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North American Aviation (NAA) artist’s concept of a post-Apollo(?) lunar base/colony, with an Astronaut in the foreground exploring the surface.
It’s very difficult to date this photograph. The space suit appears to be a Mercury-Gemini combination, with rope-on-hip. I expected the half-dome shelters to be helpful as far as dating the image…nope. Note what appear to be directional communications antennas possessed by all, specifically the one extending up from the Astronaut’s portable life support system, which would be a non-starter I’d think. The terrain, specifically the steep lunar peaks, would seem to place it earlier during my time-span guess. The crevasse, a popular lunar surface feature in early lunar depictions, also hints at this being by Gary Meyer. That, along with it being of NAA origin.
Then there’s the orbiting spacecraft. What the hell is that/are they? To me, it looks like a lifting body/shuttle-like craft just below and to the right of the rectangular primary/mothership, which also has an odd appendage at its forward end.
I like it, it’s bold, it’s the moon, humans are on it, and it’s a little enigmatic.
Finally, what actually struck me the most, the prophetic pose of the Astronaut. See the linked photograph below.
Portable phonograph from around 1899, after Thomas A. Edison.
At the historical Teylers Museum in Haarlem.
Taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200.
Why have a little ultra portable computer when you could have a computer that transports itself?
What I find interesting is how the background reflecting off the glass used as a floor doesn't look much like a reflection. There is a whitish streak on the right side that is clearly a reflection, but the rest of the background highlights don't seem to match up. All the highlights were above the glass.
Product shot of a retro/vintage-styled portable cassette player/radio using only ambient light.
This portable, 1970s-looking tape deck, complete with VU meters, can convert tape cassettes to MP3 files on flash drives or micro SD cards and play back music recorded to or download to these digital media.
Photo taken with an Olympus O-MD EM-10 Mark II with a 50mm f/2 macro legacy lens.
Ian Fleming famously wrote one of his Bond novels on a gold typewriter in a hut in Jamaica, fueled by an abundant supply of martinis and cigarettes (much like Auden).
In a scene in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, Bond is offered more of what Col. Smithers (player by Richard Vernon, see links below) describes as "rather disappointing brandy." M asks what's wrong with it, and Bond replies, "I'd say it's a 30-year-old Fine, indifferently blended ... with an overdose of bon bois".
Col. Smithers then gives Bond a gold bar worth 5,000 pounds to deliver to Goldfinger, which Bond then uses as collateral to win a golf match.
As much as I would like to go back to say 1964, and become a Luddite, technology cannot be ignored.
Which brings elements of this Everyman 007 kit from an imaginary Q-branch, for the film essayist, architect, poet:
1. a silver hip flask with leather embossed Union Jack containing a day's supply of french brandy
2. a gold bar 8gb USB containing atelier ying's 245 design drawings
3. a Cohiba tubos containing a set of wooden golf tees, or a fountain pen and rolled paper.
Note: my design no. 139 for Richard Vernon can be seen in the following link:
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
As Listed Buildings go, this one is pretty unusual, as it was only ever in situ for a short length of time.
This structure at Farnborough was built in 1912 and designed to house airships, and could be moved as required. When in use, it would have been covered with some form of canvas.
However, by the end of 1913, this project was abandoned and the framework was recycled, with the lower portion being used in Building Q65 nearby (by 1917) and the upper part incorporated in Building R51 in 1914, also nearby.
Following the closure of the RAE Factory site in 1998, those components were saved and in 2004 re-assembled to show how they once were all those years ago, and now form a centrepiece in the modern business park immediately north of the airfield.
Farnborough, Hampshire
13th July 2022
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Since Trainboy wasn't in a big hurry to head back to the office thanks to more "field work" in Rock Island, he was nice enough to position his truck to shoot over the fence at the former Rock Island depot in Rock Island. It was over 6 years ago that my then new wife and I along with family and friends had a hell of a party inside the station. Back then the 513 was the big deal and my foamer friends happily yelled that it was rolling by during the reception!
516 does the honors on the "East Train" passing Abbey Station - er the Rock Island station.
12-19-2016
portable turntable cake, buttercream with fondant accessories, including a fully edible hand-painted velvet underground record sleeve
This is designed to be more handy and compatible in scale for playing with existing classic space sets.
Saw these when we stopped at the gas station yesterday. I was debating on using it for my 366 yesterday. I hope you know that I appreciate your comments and visits. I may not get back to you quickly but I will try my best.
We just happened on what turned out to be the Red Bull Knock Out 2015 race: 1500 motorcrossers on the beach in Scheveningen
Tuned into 40 meters SSB.
It was too chilly outside on the deck, so I set up inside. Operating on battery power at 50 watts.
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Photograph taken around at 09:51am on September 6th 2012 off Kirkstone Pass at a height of almost 350 metres at the summit of a road so windy and tricky they named it 'The Struggle', past Glenridding and heading towards Ambleside and Lake Windermere, part of the Lake District in Cumbria, England.
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Nikon D7000 Focal length: 10mm Shutter speed: 1/125s Aperture: f/16.0 Iso200 Hand held. RAW 14-bit Size L (4928 x 3264) Lossless compressed file. Manual exposure Auto white balance. Colour space: Adobe RGB. Matrix metering.
