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Saturday, July 19, 2008
All fall down
Tom Kirsch's hobbies include playing drums in a metal band, rock climbing, and taking lots and lots of pictures of abandoned buildings. His site, Opacity.us, concentrates mostly on prisons and mental institutions around New England, many of which have stood empty and decaying for decades.
"Once a building no longer serves its purpose, and all of its functionality ceases to exist," he writes, "it becomes truly fascinating. Each room is transforming into something new at its own rate, yielding to the forces of nature as it reclaims man's creation."
If you've seen much of my own photoblog, you probably know I have a bit of interest in urban decay too. On our recent New England trip, I spied a falling-down old brick building while we were driving through Rochester, New York, and I detoured back to take a bunch of photos of the exterior. If Velma hadn't been waiting patiently in the car for me, I would've gone in and spent an hour poking around and taking pictures in the half-demolished old structure.
WineLibraryTV.com This Gary guy is nuts about wine. And just generally a little nuts. Check out his popular podcasts on WineLibraryTV.com. And here he is on Conan. WineLibraryTV.com is a pretty cool site, as is its sister site, Corkd.com.
Tag Galaxy An entertaining way to browse Flickr tags. www.taggalaxy.de
30 minutes of '80s cartoon openings Wow. The cartoons of the 1980s really were terrible (except Inspector Gadget, he was awesome). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bto7l3cKhvk
Jyoti, the smallest girl in the world She stands just 1ft 11in tall and the average two-year-old would tower over her. But Jyoti Amge is 14 years old. www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/04/06/
The Big Picture The Boston Globe's website, Boston.com, has started a new photoblog with amazing, large-size news photos from around the world. So much better than the tiny front-page photos you see on most news sites. www.boston.com/bigpicture
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Thursday Top 5
We Can Solve the Climate Crisis Al Gore has launched a $300 million climate change initiative, one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in U.S. history, according to the Washington Post. When you play this video, notice the W in "we." How much do you want to bet it's going to flip over and become "me" if you go to the site and join in? www.wecansolveit.org
"Amateur" by Lasse Gjertsen I'm pretty sure I posted this a couple years ago, but it's such a classic I had to repost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzqumbhfxRo
The fierce Humboldt squid When Jason sent me this description, at first he was playing an April Fool's joke on me. But the Humboldt squid is real. "A mysterious sea creature up to 7 feet long, with 10 arms, a sharp beak and a ravenous appetite, has invaded ocean waters off Northern California. Packs of fierce Humboldt Squid attack nearly everything they see, from fish to scuba divers." www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/774
Grolsch Gardens This is a really innovative branded game built with Flash. It's sort of a noir detective story; you have to collect clues and items and the story unfolds. You'll need a lot of time to play it, but it's really engrossing...or would that be engrolsching? www.grolschgardens.com
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Thursday Top 5+1
Symptoms: Increased heart rate, fits of laughter... What if two members of the crew of the TV show "Scrubs" fell in love?
Don't try this at home Filming a slap in the face, then slowing it down to 4,000 frames per second. www.collegehumor.com
"Guardians" by George R.R. Martin Jason enthusiastically told me about this story he read a decade or two ago, and he was finally able to track it down online. It's by the fantasy and sci-fi author George R.R. Martin, and it touches on, among other things, the science of ecology. I really liked this story; it would make a good one-hour TV episode. Maybe Sci Fi Channel is listening? cerclefantastique.free.fr
Do the Test How many passes does the team in white make? www.dothetest.co.uk
111 nude SF women on couches A book (premiered last week at 111 Minna) by Merkley??? (sic – his name includes the ???). Note: Not exactly safe for work or small chill’n. www.threequestionmarks.com I also like his take on "photographers."
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Thursday top 5 with extra sauce
The redgrrl and I shall be gone for the next ten days in Hawaii, so I'm graciously serving up this week's Top 5 with an extra helping to tide you over next week too. Don't gobble it all up in one sitting, you might get indigestion.
