What I'm Tripping On - Friday Links

First of all, more big ups to Max for making his new webcomic Quickstep free.

He's trying to figure out how to make his work accessible & eventually make money off it. Go read it, fall in love with it, and buy a t-shirt from the guy. That's what I plan to do.

Also in the world of webcomics is a new serialized version of War of the Worlds being released by Darkhorse comics. Oh. My. God. It's good. Art by D'Israeli [his site is down, this is all I could find].

Colors magazine is running a photo contest. What Does Lust Look Like?

Daft Punk Is Playing At My [Robotic Dog] House. I wish Roast Beef could have entered. I think he and Molly would have really enjoyed a trip to Japan. Then again, maybe not. [Ed. - I really need to make an database/index of my favorite Achewood strips so that I can have them easily accessible for posts like this one.] - via Kottke

In Defense of Drinking Expensive Wine. - also via Kottke

I want an iMic. via Kate & Cliff

Neal Stephenson on the Larger Lessons of Star Wars - directly ripped off of Kottke

My two favorite sources for online news have re-designed in the past  few weeks. Both The Morning News and the International Herald Tribune are much larger - optimized for viewing at 1024 x 768 resolution -- and prettier to look at. More importantly, they're easier to access. Here's a bit from the editors of TMN on why they did what they did.

I want an outdoor fireplace/grill. But do I get this one or this one?

Any other suggestions?

Finally, it took me all week to realize that my the photos for my Pimp My House entry didn't ever get properly loaded. They're up now, if you want to check them out.

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Lorenzo character & image used with permission from Max Riffner

Comments

[Max]

D'Israeli is the bombshit. Glad to see more of his work lately. He disappeared for a few years there (or it seemed that way at least, he may have had some runs in the UK).

Thanks for the props, Ben!