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The homeless rarely find themselves in the limelight, but amateur photographer Lee Jeffries has made them the focus of his work. He’s produced a haunting set of black-and-white portraits of people living on the streets of Europe and the U.S. Every face is shown in incredible detail and is full of emotion. More after the jump.

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London-based artist Mark Powell’s Envelope Drawings are incredibly beautiful. More after the jump.

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This woman’s tumblr has incredible photography with seemingly no theme except that they’re beautiful.

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Using geo data from photos uploaded by users to Google’s Panoramio, Sightsmap generates an interactive heatmap of the most frequently photographed spots around the world. It reminds me a little of the Heat Map I made back in 2006, which could be applied to any geolocational data (including photos).

With 49 fashionable paint colors to choose from, MyColor inspired by Pantone offers designers and do-it-yourselfers an affordable, easy-to-use solution for adding a splash of color to any paint project including furniture and accent walls. Offered in a 35 oz. size, this ready-to-go, ultra low VOC paint is odor free and provides an elegant, eggshell finish that is both durable and washable. Premixed, factory-precision color ensures an exact match every time while unique stain-blocking and self-priming qualities save time and reduce workload.

Pantone Paint

On January 18, 2006—exactly six years ago—I started this blog. Since then, there have been:

• •  1729 Posts (this one included)

• •  66,502 Comments

• •  254 Informational Posts

• •  24 Code Examples

• •  17 Prose Posts

• •  16 Rants/Diatribes (oops, sorry!)

• •  13 Technology Review Posts

• •  11 Poetry Posts

• •  9 Versions of the Flash File Uploader

• •  4 Original Videos

• •  2 Original Typefaces

I am a little shaken by how much time I spend on this blog.
*goes outside for the first time in 6 years*

Take a look at this beautifully meticulous, hand-crafted paper alphabet by Sabeena Karnik, a caligrapher, fine artist and illustrator/ typographer specializing in paper sculpturing and acrylic murals.

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