http://www.doobybrain.com Tue, 13 May 2008 07:20:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mark Khaisman loves tape. He loves tape so much that he uses it to create beautiful and stunning pieces of art. He was born in the Ukraine but currently works in Philadelphia. Khaisman's Tapeworks series are taped on plexiglass sheets and then mounted on lightboxes. The result is a beautiful brown ... http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/tapeworks-by-mark-khaisman/ NPR's All Things Considered host Melissa Block was conducting an interview in Chengdu with a Christian pastor when the devastating earthquake occurred on Monday, May 12. Andrea Hsu, who was with Melissa recalls the events: Melissa and I had just sat down for an interview with a Christian pastor when we heard ... http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/npr-host-melissa-block-conducts-an-interview-at-time-of-quake/ These T-shirts from Once Upon A Time In NY look fun to wear. http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/the-we-run-tees/ This starts out very funny, and then it gets serious! No idea why Ines Brunn is wearing what she's wearing though. And no idea why they decided to play such dramatic "magic-show" type of music. http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/extreme-tricks-on-a-fixed-gear-bicycle/ I'm tellin' ya. Vinyl bags are the way to go! Evidence: Superdry backpack & kitbag, and The North Face duffle bag. If everything is working as it should, then Doobybrain.com should be running slightly faster than it has for the past week. I know there was some more downtime earlier this week, ... http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/leftovers-53/ Just once this week I'd like Doobybrain.com to stay online for at least 24 hours without any interruption and downtime. If the building where my server is housed isn't on fire, flooded, or being Rickrolled, then I expect my website to respond! At my current rough estimates, Doobybrain.com has had an ... http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/no-cow-this-time/ At 2:29PM on May 12, 2008, a student living in one of the buildings on Sichuan University campus recorded a first-hand account of the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in China as it occurred. [via] Man, that's scary and intense! http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/student-video-of-the-earthquake-in-sichuan/ Click image for larger version Imposters by James Knoblauch and Shawna Kenney is a new book released in February by Mark Batty Publisher. The book documents the out-of-work actors who live in and around Hollywood. These actors spend their days dressed in costumes of various sorts in order to make a quick ... http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/imposters-by-james-knoblauch-and-shawna-kenney/ Wow, I haven't heard this song in a very long time! http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/13/the-wonderful-thing-about-tiggers/ In 1958, a TV series called "Disneyland" aired an episode called Magic Highway USA that took a look at some of the exciting new advances to come in modern transportation. I, of course, wasn't alive then to watch the show, but seeing the video now makes me realize how forward-thinking Walt ... http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/05/12/magic-highway-usa-a-retro-look-at-the-transportation-of-tomorrow/