Normally I skip things like “top ten XYZ for 2008”. But when I heard about the year 2008 in photographs at The Big Picture from Boston.com, I had to take a look. Sure enough, they are great photos. Truly great.

Things I like about it are:

• The photo quality is excellent. It’s photojournalism at its best.
• There is more of a world focus than just an American focus.
• There is a wide range of photographs, from light moments to horrific ones, with plenty showing how awesome the world can be (see the first one of the lightning storm in a volcano).
• There are good notes explaining the context of each photo.

The only thing that you might want to skip over is the comments: it’s alot of either cheering or petty criticism (e.g., these photos seems to have a liberal bias).

It’s also a grammatically correct sentence (albeit a very difficult one to break down). Fortunately, you don’t have to, since there is a detailed explaination for it on Wikipedia.

(Thanks to a tweet from Alpha Ng for point this very cool sentence out!)

If you want to make an Easy Gingerbread Houses for Kids without buying a kit, or you want to practice making different ones, try this idea. The secret incredient? Pop tarts! Clearly not for gingerbread house purists, but it is not a bad way to make one.

The Drifters are great, and this song is also great. But I really like this video and the naturalness of the singers as they hang on “up on a roof”.

YouTube – The Drifters – Up On The Roof.

will like this: Bunny with an Artblog. There are lots of great things on this blog, including a reference to this wonderful nativity work of art.

When it’s a domain name. And sex.com is worth twice as much as beer.com. For more very expensive domain names and what they are worth, check out CARPE DIEM: So What Are Domain Names Worth?