Suddenly Typing In The Dark Just Got A Cooler....

These cool little gadgets have suddenly made it easier for people who can't touch type to communicate in the dark! You can make the keys glow when you hit them, create your own moving patterns, or simply set it to glow in a solid color of your choice.



The Korean keyboards from Luxeed look brilliant and they come in two colours: white, which lights the whole button (approx £64) or black, which just lights the letter on the key (approx £77).

*adds to top of christmas list*

Light Graffiti...

...is amazing. By simply using low shutter speeds and running about like a loon you can make some awesome photos.

Eric Staller is an artist that seems to have a knack for doing this kinda stuff. As shown below:




There are others plastered over the web - some of whom have websites I have popped at the bottom of this blog - and it can make some truely stunning images. I want a go!





It is incredibly smart, but also more legal that its paint-like cousin. It can bring the mundane to life and for that I salute it.



Websites:
Eric Staller: Light Drawings
black.horizon: Donegal 2006
COLOURlovers: Painting with Light
Michael Bosanko: We Come In Peace

There Is Something About An Abandoned Town....

What causes people to abandon an entire settlement, town, or even a large city? Here are a few amazing examples from the locations like the USA, Russia, Italy, Taiwan and the Ukraine. Some of these were mysteriously deserted, while others were abandoned due to catastrophic circumstances.




I have no idea why, but I am fascinated to see these places completely desserted. I sit looking at these images imagining a bustling community. Yet, now they are empty. Dead to the world. Ghost towns.

The very sites that got me thinking on this subject:
English Russia: Lost City of Chernobyl
Lands of America: Ghost Towns of the American West
Web Urbanist: 7 Deserted Wonders of the (Post)Modern World
Electro Plankton: The Abandoned City of San Zhi [Part 2]