Monthly Archives: November 2008

Play on, sisters.

I read an interesting profile of nearly all-girl hard rock band today. The AccoLade isn’t all that interesting, musically – the lyrics are a touch cheesy and the music isn’t my taste, but the New York Times wouldn’t write up … Continue reading

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Official Monty Python YouTube Channel

Monty Python have* their own YouTube channel, and they intend to add loads of high quality video as time wears on. HOLY SHLAMEEL THIS RULES. Here’s a fine example: *I felt the British pluralization was appropriate given the subject matter.

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The Sea Forts

Flickr user Tim Mitchard has a photo set about the WWII-era Maunsell Sea Forts (Thanks, Mitch, for permission to use the photo above). These giant tin-cans-on-stilts were an interesting piece of the British defense system against Nazi air raids, and … Continue reading

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The Price of Love

My friend Stephanie has made a habit of posting an 80s/New Wave music video every Thursday for a while now, and yesterday she posted New Order’s “World” (I’ve embedded the MTV Music version because it’s a little clearer): New Order … Continue reading

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The Sky In Flames

I have some new snaps on my photostream. This latest batch is pretty motivating for me because for the first time in ages the results look exactly as I imagined them. The only edits I’ve made are the clean-up of … Continue reading

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The Nerve

I witnessed a young man shoplift today. I was at Walgreens picking up my meager lunch of Chef Boyardee because I needed some tissues. The young man, wearing his over-sized black jeans and khaki Dickies shirt, walked slowly through the … Continue reading

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Clown

Behold the birthday clown, sad and terrible (with a touch of potty humor – strictly PG, though) : Scenes From An Unmade Movie : Job from Jason Zada on Vimeo.

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Chocolate Pie Chart

This edible info graphic is spectacular. I wonder how it tastes… (via swissmiss)

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Canonet

Ladies and gentlemen, today I received what will be my final film camera for quite some time. Adding to a 35 mm SLR and a 6×6 medium format, I now have a compact 35 mm rangefinder camera – a Canonet … Continue reading

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The Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

The State Library of New South Wales, Australia, has a Flickr account and has uploaded two dozen photos from the first “Australasian Antarctic Expedition” that ran from 1911 to 1914, led by geologist Douglas Mawson. Most of the photos are … Continue reading

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