Melanson.ca

A blog by Don Melanson.

kadrey:

Awesome: Typewriters of Famous Authors

Came Back Haunted (2013)

nineinchnails:

Nine Inch Nails: “Came Back Haunted.” The new single from the forthcoming album “Hesitation Marks,” out September 3rd. Download “Came Back Haunted” on nin.com and iTunes starting June 6th.

timemagazine:

This week’s TIME cover story, which is illustrated by the artist-activist Ai Weiwei, examines China’s place in the world.

Read a preview of the story here.

(Art by Ai Weiwei for TIME, Typography by Post Typography)

reuters:

Ahead of the G8 meeting, fake shops are hiding the real economic troubles of Northern Ireland.

At a former butcher’s shop, stickers applied to the windows show a packed meat counter and give the impression that business is booming. Across the street, another empty unit has been given a makeover to look like a thriving office supply shop.

Locals are unimpressed.

Local councils in Northern Ireland have painted fake shop fronts to hide the economic hardship being felt in towns and villages near the golf resort where G8 leaders will meet this month.

Northern Ireland’s government has spent 2 million pounds tackling dereliction over the past two years. Almost a quarter of these funds were freed up in anticipation of Britain hosting the annual Group of Eight (G8) summit on June 17-18. 

A dog stretches during his walk in front of a fake shop in Belcoo, Ireland on June 3, 2013. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

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Courtesy of CriterionToute la mémoire du monde, a short film by Alain Resnais, who turns 91 today.

rollingstone:

A European developer has created a new game inspired by Joy Division’s ”Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Mighty Box Games’ Will Love Tear Us Apart? is a “browser-game about relationships on the brink of breaking up.”