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I'm interrupting my Thailand uploads to say after ten years on #flickr I've now reached 30,000,000 views.......
Thanks then both to the people that have helped me reach this but also to #flickr itself. It's fair to say I've put a bit of effort in over the years but I've been rewarded with plenty of exposure for my #photography (no pun intended.......) and have got to know so many wonderful photographers all over the world, not least in our little corner of flickr, the #Oxford Flickr group.
Over the past couple of years my daily views count has more than halved but whilst there's still so many talented people posting photos to flickr I'm sure it'll continue to be a big part of my photographic life.
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* Charles River, December 7, 2009: Still, reflecting waters
* Charles River, December 14, 2009: Cloudy blue skies, gently rippled water, hints of ice on distant shore
* Charles River, December 15, 2009: Early morning sun with "Maxfield Parrish" light with mottled cloud reflections
* Charles River, December 17, 2009: Cloudless blue sky, rippled waters
* Charles River, December 18, 2009: Cloudless blue sky, river becoming covered in swirling ice
* Charles River, December 20, 2009: First big snow storm of the season, snow & ice on the river, snowy branches on the trees
* Charles River, December 21, 2009: Night shot of road traffic & patches of ice on the frozen river
* Charles River, December 23, 2009: Patches of snow on the frozen river under a cloud-free sky
* Charles River, December 28, 2009: All of the snow and all but a ribbon of the ice gone, still waters return
* Charles River, December 29, 2009: River beginning to re-freeze
* Charles River, December 30, 2009: Frozen & re-frozen chunks of river ice under a clear blue sky
* Charles River, December 31, 2009: (AM) River re-freezing again, cloudy skies
* Charles River, December 31, 2009: (PM) Freshly fallen afternoon snow on the mostly frozen river
* Charles River, January 4, 2010: Long shadows reach through the trees across the snow & ice covered river
* Charles River, January 5, 2010: Grey cloudy skies, white snowy ground, and some black water reaching across the largely frozen river
* Charles River, January 6, 2010: Early morning shadows reach through the trees across the frozen river under a cloudless blue sky
* Charles River, January 8, 2010: Another fresh coat of snow on the frozen river, with a melted channel reaching down the middle under an even grey sky
* Charles River, January 11, 2010: Clear blue skies over thin snow & ice covering the river
* Charles River, January 12, 2010: Cloudy skies over thickening ice & snow on the river
* Charles River, January 13, 2010: Blue skies over white snow over black ice
* Charles River, January 14, 2010: Week of clear skies & snowy ice continues
* Charles River, January 16, 2010: Melting ice under cloudless blue sky
* Charles River, January 18, 2010: Evening view of thawing waters
* Charles River, January 22, 2010: Most of the ice gone now
* Charles River, January 25, 2010: Clear waters & skies, some snowy ice along the river banks
* Charles River, January 26, 2010: Warmer, drier day, some clouds, no snow or ice
* Charles River, January 28, 2010: Ducks swimming in the water
* Charles River, January 29, 2010: Ice covers the river again
* Charles River, February 1, 2010: Thin ice on the river
* Charles River, February 2, 2010: Third day of thin ice & clear skies
* Charles River, February 3, 2010: Thicker ice again, and snow-covered under cloudy grey skies
* Charles River, February 5, 2010: Clear skies again, and ice thinning once more
* Charles River, February 8, 2010: Thin ice, clear blue sky
* Charles River, February 9, 2010: Another day of thin ice & no clouds
* Charles River, February 10, 2010: Grey skies and vanishing ice
* Charles River, February 11, 2010: Wispy clouds over mostly melted waters
* Charles River, February 16, 2010: Light snowfall over ice-free water
* Charles River, February 17, 2010: Fresh snow & ice, geese & ducks swimming on the water
* Charles River, February 18, 2010: Thawing snow & ice
* Charles River, February 19, 2010: Geese spreading their wings while swimming on the thawed river by the snowy banks
* Charles River, February 23, 2010: Generic grey day, you pick a better caption
* Charles River, February 24, 2010: Light rain, very grey
* Charles River, February 25, 2010: "Icebergs" floating down the river under light rain
* Charles River, February 26, 2010: After a strong storm the night before, unusually choppy waters from strong winds
* Charles River, March 1, 2010: Grey skies & waters
* Charles River, March 2, 2010: Canadian geese swimming on the water under cloudy blue skies
* Charles River, March 3, 2010: The first day of the sculling boats rowing down the river under grey skies
* Charles River, March 3, 2010: The first day of the sculling boats rowing down the river under grey skies
* Charles River, March 5, 2010: Sunlight reflected in the still grey water
* Charles River, March 9, 2010: Sunshine on barren trees, and some of the green fencing
* Charles River, March 10, 2010: Sunshine on the still barren tree branches
* Charles River, March 11, 2010: Pale grey skies & waters
* Charles River, March 12, 2010: Grey skies & waters
* Charles River, March 15, 2010: Swollen banks after 3 solid days of heavy rain
Pasting from Copley Motorcars:
• • • • •
1967, Austin Mini Moke
Exterior color
White
Interior color
blue/white
Mileage
.
Price
incoming
The ultimate island car! 850cc 4 cylinder engine, 4 speed manual transmission, left hand drive, 4 passenger, removable soft top, just serviced and ready for those trips for ice cream.
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Pasting from Wikipedia: Mini Moke:
• • • • •
The Mini Moke is a vehicle based on the Mini and designed for the British Motor Corporation (BMC) by Sir Alec Issigonis.[2] The name comes from "Mini"—the car with which the Moke shares many parts—and "Moke", which is an archaic dialect term for donkey.[3][4][5]
The initial design was a prototype for a light military vehicle in the style of the American Jeep, but its small wheels and low ground clearance made it impractical as an off-road vehicle. It was subsequently offered in a civilian version as a low-cost, easily maintained utility vehicle. The Moke finally achieved success as a beach buggy—becoming a popular 'cult' vehicle in the Seychelles, Australia, the United States and many tropical resorts in the Caribbean. The original Moke used identical engine, transmission and suspension parts to the basic Mini.[6][7]
Mokes were first built at the Morris factory in Oxford before production moved to BMC's Longbridge, Birmingham plant, and eventually overseas. 14,500 Mokes were produced in the UK between 1964 and 1968, 26,000 in Australia between 1966 and 1981, and 10,000 in Portugal between 1980 and 1993 when production of the Moke ended.[4]
This Saab may just be the greatest creation of all time.
The first time I saw it, I managed to get a couple of photos, which have gone on to be among the most popular ones on my Flickr account -- and rightfully so.
Today, I saw it again in Harvard Square, and managed to stop for a better look. To see more detail -- and really, how can you not want to see the detail on this thing -- the Flickr "Toy Car" set has sharper photos from the better camera.
Fittingly, the driver was wearing a Dr Seuss "Cat in the Hat" hat.
I mean, of course she was, right? Right.
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UPDATE 30 Mar 2010: The hunt is on! Teresa Hanafin at Boston.com's RAW Blog today ran Who drives this funny car?, in which a Globe reader from Andover is asking for info about the owner of the car, noting that it has been several times in Boston's northwest suburbs (Burlington, Arlington, Andover, Cambridge, etc). According to some commenters, the owner may live (or work?) in Belmont, as it seems like it's seen there pretty often.
I don't want to infringe on the driver's privacy too much, unless she wants to "out" herself as the owner of this fine machine, so I'll simply add the handful of clues that I have:
• Both times I've seen the car, a woman was driving it.
• When I saw it in Harvard Square in January, she was wearing a Dr Seuss hat.
• When I saw it near the Museum of Science in July 2008, there was a couple of kids in the back seat, one with curly (red?) hair.
• She's way ahead of you on the "EYESORE" jokes :-)
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UPDATE 31 Mar 2010: The Boston.com blog post ferreted out the info within hours:
Jenny wrote to let us know that a correspondent for one of the Globe's regional editions wrote about the car, identifying the owner, about a year and a half ago.
Views out the north, south, east, and west windows at the top of the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Boston, MA.
Here, we're looking south (technically a bit southwest, but nevermind) over Charlestown, the inner part of Boston Harbor, the Zakim Bridge and the elevated section of I-93 through Cambridge, to the skyscrapers of downtown Boston, with a glimpse of the Charles River basin to the right of downtown, and the smaller skyscrapers of Kendall Square in Cambridge to the right of there.
This panorama was taken from the nearby Charlestown waterfront, and is tagged with a lot of the Boston landmarks also visible in this photo.
Also, we're seeing that someone managed to drop a couple of quarters through the mesh over the window onto the ledge below. Not sure how they managed that -- the holes aren't big enough to jam a coin through, as far as I could tell -- so bravo to them.
This Saab may just be the greatest creation of all time.
The first time I saw it, I managed to get a couple of photos, which have gone on to be among the most popular ones on my Flickr account -- and rightfully so.
UPDATE 30 Mar 2010: The hunt is on! Teresa Hanafin at Boston.com's RAW Blog today ran Who drives this funny car?, in which a Globe reader from Andover is asking for info about the owner of the car, noting that it has been several times in Boston's northwest suburbs (Burlington, Arlington, Andover, Cambridge, etc). According to some commenters, the owner may live (or work?) in Belmont, as it seems like it's seen there pretty often.
I don't want to infringe on the driver's privacy too much, unless she wants to "out" herself as the owner of this fine machine, so I'll simply add the handful of clues that I have:
Fittingly, the driver was wearing a Dr Seuss "Cat in the Hat" hat.
I mean, of course she was, right? Right.
* * * * *
UPDATE 30 Mar 2010: The hunt is on! Teresa Hanafin at Boston.com's RAW Blog today ran Who drives this funny car?, in which a Globe reader from Andover is asking for info about the owner of the car, noting that it has been several times in Boston's northwest suburbs (Burlington, Arlington, Andover, Cambridge, etc). According to some commenters, the owner may live (or work?) in Belmont, as it seems like it's seen there pretty often. I don't want to infringe on the driver's privacy too much, unless she wants to "out" herself as the owner of this fine machine, so I'll simply add the handful of clues that I have:
• Both times I've seen the car, a woman was driving it.
• When I saw it in Harvard Square in January, she was wearing a Dr Seuss hat.
• When I saw it near the Museum of Science in July 2008, there was a couple of kids in the back seat, one with curly (red?) hair.
• She's way ahead of you on the "EYESORE" jokes :-)
* * * * *
UPDATE 31 Mar 2010: The Boston.com blog post ferreted out the info within hours:
Jenny wrote to let us know that a correspondent for one of the Globe's regional editions wrote about the car, identifying the owner, about a year and a half ago.
Purple and gold are the school colors for The Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大學 CUHK), and so I feel that it would be fitting to process this night-time long exposure as such.
In ancient times, purple was the color worn by Roman Emperors and magistrates, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Since that time, it has been commonly associated with royalty and piety. The color gold is likely to represent the phoenix in the university’s emblem.
This is a 60-second long exposure using the 6D + 24-70 f/2.8L mounted on Manfrotto tripod, remote release with the Canon TC-80N3.
# SML Translate: 春夜霧朦朧 紫空燦金輝
+ 春: spring (describes the season).
+ 夜: night (describes the time).
+ 霧: fog, foggy (describes the weather).
+ 朦朧: fogginess (descries the scene due to the foggy weather).
+ 紫: purple (the color).
+ 空: sky.
+ 燦: sparkles (with).
+ 金: gold (color).
+ 輝: bright lights.
+ 春夜霧朦朧 紫空燦金輝: On a foggy spring night, golden lights shine brightly under the purple sky.
# References
1. Chinese University of Hong Kong: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong
2. Purple: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple
3. Gold: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(color)
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-13T22:48:09+0800
+ Dimensions: 5318 x 3534
+ Exposure: 60.0 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 24 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 remote release, Canon Angle C Finder, Manfrotto tripod.
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港中文大學 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) + 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130513.6D.06547
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 長時間曝光 Long Exposure
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“春夜霧朦朧 紫空燦金輝” / 香港中文大學夜之寧 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Night Serenity (60-sec LE) / SML.20130513.6D.06547
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #LongExposure #LE #SMLLE #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban #中文大學 #CUHK
Photographers + videographers in the press section setting up their gear before models hit the runway.
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Fairytale Fashion Show
2010-02-24
7pm - 9pm
Eyebeam
Diana Eng presented the Fairytale Fashion Collection in a technology fashion show on Wed., February 24, 7PM, at Eyebeam. Models hit the runway while an orchestra of circuit bending DJ’s create music from hacked video game consoles.
The Fairytale Fashion Collection uses technology to create magical clothing in real life. Electronics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics are used to create clothing with blooming flowers, changing colors and transforming shapes. Research and development for the Fairytale Fashion collection are shared online at FairytaleFashion.org as an educational tool that teaches about science, math, and technology through fashion. Fairytale Fashion was created with the support of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Diana Eng is a fashion designer who specializes in technology, math, and science. Her designs range from inflatable clothing to fashions inspired by mechanical engineering. She is a designer from Bravo’s Emmy nominated TV show, Project Runway season 2 and author of Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech. Diana is cofounder of NYC Resistor hacker group. Diana is currently a resident artist at Eyebeam.
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As tipped off by a commenter on Universal Hub, the label on the "Jack Daniels" whisky bottle actually seems to be identical to this image from the MIT Museum site, which reads:
Old
No. 5
East
Quality
Massachusetts
ROOF & TUNNEL
HACKERS
LAZARUS LIVES Prop. Inc.
Cambridge MASS.
