It’s Mardi Gras! In the Christian tradition, this is the last night of splurging before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season begins tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. Assuming that you won’t be able to make it down to Bourbon Street to celebrate, we’ve rounded up some photos from festivities around the world. Be warned: This isn’t your typical drunk girl flashing their boobs for beads fare — some of it’s a lot more shocking than that.
Yesterday Flickr turned six years old. With billions of photos, tens of thousands of groups, and a vast online community, it’s a far cry from its initial days as a multi-player gaming site. Of particular note: The Commons, Flickr’s 2-year-old collaboration with famed public photography archives (The Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, and the Bibliotheque de Toulouse, to mention a few), easily made accessible with the power of technology.
In honor of the big celebration, we’ve sorted through our favorite archival cake photos — some of which date all the way back to the days of beehives and top hats. More after the jump.
French-based designer and illustrator Stéphane Massa-Bidal has created a series of vintage book covers inspired by some of your favorite websites (present company excluded). While we’re not sure the taglines translate exactly (For example, LinkedIn: “A friend is one who has the same enemies you have.”), the visuals are absolutely dreamy. In fact, we wish that they were real, because we want to buy them all — even MySpace. When’s the last time you even thought about them? Excellent rebranding!
Check out his Flickr photostream for more images and peep eight of our favorite “books” after the jump.
After yesterday’s announcement that next season would be Oprah’s last, the media world was engorged with Oprah debate this morning. Was she really going to quit daytime TV? Or was she simply going to bring the syndicated show over to her newly-launched OWN network? More importantly, who was going to replace her after a 25-year run? Rather than ponder the unanswerable, we thought: why not just make her the word prompt for our latest installment of Flickr Found Photo Fridays?
‘Twas the epithet heard ’round the world, when even our fine nation’s president agreed that Kanye West was being a “jackass” by interrupting widdle ole Taylor Swift onstage at the VMAs. Artificial drama aside (we know, New York Times, we should be much more concerned about health care than Lady Gaga‘s gender, the architectural taste of Prince Charles, or Perez Hilton vs. minor pop star of the week), we’re using this week’s keyword as a fearless guide into the depths of Flickr. That’s right, it’s Found Photo Friday, and we’re taking a donkey ride. Read More »
This installment of Found Photo Fridays comes bearing the bad news that our nation’s unemployment rate has reached 9.7 percent, up from 9.4 percent in July. While daytime TV has its charms, we find that funemployment isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and more specifically, isn’t actually fun at all. After the jump, find Flickr-provided visual depictions of our national shit-uation. Wishing you greener pastures in September… Read More »
When Senator Ted Kennedy died Tuesday night, some say Camelot went with him. The moniker for King Arthur and the knights of the round table was originally applied to the Kennedy family by Jackie Kennedy herself soon after JFK’s death. While we can’t say whether Camelot will live on, we can address these events the only way we know how: by typing “Camelot” into Flickr and seeing what turns up. Join us for a special Found Photo Friday in memorium of Ted Kennedy. Read More »
On Found Photo Fridays, we embark on an odyssey through the depths of Flickr with just our wits and one search term to guide us. Today we wondered what would happen if we Flickr-searched the name of a competing photo-sharing site (of sorts). Why, it would be like Googling “Yahoo”! Internet worlds collide! Since we already determined what kind of Facebook user you are, after the jump we bring you Facebook as filtered through Flickr. Read More »
On Found Photo Fridays, we embark on an odyssey through the depths of Flickr with just our wits and one search term to guide us. The term du jour was “Mad Men.” In case you haven’t noticed, we’re really looking forward to Sunday’s season premiere. Our search yielded surprisingly diverse results, from ’60s-inspired montages to costume theme days at offices. Check them out after the jump. Read More »
It’s time for another edition of Found Photo Fridays, this week inspired by Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and some words of wisdom from 30 Rock‘s Tracy Jordan: “here’s some advice I wish I woulda got when I was your age: Live every week like it’s Shark Week.” Check out our photo set — consisting of only the best images we found by typing “sharks” into Flickr — and behold Lego sharks, shark cupcakes, baby sharks and more. Read More »
“ I am offended that this list has been made, as metal is a predominantly white music. Are you... ” posted on A Selection of the Most Genuinely Terrifying People in Metal on
“ "Hulk? Smash." Captain America telling Hulk what to do in The Avengers. ” posted on 15 of the Most Memorable Final Lines in Film on
“ Liz Waldner ” posted on 10 Feminist Poets You Should Know on
“ I'm going with Clue: "I'm gonna go home and sleep with my wife!" ” posted on 15 of the Most Memorable Final Lines in Film on
“ Mary Oliver! ” posted on 10 Feminist Poets You Should Know on
