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This warms my heart.

Thanks, Boing Boing.

Photographer and artist Erin Hanson has created a series called “Need to Want Less,” from which came this very apt graphic for my own life (which I posted a while ago, but it may have been on Facebook):

Also:

Thanks to Andrew Price @ GOOD for highlighting it.

I got to see LIGHTS last night at Monto Water Rats in Kings Cross, London. It’s the second time I’ve seen her this year, the first being in Constitution Hall in DC when she was supporting Owl City. It was definitely a different venue and a different atmosphere: much smaller, more intimate. But it was a good, good gig. I think I love this girl …

Here are a few pics:

A couple of favorites from the latest White House Flickr batch (both photos by Pete Souza):

Above: President Barack Obama jokingly puts his toe on the scale as Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, unaware to the President’s action, weighs himself as the presidential entourage passed through the volleyball locker room at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Aug. 9, 2010.

Above: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s hands rest on the railing of a boat during their tour of St. Andrews Bay in Panama City Beach, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010.