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-5.6 DX EC HSM.UV filter. Nikon GP-1 GPS
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HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit Version 1.4.1 (18/02/2020). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.13.5. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Photogenic Powerlight 600 w/16" parabolic and DIY portable AC power supply tripped via Quantum radio slave. Canon 40D, 10-22mm. 1/160 sec @ f/29 - 12 feet. Total cost of DIY power supply - under $400. Girlfriend vacationing in Hungary so you are stuck with me for the model. See Notes for details on build.
Brand: PolyJohn
Model: PJ3
Company: BlueRoom Portable Toilets
Location: Pasco, WA
Date: September 2018
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The driver opens the regulator to set this 1926 Robey Portable Steam Engine to work.
The engine was originally constructed to power a stone crusher. The engine in unusual as all the principal components are fully enclosed to protect from stone dust.
This was one of the many engines in steam at the annual Westonzoyland "Steam on the Levels" show in May 2024.
Click here for more photographs of the Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum: www.jhluxton.com/Industrial-Archaeology/Westonzoyland-Pum...
not all carried at once... u can never have enough light... backup to the backup. all portable and battery powered. no gas generators here. oh, i forgot to include my light modifiers, snoots, gobos, grid spots... soft box. elinchrom octabank...
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Experience this magnificent collection of vintage icons including wild animals, classic vehicles, and victorian skull engravings from several artists. Digitally enhanced and now available in high-resolution printable quality, download your favorites under the CC0 license. They are absolutely free and can be used without any restrictions.
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Small wood case with spring lid contains portable blood pressure gauge; hinged mercury tube and measuring gauge unfolds; cylinder is made to attach tube from blood pressure cuff. Mercury has been removed.
Manufacturer’s tag reads, “The Nicholson “Princo” Sphygmomanometer / Precision Thermometer & Instrument Co., 1434 Brandywine St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania“. Tag includes instructions and various patent dates (the last being April 28, 1914)
L 7 7/8", W 2' 4", D 1 1/2"
Likely owned by Dr. Mila Rindge. Donated by his daughter, Dr. Milo Rindge. Learn more about her at www.madisonhistory.org/doctor-in-the-house/.
ACC# 87.24
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(Photo credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
This is how they did it back in the good ol' days when a generator had to be moved from one spot to another. Since it is on a sled - I am assuming that it was last used during the winter months. I found this gem up in the 40 mile country in Alaska. I thought that some of my Flickr friends might get a kick out of it's size. These days a 2000 watt generator is easily lifted and transported anywhere. Many people use them for camping out, or for emergency situations. It sure beats hooking up the horses, then hooking up to a sled, in order to haul power out to a remote site - like they had to do during the gold rush days.
The Mixed Nuts exhibit took place in May 2008 in Australia. The project involved interpreting a stuffed nut pattern that was shared with all participating artists including Lori Joy Smith, Sandra Monat, Jess Hutchinson, Elsita, and Kirsty Campion (the curator), among others. You can see all of the finished products at Kirsty's blog.
Our contribution (which we've been anxious to share photos of since sending it out in March) was conceived and finished while we were in Buenos Aires for a few months. Starting with the basic nut shape, our children drew birds, beetles, faces, fish, etc. One of the drawings depicted a monster that swallowed all sorts of objects and thus turned our attention to the inside of the nut. At the time, Enzo was also making many Katamari Damacy inspired drawings, so we combined the idea from those drawings of having trees growing on spheres and settled on creating an embedded landscape which could be made portable by closing up and sealing it with a zipper. With limited recycled materials we put together a series of small islands, three of them forested with 40 hand stitched miniature trees and one of them barren rock with two small houses. Our full set of images can be found in this set. Above is a video slideshow (also here) we put together in which Enzo demonstrates how to open and close the nut.
Update September 2008: After being on the road for a year, we're back in Southern California. We have many projects in the works including a new installation in San Diego, a group show in New York, original softie characters, and costumes for this year's Halloween. Bear with us as we are still gathering materials in our new studio. We'll be sharing more of our projects as often as we can. If you are interested in any of our available items, don't hesitate to ask and we'll send you more information about them.
Portable Landscape
thrifted fabrics and zipper
recycled polyfill stuffing
salvaged cardboard
based on drawings by
seven-year-old boy
atelier ying, Mongkok, HK
After 7 days of continuous rain, this is the best outfit I can recommend for the would-be wandering designer.
A heavy-duty ziplock bag not only
keeps moisture out, but with a silica gel beads packet keeps my Moleskine reporter dry so pages don't stick together. The bag folds conveniently after you squeeze the air out and can be tucked into your pants pocket or carried like a purse or held like a furoshiki bag. A Ricoh GRD can be shoved in additional and would still fit well.
Inside are:
1. a see-through ruler
2.Muji pens in my indispensable Asian red and black inks
3. my Chinese seal in a portable plastic case with ink well. $15 custom made in Mongkok or $200 in Tokyo, take your choice but the one in Japan includes the design work and carving of an elderly craftsman on stone. I can design my own logos so I paid the $15.
4. Moleskine Reporter notebook with perforated pages.
5. Traditional soft jelly candies from HK. These candies were a part of my childhood, decades ago. The company now only makes melon and orange flavors but during my entire childhood and adolescence the flavors were banana and coconut which came in a pink box with the soft candies two levels deep and wrapping papers inside to keep them fresh. The banana candies had the most fragrant smell, as strong as sniffing glue.
Would someone please, please post a photo of a box of these candies?
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo