This map shows the dialects of the USA. Fascinating stuff, especially if you love English. More info here.

If you want to see where your accent falls, try pronouncing the 122 words listed here. Don’t forget to click the Breakdown by State link to compare your answers. For instance, here’s California.

I just got turned onto this. Kuler is a cloud-based application for building color themes using your iPhone or your browser. =more info=

Explanation:

A more verbose description is over at Slate.

Peter O’Toole has died. He was 81.

Here’s original 1962 theatrical trailer for Lawrence of Arabia:

Stumbled across a batch of photos from December 11, 2011. The hosts of our wedding party in LA provided a photobooth, complete with props. Among them was a Santa Claus hat.

The HSB (Hue-Saturation-Brightness) color model is arguably a much more intuitive way of thinking about color than the conventional RGB model. In CSS, HSB is called HSL (Hue-Saturation-Lightness).

Here are two models demonstrated in terms of physics:

More details on the HSL spec over at w3.org.

The full movie. Followed by Frosty Returns (1992).

An oldie. Mike Portnoy demonstrating some odd time signatures, with Dream Theater songs as examples. If you can get past the chest hair expo, there’s lots of good stuff here.

From Christmas Vacation (1989).

Frank Sinatra would be 98 today. Here is is recording in Studio A at Capitol Records, Hollywood, 1950s. Photo via Vintage Los Angeles.

Frank loved Christmastime. Loved. Here’s his full Christmas album:

A pic I snapped on the Boulevard the other night: