searls puppetry: Doc's daughter Collete Searls is a stage director who specializes in puppetry for adult audiences. The company specializes in object theatre, and has just been recognized by the Jim Henson Foundation with a grant in support of their newest production: OM: objects in motion coming in the northern summer. Very cool! 

Last.fm: an open source music/social networking site (via Doc Searls) 

To answer Amy's wonderings, I don't have an icon program at the moment, so the icons I made yesterday were just done by hand highly magnified in an image program. I should get more up-to-date, I guess. With regard to the deeper colour, I noticed that and tried it on a couple of the curly bracket icons. In those particular very fine and tiny shapes and sizes the deep red almost looks black. The more bulky arrows might translate much better, though. Re the illustrations: twist my arm ;-). 

Michael Meschke's international message for World Puppetry Day, March 21, 2006. And all around us, this powerlessness is the true strength of the puppet. Because it is part of that “in spite of everything”, without which human beings would have perished long ago. (via Unima Australia, the blog I run for UA) 

Cloth couples by Neta, an Israeli dollmaker. I still like her Julia and Boby in particular. 

This wonderful photo of a hill somewhere near Omarama, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand is from Cutflat, Tim Raupach's new photoblog site. His photos were previously here. Tim takes some breathtakingly beautiful shots, as well as looking at things from unusual angles and with a humorous eye. He is also a rockclimber, and - a disclaimer! - my son.

Ozplogistan: shorthand for the Australian political blogosphere! (via Larvatus Prodeo)