In a nationally televised speech, President Bush will acknowledge doubts about his Iraq war strategy but argue that it is worth it a year after the much-trumpeted U.S. transfer of power to Iraqis gave way to an endless stream of death.

— Steve Holland (Reuters)

Endless stream of death?

I’m as displeased with this war as anyone, but that’s a bizarre choice of phrasing for a major news source.

We don’t spend a lot of time agonizing about fuel consumption. The answer is already clear. You are going to have the best fuel economy in class of any vehicle. Period. Have a nice day. You don’t need to do any market research. You don’t need to do any fancy negotiations because you are never going to get anything approved by the board of directors without proving you have the best fuel economy in class. That’s it.

This Newsweek interview with Charlie Baker, Honda’s chief US engineer is a good short read about a special company’s corporate philosophy.

It is most thoroughly secure to destroy all notions of personal value that you grant to your data. That way, there is nothing to protect and you can finally use a memorable password, such as God, Sex, or Love. Your system may be hacked one day, but not so your epistemological use-value.

— MetaFilter user eatitlive in a discussion of password choice/storage methods

Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion.

— Alexander Calder (1898–1976)

The American artist Alexander Calder is most famous for his work in mobile sculpture, a discipline he invented. He also worked in wire, motorized, and monumental sculpture and oil paint, among other forms.

The Calder Foundation has the widest repository on the Internet of images of his work.

The National Gallery of Art has a QuickTime VR tour of their 1998 Calder exhibit including videos of some of the exhibit’s moving sculptures.

Just in time for Worldwide Developer Conference: the Steve Jobs Dress Up Game. (Flash, sound)

Jeff Dunas: “Is there anything special about portrait photography that you can tell our readers?”

Tom Zimberoff: “It’s really about 10% creative inspiration and 90% moving furniture.”

(from Darkroom Photography)