For the rest of the background, I refer you to MIT's Hacks FAQ, and paste from Wikipedia: Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are practical jokes and pranks meant to prominently demonstrate technical aptitude and cleverness or commemorate popular culture and historical topics.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The pranks are anonymously constructed at night by undergraduate students (hackers) and are governed by an extensive and informal body of precedent, tradition, and ethics. Although hacks can occur across campus, many make use of the prominent Great Dome. Hacker alumni include Nobel Laureate George F. Smoot.[7] Although the practice is unsanctioned by the university and students have been arraigned on trespassing charges for hacking,[8][9][10] hacks have substantial significance to MIT's history and student culture and several hacks are prominently featured as exhibits in recent buildings such as the Stata Center and MIT Museum.[11]
Famous hacks include a weather balloon labeled "MIT" appearing at the 50-yard line at the Harvard/Yale football game in 1982, placing a campus police cruiser on the roof of the Great Dome,[12] converting the Great Dome into R2-D2 or a large yellow ring to acknowledge the release of Star Wars Episode I and Lord of the Rings respectively,[13] or placing replicas of the Wright Flyer and a firetruck to acknowledge the anniversaries of first flight and the September 11th attacks respectively.[14]
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Welcome, @UniversalHub readers :-)
The sign next to the base of the machine reads as follows (as near as I can tell, it's a bit fuzzy -- I've put guesses about the text in italics):
[quote]
CADR - The LISP Machine
(late 1970s)
The LISP machine was the first hardware implementation of the AI programming language LISP. Researchers had long been frustrated by the constraints of running LISP programs on large mainframes. They developed LISP machines as stand alone, single user, high-performance computers that could run LISP programs faster and more efficiently. The first machines were hand assembled by Richard Greenblatt at the MIT AI Lab in the mid-1970s. This CADR machine was the basis of commercial products sold by two companies, LISP Machines, Inc founded by Richard Greenblatt, and Symbolics, founded by an ex-administrator of the AI Lab Russell Noftsker. The story of these two companies is typical. While successful in the mid-1980s, the advent of powerful microcomputers that could run LISP programs at similar speeds drove both companies into bankruptcy, LISP in 1987 and Symbolics in 1995.
[/quote]
This is my short stack. Mostly stuff that I have alraedy read but need quick access to.
When I saw the Sapien Bookcase (2003) by Bruno Rainaldi at DesignWithinReach I gotta have it because this is exactly how I always do: stack books!
Related SML
Patient: See-ming Lee
Read about it on SML Pro Blog
Compiled using Personas by Aaron Zinman, part of the Metropath(ologies) installation at MIT Media Lab. Personas can be found on the Web at personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.html
Up close, the faces all look like Albert Einstein. Move back, or scale the photo down, and they turn into (from left to right, top to bottom:
• Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe)
• Marilyn Monroe
• Sigmund Freud
• Salvador Dalí
• Sean Connery
• John Lennon
• Madonna
• a different Albert Einstein (??)
The illusion was made by Aude Oliva, an "Associate Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Science at MIT, leading the Computational Visual Cognition Laboratory, a research team, part of the Perceptual Science Group." These images come from her Hybrid Images work:
"A hybrid image is a picture that combines the low-spatial frequencies of one picture with the high spatial frequencies of another picture producing an image with an interpretation that changes with viewing distance."
You can read about the technique in dense academic paper-ese (PDF), or follow along with possibly clearer presentation slides (also PDF). There's also a gallery of hybrid images on her web site.
Pasting from Wikipedia: Powder House Square:
Powder House Square is a neighborhood and landmark rotary in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. It is also known locally as Powder House Circle. It is the 6-way intersection of College Avenue, Broadway, Warner Street, and Powder House Boulevard. Powder House Square guards the southern tip of Tufts University's main Somerville/Medford campus, and borders the northern edge of Nathan Tufts Park. The square takes its name from the 18th century Powder House which overlooks the rotary from Nathan Tufts Park.
History
Broadway was one of the earliest highways running through what would later become Somerville, originating in the 17th century. Originally called "Menotomie's Road," it ran from Charlestown to the settlement at Menotomy (present-day Arlington).
The Powder House was built in 1703 or 1704 by John Mallet. It was originally used as a windmill, but the owning family sold it to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1747, and it was used as a powder magazine thereafter.
On September 1, 1774, British troops landed at the Ten Hills Farm on the Mystic River in present-day Somerville, and marched up Broadway to the Powder House in order to seize all 250 barrels of gunpowder that were stored there. This act led to a massive public reaction known as the Powder Alarm. Thousands of irregulars from surrounding towns prepared to march toward Boston for battle, but the rumors of war turned out to be false. The public outrage forced the British General Gage to cancel a planned second expedition to seize more arms, and prompted the area colonists to amass their weapons at Concord and other more remote locations. The Powder House would be used as a magazine for militia troops besieging Boston in 1775.
Massachusetts sold the land containing the Powder House to Peter Tufts in 1818. The estate, known as the Powder House Farm, was used as a farm and residence for the Tufts family for most of the 19th century, passing to Peter's heir, Nathan Tufts. Incidentally, another Tufts relative - Charles Tufts - donated the land across Broadway on the Somerville/Medford line to found Tufts College (now Tufts University). The college was founded in 1852, on Walnut Hill slightly to the north of present-day Powder House Square. The descendants of Nathan Tufts donated the Powder House Farm along with its namesake structure to the City of Somerville in 1890, and from this Nathan Tufts Park was established in 1893.
Powder House Boulevard was created in 1900, extending northwest from Broadway at Nathan Tufts Park. According to a plaque placed at the center of the rotary island, the circle was dedicated in 1940 as the James A. Reynolds Traffic Circle after a Tufts College professor.
Nathan Tufts Park (along with the Powder House) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, the first of many landmarks in Somerville to be added. The City of Somerville designated the park a local historic district in 1985.
An accidental fire damaged the Powder House in 1998, leading to extensive repairs and renovations in 2000-2001.
Powder House Square today
The island within the actual traffic circle is a tiny park on its own, complete with walkways, benches, and neatly arranged bushes and other flora. There is a large 360 degree directional post that points in the direction of dozens of different communities (like Arlington, Medford, and Winchester).
Powder House Square is located less than a half mile from Davis Square, Teele Square and Ball Square in Somerville. It is served by MBTA Buses 80 (Arlington Center/Lechmere)[1], 89 (Clarendon Hill/Sullivan Square)[2], 94 (Davis Square/Medford Square)[3], and 96 (Harvard Station/Medford Square)[4]. Red Line subway service to Harvard Square and downtown Boston is conveniently close at Davis Square Station.
A proposed light-rail station at Ball Square, as part of the Green Line Extension project, would put Powder House Square within a half mile of the Green Line in addition to the Red Line station at Davis Square.
Several businesses thrive on or around Powder House Square, including restaurants, several small medical and dental practices, and a funeral home.
Today was the last day that the Charles Hayden Planetarium's Carl Zeiss projector was used at the Museum of Science in Boston.
It has been here since 1970, though it itself replaced the museum's original projector from ten years earlier.
Tomorrow, this projector gets decommissioned, dismantled, and shipped to another museum in Colorado.
I remember going to see presentations with it as a kid in the early 1980s, and maybe even earlier than that. (I also remember seeing laser shows to Pink Floyd albums as a teenager in the 1990s, but I'm not sure if the projector has anything to do with the laser shows.)
The new projector is going to be an egg-shaped Zeiss Starmaster, instead of the "barbell" shaped version that we had here.
It looks like it is going to have some impressive capabilities -- digital projection via fiber optic links of color-accurate objects, yadda yadda yadda -- but I'll probably always miss this one, and will picture a giant dumbbell-shaped contraption in the middle of the room whenever I think of what a planetarium is "supposed" to look like.
So it goes.
Interesting detail, which completely doesn't come across in my photos here: the projector is actually blue, similar to many of the ones on display at the Planetarium Museum web site.
* * * * *
We lucked out on making it in to a show on the last day. I'd read in December that the planetarium was to close for renovations, but I wasn't sure when the last day would be, and I didn't know that the projector was going away in the process. More to the point, by January I'd forgotten about the renovations to begin with.
We just happened to decide to go to the museum that day, and we just happened to decide to use the planetarium passes that we'd bought almost a year ago. We only found out once the show started that this was to be the last day the theatre would be open before closing for a year, and that the projector was getting shipped to another museum in Colorado. If the museum presenter said the name, I didn't catch it.
If I'd realized 5 minutes earlier that this was it, I'd have set the camera to night photography mode & tried to get some pictures of the show. But it was on Automatic, and wouldn't lock an exposure on the ceiling in the dark, and I didn't want to be fumbling with the controls (and the bright LCD screen on the back) while the show was underway.
Oh well.
* * * * *
Seen on:
* Universal Hub: The planetarium won't be the same without it
These wooden shed-like structures were found inside a park in Hong Kong.
Unlike normal sheds which actually shields the rain, it is left bare and slotted with the bare frame. Ivy-like plants are then planted on them to create something which can best be described as half man-made and half naturally formed. When the plants are finally growing, they do function somewhat like a small tree.
# SML Data
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+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'7" N 114°13'40" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山遊樂場 中国香港马鞍山游乐场 Ma On Shan Recreation Ground, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Serial: SML.20130219.7D.23279
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 形 Forms
“棚 Wooden Shed” / 香港園林建築之形 Hong Kong Landscape Architecture Forms / SML.20130219.7D.23279
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #園林 #Garden #城市 #Urban #攝影 #摄影 #photography
#木 #wood
Recently shattered — I'm strong but still easily broken. So broken that I couldn't even focus anymore...
This photo has been entered in the MAPC MetroFuture photo contest, in the Transportation Choices category, and appeared on the MAPC MetroFuture home page, under "Equity" :-) The Transportation Choices page is described as follows:
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MetroFuture would make transit a more attractive option by improving service on existing lines and by extending the reach of service to new locations that can support it with transit-friendly land uses (new, old, or a mix of the two).
• 45. More people will use transit for work and personal trips.
MetroFuture would more than double the number of trips made on transit, through expansion and improvements to the existing system; creation of more suburban transit services; land use plans and site designs that promote transit use; and a steady increase in gas prices.
• 46. Commuters will have more options to avoid congestion.
An increasing share of workers would avoid congestion through transit, flextime, telecommuting, carpooling, and other nontraditional work and commuting arrangements.
• 47. Most people will choose to walk or bike for short trips.
MetroFuture would double the share of trips made by walking or biking.
• 48. The average person will drive fewer miles every day.
MetroFuture’s emphasis on alternative modes would allow the region’s residents to rely less on their cars, with a goal of reducing the regionwide automobile mode share from 77% in 2000 to 61% by 2030.
• 49. Outlying areas will see little increase in traffic congestion.
MetroFuture focuses growth in urban communities and developed suburban areas with the infrastructure to support it.
• 50. People with disabilities will find it easier to get around the region.
MetroFuture’s emphasis on compact development, alternative transportation, and social services would make it easier for people with disabilities to get around in Metro Boston.
• 51. Regional transportation planning will be linked with sustainable land use planning.
The MetroFuture region would use limited transportation resources wisely.
MetroFuture would supplement traditional transportationrevenue sources with tolling, congestion pricing, impact fees, value capture tools, and other innovative approaches to leverage private capital.
• 53. Transportation projects will be designed and built quickly and cost-effectively.
Transportation projects will be chosen in an efficient, transparent manner, and those choices will be based on realistic estimates of costs and revenues.
• 54. Roads, bridges, and railways will be safe and well maintained.
With a renewed focus on growth in developed areas where infrastructure is available, more funding would be allocated to maintenance or improvements (including safety enhancements and multimodal adaptation) of existing transportation assets.
Metro Boston’s businesses will compete in the global marketplace thanks to efficient movement of goods and people on a well-maintained system of railways, roadways, ports, and airports.
See SML Pro Blog: Newmindspace NYC: People Photographing People Photographing People about the event as well as photos and videos.
I know this is going to be stupid, but I can't help but want to see it anyway.
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The A-Team is an upcoming action film based on The A-Team television series, planned for release on June 11, 2010 by 20th Century Fox.[2] It is directed by Joe Carnahan and produced by The Scott brothers, Ridley and Tony Scott.[3][4] The plot will involve a shift from Vietnam to the Middle East, and both Jules Daly and Stephen J. Cannell, the creators of the original series, are involved in the project.[5]
According to writer Michael Brandt, the adaptation will be more gritty in the vein of Batman Begins, Die Hard, The Bourne Identity, and Casino Royale.[6]
Premise
Like the original series, the story follows the adventures of four U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers-turned-mercenaries, three of whom were arrested for a crime they did not commit and are now branded war criminals. After managing to escape from military prison, the three join forces with Captain H.M. Murdock, their reconnaissance pilot, as soldiers of fortune.
As tipped off by a commenter on Universal Hub, the label on the "Jack Daniels" whisky bottle actually seems to be identical to this image from the MIT Museum site, which reads:
Old
No. 5
East
Quality
Massachusetts
ROOF & TUNNEL
HACKERS
LAZARUS LIVES Prop. Inc.
Cambridge MASS.
For the rest of the background, I refer you to MIT's Hacks FAQ, and paste from Wikipedia: Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are practical jokes and pranks meant to prominently demonstrate technical aptitude and cleverness or commemorate popular culture and historical topics.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The pranks are anonymously constructed at night by undergraduate students (hackers) and are governed by an extensive and informal body of precedent, tradition, and ethics. Although hacks can occur across campus, many make use of the prominent Great Dome. Hacker alumni include Nobel Laureate George F. Smoot.[7] Although the practice is unsanctioned by the university and students have been arraigned on trespassing charges for hacking,[8][9][10] hacks have substantial significance to MIT's history and student culture and several hacks are prominently featured as exhibits in recent buildings such as the Stata Center and MIT Museum.[11]
Famous hacks include a weather balloon labeled "MIT" appearing at the 50-yard line at the Harvard/Yale football game in 1982, placing a campus police cruiser on the roof of the Great Dome,[12] converting the Great Dome into R2-D2 or a large yellow ring to acknowledge the release of Star Wars Episode I and Lord of the Rings respectively,[13] or placing replicas of the Wright Flyer and a firetruck to acknowledge the anniversaries of first flight and the September 11th attacks respectively.[14]
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Welcome, @UniversalHub readers :-)
This Saab may just be the greatest creation of all time.
The first time I saw it, I managed to get a couple of photos, which have gone on to be among the most popular ones on my Flickr account -- and rightfully so.
Today, I saw it again in Harvard Square, and managed to stop for a better look. To see more detail -- and really, how can you not want to see the detail on this thing -- the Flickr "Toy Car" set has sharper photos from the better camera.
Fittingly, the driver was wearing a Dr Seuss "Cat in the Hat" hat.
I mean, of course she was, right? Right.
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UPDATE 30 Mar 2010: The hunt is on! Teresa Hanafin at Boston.com's RAW Blog today ran Who drives this funny car?, in which a Globe reader from Andover is asking for info about the owner of the car, noting that it has been several times in Boston's northwest suburbs (Burlington, Arlington, Andover, Cambridge, etc). According to some commenters, the owner may live (or work?) in Belmont, as it seems like it's seen there pretty often.
I don't want to infringe on the driver's privacy too much, unless she wants to "out" herself as the owner of this fine machine, so I'll simply add the handful of clues that I have:
• Both times I've seen the car, a woman was driving it.
• When I saw it in Harvard Square in January, she was wearing a Dr Seuss hat.
