A pair of great links this morning, one for the eyes and one for the mind.

First there's a project sponsored by Kodak. A journalist took a 3,400 mile road trip from New York, New York to San Francisco, California (Actually, to the Marin Headlands, but let's not be picky). The interesting bit is that he took one photo at each mile along the journey.

Second is a remarkable piece of journalism from the New York Times (free registration required but worth it), where a reporter purchases a young steer and over nearly two years traces the life of a typical beef steer from conception via insemination to, yes, his own dining room table. This is a really eye-opening piece on how economics has pushed the cattle industry to the extreme, endangering public health and ecology in ways I'd never considered.

(linkprops to Metafilter)