Here is a short film I’ve found via Divers and Sundry. Its quite well done, and well worth the 7 and half minutes if you are into the Post Apocalyptic genre:
Set in the distant future, Connected is a story about survival and greed with a post apocalyptic wasteland as its backdrop. Survivors of an unknown disaster shuffle through a desolated landscape, as it quickly becomes clear that not everybody has the strength to survive.
The Package Design Blog showcases interesting design packages and often highlights student work. The one below is an imagined response from FEMA during apocalyptic event in the USA (judging by FEMA’s press, ‘imagined’ in probably an appropriate term). This design was done by Ludvig Bruneau Rossow.
Seems to be alot of talk these days about US Citizens giving up there passports to find greener pastures elsewhere in the world. A friend passed me this audio clip which provides some excellent information on terminating US citizenship:
http://c2.libsyn.com/media/21366/Mark-Nestmann-Renunciation-20100825.mp3
I was just curious to check what state of IT immigration was amongst some English speaking nations of the world. To my surprise, Canada does not want any more IT Skilled labour (as of 26 June, 2010). This is the first time I’ve seen IT skills not in demand by a predominately English speaking country (French being the other national language of Canada).
A few months ago I came across this post by Schlow Reader about a Hurricane Katrina survivor named Zeitoun. The premise sounded interesting – Zeitoun, a Muslim American, decides to weather the storm in order to help out his neighbours.
Todd was arguing with his interrogators. Zeitoun could hear occasional bursts as the questioning at the Amtrak desk continued. Todd was a hothead on a normal day, so it didn’t surprise Zeitoun that he was agitated during the processing.“Are we going to get a phone call?” Todd asked.“No,” the officer said.“You have to give us a phone call.”There was no answer.Todd raised his voice, rolled his eyes. The soldiers around him stood closer, barking admonitions and threats back at him.“Why are we here?” he asked a passing soldier.“You guys are Al Qaeda,” the officer said.Todd laughed derisively, but Zeitoun was startled. He could not have heard right.
Here is a youtube interview with Zeitoun:
