David McCreath

Hong Kong is Metropolis. Or the Matrix. Or Blade Runner’s LA. Or the Sprawl from William Gibson’s early work. These picture of Hong Kong are stunning. I would love to go there some day, but I can’t imagine living in it. I think I’m too used to the idea that I live in a state with a population density of one person per square mile.

for [Illustration Friday](http://www.illustrationfriday.com/penelope/index.php?section=archive&tid=231)

Over at Illustration Friday a topic is posted every Monday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation. Nice. [via]

Just to go on the record as an Alaskan, I believe that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is wrong.
* There’s not enough oil there to provide anything but a last gasp to the epoch of fossil-fuel power.
* What is there won’t be available for several years to come.
* The money that will be sunk into drilling there could produce alternate energy technologies that no one has even imagined.
* There are plenty of places left on the North Slope that are *not* protected habitat.
I wish I could figure out a way to express how important I think it is that some parts of the earth remain unexploited. I mean I wish I could express it in a way that would change someone’s mind.
I’m afraid that in my lifetime the majority of humanity will have reason to regret the way we’ve treated our home.
I’m riding my bike to work as often as I can.

Low-Literacy Users on the Web. Some interesting statistics and, of course, low-balling expectations. Possibly safe, but is it right?

Speak Truth to Power. A Quaker Search for an Alternative to Violence: A Study of International Conflict Prepared for the American Friends Service Committee. (There’s a much bigger story behind the guy who posted this, but I haven’t looked into it yet. You can start with the “via” link and work your way back from there. [via]

Jason Kottke goes pro. Good luck. I think he stands a decent chance.