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Our UdG colleague Pedro took us to meet a fascinating group of people at this Guadalajara Laboratory experimenting with new kinds of material science. Learn more about their open laboratory approach at inmateriis.com/
A demo set up in the science building at Macalester College demonstrates the Ames Depth Perception Illusion where a room that looks out of kilter appears normal when viewed through the peep hole.
A few weeks ago, while exploring Strawberry Mountain, I stumbled into a geocache. I had nothing worth leaving inside. I found these suitable items in a box of old stuff. They are now in my day pack.
Our UdG colleague Pedro took us to meet a fascinating group of people at this Guadalajara Laboratory experimenting with new kinds of material science. Learn more about their open laboratory approach at inmateriis.com/
From 1964 one of the ones spotted in my old stamp collection.
Last time I saw him, my step-son Travis mentioned an interest in collecting coins. When he visited this weekend, I gave him the entire Alan Stamp and Coin Collection, stuff I had since I was a kid.
These were special gifts to me by my great Aunt Bebe, and I am proud to give it to Travis.
Another one for the Cut Outs Flickr Group -- emphasizing the blue door in this shot in Rawena, NZ. It was really the color of the door that caught my eye while enjoying a "flat white" at the cafe, worth setting off as a "cutout"??
Still, it takes a sharp eye to find the puppy.
A walkway at a construction site for some monstrous condo tower in downtown Austin, lines, lights, the eye (and who knows what else) converge at the other end. What is down there? Hmmmmm.
A rather un-interesting photo through my old dead juniper try got way more interesting with the contest cranked up.
Marco Torres shows off his "Hackintosh" that some high school students tweaked for him so he could run Mac OS X on a netbook.
I am trying out my new RC1- a wireless remote shutter control for my Digital Rebel. I am most interested in using it to control some night time bulb exposures (long exposures).
Previously I was interested in trying to do a DIY shutter release using what I had found on instructables (hacking a mobile phone wireless hands free set), but had already wasted $9 trying to follow the instructions. The Canon one was not much more.
And it works
Even with over 4000 songs on it, I am using maybe 10% of the capacity of this iPod Classic I bought last year. Mostly it sits in my truck as the sound system.
Before I left on this most recent trip, I piled on a good chunk of music from the 130 Gb that Nigel Robertson gave me when I visited him in New Zealand a year and a half ago. I put it in a single Smart Playlist in iTunes that is set to a random order (long story, it works better to run through this list than the way shuffle works in my truck stereo)
I was amused when I left home that the very first since was one from the South Pacific collection, "Feel So Good" from Jefferson Airplane- every more ironic given the death of more Paul Kantner this week.
Miscellaneous things from my Dad's work in the construction business, his old company, measuring tapes. I've yet to figure out the Bobbu Pins...
According to my handwriting on the inside cover, I bought this insightful book in 1990, when I was an Arizona State University graduate student in Geology. This likely was purchased at one of those old fashioned book stores in Tempe, AZ.
You can get it now on Amazon
www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-American-Disappearing-Revi...
Thanks to some comments on a flickr photo of this old Polaroid 210 Land Camera I am redoing the battery.
Because the weird shaped battery died, I followed some advice to cut the contacts and splice in a standard sized set of AA batteries. The problem was I followed the advice for another model that calls for 3V of juice; the 210 needs 4.5V. No wonder the photos did not turn out.
I ordered the correct A19PX battery, and today cut out the AA battery holder, and stripped the leads to attach to the new battery.
Ceiling mural by Jose Orozco, in the congress chamber of the Palacio de Gobierno. "The People and its Leaders" depicts the signing of laws that abolished slavery in Mexico (see adventuresbyaaron.blogspot.mx/2012/09/guadalajaras-top-20...)
Well, just popped it open. This one stopped working in 2011 when it went through the washing machine. I hope a battery change might be the fix.
Nope.
Just kidding, I still do not know the origin of the name of this old hotel in Boise, but it is an architectural oddity
The house came with a front door deadbolt that was stuck in the lock position. I thought my McGyvering to get the old one off was impressive (opening with a knife, but was foiled by two different replacement ones. Mixing parts from both, in 3 different sessions, plus some cussing, and now we have a door that locks.
This was my favorite moment from today's Photo Safari workshop at the NMC Summer Conference, where I shot most of the day using my new 300mm prime lens.
Found this old fire truck behind the old Mortlach grain elevator. Thought it did well as a color splash image (made w/o apps, all with history brush in PhotoShop)
Denali is almost as big as the state of Massachusetts and more than half the size of Switzerland, offering visitors plenty of space for exploration. The idea of hiking in the wilderness, with no trail to follow, excites some and intimidates others. Whether you choose to go by yourself or with a ranger, there are many rewarding places to hike in the park.
This 40Gb VST drive may be ~ 17 years old and it still reliably works (I was looking for my ancient Hypercard stacks). To connect it to my MacBookPro requires a double dongle, a FireWire400 to 800 converter and the Firewire 800 to display port dongle.
After all this, I did not find the files I was looking for!