Every Wednesday you will find links and top-line summaries of current events around the globe. Obama Blocks Access to White House Visitor List [MSNBC] – The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who [...]

I stumbled across this video on the weekend and was floored by the idea presented. It’s brilliant, simple, and effective. A true testament to the notion that small contributions can make a BIG difference.     *UPDATE: September 16, 2009 @ 9:20am Google announces they have acquired reCAPTCHA. Official Google Blog post here For those [...]

Officially unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show this past March, the Rolls-Royce 200EX (pensive) is a beautiful piece of machinery. Dubbed EX for experimental, the actual model will go into production in 2010 complete with a fancy one-word name like previous Rolls-Royce’s. With a sleek and stunning exterior and lavish interior, let’s take this fine [...]

Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find 25 images, 10 articles and 5 videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! 25 IMAGES – Worst…Tattoo…Ever… – Ancient Chinese Humour – Got about 12 Jennay’s – It’s Rudy Huxtable – Yanni is Einhorn! – My little Zombie Pony – Colin McRae does proper [...]

Train station in Melbourne     Like many street artists, I can’t find much information on the stencil artist known as Meek. What I do know is that he is based out of Melbourne, Australia (a mecca for street/stencil art) and his work is sick. His art started appearing around 2003, and he has been [...]