yukesmooks shot of a gum tree becomes the 2 billionth photo uploaded to Flickr. They should publish a collage of all 2 billion images, that will be something!

Photoshopped representation of a busy airport created by Ho-Yeol Ryu

Some funny Japanese inventions, the cockroach swatter slippers is hilarious.

A tip to all photographers, the price of your equipment should not get in the way of that priceless photo you are about to capture. Photo taken by photojournalist Sol Neelman

A funny and creative message by a panhandler, and the same guy a year later.

O’Reilly Radar is reporting that Flickr will soon have a new Places feature, which can be used to search tags by location. See example of chicken in China and United States. Here is another example of word beautiful across six countries. This is going to a very cool feature, can’t wait.

Jeff at Go Media, gives a behind the scenes look at his process for creating ornate lettering.

Some good tips to help you write clean HTML code. Now, who ever created this image needs some tips on how not to create crappy jpg images!

Animated visualization of US flight patterns created using processing. Data from FAA was used to create animations of flight traffic pattern and density. Check out sample source code.

A 2001 poster in City of Münster planning office portraying the amount of space required to transport the same number of people by car, bus, and bicycle.

A huge collection of RSS icon resources and helpful design tips.

“OMG! Awesome Party Guy Vid!” YouTube costume, funny! Don’t forget to read the comments.

Neat solid wood wallpaper from Bartleme Design. Includes devkit for further customization.

Smashing Magazine’s round-up of Halloween wallpapers, icons, art, and tutorials.

Mini bike models the size of a paper clip.