Alain est parti 14.03.09

momo — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:15:40 +0000

One of my favorite french artists. Compositions and expression…exquisite…

Rest in peace…

Photo of Alain by Ludovic Carème

Eat Dessert First

momo — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:13:48 +0000

This was put under the category ‘famous dates’ because it’s the first post in a long time to this blog ‘O’ mine.

“Human rights could not always be the main consideration in international relations.”

momo — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:56:18 +0000

This is a quote from Bernard Kouchner, the french foreign minister. Finally, a politician says, plainly, what we’ve seen and known all along. Human life, at least some of it, is to be sacrificed for money and economic relations between two political powers. Here it’s France and China. Sadly, this is only one example.

Here’s a link to the Associated Press story :

Kouchner Backtracks on Olympics Boycott

Why people put any faith in political leaders solving our problems is beyond me. How many people can be sacrificed, murdered, tortured, imprisoned, because politicians have their bank accounts as priority number one?

What’s really shocking to us here is that Bernard Kouchner founded the Doctor’s Without Borders organization. How could a man with his passion for humanity sink so low? Shame on you, Bernard. Another example of power corrupting.

As long as we have leaders like this guiding nations there will never be freedom or peace for all. Politicians like Bernard Kouchner help keep people, like those in Tibet, at the mercy of political powers like China.

Olympus Ad

momo — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:54:08 +0000

Larger Pic
You really need to see it bigger to appreciate the ad.

I’m not sure I’d ever buy an Olympus body, but this ad is funny. Hmmm, I wonder if women will be insulted?

Polaroid Shutting Down Its Film Manufacturing Lines

momo — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:57:29 +0000

Some sad news in the photo industry. Guess it’s just a sign of our changing times. Now what am I gonna do with my Vivatar Instant Slide Printer and Polaroid Pro camera?
Polaroid Closing

No, really, the president of the USA lied?

momo — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:46:06 +0000

And in the ‘tell us something we didn’t already know’ department, we found this tidbit, again from AP, on 23 January. Here are some quotes.

“The study concluded that the statements “were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses.”

and…” Bush led with 259 false statements, 231 about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 28 about Iraq’s links to al-Qaida, the study found. That was second only to Powell’s 244 false statements about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 10 about Iraq and al-Qaida.”

Here’s a link to the full story.

Study: False Statements Preceded War

George, shame, shame, shame.

Waterboarding - the new political sport

momo — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:10:24 +0000

Here’s an AP article that might be of some interest.

Waterboarding : a new American sport

I do find it amazing that politics and justice in America have sunk to this low level under the weight of GWB and his cohorts the last eight years. It’s a strange America. It’s an America I never thought I’d see. One can only hope things change for the better once Bush has left office.

Michael Mukasey, shame, shame, shame.

Rififi Nation 2007 Header

momo — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:11:06 +0000

This was our header art for 2007.

Revolution in Mind and Deed doesn’t mean violence. It’s pointing toward a psychological change. Something radical that will change the way we live.

Rififi Nation is explained a bit on our About page.

The new header art was designed by Morris Taub. He’s also responsible for the bug photography. The black gritty grungy stuff at the top is Grunge Grit 2 by Asunder, a very cool photoshop brush/border that you can find here :

http://asunderstock.deviantart.com/art/Grunge-Grit-2-Borders-
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Wishing you all joy and health for this new calendar year 2008. Peace.

“An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.” -Ghandi

momo — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:25:32 +0000

Thankfully, this will be the last year ‘we’ have to suffer George W. Bush. One can only hope that the Modern American Dark Age is coming to a close.

Bad letter-spacing at www.nearlyfreespeech.net

momo — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:28:58 +0000

Nearlyfreespeech.net is where this blog, Rififi Nation, is hosted. It’s a great web hosting company if you’re looking for one, however the letter spacing for their logo could use some work. They used a version of Trebuchet for the typeface. It’s a simple, clean design, but here’s another case where the letter spacing is just bad. Check it out in the image below.

It doesn’t take much work to do this logo in Illustrator or Photoshop and save it as .gif file. Perhaps it’s just another case of inexperience. Another person who knows little about design doing it themselves. That’s pretty much the case these days. It’s a shame too. Good letter-spacing is an art. I wonder if all those programs that give you ready made templates so you don’t have to hire a designer have any control for letter spacing. I’d guess not. Honest, just because someone knows how to code software doesn’t make them a designer.