• When I saw it near the Museum of Science in July 2008, there was a couple of kids in the back seat, one with curly (red?) hair.
• She's way ahead of you on the "EYESORE" jokes :-)
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UPDATE 31 Mar 2010: The Boston.com blog post ferreted out the info within hours:
Jenny wrote to let us know that a correspondent for one of the Globe's regional editions wrote about the car, identifying the owner, about a year and a half ago.
Pasting from Wikipedia: Kresge Auditorium
Kresge Auditorium is an auditorium building for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by the noted architect Eero Saarinen, with ground-breaking in 1953 and dedication in 1955. It was designed together with the MIT Chapel, the two buildings separated by a "green," referred to by students as the "Kresge Oval." The ensemble is recognized as one of the best examples of mid-Century modern architecture in the US. Though unassuming by today's standards, the buildings were part of an attempt to define MIT's social cohesion. The Auditorium was where MIT students and faculty could gather for formal events, the chapel was intended for marriages and memorial; the green that stretches between the two buildings, in the tradition of early-American urban planning, was to serve as the setting for civic events. Though the campus has grown around the buildings, the essential features of this idea are still easily legible. The building was named for its principal funder, Sebastian S. Kresge, founder of Kresge Stores (corporate predecessor of K-Mart) and the Kresge Foundation.
The auditorium is defined by an elegant thin-shell structure, one-eighth of a sphere rising to a height of 50 feet, and sliced away by sheer glass walls so that it comes to earth on only three points. Thin shelled concrete technology was innovative for the times. The dome weighs only 1200 tons and is clad with copper. Sitting on a circular brick platform, the dome contains a concert hall (with seating for 1226 people), with a lower level that houses a small theater (seating 204), two rehearsal rooms, dressing rooms, offices, bathrooms, and lounges. The concert hall also contains a Holtkamp organ. The opening ceremony in 1955, that featured the organ, included a piece of music that was commissioned for the event, Aaron Copland's "Canticle of Freedom."
Every seat in concert hall has an unobstructed view since there are no interior supports for the overarching dome. Working with renowned acoustical architects Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Saarinen employed free-hanging acoustic "clouds" that absorb and direct sound, instead of a traditional plaster ceiling. These clouds also contained lights, loudspeakers, and ventilation.
While standing on either side of the entry lobby, one can distinctly hear people on the other side speaking in as low a voice as a whisper.
The first professional recording at the Kresge Auditorium was a performance by soloist James Stagliano on the French Horn, playing Mozart's 4 Concerti for Horn, accompanied by the Zimbler Sinfonietta. The recording was made using a single Telefunken microphone, positioned 10 feet from the concert platform. The performance was recorded on an Ampex tape recorder, and released on LP under the 'Boston Records' Label.
See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.
Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Mobile Quarantine Facility
Contractor:
Manufacturer:
Country of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 ft. 7 in. tall x 9 ft. wide x 35 ft. deep, 12499.9 lb. (261.62 x 274.32 x 1066.8cm, 5669.9kg)
Materials:
Aluminum, Glass
This Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) was one of four built by NASA for astronauts returning from the Moon. Its purpose was to prevent the unlikely spread of lunar contagions by isolating the astronauts from contact with other people. A converted Airstream trailer, the MQF contained living and sleeping quarters, a kitchen, and a bathroom. Quarantine was assured by keeping the air pressure inside lower than the pressure outside and by filtering the air vented from the facility.
This MQF was used by Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins immediately after their return to Earth. They remained in it for 65 hours, while the MQF was flown from the aircraft carrier Hornet to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. They were allowed to emerge once scientists were sure they were not infected with "moon germs."
NASA transferred the MQF to the Smithsonian Institution in 1974.
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The plaque next to this car reads:
1946 Studebaker Midget
owned by Dr. Bob Collins
restored by Sammy Packard
Pasting from the website of the Collings Foundation:
The Collings Foundation Hosts:
Battle for the Airfield
WWII Reenactment and Living History Weekend
October 10th and 11th
Picture this:
….An undercover French Resistance Fighter met with the Allied Forces and showed the exact coordinates of the German encampment. The night before an elite German force over took a small grass airstrip just a few hundred feet away. The Allied Forces had to gain control of this airfield so they could fly in much-needed supplies. - It was going to be a tough fight.
How will the battle end? Will the Allied troops be able to gain control of the airfield and further their advancement? You will have to be here to find out. The Collings Foundation will host a Living History event you will never forget. You will be able to see original equipment from WWII in action. Everything from the cooking utensils to M1 rifles is original. The only event of this type - in the world. – Don’t miss it!
October 10th and 11th
Open Daily: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Entry Fee: $15 Adults / $10 Children
This is a public event and reservations are not required.
Two reenactments per day: 11:00 AM and 3:30 PM.
Display will include:
* Aircraft: TBM Avenger, Wright "Vin Fiz" replica, 1909 Bleriot, Fokker DR-I replica, PT-17 Stearman, Cessna UC-78 Bobcat, North American AT-6 Texan, Fiesler Fi-156 Storch, and many more!
* Automobiles: Entire Collings Foundation collection - see list for details.
* Collings Foundation Gift Shop
* Vetran's Roundtable Discussion: Hear amazing stories from WWII Veterans about thier experiences during the war. 1:00 PM on hangar floor - both 10/10 and 10/11.
* PT-17 Stearman Rides - Limited Availability
* $230 for 1/2 Hour
* Call 978-562-9182 for reservations.
* See PT-17 Info here
* T-6 Texan Rides - Limited Availability
* $450 for 45 minutes
* Call 978-562-9182 for reservations.
* The WWII Battle reenactment will take place twice each day on the grass landing strip in front of the hangar. It will take place at 11 AM and 3:30 PM.
* There will be suprises each battle!
* The Collings Foundation grounds are very nice and make a great setting for such an event. Getting here is tricky! Click on the link above for directions.
* The Fiesler FI-156 Storch has an incredible history during WWII. This aircraft is well known for its versatility and easy flying characteristics. The plane that saved Mussolini! (temporarily). We will be flying as part of the battle reenactment.
* Our M-16 Half-Track has been beautifully restored. The quad mount 50cal machine guns fully rotate. The M-16 will be participating in the WWII battle reenactments.
* The German 88mm flak cannon was feared by all airmen. One of the first weapons to have "pre-programmed" ammunition. This cannon will also be a part of the battle reenactments.
* For a "birds eye" view of the event- we will be offering PT-17 Stearman and T-6 Texan flights. Flying in these aircraft is a lot of fun! Call to reserve your flight: 800-568-8924
* Post-war German ingenuity.. A Messerschmitt minicar! On display courtesy of the Gould Foundation collection.
* It will be the Allied vs. the Axis in a very memorable battle re-enactment! This living history perfomance will captivate and educate. It will take place each day at 11 AM and 3:30 PM.
Jeffrey Hurant + Hector G
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Via If It Was My Home by Andy Litner.
The Google Map on this site lets you visualize the extent of the BP oil spill catastrophe off the coast of New Orleans relative to any location on the Earth.
Centered on New York City, it would extend as far south as Philadelphia, which is over halfway to Washington, DC; it would reach as far west as Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; it goes most of the way to Albany to the north; and to the northeast it goes right up the Rhode Island border and on to Worcester MA. And that's not to mention all of Long Island, most of New Jersey, and a big chunk of the nearby Atlantic Ocean.
