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an abandoned ski-lift in hehuan (east peak) mountain, in taiwan.
taiwan, it appeared, had a ski resort in the mountains but was closed in the late 1950's.
wiki: the mountain range also features the remains of a ski lift, reportedly used by taiwan's elite during the martial law period and inaccessible to most people. the unreliability of snowfall has meant that the ski lift was abandoned years ago. remains of the ski lift mechanism are still visible to hikers on the east peak trail.
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carl zeiss distagon 2.8/25mm t* aeg c/y
I thought I'd try and build another model around my LEGO escapement mechanism, and came up with this sculpture of two kids playing on a seesaw.
Video of it in action: youtu.be/ril5BNYjbnU
More info/pics, along with building instructions for the core escapement mechanism, can be found on my website: jkbrickworks.com/children-on-a-seesaw
These cable pulleys are part of the machinery that lifts the central span of the Hawthorn Bridge in Portland, so taller ships might pass underneath.
tower clock mechanism, R. Trebino museum, Uscio, Italy - Meccanismo orologio da torre, museo R. Trebino, Uscio, Genova.
When God created man in His image, He created a measure; the human perception of the world corresponds to God's creative intention. Man by definition is a center, or "the center" in a given universe; not by accident, but in virtue of the very nature of Being, and this is why that which is large or small for man is large or small in the divine intention; man perceives things as they present themselves in the divine Intellect. And that is why the world of the indefinitely small, as well as the world of the indefinitely large, is as it were forbidden to man, who should not want to disproportionately enlarge the small or to disproportionately reduce the large. Man ought to feel that there is no advantage or happiness in such enterprises; and he would feel it if he had maintained a relationship with the Absolute, or if this relationship were sincere and sufficient. He, who is really at peace with God is free from all unhealthy curiosity, if one may say so; he lives, like a well-guarded child, in the blessed garden of a grace that does not forsake him; the Creator knows the best place for the creature, and He knows what is good for man.
In a certain sense, the world of atoms as well as that of galaxies is hostile to human beings, and comprises for them, in principle or potentially, a climate of alienation and terror. Some people will doubtless argue that "the man of our times" is an "adult," but this is pride, even satanism, for a normal man always keeps a childlike side, as all sacred Scriptures attest by their language; if such were not the case, childhood itself would not comprise a positive aspect. Of course, a mature man ought to be "adult," but he can be so otherwise than by plunging into forbidden abysses; the spiritual victory over illusion is a matter appreciably more serious than the insensitivityof the explorers of the inhuman.
There are two points to consider in created things, namely the empirical appearance and the mechanism; now the appearance manifests the divine intention, as we have stated above; the mechanism merely operates the mode of manifestation.
For example, in man's body the divine intention is expressed by its form, its deiformity, its symbolism and its beauty; the mechanism is its anatomy and vital functioning.
The modern mentality, having always a scientific and "iconoclastic" tendency, tends to overaccentuate the mechanism to the detriment of the creative intention, and does so on all levels, psychological as well as physical; the result is a jaded and "demystified" mentality that is no longer "impressed" by anything. By forgetting the divine intention - which nonetheless is apparent a priori - one ends in an emptiness devoid of all reference points and meaning, and in a mentality of nihilism and despair, if not of careless and brutal materialism. In the face of this deviation it is the child who is right when he believes that the blue sky above us is Paradise.
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Frithjof Schuon: Roots of the Human Condition
"Down on the left a busy little digging mechanism had come into view, emitting jets of green vapour and working its way round the pit, excavating and embanking in a methodical and discriminating manner. This it was which had caused the regular beating noise, and the rhythmic shocks that had kept our ruinous refuge quivering. It piped and whistled as it worked. So far as I could see, the thing was without a directing Martian at all..."
Martian machine from Jeff Wayne's The War of Worlds, 1998 PC strategy game. Reference image.
Render by P681.
For those of you who did not attend Brickworld 2011 and did not get to see the water mechanism for Oasis, this video should answer any questions you might have.
While repairing a Seagull 203 with a stuck shutter... I sensed the resistance of a small springy wire while removing the shutter mechanism block to get access to the shutter blades. As I was, as always, working on a tray - I didn't loose it :)
The funniest part is that the shutter blades are really, litterally, sticking together :D
On the picture, I put the spring on the bottom left, right next to the pin where it belongs. The spring is used to close the shutter, so don't loose it :)
It is a bit tricky to get in place, but one can do it with a solid tweezer. Better to set it in place after the shutter mechanism and the shutter blades are set back in their place.
Also, I found it easier to remove the lens and shutter bellows closed. But when you open the folder, be careful not to send the lens flying through your living room :)
Take Aim: A Challenge Group ~ Mechanism
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Dandelion seeds and water droplets shot using my iPhone 4 using my amazing iPhone macro lens!
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