More proof – as if any were needed – that logos do not need swooshes to be pleasing.
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NH Division of Forests and Land – State Nursery
The Old Man of the Mountain lives on!
Category Archives: random stuff
Vertical Blue 2010
The Shark Girl sent me a heads-up a couple days ago – she and D are in the Bahamas (Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island to be exact) videoing the Vertical Blue 2010 freediving event. The footage is amazing – you can find all of it here and write-ups of the days events here. Below, William Trubridge does a world record unassisted (no fins, no nothin’) dive to 92 meters. My back of the envelope calc puts that at approximately 30 stories – yowza.
The Impossible Project, SX-70 and FMM
A while ago, a friend offered up his old SX-70 for sale. At that point, Polaroid was out of the film business and though there was a lot of interest in keeping the film in production, it wasn’t a sure thing. I figured what the heck, gambled and bought the camera. The gamble paid off – The Impossible Project (the folks who bought the production equipment) just released their first film packs. Not cheap, but not as expensive as some things I’d like to shoot someday.
Manipulated 1
Portrait of FMM, manipulated by her own little self then digitally processed by me.
Old color film that came with the camera.
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FMM
New film. I like it – and I need to remember that the focusing circle is not centered in an SX-70.
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FMM and T-rex.
Taken by her mom (not Polaroid).
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Hey, it’s my blog and I’ll post cute small person pictures if I want to!
8-bit
Like LOLCats were, internet centuries ago, 8-bit is everywhere and it’s fun.
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. – Watch original web videos.
After 1:48, all I can think of is ice-nine.
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Much the same as 1st video, but with music!
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rstevens has been having pixelfun since before everything (this strip is esp. for Sy, the ladies and the cassowary).
Bulls, Bikes, Birds
Via a retweet from @bibliodyssey, an addition to the blogroll – Next Nature. I knew I’d hit paydirt when I saw that the most recent post talked about aurochs and Heck cattle – a topic we’ve visited here previously. On (to the blogroll) you go!
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Over at Ride the Machine – one of my favorite two-wheeler blogs – s.a. has posted some great Velocette (not to be confused with velocet – or drencrom) cover art.
I love this one for the aeroplane, the pants (plus-fours? maybe even plus-sixes?) and the mystery of what the heck is going on. Courier? Passenger checking in, as a motorcycle valet rushes in (out of frame)?
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The way the ‘L’ and the ‘TT” (Tourist Trophy) are used is wonderful.
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On a personal note – I had a wonderful time Tuesday and Wednesday – Noted Nature Writer was in town to do a talk/signing event at a great local indie bookstore. We had a great time discussing birds and frogs and spiders and…
That’s Sy, waaaay back at the table.
Funkasaurus rex
Happy Friday! After surviving an incredibly rainy March here in the Northeastern US, it’s April, supposed to hit 70+ F today and the spring flowers are starting to bloom. Makes me want to dance.
“Frank has a profile on eharmony.com if any of you single ladies out there are into puppet dinosaurs with sweet dance moves.”
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Nice bamboo you got there, Frank.
h/t Pop Headwound.
Sartorial Splendor
It is good to have a friend who works in a thrift shop. Tony Lama tooled, cut out, laced and dyed belt with literally (in the literal sense) MY NAME ON IT. My head literally (in the metaphorical sense >grin<) exploded! The buckle is from my extensive (there is one other – the traditional skull formed from naked ladies w/ integrated bottle opener) collection, via eBay. Growing up in Phoenix, the scorpion in resin was an eight year old’s holy grail; paired with a belt like this – beyond imagining.
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The shirt underneath is another score – I’m partial to blue chambray work shirts and it’s tougher and tougher to find non-tarted up examples. Ah, for the days of Madewell work shirts and dungaree – long gone, it appears. Found this at an outlet store – sold.
Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors | Letterheady
No snickering – for those who are unfamiliar, Nudie Cohn is/was a legend.
Por ejemplo:
Interesting Letterhead Designs | Letterheady.
Update – up from the comments because Chas’ link is so good.
Yes, designers like Nudie and Jack Weill in Denver completely invented the category of “Western wear” as we know it, post-World War II.
Flickr: 9 0 0 0’s Photostream
Intl. Talk Like William Shatner Day
Tonight – William Shatner Beat Night at the Coat of Arms, Portsmouth NH (alternative title: “The Night We Shat Ourselves”).
DFH Watch
Geyser!
As mentioned in the previous post, we’ve seen a bit of rain (as best I can tell, something like 5 inches[update – 7.4″ in Dover]) over the past couple days. Rivers are in flood and storm drain systems are overwhelmed: