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Not my photo -- glass art
Jul. 19th, 2009 09:28 amWow. Who knew you could make things like this out of glass? Probably everyone but me...
[Not my photo]
[Not my photo]
Jul. 19th, 2009
Crackberry, Day 2
Jul. 19th, 2009 10:40 amOkay, it will do as a cell phone, and its address book feature, which syncs, sort of, with Teh Google, is useful. It's kind of cool to know I'll always have a pocket camera, I guess.
But as a wee computer, it sux. Okay to read email. To compose -- not so much. I suppose if I really really had to I could troubleshoot a Drupal page, but I wouldn't like it.
I don't think I want to invest the time to go any further up the learning curve on the beastie, at least not now. Maybe when I'm sitting around in a waiting room with nothing better to do. In the meantime, I have an Idiot's Installation of Drupal to play with. (When I finish playing with this stripped-down some-but-not-all Drupal installation, I think I'll delete it and learn Drupal for real.)
But as a wee computer, it sux. Okay to read email. To compose -- not so much. I suppose if I really really had to I could troubleshoot a Drupal page, but I wouldn't like it.
I don't think I want to invest the time to go any further up the learning curve on the beastie, at least not now. Maybe when I'm sitting around in a waiting room with nothing better to do. In the meantime, I have an Idiot's Installation of Drupal to play with. (When I finish playing with this stripped-down some-but-not-all Drupal installation, I think I'll delete it and learn Drupal for real.)
My photo -- Disston Saw Works
Jul. 19th, 2009 10:55 amI don't think I posted this before. If I did, shame on me for being a repetitive braggart.
What I particularly like about this shot is that it was done with a $125 camera, mounted on a Gorillapod, set on the floor, and set off with a 10 second time delay so that it would have stopped vibrating by the timethe shutter went off.
The drop-forge at the Disston Saw works was mostly dark except for the videos running on the walls and some spot lighting on the exhibit materials, which were all found at the Disston Saw Works.
Disston was one of the primo employers in Philadelphia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Disston saws never need sharpening and are handed down from generation to generation. They were killed by the Sears Craftsman saw, which had an effective life of about three years but was a lot cheaper. That could be a metaphor for Philadelphia industry, which was high-end specialty stuff killed off by the false economy of cheap goods.
The photo is from the Hidden City Philadelphia program, May/June 2009.
EDITED TO ADD: Later in the day I was pairing my point-and-shoot with Roy's professional-grade tripod. Much hilarity ensued when folks saw the contraption, but it produced some fairly good images. John Phillips (co-creator of the piece) commented that he had gotten some good images using an inexpensive camera and a tripod. I believe these are some of his images here:
http://terragizmo.net/Healy&Phillips/Installation-pages1/RunningTrue.html
What I particularly like about this shot is that it was done with a $125 camera, mounted on a Gorillapod, set on the floor, and set off with a 10 second time delay so that it would have stopped vibrating by the timethe shutter went off.
The drop-forge at the Disston Saw works was mostly dark except for the videos running on the walls and some spot lighting on the exhibit materials, which were all found at the Disston Saw Works.
Disston was one of the primo employers in Philadelphia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Disston saws never need sharpening and are handed down from generation to generation. They were killed by the Sears Craftsman saw, which had an effective life of about three years but was a lot cheaper. That could be a metaphor for Philadelphia industry, which was high-end specialty stuff killed off by the false economy of cheap goods.
The photo is from the Hidden City Philadelphia program, May/June 2009.
EDITED TO ADD: Later in the day I was pairing my point-and-shoot with Roy's professional-grade tripod. Much hilarity ensued when folks saw the contraption, but it produced some fairly good images. John Phillips (co-creator of the piece) commented that he had gotten some good images using an inexpensive camera and a tripod. I believe these are some of his images here:
http://terragizmo.net/Healy&Phillips/Installation-pages1/RunningTrue.html
Wild Kingdom: South Philly Edition
Jul. 19th, 2009 10:58 amWhile I was doing the last post, there was a frantic cheeping and the pounding of feline feet, followed by Roy calling out, "Can you help me here?"
Roy had left the kitchen door open to take advantage of the cool summer morning air. A house sparrow flew in and made it up to the third floor, with The Scamp in hot pursuit. By the time I came to assist, the sparrow was behind a bank of file cabinets (just two drawer, mercifully) and the Scamp was pacing around waiting for us to go away so he could snag his prize.
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Roy had left the kitchen door open to take advantage of the cool summer morning air. A house sparrow flew in and made it up to the third floor, with The Scamp in hot pursuit. By the time I came to assist, the sparrow was behind a bank of file cabinets (just two drawer, mercifully) and the Scamp was pacing around waiting for us to go away so he could snag his prize.
( the rest of the story )