I hope you all have a good holiday, and I'll post pictures from Hawaii when we return. Oh, and the photoblog has been pre-loaded with new pics through Dec 30, so you'll get shiny new things to look at every day if you like. Come by often! Tell a friend! Take a number! Uh, I dunno what I'm talking about...
Terry Fator doing "What a Wonderful World" on "America's Got Talent" The Onion's AV Club included this song on their list of 23 Songs That Should Never Be Covered Again, but I gotta say this guy's rendition is entertaining.
PETA takes aim at the Olsen Twins Wow. I don't want to get on PETA's bad side. www.peta2.com/trollsens/
Inspirational corporate music video "El Pollo Loco and Denny's mah friend! Our future's so bright, We're gonna let it shine in!" Sooooo. Verrrry. Bad. How do the musicians who wrote and recorded this travesty look themselves in the mirror? www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f2jHaz25RE
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Monday, October 01, 2007
Massive earthquake hits San Francisco?
Or, maybe Google Maps is a little wonky? This view of Market Street in San Francisco apparently shows the images from two separate satellite passes, stitched together.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Thursday top 5
Flight of the Conchords, "Jenny" This one's for Ynnej since I missed her birthday by a couple days last month. These two Kiwis are hilarious. There are a whole bunch of good vids of them on YouTube.
Family Guy Star Wars A preview of an upcoming hour-long episode in which the cast of "Family Guy" does the entire first Star Wars movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGyGlp8sEHo
For font geeks and/or Nippophiles Shuetsu Sato is a railway employee who makes intricate, creative, hand-made signs and maps out of colored tape. www.pinktentacle.com
Internet People If you recognize more than half of these people, you're spending too much time in front of your computer. Like me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pPCkhYMQgY
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Posting new photos
I got behind in posting photos to the photoblog last fall when we were rapidly approaching the Hitchin' and I had to devote time to that. I wanted to post a photo every day, and I'd been able to do it for quite a while, but after I slipped behind, it was compounded by several other delays, like our honeymoon and then moving.
I'd tried to catch up by back-posting a few weeks' worth of photos at a time, but it seemed I'd never catch up, so I've decided to throw in the towel and just pick up from now and go forward. Maybe I'll be able to back-fill the hole sometime in the future, but I'm not going to worry about it anymore.
I've got over 10 GB of photos from 2007 alone that I want to show some of, so screw it! Onward!
Man builds a living out of LEGO Seriously cool sculptural art made out of everyone's favorite little colored blocks. And yes, that's Han Solo in Lego carbonite. » www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/31/lego.artist/
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Thursday top 5+2
Learning kinesthetically I liked this story about a mom and her daughter who "works hard to read and write" http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif(her words). » jugglingfrogs.blogspot.com...
MakeADifferenceMovie.com Aw, man, this is sooo cheesy, and yet it still made me all teary-eyed. » www.makeadifferencemovie.com
"Young Folks" by Peter, Bjorn & John This song is uber-catchy, but I had to look up the lyrics online because I just couldn't figure out what the girl is singing/slurring. » www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0
Music.Download.com's weekly picks I used to work with these people. And now they're doing video podcasts. Awwww, all grown up! » www.cnettv.com...
Igor Siwanowicz's incredible reptile and insect photos I may have posted this link before, I just don't remember. But these are fantastic pictures. » www.photo.net/photos/siwanowicz
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Monday, April 09, 2007
Two new desktops
I've posted two new desktops that people have requested. With regards to Susan, Roman, and Sara, here are 1600x1200 versions of my photos "fun with light brite" and "red star."
Aaron
Alexis
Anne
Anya
April
Ari
Bo
Brian
Bryan
Chris
Dave & Terri
Dave H.
Debby
Drue
Fibu
Four Waters
Fwegan (aka Ynnej)
Holly
Hilary
Internet Rockstar
Jason
Jen
Jesse
Jessica
Kansinee
Karl
Laura
Leah
Marc
Martin
Matt
Mike
MJ
Morgan
OkayDave
Olya
Paco
Peter
Rick
Rocky
Ryan
Stellah
Tatum 
Trent
Velma
Veronica
Yu-Po
