one of every 100

Using state-by-state data, the report says 2,319,258 Americans were in jail or prison at the start of 2008 — one out of every 99.1 adults. Whether per capita or in raw numbers, it's more than any other nation.

According to the report, the average annual cost per prisoner was $23,876, with Rhode Island spending the most ($44,860) and Louisiana the least ($13,009).

Four states — Vermont, Michigan, Oregon and Connecticut — now spend more on corrections than they do on higher education, the report said.

via comcast

Juice

for you buddy.

Python Swallows a Deer

Literally. Click here. (I'm not normally into this stuff but this video
is pretty cool).

Converging Lines

From gsellorama (Flickr account)

Alive

Daft Punk - Alive dl

Boom

Mark Chariker at the RHYS gallery in Boston.

"You're gonna die up there..."

The Exorcist Soundboard: This thing is scary and funny.

Seeqpod

It sucks that they are potentially getting lawsuited off the internet, because Seeqpod quickly replaced my other online playlist creating websites.

Project Reynard

"The cultural and behavioral norms of virtual worlds and gaming are generally unstudied. Therefore, Reynard will seek to identify the emerging social, behavioral and cultural norms in virtual worlds and gaming environments. The project would then apply the lessons learned to determine the feasibility of automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world."

uh... ok

Word Problems

This music is so videogame-ish, it just makes sense that the Harmonic 313 website would have a videogame to play to win a download of an unreleased track.

Harmonic 313 - Word Problems

F*ck yourself

Ha. I must have missed this when it happened, but it's still funny. This is my relevent political humor.

who watches the watchmen?

Sweet

Stuff White People Like

Lol! Props to Joe for the find.

Going down?

Dianogah is a Chicago, Illinois based indie rock outfit formed in 1995, noted for their use of two bass guitars. Dianogah's first full-length album, As Seen From Above, was recorded by Steve Albini. Mellow indie jams. Highly recommended.

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Metal Faaace

Dark Tranquility: Myspace, dl
Job For a Cowboy: Myspace, dl
straighthate: Myspace, dl

Good Blog Idea

LOVE versus HATE.

Jay Electronica

Jay Electronica - Uzi Weighs a Ton


Very little info on this guy online, and he hasn't released anything official. You can listen to mostly everything Jay Electronica over at weapons of mass distraction. His beatless stuff over Eternal Sunshine samples are great.

Small gathering, Couple of mates...

Props to Juice for the find.

C'mere Boy!

A woman from the United States wants her dead pitbull terrier - called Booger - re-created.

RNL Bio is charging the woman, from California, $150,000 (£76,000) to clone the pitbull using tissue extracted from its ear before it died. (via BBC News)

Sleeveface

The wonderful art of Sleevefacing. More links to come when I remember where they are...

Valentine's day

Happy VD! Related: Here, here and here

Mickickickey

A collection of sweet images from the Kneip Art Gallery

Aww!!!

A trip down Memory Lane with The Family Circus!

Greg Pearl, O.D.

This eye doctor in L.A. must be getting so much (internet) attention because of the fantastic artwork above his shop.





That's Banksy in Fall '06, Banksy again last week, and then MBW this week. Photos from ekosystem and this fantastic Flickr account.

Gucci Mane

from Kanye's blog.

UPDATE: another amazing picture of the greatest chain ever.

Oh Rats

Rats Laugh When You Tickle Them

Jeff Jordan

Jeff Jordan is an American surrealist painter.

His painting Big Mutant served as the cover artwork for the Mars Volta album Amputechture. Jordan also contributed the painting Agadez for their new album The Bedlam in Goliath. His painting Revelation was the backdrop for their recent show at Lupo's. (Above image: snake horse bassplayer.)

Get The Stick!

David Lynch's Dumbland

One Sheet

The Hirshhorn Modern Art Gallery had a contest to create a piece of art using only one sheet of paper. Click here for a gallery of the results. I wish the images were higher resolution, but the pieces are amazing.

Time Lapse Wrap Up

Night Shots in the City / Driving Across the Country / Shrooms Growing / Hot Air Balloons / Northern Lights / Radishes Sprouting / Nature Shots / Pot Growth / Lava Lamp / Sunrise / Caterpillar / Planet Earth Snippets / Dead Rabbit / Mural / Six Year Face

GArfeEeld

Lasagna Cat presents Garfield.
Some of my favorites here, here and here. The rest here.

1982 Hardcore Show Flyer

Collection of old skool flyers and other stuff up for sale on Ebay.

Dr Strangelove

The Mechanical Animal Project

Supertouch has some great photos of this interesting project happening now in Nantes, France.

Windows

Friday Friday

Get down on it edition.