Center the spill near Victorville, California, and it reaches all the way from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Use London and it covers pretty much all of southeast England; it would also cover all of Switzerland, most of Israel & a lot of Jordan, etc.
(Just don't trust the South Pole or North Pole -- apparently "divide by zero" errors make the spill act a bit funny there.)
Anyway, try it for yourself at "If It Was My Home".
FlickrStats: Nifty webapp that retrieves stats from Flickr's API and graphs them using Google's graphs API. Offers domain referral and search keyword totals for arbitrary date ranges an semi-apt plotting of high-view shots. More importantly, it persists your data for longer than Flickr is willing to now.
A great app, but for me, the long-term graph of daily hits for the last 2 years is... not all that informative without logarithmic scaling.
Today was the last day that the Charles Hayden Planetarium's Carl Zeiss projector was used at the Museum of Science in Boston.
It has been here since 1970, though it itself replaced the museum's original projector from ten years earlier.
Tomorrow, this projector gets decommissioned, dismantled, and shipped to another museum in Colorado.
I remember going to see presentations with it as a kid in the early 1980s, and maybe even earlier than that. (I also remember seeing laser shows to Pink Floyd albums as a teenager in the 1990s, but I'm not sure if the projector has anything to do with the laser shows.)
The new projector is going to be an egg-shaped Zeiss Starmaster, instead of the "barbell" shaped version that we had here.
It looks like it is going to have some impressive capabilities -- digital projection via fiber optic links of color-accurate objects, yadda yadda yadda -- but I'll probably always miss this one, and will picture a giant dumbbell-shaped contraption in the middle of the room whenever I think of what a planetarium is "supposed" to look like.
So it goes.
Interesting detail, which completely doesn't come across in my photos here: the projector is actually blue, similar to many of the ones on display at the Planetarium Museum web site.
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We lucked out on making it in to a show on the last day. I'd read in December that the planetarium was to close for renovations, but I wasn't sure when the last day would be, and I didn't know that the projector was going away in the process. More to the point, by January I'd forgotten about the renovations to begin with.
We just happened to decide to go to the museum that day, and we just happened to decide to use the planetarium passes that we'd bought almost a year ago. We only found out once the show started that this was to be the last day the theatre would be open before closing for a year, and that the projector was getting shipped to another museum in Colorado. If the museum presenter said the name, I didn't catch it.
If I'd realized 5 minutes earlier that this was it, I'd have set the camera to night photography mode & tried to get some pictures of the show. But it was on Automatic, and wouldn't lock an exposure on the ceiling in the dark, and I didn't want to be fumbling with the controls (and the bright LCD screen on the back) while the show was underway.
Oh well.
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Seen on:
* Universal Hub: The planetarium won't be the same without it
This photo may make the sub look larger than it really is. In reality, the fuselage is no more than maybe 6 feet above the ground, and note that it's sitting on a wooden frame as well.
It's maybe 30 feet long, and if you figure that there had to be room inside the shell for an engine, ballast, etc, I can't see how it would have been able to have a crew of more than 3 or 4 people, maybe 6 if they really pack them in, and didn't also need room for things like fuel, food supplies, weaponry, etc.
It must have been a reconnaissance craft, launched from a larger ship or maybe a plane, but it's probably too big for anything smaller than a Hercules, and I don't think anything that big existed yet during World War Two. So probably ship-launched then, short range surveillance.
You hear stories about how the American mainland was never attacked or really threatened during World War Two, but there were occasional incursions by German submarines. I'd always assumed this meant full size ships, but now that I think about it, at least some of those stories must have meant smaller craft like this one.
Indeed, it may be that this very boat was captured while patrolling off the coast of Massachusetts during the war. I wasn't able to find out anything about its story (obviously), but would be happy to learn more.
Pasting from Wikipedia about the helicopter:
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The AH-1 Cobra (company designation: Bell 209) is a two-bladed, single engine attack helicopter manufactured by Bell. It shares a common engine, transmission and rotor system with the older UH-1 Iroquois. The AH-1 is also referred to as the HueyCobra or Snake.
The AH-1 was the backbone of the United States Army's attack helicopter fleet, but has been replaced by the AH-64 Apache in Army service. Upgraded versions continue to fly with the militaries of several other nations. The AH-1 twin engine versions remain in service with United States Marine Corps as the service's primary attack helicopter. Surplus AH-1 helicopters have been converted for fighting forest fires. The United States Forest Service refers to their program as the Firewatch Cobra. Garlick Helicopters also converts surplus AH-1s for forest firefighting under the name, FireSnake.[2]
[...]
The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engine attack helicopter based on the US Army's AH-1 Cobra. The twin Cobra family includes the AH-1J SeaCobra, the AH-1T Improved SeaCobra, and the AH-1W SuperCobra. The AH-1W is the backbone of the United States Marine Corps's attack helicopter fleet, but will be replaced in service by the AH-1Z Viper upgrade in the next decade.
The placard reads:
Buzz Aldrin's Star Chart
The Apollo 11 astronauts used this chart to check the primary guidance navigation system in the lunar module and confirm their position in lunar orbit. By using the star positions and their two-digit numbers located on the chart next to each star, the astronauts were able to navigate during both the translunar coast and while in lunar orbit. A navigation telescope was used to fix a star position and then the corresponding star numbers were entered into the Apollo Guidance Computer. This system allowed the astronauts to check with the Manned Spaceflight Network to confirm their position.
Apollo 11 Star Chart is on loan courtesy of Lawrence McGlynn,
a Space, Policy, and Society Research Group Contributor.
Pasting from Wikipedia about the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion:
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The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is the largest and heaviest helicopter in the United States military. It was developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion, mainly by adding a third engine. Sailors and Marines commonly refer to the Super Stallion as the "Hurricane Maker" because of the downwash the helicopter generates. It was built by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United States Marine Corps. The less common MH-53E Sea Dragon fills the United States Navy's need for long range mine sweeping or Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) missions, and perform heavy-lift duties for the Navy. The CH-53E/MH-53E are designated "S-80" by Sikorsky.
Community Rowing: main building, side building.
Wikipedia: List of Charles River boathouses
Boston.com: Boathouse is a model of form and function (December 7, 2008)
Harvard Crimson: Community Rowing Names New Boathouse (September 11, 2008)
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Seen on the ArchBoston Forums
Kids + parents waiting to get on to the ferris wheel at Toysrus flagship store at Times Square, New York City
Posted via email to ☛ HoloChromaCinePhotoRamaScope‽: cdevers.posterous.com/the-view-from-the-ted-williams-seat....
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Red Sox game at Fenway with Matt, Nick (just back from a year in New Zealand), and his girlfriend Sumeena (visiting from Germany, and here for her 21st birthday). The Sox won the night before, and the night after, but they got clobbered the night we went. Oh well, we still had fun watching the game.
Game summary, pasted from www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2010/09/08...:
RAYS 14, RED SOX 5
Rays leave Sox in deep trouble
Visitors hammer 5 homers in rout
By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff | September 8, 2010
There were cheers, and then there were boos. The cheers came as manager Terry Francona bounded from the dugout to remove starter Daisuke Matsuzaka. The boos were for Matsuzaka, who frustrated the fans and failed to help the Red Sox gain ground against their closest competition.
His performance was a debacle.
