Xerox unveiled its new logo this morning, calling it the most sweeping transformation of its corporate identity since it dropped “Haloid” from the Haloid Xerox name in 1961.

Nice beach ball. What’d they outsource this one to India? These folks are either unaware of a little company called AT&T, or are rabid fans. Then again, I guess copying is their business.

You’ll love this. Turn up the sound:

Call and Response from wreckandsalvage on Vimeo.

Steve Reich, anyone?

My baby sister Joy, fifteen years my junior, was visiting from back east, so we both braved the Sunday evening rain to meet up at P.F. Chang’s in Irvine. Did some valuable catching up in both directions. My, how we’ve both grown. And that’s good.

A good read.

An art project depicting four Biblical scenes as they would’ve been captured by Google Earth. The piece is called “God’s Eye View”, jammed out by the Glue Society.

Here’s a blurry classic. From Hawaii. [click to continue…]

How many changes to Wikipedia, at the least, have been traced to the CIA since June, 2004? 310.

What is the estimated annual revenue of panhandlers in the Las Vegas Metropolotian area? $24,000,000.

How many of the world’s five most valuable companies in 2006 were Chinese? None. How many in 2007? Three.

Approximately how much do Americans lose each year by not redeeming gift cards? $8,000,000,000.

Source: Mike Harper

“The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
— (possibly) Steven Wright

A blurry memory of hanging with Bob on New Year’s Day as we took in the first quarter of the Hawaii-Georgia game. We call him Boss. Boss is an illustrator; used to cook stuff up for the Sports section of the Daily Breeze, a local rag here in Torrance, Los Angeles.