Regardless of whether the internet is shit or not, you have to agree that there are some things that make it all worth while. One of those things is the Library of Congress' Prints & Photo Division's website. You can download fullsize scans of 500,000 images that they have in the archive. And they've only scanned half so far. My favorite collection so far is the Alan Lomax images. They also have Farm Service Administration pictures & a whole bunch (5000!) by Mathew Brady. They're all searchable in any number of ways, too.

If you like to read, you may be interested in an interview with Jonathan Lethem in the New Yorker here, talking about his new book, Fortress of Solitude.

Aside from watching Lance Armstrong keep the Yellow Jersey by the barest margin in the Tour De France, this weekend I enjoyed watching the premiere of The Restaurant & Queer Eye For the Straight Guy.