Tomorrow is ABC26's last night of broadcasting from the WTC overlooking the elegant Spanish Plaza and the rest of the Riverfront.

No more joining French Quarter Fests in progress for dinner.

or walking over to Cochon where my Jerry & ginger is waiting before I can step past the hostess stand...

or the five-minute, through-the-quarter drive to and from work...

or... I just can't talk about it anymore...

Mark Fiore's got it right... tackling C. Ray "Crazy Baldhead" Nagin's comments that crime in New Orleans is a double-edged sword, enabling us to continue selling our 'brand.' Click the pic above for the hilarity.

He's got another great one on the FEMAldehyde trailers, titled "Pickling the Poor."

is a bad thing, and that's what Hurricane Dean is up to right now.

This is my favorite map of Hurricane Dean today... the historical tracking map:


Update: some of the experts are comparing Dean to 2004's Ivan...

May the peace be with you...



...and also with you.

from the aptly named churchsigngenerator.com

I'm almost ashamed this is all I could come up with, but this is certainly not the last you'll see of these.

H/T to Dillyberto

He's just a storm, but you know it only takes one
And this system's not for us
He says it only takes one... but this system's not for us



NHC
Florida Hurricane Center's roundup
Weather Underground's Tropical Weather Page

C. Ray Nagin, 8/13/07

"I've had one heck of a morning. It's been busy. I've had to juggle between two competing press conferences, which is amazing to me, but this is a sincere press conference. This is one that is focused on what is best for the people of this region."

This is the day OT pleads guilty to corruption. Would Nagin have us believe Jim Letten was being insincere? That cleaning up corruption is not in the best interest of the people of this region? That the man in charge of rebuilding our city after the biggest Federal disaster in the history of America calls juggling two press conferences amazing and worthy of designation as a busy morning? Just WTF is this clown doing?

When you wish upon a star...

The folks over wunderground.com have a new flash-based tracking map that's pretty nifty... link

Make A GLOWING TOMATO ! - video powered by Metacafe

Old and busted: Tamagochi's, new hotness: homemade biospheres.

I'd like to make one with a tiny crawfish inside.


Image from Cephalopodcast.

I have always been fascinated by the smooth glass orbs sold in Hammacher Schlammacher and similar catalogs, and it turns out you can make your own very easily. My friend Rand had one... he also had a Galileo thermometer I was jealous of. Now I can outdo him with a whole family of homemade Biospheri.

Thanks Make:!

New Moo MiniCards... series 3

From Instructables

New Orleans is enjoying your baby, no covers left on the bed after the 4th time you've hit the snooze button after losing power all night and the window units are not yet cuttin it, and they're in the next room anyway.

New Orleans is hope springing eternal amidst the frustrations at Walgreens... when you're stuck behind the guy hassling the poor clerk, the only clerk who showed up today and is still sweet and kind to everyone, over six cents and you start a conversation with the aspiring film director in line behind you, proud of finding his 'director's hat,' a 12-pack of bottled water for the cast & crew and a 2-pack of mini-DV tapes all at one place so he and his gothic-be-makeup'ed leading lady can start shooting. "You should pick up a bag of ice," I said... and the poor clerk overhears and states, "we just ran out."

New Orleans is WWOZ... rolling the windows down in your car even though the heat index broke 110 so everyone you pass can join you in the call and response led by the brass band that comes out of you unthinking, like a reflex:

'ride with me'
'RIDE WITH ME'
'roll with me'
'ROLL WITH ME'
'gimme a dime'
'I ONLY GOT 8'
'gimme a dime'
'I ONLY GOT 8'
'DIP BABY DIP... SLIDE AN MOVE YA HIPS'

The strangest photograph of someone practicing how to sew unexposed negatives together you'll see today.



From Make: Blog:

On the new grill.


Red & Vidalia onions, green peppers, mushrooms soaked in Lea & Perrins, lemons and scallops, dusted in Adobo seasoning and a great orange vinaigrette I've become addicted to.


Red potatoes with Adobo and butter... broccoli in the same.


Mz. Bubbles special salad of secret goodness, but including some purplish tomatoes, feta, onions, broc...

REM's New Orleans video on Entertainment Weekly

link to article from Exiled on Main Street

I know I'm bending the rules, but I was just too busy to get yesterday's scheduled DIY segment completed. Instead I will be mashing-up Friday Sciday with a clever lifehack from the genii at LifeHacker.




link.

Tasty and affordable, some of them exclusive music downloads to benefit the New Orleans Musician's Relief Fund.

I can't say it any better than Exiled.

Click the pic or right here to link to the downloads