memoirs on a rainy day

20 beautiful HDR shots at Abduzeedo.

Christian Ward is a beautiful illustrator. Check out his portfolio.

A major earthquake has hit Sichuan province and thousands are dead. Some flickr coverage on the disaster.

How to find images on the web. (via kottke)

Dooce appeared in the Today Show last week. Or the week before. I’m not sure, since I’ve been traveling since last Tuesday. (YouTube, SFW)

Moresukine is a weekly webcomic from Dirk Schwieger that has been recently compiled into a book (via moleskinerie)

My wife is mentioned in this article on English blogs from Taiwan.

Cab driver Mohamed Khalil returned a Stradivarius violin to Philip Quint, a grammy nominated violinist. Stradivarius violins are priceless to musicians. This one is the Kiesewetter Stradivarius and is worth $4 million and is on loan to Mr. Quint thanks to the Stradivarius Society. (via kottke but expanded upon by myself)

Awesome photos from Chile’s recently reactivated Chaitén volcano merging with a lightning-infested thunderstorm. (via kottke)

Jason Kottke gets interviewed by Deron Bauman  from Clusterflock.