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This week in SSC:
"Toolbox"
Here is a little peek into my sewing "toolbox" that holds all sorts of goodies for making things.
"Toolbox" was commissioned by the Morundah Bush Entertainment Committee (MBEC), The Morundah Town Improvement Committee (MTIC), and individual members of the Morundah community to commemorate 100 years of both registered and bush picnic horse racing in Morundah.
"Toolbox" was placed here in 2009.
Sculptured by local artist Andrew Whitehead of Urana, this is his first commission piece.
Officially opened by Life Member and President of the MBEC Peter Trengrove on the 28th February 2010.
(plaque at the site)
An exhibit of the hand tools used by the advanced luthier (guitar maker) at the C.F.Martin company, on display at the amazing Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Title:
On break.
( LUMIX G3 shot )
Manhattan. New York. USA. 2017. … 6 / 8
Images:
Beck - Cycle + Morning
youtu.be/crpKXePB714?si=wjcQgBn5Rcp1WFzV
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My new novel.
B♭ (B flat)
Volume 11. 😄
What follows is still in its first-draft stage. It will go through further revisions.
The crucial passages have not been made public.
(Of course, this is not the final manuscript.)
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My New Novel.
B♭ (B Flat)
— The darkest hour comes just before dawn —
The dawn in New York brought that phrase back to mind.
It was something Amir once heard from Professor Zakaria of the Faculty of Engineering at the Islamic University.
The professor, in his lifetime, had struggled between theory and reality, yet instilled in his disciples a calm and unshakable resolve.
Amir studied electrical engineering; Rafi Ghannam, architecture.
Each possessed talents that complemented the other.
After mastering the structures of the world, Rafi had gone on to extend his knowledge into electrical engineering, reaching from machinery to programs.
To the two of them, the vulnerabilities of America’s IT networks were but an open book.
In the dim underground floor, where bare fluorescent lights flickered, Rafi crouched at the intersection of the switchboard and the drainage duct.
Beneath his electrician’s vest and helmet, the red earth–colored scarf of Gaza wrapped his neck.
Amir stood beside him, scuffing his dusty work boots against the floor, fighting down his unease.
“Hurry. The morning shift will be here soon.”
“Quiet. Every sound echoes down here.”
Rafi answered evenly, opening his toolbox.
Inside lay a modified pressure switch and a block of C4, black and light-absorbing, gleaming like coal.
The device was to be set in the hidden recess where the structural beam and wiring shaft crossed—a “node” that, once sealed, could never be retrieved.
“Once it’s buried here, no one will ever find it.”
“...But are you sure? Is five years really the right time?”
“It must be five years. When the building stands complete, when it has been forgotten—then the blast will become the return of memory.”
Amir studied his profile and nodded silently.
Every motion of Rafi’s hand, each measured breath, carried the authority of a father, a teacher.
The hand that once learned to build was now preparing to destroy.
A slow tide of trust and kinship welled in Amir’s chest.
The sound of a fan turning, the rasp of chalk on blackboard—these rose in Rafi’s memory.
In the night lecture hall of the university, he had filled his notebook with shear angles of beams and the breaking points of concrete.
The lecturer, pointing to the diagram on the blackboard, had said quietly:
“When a structure collapses, it is not from defect. It follows the very will of its design.”
The classroom had fallen utterly silent at those words.
To know what would sway, what would endure, what would crack with sound during a vibration test—that knowledge was what could transform collapse into form.
That winter, Rafi’s family lost their home to an Israeli airstrike along the coast.
Despair turned to rage, rage to resolve, and resolve gave strength to his hands.
Amir, too, carried the same wound, and shared in that resolve.
Five years earlier, Rafi had begun to set up pirate radio.
Through networks of Caribbean and Hispanic immigrant communities, he passed messages quietly.
Every social platform and smartphone was under watch.
They restricted themselves to the barest communications, leaving only casual, trivial exchanges for daily use.
When he pressed the switch, a faint click was swallowed into the night’s silence.
A small red lamp lit up, linking him to nearby companions.
At two in the morning, a woman’s voice drifted from FM 87.9.
Through the static hush, a poem unfurled:
“If the world should end, I want to be singing alone.”
The verse Rafi chose was the emblem of his quiet resolve.
Amir listened to that voice while gazing at Rafi’s back.
What they undertook was not mere destruction—it was the embodiment of lost memory and anger, the crystallization of their trust and mutual understanding.
In darkness and silence, their plan advanced steadily.
The theory of architecture and the principles of electrical engineering, the pain of the past, and the will of those who had survived—all of it flowed quietly forward, converging toward a future act of ruin.
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My new novel:
B♭ (B-flat)
There’s still more to come. 😃
(This is not the final draft.)
Set in New York City.
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Soundtrack.
