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My friend George Anderson sent this to me from this smithsonian blog. It is right on the mark. I do have to say that my head is still partly stuck in the “don’t let it out the door mentality”. What do you think?
I always enjoy James Howard Kunstler. Take the 19 minutes out of your day, it is worth it. More about James here. Or read one or all of his books. You won’t regret it.
I have booked my tickets… you? Don’t forget about eye tattoos as well, for feelunique.com. Great advertising space.
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“Were are not in it to make money, we won’t loose a lot but we won’t make much either.” David Cole, SF Examanier. Boy was he right! “It takes 2 hours to download the entire text of the newspaper”, from KRON news report.
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Just for scale the NEC 26″ next to my 15″ MacBook Pro
So my LaCie Electron 19blue IV 19 inch CRT Monitor finally saw it’s last bit of electrification. It is on it’s was to the great recycling graveyard. It served me well, if be for about 5 years too long. My friend Brad scouted this NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi2 monitor at Photo Plus Expo for me. It replaces the LCD2690WUXi notice that in the new model there is a “2″ at the end of the name. Be sure to buy the NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi2. It is about the same price or cheaper than the old one. And it has higher specks than the old model as well.
For me I chose this over the smaller Eizo CG222W 22.2″. They go for about the same price of $1200. I chose the size over, I am told, ” the higher quailty” of the Eizo. But if you read the specks, and I have read them a little (I am not a technofile), they are about equal I am told. I have not seen them side by side, but after just plugging this in for the first time I am overwhelmed with the quality, detail, color. It is worth every penny. Anyone with has experience with both of these the Eizo and the NEC please let me know your opinion of how they rate.
UPDATE:
I have been requested to show the test of the earth on a black background to show the result of the apparent lack of a A-TW polarizer. Well here it is in video.’
There has been much discussion about the new NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi2 and if it has or does not have a A-TW polarizer. Word is from NEC is that it does not use the A-TW polarizer.
NEC reps says ““There are good and bad points with the A-TW. Some color critical users do not like the green/magenta glow at each corner of the display, and a neutral gray is more acceptable. Also the contrast ratio is increased with this panel.”
I can see the difference in the dark, but when was the last time you looked at your monitor in completed darkness. Next we will say look at how bad it looks outside?
IMHO it is an excellent monitor.
This is a detail of the larger image, belive it or not. How is it done? 
The Gigapan mount above, read on from the Gigapan website.
We are beta-testing prototypes of the Gigapan robotic mount, which attaches to your small digital camera to create a fast and easy-to-use high-resolution panorama capture device. We are growing the beta process and are negotiating concerning general release and sales of the Gigapan camera. You will be able to purchase these low-cost robotic mounts and take several hundred or thousand images at a time to create panoramas with one billion pixels and more.
You don’t need specialized GigaPan hardware to take your own panoramas. If you have lots of patience, a high-quality digital camera, and a good tripod (or very steady hand!) you can take hundreds or thousands of overlapping, zoomed-in pictures for a gigapixel-scale panorama, then use off-the-shelf stitching software to combine the images into one very high-resolution panorama for upload.
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A fantastic project by University at Buffalo architecture students where they bought a vacant city home from the city and created a work of art last year. Then gave it to a family to live in.
This house at 15 S. Putnam has stood victim to the elements – it’s been vandalized, looted, and its leaking roof has made it uninhabitable. In June 2006, the structure was condemned by the city due to structural problems, destined for demo.
But now – thanks to cooperation between the University of Buffalo School of Architecture, Harvey Garrett, and home owner Dennetta Stikkel – new, and decidedly unique, life will be breathed into the otherwise abandoned house. Under the direction of Professors Frank Fantauzzi and Brad Wales, the project architect, 14 graduate students will be working creatively to revitalize the structure. It is a unique opportunity for the students to use their classroom architecture training in a real-life application.
This from Buffalo Rising Story
View another video where UB professors Frank Fantauzzi and Brad Wales demonstrate the sliding façade at 15 South Putnam St and discuss the future of the project in progress here. A longer article on the project from Artvoice here. More on the project here too.
