Digg reminded me of reading News of the Weird, but that's probably because, being immediately over-and-underwhelmed by how busy the site was and the story content, I headed for the 'Offbeat' button. First, I looked at ninja cats and dogs hugging babies, then I found a story that I don't think I would've otherwise found: The Man Cave story. Now, I can totally get why these guys want to get away from it all, unlike some of their wives who wanted to know what was so terrible about the man cave-owners' families that they had to retreat to a cave to get away from them. I like my alone time, too. But, I'm afraid these guys lost me at:
- "It has no power, no plumbing, a leak in the roof and it's already been set on fire once."
- "Every time he and his friends go to the cabin, they have to chase hornets, snakes and other varmints out of the building. Once a cow died in the creek behind the cabin and it stank for weeks." Argh. That was the deal-breaker for me.
- "There's no rules, there's no bathroom."
"Half of it is about hanging out with guys, your buddies and the other half is being out where nobody can see you. Nobody can find you. You're way out there -- there's no city lights hiding the stars. The time that you can spend out there getting away from it all, doing what you want to do, that's the reason behind building the thing," he said.
Now that I can understand.
The jury's still out on Digg. I think it could be amusing but I'm not entirely sure I'm diggin' it. (yeah, I know, but we'll probably all use that pun to death -- it kind of hurts not to)
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As far as #12, a technology-related thing that I've been interested in this week is the concept of Through the Viewfinder (TTV) photography. It's a really cool technique of taking digital camera photos through the viewfinder of a vintage camera. There is a flickr group devoted to TTV, which I've been enjoying perusing. And lo, there are even ways to fake it in photo editing programs, which makes this Photoshop-lovin' fool really happy...
p.s. mp3 player, please. :)
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That TtV is fascinating. I might have to take a closer look around the thrift stores...
I saw that Man Cave story and the concept was lost on me, too.
I will have to check out the TTV...sounds like fun.
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