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
Note: I gave a brief explanation of this novel in the following video:
youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV
iTunes Playlist Link::
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b/pl.u-47DJGhopxMD
My new novel:
B♭ (B-flat)
Notes
1. "Bombay Blood Type (hh type)"
•Characteristics: A rare blood type that lacks the usual ABO antigens — cannot be classified as A, B, or O.
•Discovery: First identified in 1952 in Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay).
•Prevalence: Roughly 1 in 10,000 people in India; globally, about 1 in 2.5 million.
•Transfusion Compatibility: Only compatible with blood from other Bombay type donors.
2. 2024 Harvard University Valedictorian Speech – The Power of Not Knowing
youtu.be/SOUH8iVqSOI?si=Ju-Y728irtcWR71K
3. Shots Fired at Trump Rally
youtu.be/1ejfAkzjEhk?si=ASqJwEmkY-2rW_hT
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Title.
休憩中。
( LUMIX G3 shot )
マンハッタン。ニューヨーク。アメリカ。2017. … 6 / 8
Images.
Beck - Cycle + Morning
youtu.be/crpKXePB714?si=wjcQgBn5Rcp1WFzV
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僕の新しい小説。
B♭ （ビーフラット）
第11弾。 😄
以下は、まだ初稿の段階です。まだ推敲します。
重要な部分は公開していません。
(もちろん最終稿ではありません。)
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僕の新しい小説。
B♭ （ビーフラット）
ーー 夜明け前が、一番暗い ーー
ニューヨークの夜明けは、その言葉を思い出させた。アミールが、イスラム大学工学部のザカリア教授から聞いた言葉だ。教授は生前、理論と現実の狭間で苦悩しつつも、弟子たちに冷静な意思を植え付けた。アミールは電気工学を、ラフィ・ガンナムは建築学を学び、互いに補完し合う才能を持っていた。ラフィは世界中の構造物を理解した後、電気工学へ知識を広げ、電子機器からプログラムまで手を伸ばしていた。アメリカの脆弱なITネットワークを熟知することなど、二人にとっては容易いことだった。
地下フロアの蛍光灯がむき出しの薄暗い空間で、ラフィは配電盤と排水ダクトの交差部にしゃがみ込んだ。電工業者のベストとヘルメットの下、ガザの赤土色のスカーフが彼の首を覆う。アミールはその横で、埃まみれの作業靴を床で擦りながら、緊張を抑えていた。
「早くしてくれ。もうすぐ朝の組が来る」
「静かにしろ、音が響く」
ラフィは冷静に答え、工具箱を開いた。中には改造された圧力スイッチと、光を吸い込むように黒光りするC4が収まっていた。仕掛けるのは、構造梁と配線シャフトが交差する“ノード”の背面——完成すれば、二度と取り外すことのできない場所だ。
「ここに埋めたら、二度と誰にも見つからない」
「……でも、本当に５年後でいいのか？」
「５年経った時こそ意味がある。建物が完成し、忘れ去られた時に——爆破は記憶の復活になる」
アミールは横顔を見つめ、静かに頷いた。ラフィの手の動き、呼吸の一つ一つが、師としての父のように頼もしく感じられた。建築を学んだ者の手が、今、建築を破壊する準備をしている。信頼と共感の感覚が、胸の奥にじわりと広がった。
扇風機の回る音と乾いた黒板の響きが、ラフィの記憶を呼び覚ます。大学の夜の講義室で、彼は梁の剪断角とコンクリートの破断点をノートに描き込んだ。講師は黒板の図を指し、静かに言った。
「構造が崩壊するのは、欠陥ではなく“設計の意思”に従ったときです」
その言葉に教室は静まり返った。振動試験でどこが揺れ、どこが耐え、どこが音を立てるか。それを理解することが、崩壊を“形”に変える。
その冬、ラフィの家族はイスラエルによる湾岸の空爆で家を失った。絶望は怒りに、怒りは意思に変わり、ラフィの手に力を宿した。アミールもまた、同じ痛みを知る者として、その意思を分かち合っていた。
５年前、ラフィはパイレーツラジオを設置し始めた。カリブ系やヒスパニック系の移民コミュニティのネットワークを利用し、伝令を静かに届ける。SNSやスマートフォンはすべて監視されている。彼らは必要最小限の通信にとどめ、日常的な他愛ないやり取りだけに絞った。
スイッチを押すと微かなクリック音が夜の静けさに吸い込まれる。小さな赤いランプが灯り、近隣の同胞たちに接続された。
午前2時、FM87.9から女の声が流れた。砂嵐のような静寂の中、詩が紡がれる。
「この世界が終わるなら、私はひとりで歌っていたい」
ラフィが選んだ一節は、彼の静かな決意の象徴だった。
アミールはその声を聞きながら、ラフィの背中を見つめた。彼らが行うのは単なる破壊ではない——失われた記憶と怒りの象徴であり、互いの信頼と理解の結晶でもあった。闇と静寂の中で、二人の計画は着実に進行する。建築の理論と電気工学、過去の痛み、そして生き延びた者の意志が、未来の破壊へと静かに繋がっていくのだ。
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僕の新しい小説。
B♭ （ビーフラット）
舞台はニューヨークです。
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Soundtrack.
