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What I saw
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Agave against a wall
MackReed
Oo. this is great.
have you controlled your gay slant?
This may not be safe for viewing at work.
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vintage ad for Berlei "Gay Slant Control" dip-front step-in lingerie/ A woman with big hair wearing presumably said lingerie reaches down to pick up a teacup while touching a finger to her neck.
Dip-Front Step-In is the name of my next band.
HOT POPCORN FRESH
First of May
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A beautiful (or perhaps hideous) shade of pink forms the background the words OUTDOOR FUCKING STARTS TODAY.
May Day
No to Nazis in West Brom
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A black and white photo at a demonstration. In the foreground, a Black man wearing a track jacket with two-tone hair is looking at the camera, holding a sign that reads "No to Nazis in West Bromwich / 28 Aprill 4PM Hardware Street". Next to him, one arm around his shoulder, a white man with a shaved head wearing a sweater is mugging for the camera.
source: https://bsky.app/profile...
“Anti-Nazi Demo, West Bromwich, England”, 1979, by Virginia Turbett.
“Anti-Nazi Demo, West Bromwich, England”, 1979, by Virginia Turbett.
At least two thirds of those people voted for Brexit.
All Power to the People.
Madison’s Gizzy, acrylic on board
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Mexican-ish chihuahua art
Did some art for the first time in a long time, for my beloved’s birthday.
Accepted.
Apple II+ in laptop format
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the keyboard and motherboard of a small laptop containing a whole bunch of 8-bit chips
haha first thought was, does it have an 80 column card, and: yes!
@B6FA798A3449 and a Z80 card!
These guys can be a little fast and loose with using other people's projects commercially. I wouldn't be surprised if someone hits them with a licensing issue immediately after launch
These guys can be a little fast and loose with using other people's projects commercially. I wouldn't be surprised if someone hits them with a licensing issue immediately after launch
into the comments like
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person completely covered with padded armor in a fighting pose
Is that Will Riker's dad?
@dogwelder Hehehe
Seattle's Lincoln Toe Trucks
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I've seen these on trips to Seattle. Do they actually get used or are they just props kept in the lot?
I almost marked these as NSFW, but my issues are not society's issues. I'm growing as a person.
@ardgedee I've never seen them towing. I think they're just promotional.
how I work
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monster muppet eating a computer
This is a short video of myself handling any form of technology, from the very simple to the most complicated imaginable. It's all the same to me.
My brain will always opt for, "Oh, stuff it."
My brain will always opt for, "Oh, stuff it."
weekend plans
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film loop, three gentlemen standing around a tall glass bottle. the bald one prestidigitates a lit match and presents it to the mop haired one, who touches it to the bottle, igniting a huge gout of flame. all three recoil.
Source : https://www.tumblr.com/curatoro...
That hand bit! Dang I loved the Stooges. Laurel and Hardy were a little too angsty for me.
Gen Alpha is truly amazed by this feat and will ask for you to repeat it numerous times.
I can hear most of this clip.
art deco masterpiece
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a die image of a logic chip with bold purple traces on a green substrate
but actually, it's the die shot of a logic chip that I turned on its side.
source: Ti 54LS153 - Dual 4→1 Data Selectors/Multiplexers : weekend die-shot : ZeptoBars — https://zeptobars.com/en...
datasheet: https://www.ti.com/lit...
source: Ti 54LS153 - Dual 4→1 Data Selectors/Multiplexers : weekend die-shot : ZeptoBars — https://zeptobars.com/en...
datasheet: https://www.ti.com/lit...
Looks like an Hermes scarf.
@frothywalrus ooh, I never thought of that!
May Day
Every. Time.
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3 stacked images with text. The first image says, "my brush" with an image of chopsticks. The second says, "my paint" with an image of what looks like pho or ramen. The final image says, "my canvas" next to a clean, white t-shirt.
fire station tool bench
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A tool bench in what looks to be a very old workshop. There is a box of rags on the right hand side and a pegboard on the back and there is a line of maybe 10 to 15 wrenches all in order of size. There is a distinct glowing light shining down from the top.
A friend of mine is a volunteer firefighter and took me on a tour of the fire station. This is the tool bench in the very back of the building.
Wrenching, is a thing. Volunteering, even better.
That must be some heavy duty pegboard
I can only find three roofing screws that appear to be holding it to the wall behind it so I'd say you're absolutely correct, @BennyTheIcepick !
2026 resume
HTTP://YOUREALLYDIDIT.COM/SHITLEOPARD
Madison’s Sweetie, charcoal and cyanotype
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Charcoal drawing of little curly happy dog and sun photos of weeds
Did some art for the first time in a long time, for my beloved’s birthday. Gizzy is no longer around, but Sweetie is. I am astounded at how well this came out, in a medium I hadn’t touched in decades.
Using cyanotype as the frame is a brilliant move
@BennyTheIcepick Oh, I forgot to mention! Madison always says she smells like dirt and sunshine, and I poked around with various ideas to show that and hit upon this combo and it was just perfect.
Gorgeous
Seen on my walk
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Totally freaked my dog out when that little guy booped his head out at him.
That webpage is pure early 2000's gold!
For the non-typing kind: https://missfluffybutt.brettdabbs.com/gallery...
For the non-typing kind: https://missfluffybutt.brettdabbs.com/gallery...
@1f2frfbf Confession: I clicked the Seeecret Button.
Twice.
So far.
Twice.
So far.
Ambigamy
preach
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Reminds me of "Everything about Ben Shapiros sex life I've learnt against my will"
This guy as well https://x.com/bryan_jo...
Although I think his twitter account is actually somewhat intentional “satire” (or at least engagement bait)
Although I think his twitter account is actually somewhat intentional “satire” (or at least engagement bait)
one number short of a meme
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Back in February I met Pablo and Anna. They own the studio Hamill Industries. They were teaching a workshop I was enrolled in.
We hit it off pretty quickly. I was (and am) obsessed with the work they do combining analog and digital stuff to make very cool art, often combined with music. You can see their stuff here: https://hamillindustries.com/
They invited me to come visit their studio which I did almost immediately. They label the spaces North and South Korea. One half is a workshop with a metal lathe, tools, welding equipment, electronics lab, etc. The other half is a cozy space for developing concepts and doing the computer-based stuff. They're very scrappy creatives and a lot of fun to talk to.
I ended up getting approval to skip a week of classes to go "intern" with them and work on a small project together. While I was there, Pablo showed me the work he was doing with an old Vectrex video game system. They had tapped into the system to control the light beam using sound. They then developed a way to send sound signals to the Vectrex in a way that would draw specific shapes. They then hook this thing up in a live setting with a video camera on the screen to use for visuals during live electronic shows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
While I was there interning, Pablo was working on how to get it to render text. He had just started experimenting and got it to render "Hamill". It was really cool.
A couple of weeks ago I went to go see them perform the closing show for the OFFF festival in Barcelona. It was incredible. Three giant screens of live video feeds fixed on analog visuals influenced by sound. Liquid on a speaker, injectors that spit out three colors of paint based on bass, treble and mids, and the Vectrex. Pablo set up a countdown clock to the start of the show. I was giddy. It was so, so cool to see that work appear live on stage.
They set up two Vectrex machines at a show; one for the video feed and one pointing at the audience. They often lean into revealing how they do things. I caught a video of the audience-facing machine: https://vimeo.com/11882345...
I'll post a few more shots of their setup to show the scale.
Photo nerd stats: Minolta XD-11, this shot was probably with the 135mm Rokkor-X, Ilford Delta 3200 pushed to 6400.
We hit it off pretty quickly. I was (and am) obsessed with the work they do combining analog and digital stuff to make very cool art, often combined with music. You can see their stuff here: https://hamillindustries.com/
They invited me to come visit their studio which I did almost immediately. They label the spaces North and South Korea. One half is a workshop with a metal lathe, tools, welding equipment, electronics lab, etc. The other half is a cozy space for developing concepts and doing the computer-based stuff. They're very scrappy creatives and a lot of fun to talk to.
I ended up getting approval to skip a week of classes to go "intern" with them and work on a small project together. While I was there, Pablo showed me the work he was doing with an old Vectrex video game system. They had tapped into the system to control the light beam using sound. They then developed a way to send sound signals to the Vectrex in a way that would draw specific shapes. They then hook this thing up in a live setting with a video camera on the screen to use for visuals during live electronic shows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
While I was there interning, Pablo was working on how to get it to render text. He had just started experimenting and got it to render "Hamill". It was really cool.
A couple of weeks ago I went to go see them perform the closing show for the OFFF festival in Barcelona. It was incredible. Three giant screens of live video feeds fixed on analog visuals influenced by sound. Liquid on a speaker, injectors that spit out three colors of paint based on bass, treble and mids, and the Vectrex. Pablo set up a countdown clock to the start of the show. I was giddy. It was so, so cool to see that work appear live on stage.
They set up two Vectrex machines at a show; one for the video feed and one pointing at the audience. They often lean into revealing how they do things. I caught a video of the audience-facing machine: https://vimeo.com/11882345...
I'll post a few more shots of their setup to show the scale.
Photo nerd stats: Minolta XD-11, this shot was probably with the 135mm Rokkor-X, Ilford Delta 3200 pushed to 6400.
This is great that you got to have such a hands-on experience with these mentors. One practical question I have is how well does the half of Korea that houses both a metal shop and the electronics shop work out? It seems like a dusty metal shop and a clean electronics lab would not cohabit very well.
@samh great question. I'm not sure! I don't think he works on really fine electronics, like surface mount, etc. He's more interested in servos and relays and arduinos. Those still need a clean environment so my guess is he's just diligent about cross contamination. He also doesn't work a lot with wood? I'm not super familiar with metal fab so i'm not sure how fine of debris that produces. But he's not dealing with sawdust.
Oh, dur, grinding. I'm very familiar with grinding. I'd bet he does that all outside.
Oxford mathematician explains how to convert miles to km in your head 🤯 #oxforduniversity
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that is a niftry trick to know!
that's a great trick
or use metric everywhere and only have to remember one conversion factor: 1
seat and shadows
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As we drift more into spring and summer weather, us parents drift further and further left in the school pickup area. We’ve started huddling in the lane of shade or in the tunnel. Before we know it it’ll be winter again and our kids will once again be suddenly unrecognizable.
Hasselblad 500 c/m, 50mm lens, Ilford XP2 400 pushed to 1600.
Hasselblad 500 c/m, 50mm lens, Ilford XP2 400 pushed to 1600.
That's some nice tight grain for that level of pushing. I did a lot of experiments with HP5 and Delta 400 pushed to its breaking points back in the day... I gave up on XP2, because it just. wouldn't. break.
@1f2frfbf from what I’ve read, it’s a variable ISO film. I think you can shoot it from 200-800 and develop at the same length of time. So you can shoot multiple ISOs on the same roll. 🤯
I also read you “can’t” push past 800. I got a bunch more to test, it’s possible I’ll get the same qualities at 800 and 1600.
I also read you “can’t” push past 800. I got a bunch more to test, it’s possible I’ll get the same qualities at 800 and 1600.
J. Craig Venter RIP
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J. Craig Venter who decoded the human genome, has passed at 79 years old, from side effects of a cancer treatment.
J. Craig Venter who decoded the human genome, has passed at 79 years old, from side effects of a cancer treatment.
He has to be one of the most important scientists who ever, held up a mirror to our species.
He has to be one of the most important scientists who ever, held up a mirror to our species.
A towering yet divisive figure revered by First Amendment advocates for his shotgun sequencing technique
One of his extrapolations was that at some time, in the last 50,000 years, our current species, was down to ~1,200 individuals.