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Tiny Planets

I am sure many of you have seen panorama’s before. This is a pretty sweet step further. This is a 360° panoramic of Paris. I was going through my Blogroll and upon visiting the Steve Tolleson Blog I made this totally amazing and excellent discovery!

Rob Park is a photographer living in Edmonton, Alberta. Like most of us designers/photographers he’s a computer geek and is always messing around with images and new ideas to make them more interesting. You can learn more about him here and also view his in depth tutorial on how to make these wicked awesome globes out of your own back yard. You should know that you will need a little equipment in order to successfully create this effect. You can also visit his Flickr page and see a tone of his planets. If you dig a little you can download them at full size and make wicked awesome desktops to impress your friends

Top 5 Songs Of The Week.

It’s that time once again for my top five songs of the week.

5. “Empty Day” By Augustana. Happy song that makes you bob your head back and forth.

4. “Just Like You Imagined” By NIN. If you have seen the 300 Trailer you know this song. All instrumental but gets me pumped none the less!

3. “Made To Love” By TobyMac. Just heard this song but it is awesome.

2. “Come Thou Fountain” By. David Crowder. This is the true definition of oldie but goodie. I love this song in so many ways. Just listen to the lyrics. They are amazing and David Crowder can play the git fiddle like a mad man.

1. “Everlasting God” By Liconln Brewster. I am so pumped to play this song on Sunday! It’s gonna be awesome. Especially with my Aunt Jill singing it!

Well that’s the list. Post yours!

Happy Birthday Cincinnati Reds

This little piece of information heard on the radio this morning has really got me excited about the upcoming season, despite the 2 inches of snow I found on the ground this morning! It turns out that the Reds are the oldest baseball team in the Majors. They were first established in 1886 so that would make them 141 years old. That’s pretty awesome. Now I am not really a big Reds fan but I do like Ken Griffey Jr.

Here is a little info on the Reds.

The original “Red Stockings”

The original Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball’s first openly all-professional team, were founded in 1866, turning professional in 1869. The Red Stockings won 130 straight games throughout 1869 & 1870, before the Brooklyn Atlantics defeated them. Star players were brothers Harry and George Wright, Fred Waterman, and pitcher Asa Brainard.

The Red Stockings disbanded after the 1870 season. A new Cincinnati Red Stockings team became a charter member of the National League in 1876, five years after the first Red Stockings team. The second Red Stockings team was expelled from the league after the 1880 season, in part for violating league rules by serving beer to fans at games, and for their refusal to stop renting out their ballpark, the Bank Street Grounds, on Sundays.
[edit] The American Association

Following the expulsion, a third Cincinnati team of the same name became a founding member of the American Association, a rival league that began play in 1882. That team (which is the same franchise of today) played for nine seasons in the American Association and won the Association pennant in 1882. The pennant winning club still holds the record for the highest winning percentage of any Reds club to date (.688). In November of 1889, the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Brooklyn Dodgers both left the Association for the National League. In the move, the Red Stockings dropped “Stockings” from their name.

The Reds will also be getting a new look for this season too. The Reds revealed their new uniforms in December. The home caps will return to all-red with a white wishbone C, lightly outlined in black. The caps with red crowns and black bill will be used on the road. Additionally, the sleeveless jerseys will be abandoned for more traditional shirts. The numbers and the lettering for the names on the backs of the jerseys will be changed to an early-1900s style typeface. It had been rumored that navy blue was to make a return as a trim color, but that has been denied. The alternate club logo and jersey emblem will be the moustachioed Mr. Red from 1956.

On that note….GO TIGERS!

Original

Here is the original that I took while in Chicago In case you are interested.

WINDY CITY

A little afternoon artwork for you. Enjoy

In honor of my race.

This only makes sense if you have seen this episode or have sound. Probably one of my favorite episodes ever of Seinfeld for obvious reasons.

Chuck Talks, You Listen!

“Chuck Norris doesn’t own a house, he walks into other people’s houses and they move!”

If I were a Pug

 

So I didn’t really have a topic for the morning so I figured I would give you guys a little Photoshop fun. So here is the Man Of Steel if he were a pug!

Sore but committed

Well it was bound to happen. My wife got me to commit to a little marathon for Mott Children’s hospital. It’s a three mile run in Ann Arbor. It has a nice little St. Patrick’s day theme and everything. You know after seeing my wife run 9 miles the other day for her Team in Training I figured it’s only 3 miles I can do this. I played hockey. I can get in shape to run. Well Yesterday was my first day of running. It was a sad performance. I could only run 2 miles after it was all said and done. This morning I woke up with every muscle in my body on fire. I have come to the conclusion that someone had put Kryptonite in my Gatorade! I haven’t given up. I have until Sunday to get into shape. I can do this. However it does make me appreciate all my wife puts herself through. She has way more discipline and dedication than anyone I have ever met. I hope I can learn a thing or two from her this week.