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
追記 この小説を多少説明しました。
youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV
メモ
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「Bombay型（ボンベイ型、hh型）」
•特徴：通常のABO血液型を持たない（A、B、Oに分類されない）特殊な型。
•発見地：1952年、インド・ムンバイ（旧ボンベイ）で初めて確認。
•発生頻度：インドでは1万人に1人程度だが、世界的には約250万人に1人とも。
•輸血制限：同じBombay型しか輸血できない。
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2024年ハーバード大学首席の卒業式スピーチ『知らないことの力』
youtu.be/SOUH8iVqSOI?si=Ju-Y728irtcWR71K
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Shots fired at Trump rally
youtu.be/1ejfAkzjEhk?si=ASqJwEmkY-2rW_hT
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I made this toolbox when I was an Apprentice, over 30 years ago. I keep all my electrical & electronic tools in it, but as my collection has grown, they no longer all fit and most of the time I cannot close it. However, I will never replace it, as it is too important to me and still gets regular use.
Our Daily Challenge - BOX
25th January 2022
(EOS 80D-0386-R)
Handy Manny Cake. Tools are all handmade using gumpaste. I used several others as inpiration for this cake.
This one shot a day is getting to be more and more challenging. This is my wife's box of pastels, and I'm not quite happy with the shot.
The SAS Survival Kit: A Not-Only-Geek Must-Have
Contents / Inventory
* Fire/Light
(3) NATO Matches w/ Striker Strip
(1) Mini BIC Lighter
(1) Magnifying Card (40 mm x 70 mm)
(1) Exacto Style Blade
(1) Double Edged Razor Blade
(1) Orange Photon Micro-Light II
* First Aid
(2) Ibuprofen 500 mg
(7) Asst. Band Aids
* Miscellaneous
(1) Plastic Bag (1 l)
(1) Large Sewing Needle
(2 m) Black Thread
(3 m) Twisted Nylon Line 10 kg / 1.5 mm
(1) Modified Steel Nail (75 mm)
(1) P-51 Can Opener
(1) Split Ring (24 mm)
(5) Paper Clips
(2) Small Binder Clips
(4) Safety Pins
(40 cm) Duct Tape
(2) Ranger Bands
(1) Red Pencil
(9) Waterproof Paper (50 mm x 70 mm)
(1) 400 Grit Sand Paper (45 mm x 70 mm)
(1) Victorinox Rambler (58 mm)
- Blade
- Scissors
- Key Ring
- Tweezer
- Toothpick
Nailfile with
- Screwdriver
Cap Lifter with
- Magnet. Phillips-Screwdriver
- Wire Stripper
(1) Two Piece tinned Steel Container (Altoids Tin), 9.5 cm x 5.9 cm x 2.4 cm
Rescue Tender 221 running the very latest Mercedes rig. This is one in a batch of 3.
Rescue Tenders are a smaller version of Toronto Fire's Squads and serve the same role as an advanced rescue unit.
Rescue Tender 221 running the very latest Mercedes rig. This is one in a batch of 3.
Rescue Tenders are a smaller version of Toronto Fire's Squads and serve the same role as an advanced rescue unit.
Rescue Tender 221 running the very latest Mercedes rig. This is one in a batch of 3.
Rescue Tenders are a smaller version of Toronto Fire's Squads and serve the same role as an advanced rescue unit.
OK, surely someone would have wanted this toolbox as a Christmas gift back in 2013! With this trip back in time to that year now drawing to a close, here's another link for you: a photo of this Sears in it's post-glory days, taken at the end of January 2013. Who knew* that it would be closed for good by the end of that same year?
*Well actually, a large majority of people in this area kind of had a sneaking suspicion that this Sears wasn't really going to last much longer!
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Sears (closed December 2013), 1981-built, Winchester Rd. at Ridgeway Rd., Memphis
My head is still spinning from working through David Duchemin 's 60 lessons book. Unfortunately, it looks like that there is no shortcut for being able to make continuously compelling photographs. So, I scaled down my expectations and accepted that this process will be a lifelong journey. In the meantime, I even see this positive, as making photographs will never become boring due to the endless opportunities which you can discover everywhere.
Pragmatically, I structured now David's lessons in GREEN (feel quite comfortable), YELLOW (got an idea what to do) and RED (have hardly any clue, need to dig in deeper). So, don't be surprised I'll share with you my learning curve/experiences in the months to come. And as always, I highly appreciate your constructive discussions/questions about intent, composition, light, moments, improvements and the message of the photograph.
Have a wonderful day and never lose your curiosity about photography.