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Name Ian Andersen
First post November 2009
Location Houston, TX

Ian Andersen always liked comics, but it wasn’t until he found James Kochalka’s American Elf that he started making his own. “The idea of just doing a strip a day about my own life really blew me away,” he says. Like many other cartoonists before him, he discovered that this daily routine pushed him to improve his ability in both drawing and writing. Ian has posted a daily comic for two years now, attends college, and drinks lots of coffee.

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Museums and Stuff
A PhD student living in Vienna shares her love of museums.

Let My People Show
Robin Cembalest, executive editor of ARTnews, blogs about art and culture.

Movies and Food
An exhibition of food and drink as portrayed in film.

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Name Rebecca Ladds
Location Toronto, Canada

Rebecca Ladds is a printmaking major at Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, and her blog is a living portfolio of works from conception to completion. Her primary tools are ink and a ball pointed calligraphy nib, and she plans to study the art of jewelry-making through her upcoming minor in material art and design. Outside of class, Rebecca stays busy with commissioned work, creating art for her Etsy store, and tattooing oranges for practice. She also likes birds.

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Barrett Garese
Barrett works with social, online, and future technologies and he writes about everything from politics to the future of mass media.

The Marshmallow Chronicles
Zachary and Sachi decided to quit their jobs in journalism and become itinerant surf bums for a year. And blog about it.

Peace Corps
Life is calling. How far will you go?

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Name Lacey Micallef
First post July 2010
Location Columbia, Missouri

Teacher of 3-year-olds by day, GIF artist by night. Lacey Micallef is a freelance designer whose tools are 8-bit graphics, animated GIFs, and bizarre pop culture juxtapositions. Hamburgers and pizza are often (delicious) sources of inspiration, as are collaborations with other GIF artists on Tumblr. What started as a hobby may very well beget a new art form, with creators like Lacey leading the way.

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Christopher Dickey
Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Editor for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Author of six books, working on a seventh.

Somewhere in the World Today
…people are celebrating something with fabulous fiestas and festivals in truly mad and amazing ways.

ca$hcats.biz
Incredibly wealthy felines who stack cheese.

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Clark went on a harrowing bulldog walk last weekend that lasted nearly 30 minutes and spanned fifteen blocks!

Some moments deserve more than one angle. That’s why we’re ecstatic to give Photosets a huge upgrade today, giving you new levels of control to tell your stories the way you want to.

1) Photoset photos now open in all their high-res glory on the Dashboard and on your blog.

2) You can now pick a layout for your photos to tell the right story.

3) Tumblr Themes can now make Photosets look and work any way you please with a host of new theme variables:

{block:Photoset}
    <!-- Number of photos -->
    {PhotoCount}
    
    <!-- Integer representation of the layout -->
    {PhotosetLayout}
    
    <!-- JS array of the Photoset column counts -->
    {JSPhotosetLayout}
    
    <!-- Each of the Photoset photos -->
    {block:Photos}
        {PhotoURL-500}
        
        {block:HighRes}
            {PhotoURL-HighRes}
        {/block:HighRes}
        
        {Caption}
        
        {block:Exif} ... {/block:Exif}
    {/block:Photos}
{/block:Photoset}

Enjoy!

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Name The Burning House
Location New York

If your house was burning, what would you take with you? The answer says a lot about your values and background, according to photographer Foster R. Huntington. The Burning House is a living gallery of photographs of the items chosen by people from all backgrounds, from all around the world. “It’s a philosophical conflict between what’s practical, valuable, and sentimental. You’re forced to prioritize and boil down a life of accrued possessions into what you can carry out with you,” Foster says.

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The Changelog
A weekly podcast and blog that covers what’s fresh and new in Open Source.

Sounds of My City
A collaborative, community-oriented audio ethnography of Toronto. This is what Toronto sounds like.

Officials Say the Darndest Things
Cataloging what officials in business and government (and any other centers of power) let slip.

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Name We Are The Digital Kids
Location Shanghai
First post May 2009

Amanda Mooney is a digital kid, manager for PR firm Edelman China’s digital team in Shanghai, co-founder of Edelman’s Millennial consultancy 8095, and writer for PAPER Magazine. “Basically, I feel that the best way to learn in this space is to just do it,” she says. We Are the Digital Kids is a collection Amanda’s influences, explorations in the digital realm, and experiences of living and working in Shanghai.

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Chromeography
In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances.

Some call me Sixx
Nikki Sixx, rock star and camera addict.

Dear Photograph
Take a picture of a picture from the past in the present.

Photo by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.

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Name Natasha Leggero
Location Los Angeles

Natasha Leggero wants you to know that, despite being a successful actress and comedian, she still lives in a servantless household. She began performing in plays in her native Chicago at age 10, earned a BA in theater criticism in New York, then moved to Los Angeles. Natasha is a frequent panelist on Chelsea Lately, voices Callie Maggotbone on Ugly Americans, and plays the role of Emma in NBC’s new series Free Agents, which debuts tomorrow night.

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Paper Planes
Artist Carl Nelson’s blog of original artwork, illustrations, and comics.

From Piercings to Pacifiers
A hardcore piercing artist who recently transformed into a 9-5 straight-laced dad.

Rampaged Reality
For all your geek eye candy needs.

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While browsing the Dashboard, in addition to clicking J and K to jump to the next and previous posts, you can now click L to like the current post!

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Awesome. This happened last night. :)

Thanks for putting this together, Frankie!
You have an amazing collection of Jon Stewart GIFs.

And thank you, Daily Show!!

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Name Pat Falco
Location Boston
First Post April 2010

Pat Falco is an artist, curator, rapper, and former college athlete from Boston. He helps run the Lincoln Arts Project, a vehicle to promote young and emerging artists from the Boston Area, and Pedro Romero Clothing. Pat has been named “Best Artist In The World” 7 of the past 10 years by his mother. He also runs a comic strip called The Strip Bar.

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Cave to Canvas
Everything art history. From Lascaux to Toulouse-Lautrec, Raphael to Rodin, and Klimt to Kahlo.

Free Dolphin Rides
The travel journal of a 1977 Toyota Dolphin and its inhabitants.

Music Educators
A quickly growing think tank for music educators.