in Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes. Take a look at all her delicious creations on her flickr.

Don’t be shy

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Turtle racing is a popular event in the Central United States which is usually held at county fairs or picnics, in which children place turtles in the center of a circle and are allowed to walk around until one of them crosses out of the circle. Although there are races where turtles are lined up [...]

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