And the 14-5 loss led to the first official sign that the Sox have started thinking about 2011. Instead of having Clay Buchholz pitch tonight on short rest, Tim Wakefield will get the start. The watch has started on Boston’s elimination number — the Sox are 7 1/2 games back in the wild-card race — as talk turns to the prospects. The deficit appears too large to overcome, as Matsuzaka was unable to give his team one last grasp at a chance.
“I knew very well that this was a critical game, as far as our chances of advancing to the playoffs,’’ Matsuzaka said through interpreter Masa Hoshino. “So to allow what happened to happen so early in the game, I can really only apologize to my teammates and to the fans.’’
It was the walks, missed chances, and the long balls that allowed the Rays to clobber the Sox in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score indicated. Matsuzaka was not the only culprit. The two relievers that followed were equally abysmal. They only added to a parade of Rays running around the bases. The lowlight was a mammoth home run by Evan Longoria in the fifth.
But while it might have gone the farthest (it was last seen headed toward some cars parked in a Lansdowne Street lot), Longoria’s homer wasn’t the only one. After Matsuzaka had allowed two home runs, the relievers one-upped him, yielding three more before the end of the sixth inning. The five round-trippers were a season high for Tampa.
By that point, though, the adding-on hardly mattered. Matsuzaka allowed the game to get out of hand, allowing eight runs on eight hits and four walks in just 4 2/3 innings. There was no coming back from that.
“On a day like today, I didn’t have any life or bite or command on my pitches,’’ Matsuzaka said. “I’m sure that Victor [Martinez] felt that there wasn’t anything that he could try and do either.’’
Although he got through the first two innings unscathed before giving up a two-run homer to Ben Zobrist in the third, it was in the fourth that things started to fall apart.
“Lack of command caught up with him and kind of caught up in a hurry,’’ Francona said. “[Fourth] inning, we got walk, walk, bunt, and we’ve got bases loaded, nobody out. There was a lot of hits and some walks mixed in. That’s not a good combination.’’
After those two walks to start the fourth, B.J. Upton attempted to sacrifice the runners over. But the Sox didn’t take the out, as Martinez coaxed Matsuzaka to throw to third base to get the lead runner. He couldn’t, as Matt Joyce slid in safe.
“Took a chance,’’ Martinez said. “You can’t play this game afraid to make a mistake. Mistakes are out there. You can’t play this game being afraid to fail. I called it. I called it to third and we didn’t get the out.’’
The bases were loaded for Jason Bartlett, who walked in a run, the sixth time Boston pitching has done that in the last three games. Matsuzaka allowed an RBI single to Zobrist and a two-run double to Carl Crawford before getting out of the fourth. There was more ugliness in the fifth. Matsuzaka got two quick outs before allowing an infield single to Upton and that home run to Bartlett. He was then showered with boos as he was lifted in favor of Dustin Richardson.
The lefthander walked two batters and committed a throwing error, the major league-high 20th of the season by Sox pitching. That scored a run, ended his outing, and brought in Robert Manuel to face Longoria, who launched his bomb. Dan Johnson and Upton added back-to-back home runs in the sixth.
Meanwhile, the Sox could do little against David Price, who allowed just two hits and two runs over his six innings, with Martinez getting both of the hits. They scored three runs in the eighth, but by then it was too late.
The loss left the Sox thinking about the bigger picture, about the future, not about the postseason, which they’re almost certain to miss.
“It doesn’t look good at all,’’ Martinez said. “But we still have to go out there and keep playing. Keep playing and see what happens. The only thing we can control is keeping coming to the ballpark and keep playing hard. That’s it.’’
Via Collings Foundation: WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR 2010 Schedule:
The B-17, B-24, and P-51 are on the 21st season of the Wings of Freedom Tour. Call 978-562-9182 to book your seat today!
The Wings of Freedom Tour brings historic aviation to your community! Tour through the authentically restored aircraft or take a flight aboard for the ultimate immersion in history!
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Via Collings Foundation: Aircraft Collection
For over twenty years The Collings Foundation has recovered and restored many of the true landmark aircraft that built world aviation history. Aircraft from the very roots of aviation up until the supersonic jets of modern day are represented in the collection which spans nearly 80 years of powered flight. Many of the aircraft are viewable to the public at airshows, events, and airports around the United States. For a schedule of these appearances, please visit our • schedules section. For groups interested in an appearance of these aircraft (with some exceptions) please visit our airshow & event booking section.
Early Aviation Collection
• 1909 Bleriot Type XI Stow, MA
• 1911 Wright Vin Fiz (Replica) Stow, MA (Static)
• 1917 Fokker DR-I Triplane (Replica) Stow, MA
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World War II Collection
• Boeing PT-17 Stearman Stow, MA
• Fiesler FI-156 Storch Stow, MA
• Grumman TBM Avenger Stow, MA
• Cessna UC-78 Bobcat Stow, MA
• North American A-36 Apache New Smyrna Beach , FL (Restoration)
• North American B-25J Mitchell"Tondelayo" New Smyrna Beach , FL
• Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress"Nine O Nine" New Smyrna Beach, FL
• Consolidated B-24J Liberator"Dragon and His Tail""All American""Witchcraft" New Smyrna Beach , FL
• North American TP-51C Mustang"Betty Jane" New Smyrna Beach , FL
• Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe "White 1" New Smyrna Beach , FL
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Korean War Collection
• North American AT-6F Texan Stow, MA
• Douglas A-26 Invader"My Mary Lou" Uvalde, TX (Restoration)
• Vought F4U-5NL Corsair New Smyrna Beach, FL
• Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star Stow, MA (Static Only)
• Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star Houston, TX (Restoration)
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Vietnam War Collection
• Bell UH-1E Huey Houston, TX
• Grumman S-2F Tracker Houston, TX
• McDonnell TA-4J Skyhawk Houston, TX
• McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom Houston, TX
Aerial view from KL Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
I wish that I had brought my 70-200 with me. It's simply too far away!
Got last minute tickets to the Celtics / Heat playoff game, so took The Boy to his first basketball game -- and by the third quarter, he already understood the sport better than his Dad. Good for him.
The Celtics ended up winning, 106-77, putting them up 2-0 in their series against Miami. Good for them, too :-)
Show info:
• Last FM
• Songkick
Videos from the show, from my YouTube account:
• Cibo Matto — set opener and "Beef Jerky"
• Cibo Matto — banter about pad thai and "Spoon" (upload still pending as of this writing)
• Cibo Matto — "Birthday Cake"
• Cibo Matto — "Know Your Chicken" and end of set
Quoting from the show review at econo jams:
Recording: Cibo Matto - Live @ Brighton Music Hall - 7-20-11
1. (Intro)
2. Beef Jerky
3. Le Pain Perdu
4. Sugar Water
5. (Boston Banter)
6. Spoon
7. BBQ
8. Tenth Floor Ghost Girl
9. Moonchild
10. Sci-Fi Wasabi
11. Check In
12. Birthday Cake
13. (Encore Break)
14. Blue Train
15. Know Your Chicken
Another awesome show at the Brighton Music Hall! This place is quickly shaping up to be one of my favorite venues in Boston. Continuing the much appreciated trend of 90’s reunions, Cibo Matto returning this year was a delightful surprise. Though I had only really gotten into the band in more recent years, “Birthday Cake” had been in my life for nearly 10 years due to the video game Jet Set Radio Future. Also I was very familiar with “Sugar Water” due to the classic Michel Gondry directed video.