BREAKING NEWS, May 6, 2008 – The House is meeting tomorrow 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 2141 Rayburn House Office Building markup of H.R. 5889, the “Orphan Works Act of 2008″
This means that if you oppose the House Bill as it stands, it is extremely important to make your voice heard before that meeting begins.
At this time, it is understood that the House believes that photographers and other visual artists including their trade associations are in agreement with the current bills. APA opposes both the House and Senate bills as written.
Please take a moment to be heard via a prepared letter of your choice, or by including your own reasoned thoughts in a professional courteous manner.
This link <http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/> will allow you to be heard.
Scroll down about half way to see “For Photographers”.
It is important to be heard. It is your future.
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Breathtaking book by David Stephenson and Victoria Hammond. To view many more images go to Julie Saul Gallery and be sure to click on the view images link.
Visions of Heaven: The Dome in European Architecture
David Stephenson , Victoria Hammond
“There’s an ethereal magic to standing beneath a dome, neck craned, looking up at a vision of the heavens created by some long-ago figure of genius. From the Pantheon to the Hagia Sophia, the power of the dome seems transcen-dent. Photographer David Stephenson’s magnificently kaleidoscopic images of dome interiors capture this evanescent drama, and make Visions of Heaven one of the most spectacularly beautiful books we’ve ever produced.
Traveling from Italy to Spain, Turkey, England, Germany, and Russia, among other countries, and photographing churches, palaces, mosques, and synagogues from the second to the early twentieth century, Stephenson’s work amounts to a veritable typology of the cupola. His images present complex geometrical structures, rich stucco decorations, and elaborate paintings as they have never been seen before. Brilliantly calibrated exposures reveal details and colors that would otherwise remain hidden in these dimly lit spaces.”
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San-Zhr Pod Village, by photographer Craig Ferguson, is a project that features images of an abandoned pod development in the small Taiwanese town of San-zhr. These images have a post-apocalyptic flavor that seem like they are right out of a dystopian novel, and as Craig explains, the truth is no less bizarre: “I first heard about this [place] a couple of years ago, but it was only recently that I was able to get out there. The complex was left in its unfinished state because no amount of redevelopment will bring people to the area due to superstitions about ghosts, and it can’t be demolished because destroying the homes of spirits and lost souls is taboo in Asian culture.” We are glad that Craig braved the ominous warnings to produce these incredible images, and we think you will agree.
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I love the work of Lucio Santos, on his blog. Below is Santos’ work on a “Cellular House. Lucio “Have you been to Taiwan lately?” I see some inspiration here.
Dean Kamen’s Artificial “Luke” Arm – Segway inventor reinvents the prosthetic arm: “I’ve been able to do stuff with this that I haven’t, seriously haven’t, done in 26 years… uh, pick up a banana, peel a banana and eat it without it squishening… I can’t wait to get one of these in a real environment, a home environment, and actually my wife can’t either. She’s going, oh yeah, I got lots of stuff for you to do.”
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What if I told you you could download high resolution digital files, that you could print yourself, of some of the most famous images in American photo history? Well you can. Images like Dorthea Lange’s, Migrant Mother or Walker Evans Graveyard and Steel Mill, Bethlehem, PA and Gordon Parks, Newspaper Boy. You can search on Flickr but you need to go to the LOC website to get the large resolution files. So the Flickr is more of a tease but well worth it. As well I highly recommend viewing the 15 Popular Requests From the FSA-OWI Collection also follow the 15 “Staff Selections” which showcase some of their personal favorites from the collection.
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Even as a child I questioned the significance of abandoned buildings and the stories they could tell by simply walking through them and seeing what is left, or more importantly, what isn’t.
Due to years of neglect, these sites have typically become eyesores for those who pass by them everyday. What remains inside tells a different story altogether. Whether it be industrial or insitutional, each doorway within is another opening to the past, behind each one a unique story is told, Each stairwell leads to another chapter.
I find as a photographer I am able to give these abandoned structures a second life of sorts, preserving them in a picture for others to see and interpret the history for themselves.
quoteded from Ron Dobi
There are a lot of photography sites of decaying America. For me Rob does it right. Well worth the trip.
MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.
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Guest room design by Lucio Santos for the James Hotel on 57th Street, Manhattan. I believe this is just a rendering. WOW, what program gives these results?
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