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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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My old Game Gear still had some life left in it tonight. So I popped in a new game I hadn't played before, Portable Ninja. The goal of this game is to destroy as many time pieces (called 'minutes', you can even destroy 'hours' if you're good enough) as possible while traveling through a dark tunnel reaching out for a posing voice in the dark. It sounds pretty lame, but the reward for beating it is pretty cool.
I've heard there are tons of alternate endings in this game. Guess I'll have to play through again to see what different outcomes there are. I have other new games to try also, and I don't even feel that I played as well as I could've tonight.
Me on the hold, the circle and the settings.
J on the flash and the trigger.
DJJD as the Ninja
This image has been selected as the cover illustration for the upcoming book The Cambridge Introduction to William Faulkner (The cover design is below.)
THE FAULKNER PORTABLE
William Faulkner’s Underwood Universal Portable typewriter, rests on a tiny desk his stepson helped him build. It's the highlight of the Rowan Oak experience for many visitors, even though this room was part of the open back porch until Faulkner spent part of a Random House advance to enclose it in l952, long after he had written his seminal Compson and Sartoris family novels.
He insisted that this room not be called his "study." According to biographer Joseph Blotner, "he did not study in it, so there was no sense in calling it that. It was the 'office,' the traditional name for the room in the plantation houses where the business was transacted."
As to the typewriter itself, Underwood introduced its Universal Portable in the mid-l930's among a full line of portables such as Champion, Noiseless Portable and Junior. Faulkner had a habit of buying used portables locally, wearing them out, then trading them in on more used portables.
This Underwood was one of at least three typewriters in Faulkner`s possession at the time of his death (the University of Virginia has one, too). So, this is no more "the" typewriter any more than those square carpenter`s pencils next to it are "the" pencils. Had Faulkner lived a few more years, this machine would have met the same fate as the rest. Still, the room has a resonance.
Taking the photo:
BOOK magazine was publishing an article of mine on "Yoknapatourism," [see the text of it below] and thinking (mistakenly) that the editors hadn`t already selected a photographer, I returned to Oxford on a rainy October afternoon to make my own pictures for submission. The travel piece was eventually illustrated with sunny-day brochure shots, but I was happy to keep this one for myself.
There was no direct lighting within the office, so I let the film take its time, soaking up faint incandescent glow from the library and main hallway, which neatly balanced the cloudy daylight. I used the camera`s timer so my hand wouldn't jostle the tripod, and I even backed out of the room--in part to let the scarce light do its work and, I think, because I wanted Faulkner`s office truly vacant.
Trivia: The book sitting next to William Faulkner's typewriter is the 1939 edition of Writer's Market
Portable phonograph from around 1899, after Thomas A. Edison.
At the historical Teylers Museum in Haarlem.
Taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200.
The heat index was 106 degrees, yesterday, but some people were creative about staying out of the sun!
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.
Strobist info :
1 Multiblitz Minilite 200 1/2 power w/17 " x 55 ' softbox + 1 tracing paper on the left.
1 YN 560 1/2 power with grid aim at the steam from behind
above.
1 white foam board on the right as fill light.
Triggered with Cactus V5.
I was too lazy not to iron my shirts and clothes for quite a long time. But since I bought a Muslim backdrop for studio shot, I need this USD 26 from Amazon portable handheld steamer to eliminate the winkles and it did well !
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
The checkerboard can be folded with the game pieces locked inside.
You can find instructions on the AppStore for free.
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.
Seen in Brookfield Place atrium, downtown Toronto. Low overhead as this "road warrior" negotiates a deal over the phone from his "office."
.. cage with chickens n herding nikesh in the backdrop.
see more DOMESTIC ANIMALs here.
We just happened on what turned out to be the Red Bull Knock Out 2015 race: 1500 motorcrossers on the beach in Scheveningen
class sample for 2010 proposals
Portable Smiles
(still needs a red / polka dot mushroom hanging down from bottom eyelet and wire at top to hang from a necklace or piece of art)
portable turntable cake, buttercream with fondant accessories, including a fully edible hand-painted velvet underground record sleeve
I've been potting up a few herbs to give as a present in these cute cardboard watering cans, which are lined with plastic.
Coco as always, has been my willing and able assistant - although she'd clearly had enough by the "thyme" that my camera put in an appearance!!
This is designed to be more handy and compatible in scale for playing with existing classic space sets.
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.
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
See more museum items at flic.kr/s/aHskgxX9We.
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Followers of mine may recognize this photo. This is actually a re-post after I accidentally made a wrong choice on LightroomCC and wound up deleting it from Flickr. #*@~?+^!
Bill may have taken this photo for his album of scenes along the Alaska Highway. He was a civilian worker on the ALCAN Highway in the Carcross area in 1943. In letters home to Wisconsin, Bill described his work at sawmills like this one. See following photo for a diagram and Bill’s description of its operation.
For his diagram of the workings of such a mill, see the following photo.
To enlarge, click on image or type L.