When they first took stage, is was just Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda, the core of the band. The first three songs were all from their debut “Viva! La Woman” and sounded pretty spot on to their album versions. Yuka was clearly using some of the same equipment from the band’s original run, as her keyboard presents were saved on a zip drive! (Remember those?) The rest of the band then joined them for the Buffy approved “Spoon” from their second album “Stereo * Type A,” and remained for the duration of the set. I always think its cool when bands gradually bring out more members, and never see it used enough. In addition to highlights from their two albums and “Super Relax EP,” the band played two new songs, later hinting at an upcoming album! Both were good and fit in well with the rest of their setlist.
Overall “Sci-Fi Wasabi” and “Birthday Cake” got the biggest crowd reactions, both eliciting a band/audience call and response. The energy for “Birthday Cake” in particular was insane, and it will undoubtedly be one of my live highlights of the year. They closed the set with fan favorite “Know Your Chicken,” playing for a bit over an hour total. After the show, the band hung around the merch table, signing shirts/ticket stubs, and posing for photos. Both Miho and Yuki were very gracious and down to earth. In addition to the new record, the band expressed sincere interest in returning to Boston again. If you missed them this time, be sure to see them in the future!
View of the bow of the USS Constitution, or "Old Ironsides", the world's oldest commissioned floating warship. (HMS Victory is 30 years older, but in permanent drydock. Constitution still floats, a distinction the guides make a point of being clear about.)
As an active-duty ship, Constitution is staffed by Navy personnel at the Charlestown Navy Yard national park. Tours of the ship are free & open to the public.
We used to go see the ship during field trips when I was a kid. I can now attest that two year olds love it, too :-)
Complementary views of the ship: bow & stern.
Treating this as a dry-run for another version I'll do later in the summer, if I get a chance. I had a hard time lining up all the lines in the edges -- all those ropes & chains & walkways & rigging lines. More importantly, the ship is being renovated right now, so the tops of the masts are missing, there's a temporary roof over the main deck, etc.
It will be much prettier over the summer after the construction work is over.
At the left here behind Constitution you can catch a glimpse of the mast of the USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate that was visiting at the time. You can make out more of it in these two montages taken from the stern of the USS Cassin Young nearby.
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I took a series of these panoramas the same day:
* Tobin Bridge #1 (under the tollbooths)
* Tobin Bridge #2 (over Little Mystic Channel)
* USS Cassin Young #1 (split panorama)
* USS Cassin Young #2 (full panorama)
Plus, of course, the other photomontages I've been putting up over the last few months.
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Bostonist, Bite Size News, October 19, 2009: Old Ironsides & Bunker Hill Edition
The inscription from John Fitzgerald Kennedy Park near Harvard Square in Cambridge reads:
The enduring qualities of Massachusetts --
the common threads woven by the Pilgrim and the Puritan,
the fisherman and the farmer, the Yankee and the immigrant --
are an indelible part of my life, my convictions,
my view of the past, and my hopes for the future.
Sounds about right to me. Yay Massachusetts.
The quote comes from JFK's City on a Hill speech, which the JFK Library transcribes as follows:
I have welcomed this opportunity to address this historic body, and, through you, the people of Massachusetts to whom I am so deeply indebted for a lifetime of friendship and trust.
For fourteen years I have placed my confidence in the citizens of Massachusetts--and they have generously responded by placing their confidence in me.
Now, on the Friday after next, I am to assume new and broader responsibilities. But I am not here to bid farewell to Massachusetts.
For forty-three years--whether I was in London, Washington, the South Pacific, or elsewhere--this has been my home; and, God willing, wherever I serve this shall remain my home.
It was here my grandparents were born--it is here I hope my grandchildren will be born.
I speak neither from false provincial pride nor artful political flattery. For no man about to enter high office in this country can ever be unmindful of the contribution this state has made to our national greatness.
Its leaders have shaped our destiny long before the great republic was born. Its principles have guided our footsteps in times of crisis as well as in times of calm. Its democratic institutions--including this historic body--have served as beacon lights for other nations as well as our sister states.
For what Pericles said to the Athenians has long been true of this commonwealth: "We do not imitate--for we are a model to others."
And so it is that I carry with me from this state to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than fond memories of firm friendships. The enduring qualities of Massachusetts--the common threads woven by the Pilgrim and the Puritan, the fisherman and the farmer, the Yankee and the immigrant--will not be and could not be forgotten in this nation's executive mansion.
They are an indelible part of my life, my convictions, my view of the past, and my hopes for the future.
Allow me to illustrate: During the last sixty days, I have been at the task of constructing an administration. It has been a long and deliberate process. Some have counseled greater speed. Others have counseled more expedient tests.
But I have been guided by the standard John Winthrop set before his shipmates on the flagship Arbella three hundred and thirty-one years ago, as they, too, faced the task of building a new government on a perilous frontier.
"We must always consider," he said, "that we shall be as a city upon a hill--the eyes of all people are upon us."
Today the eyes of all people are truly upon us--and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, state and local, must be as a city upon a hill--constructed and inhabited by men aware of their great trust and their great responsibilities
For we are setting out upon a voyage in 1961 no less hazardous than that undertaken by the Arabella in 1630. We are committing ourselves to tasks of statecraft no less awesome than that of governing the Massachusetts Bay Colony, beset as it was then by terror without and disorder within.
History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.
For of those to whom much is given, much is required. And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us--recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state--our success or failure, in whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions:
First, were we truly men of courage--with the courage to stand up to one's enemies--and the courage to stand up, when necessary, to one's associates--the courage to resist public pressure, as well as private greed?
Secondly, were we truly men of judgment--with perceptive judgment of the future as well as the past--of our own mistakes as well as the mistakes of others--with enough wisdom to know that we did not know, and enough candor to admit it?
Third, were we truly men of integrity--men who never ran out on either the principles in which they believed or the people who believed in them--men who believed in us--men whom neither financial gain nor political ambition could ever divert from the fulfillment of our sacred trust?
Finally, were we truly men of dedication--with an honor mortgaged to no single individual or group, and compromised by no private obligation or aim, but devoted solely to serving the public good and the national interest.
Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State--the qualities which this state has consistently sent to this chamber on Beacon Hill here in Boston and to Capitol Hill back in Washington.
And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead.
Humbly I ask His help in that undertaking--but aware that on earth His will is worked by men. I ask for your help and your prayers, as I embark on this new and solemn journey.
The sign next to the base of the machine reads as follows (as near as I can tell, it's a bit fuzzy -- I've put guesses about the text in italics):
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CADR - The LISP Machine
(late 1970s)
The LISP machine was the first hardware implementation of the AI programming language LISP. Researchers had long been frustrated by the constraints of running LISP programs on large mainframes. They developed LISP machines as stand alone, single user, high-performance computers that could run LISP programs faster and more efficiently. The first machines were hand assembled by Richard Greenblatt at the MIT AI Lab in the mid-1970s. This CADR machine was the basis of commercial products sold by two companies, LISP Machines, Inc founded by Richard Greenblatt, and Symbolics, founded by an ex-administrator of the AI Lab Russell Noftsker. The story of these two companies is typical. While successful in the mid-1980s, the advent of powerful microcomputers that could run LISP programs at similar speeds drove both companies into bankruptcy, LISP in 1987 and Symbolics in 1995.
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