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Name Paul Octavious
Location Chicago
First post June 2010

Designer and photographer Paul Octavious is passionate about creating things for himself and the internet. He taught himself how to use a digital SLR while in school for graphic design, and today does work for clients like Nike and The Wall Street Journal. For his Number Stacks project, Paul photographs books stacked by color into numbers and sometimes cheeseburgers. He enjoys making experimental videos and taking photos of blizzards. Paul credits the feedback he’s received from putting his work on the internet for all to see for much of his success. He only has two arms.

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An Illustrated Guide
Short reviews of notable picture books. Beautiful design!

Jesus Year Project
33 is the new 30. A year of self-discovery, adventure, and palindromes.

The Frenemy
A network for fashionable, confident, slightly alcoholic girls.

Photo by Steph Gorlanick.

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Celebrating International Women’s Day!

Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, a global celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women and a time to recognize the achievements made by women around the world.

The Tumblr community is bursting with amazing, talented, inspirational women who we love and admire. Check out these blogs run by five of them…

Awesome Shit Women Did
Celebrates the impact women have had on our world by highlighting their incredible accomplishments and contributions to all areas of life.

Britticisms
Britt is a music, arts, and culture writer and researcher, and she writes about avant-garde and independent music and culture here.

Agent 3Z
Zahira’s collection of whatnots, eyebrow raising shenanigans, and the occasional rant.

Thresca
Tere is a web developer, writer, and artist who blogs about her creations and inspirations.

Owsome
Chelsea writes about space exploration, science, and other awesome things with an infectious sense of wonderment.

(photo via nevver)

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Name Ian Andersen
First post November 2009
Location Houston, TX

Ian Andersen always liked comics, but it wasn’t until he found James Kochalka’s American Elf that he started making his own. “The idea of just doing a strip a day about my own life really blew me away,” he says. Like many other cartoonists before him, he discovered that this daily routine pushed him to improve his ability in both drawing and writing. Ian has posted a daily comic for two years now, attends college, and drinks lots of coffee.

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Museums and Stuff
A PhD student living in Vienna shares her love of museums.

Let My People Show
Robin Cembalest, executive editor of ARTnews, blogs about art and culture.

Movies and Food
An exhibition of food and drink as portrayed in film.

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Now Live: Camera Info

The Dashboard now lets you view the Camera Model, ISO, Aperture, Exposure, and Focal Length of any photo uploaded with Exif data.

We’ve also made this data available in themes with the following tags:

{block:Exif}
    {block:Camera}
        Camera: {Camera}<br />
    {/block:Camera}

    {block:Aperture}
        Aperture: {Aperture}<br />
    {/block:Aperture}

    {block:Exposure}
        Exposure: {Exposure}<br />
    {/block:Exposure}

    {block:FocalLength}
        Focal Length: {FocalLength}<br />
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Name Gary’s Real Life
First post December 2008
Location ???

Gary likes taking photos, wearing suits, and lives a rich and fulfilling life. Professionally, he’s a part-time imaginary friend (though he often wonders what it’d be like to be a suit maker). Not much is known about Gary’s background, other than that his closest companion is an art director from Sydney, Australia named Josh Beggs. Josh is the creative director of an entertainment magazine, has a dog named Baxter, and is a talented illustrator.

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Put This On
A web series about dressing like a grownup, from Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor.

Pepe Diokno
Film director, producer, and winner of the 2009 Venice Film Festival’s Lion of the Future Award.

The Tangential
Their mission: Write about anything, as long as it isn’t boring and doesn’t suck.

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Name Shane Burcaw
Location Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

“I will most likely be dead before I turn 30. Even that estimate is a generous one. I have a disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Type 2) that has been slowly destroying all the muscles in my body,” starts the first post on Shane’s blog. Laughing At My Nightmare is written by a 19-year-old kid in a wheelchair named Shane about his life and his disease. A sophomore at a small liberal arts college studying journalism and psychology, he loves to laugh as he shares his unique perspective on life.

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FFFFOOD
A place for all things gastronomical: Recipes, reviews, and general foodliness.

Our Favorite Findings
A fantastically curated list of Emily and Karishma’s favorite findings on Etsy.

Richard McCoy
Art conservator, writer, researcher, educator, and guy who loves his family.

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Tumblr Tuesday Special Halloween Edition!

Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31. It commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o’-lanterns and… AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Aaarz amarah ragazzah grh! Harmanbargarh! TUMBLAA! Unggg gaäahgad glaraagh? BRAINZZZ! BRAAAAAAINZZZ!!

FY Halloween Costumes
Have a great costume that just needs to be seen? Make your submission now!

Looking Good, Feeling Good
Ricky’s is a beauty shop based in NYC with lots of inspiration for all your undead and supernatural needs.

Halloweenies
Anything and everything with a Halloween vibe! And more!

Zombies Ate My Blog
A place where the weird, the creepy, and the bizarre meet. Also: Zombies!!

Animals Dressed as Other Animals
Basically, animals dressed as other animals.

Art by the supremely talented Mike Mitchell.

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Photo posts now support Animated GIFs up to 1MB. Woo!

GIF by iwdrm featuring Blow-Up (1966)

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Business Insider came by for some photos of the office. Take a look!