What Africa Needs

In this order:

  1. Condoms
  2. Peanut Butter
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;
There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more…
- Lord Byron
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All Time Quarterback - Send Packing
How Will Men Die in 2008?
How Will Men Die in 2008?
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Broken Social Scene - Puff The Magic Dragon
One Inch Tall (via Itachi-san)
If you were only one inch tall, you’d ride a worm to school.The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.A crumb of cake would be a feastAnd last you seven days at least,A flea would be a frightening beastIf you were one inch tall.If you were only one inch tall, you’d walk beneath the door,And it would take about a month to get down to the store.A bit of fluff would be your bed,You’d swing upon a spider’s thread,And wear a thimble on your headIf you were one inch tall.You’d surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.You couldn’t hug your mama, you’d just have to hug her thumb.You’d run from people’s feet in fright,To move a pen would take all night,(This poem took fourteen years to write – ‘Cause I’m just one inch tall). 
Shel Silverstein

One Inch Tall (via Itachi-san)

If you were only one inch tall, you’d ride a worm to school.
The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.
A crumb of cake would be a feast
And last you seven days at least,
A flea would be a frightening beast
If you were one inch tall.

If you were only one inch tall, you’d walk beneath the door,
And it would take about a month to get down to the store.
A bit of fluff would be your bed,
You’d swing upon a spider’s thread,
And wear a thimble on your head
If you were one inch tall.

You’d surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.
You couldn’t hug your mama, you’d just have to hug her thumb.
You’d run from people’s feet in fright,
To move a pen would take all night,
(This poem took fourteen years to write –
‘Cause I’m just one inch tall). 

Shel Silverstein

tmblg:
Well, I’ve pissed off the Facebook design team, now it’s time to piss of David and Marco (although I really hope I don’t). I’m going to come out and say it: I really, really dislike the new Tumblr beta. It feels clunky and awkward, and I think it’s a huge step backwards in exchange for a few small usability improvements (wider dashboard, larger type, easy tumblog switching). Of course, I have no idea how far along it is, and I’m sure it’s a work in progress, but I got bored this weekend and decided that instead of posting some whiny diatribe about why I didn’t like it, I could mockup what I think I should look like. Click the image above (or here) to view my mockup. I’ve also posted a side-by-side comparison on Flickr.
I’m going to go ahead and say this is far more appealing. The individual posts on the new design feels awkward and the combination of the points with the rounded corners against the dark blue background is rather jarring. The bottom edge and the folding top right corner kind of give off the impression of an identity crisis. The dividers between the post icons I don’t like and how the number of unread posts displayed is odd with the red background.
I really like how you did the top right tab with the users icon but wouldn’t it be a little superfluous with your icon already by the six post icons?

tmblg:

Well, I’ve pissed off the Facebook design team, now it’s time to piss of David and Marco (although I really hope I don’t). I’m going to come out and say it: I really, really dislike the new Tumblr beta. It feels clunky and awkward, and I think it’s a huge step backwards in exchange for a few small usability improvements (wider dashboard, larger type, easy tumblog switching). Of course, I have no idea how far along it is, and I’m sure it’s a work in progress, but I got bored this weekend and decided that instead of posting some whiny diatribe about why I didn’t like it, I could mockup what I think I should look like. Click the image above (or here) to view my mockup. I’ve also posted a side-by-side comparison on Flickr.

I’m going to go ahead and say this is far more appealing. The individual posts on the new design feels awkward and the combination of the points with the rounded corners against the dark blue background is rather jarring. The bottom edge and the folding top right corner kind of give off the impression of an identity crisis. The dividers between the post icons I don’t like and how the number of unread posts displayed is odd with the red background.

I really like how you did the top right tab with the users icon but wouldn’t it be a little superfluous with your icon already by the six post icons?